Congratulations to NYU professor and Tech Summit keynote speaker Yann LeCun, one of three researchers to receive the 2018 Turing Award. LeCun, Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, were honored with the $1 million “Nobel Prize of computing” in recognition of their work in AI deep learning.
Awards
LaGuardia Studio Places 2nd in AMUG Technical Competition
The powers of Marvel Comics character Jane Foster were on full display at this year’s AMUG Conference. Inspired by Foster’s signature Thor armor, Dhemerae Ford, an Advanced Media Specialist at the LaGuardia Studio, presented a 3D printed prototype of Jane Foster’s helmet, which showcased details from the character’s costume and symbols found in Norse mythology.
2018 HackNYU Winners
The 2018 HackNYU hackathon took place over the weekend of March 24-25. Out of 81 final submissions and 501 participants, there were 16 winners across categories such as Assistive Technology, Educational Technology, Healthcare, and Sustainability & Social Impact, as well as recognitions awarded by event sponsors.
NYUHome Receives Gold Medal Award
In December, NYUHome won a Gold Medal Award from Education Digital Marketing Awards. This is one of the awards sponsored by Higher Education Marketing Report which recognizes the best educational websites, digital content, electronic communications, mobile media, and social media. Judges for the Education Digital Marketing Awards consisted of a national panel of higher education […]