June 2, 2023 by
A&S News
From measuring dark matter with a telescope carried aloft by a high-altitude balloon to the future of AI in medicine, experts from a range of disciplines across the Faculty of Arts & Science are sharing their expertise on a variety of issues in the media.
Here’s some of what they had to say this week.
May 26, 2023
- Department of Physics and David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Professor Barth Netterfield shares his work with CityNews measuring dark matter with a balloon-borne telescope.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki and School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple comment for CTV News online on reversing Toronto’s downtown decline.
- Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Nisrin Elamin participates in a discussion on New Lines Magazine podcast about the origins of Sudan’s civil unrest.
May 27, 2023
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton shares with The New York Times (paywall) and NPR: Weekend Edition his decision to leave Google so he can speak freely to ensure AI technologies he helped invent are used for the good of humanity.
- Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on traffic issues in the east end of Toronto.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy’s Asian Institute Associate Professor Lynette Ong talks to the Sydney Morning Herald (paywall) about the political environment in China.
May 28, 2023
- Department of Philosophy Professor Emeritus Ian Hacking is remembered in The New York Times (paywall) for his lasting contributions to his field, with comments from Philosophy University Professor Cheryl Misak.
May 29, 2023
- Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Rahul G. Krishnan discusses on CBC: The Current the future of AI in medicine.
- Munk School senior fellow Akaash Maharaj discusses on TVO: The Agenda foreign interference.
May 30, 2023
- The Citizen Lab at the Munk School is highlighted in Forbes (paywall) for finding the first known case of Pegasus spyware use in an armed conflict.
- Centre of Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Professor Scot Wortley comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on public safety as an issue in the upcoming Toronto mayoral election.
May 31, 2023
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy University Professor Janice Stein discusses on TVO: The Agenda the anticipated spring counteroffensive by Ukraine, and comments for Politico on the federal government’s report on foreign interference.
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton is the first signature among many on a statement warning of the “risk of extinction from AI,” with comments from Rahul G. Krishnan, as noted in The Times (paywall), Hindustan Times (paywall), The Globe and Mail (paywall), CBC online and National Post (paywall).
June 1, 2023
- Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton talks to The New Yorker (paywall) about exposing hackers for hire.
- Karen Chapple comments for the Canadian Press on the new multiplex policy in Toronto.
- Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology PhD candidate Rachel Katz shares her work with National Post (paywall) on the ethics of AI psychotherapy.
- Matti Siemiatycki talks to CityNews online about transit in the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto.