There is a boom in interest in computer science as an area of study. An expert in CS curriculum takes stock of the future of the field.

No region in the world has been more synonymous with technological innovation. How long will this last?

With a user-centered mindset, engineers are exploring new ways to develop technology that more effectively serves people’s needs.

A new method for providing instruction could enable autonomous systems to more effectively determine the difference between preferred and less desirable behavior.

There are plenty of easy consumer choices. Paper clips: easy. Dish sponges: easy. Those products sit at one end of the spectrum. At the other end, impossibly distant, is health insurance.

I interviewed Yuval Noah Harari, the author of three best-selling books about the history and future of our species, and Fei-Fei Li, one of the pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence. The event was hosted by the Stanford Center for Ethics and Society, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and the Stanford Humanities Center.

In order to make autonomous cars navigate more safely in difficult conditions – like icy roads – researchers are developing new control systems that learn from real-world driving experiences while leveraging insights from physics.

At a Future of Work forum, experts say demographic shifts, not artificial intelligence, create the biggest challenges for today’s workplace.