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Data is a critical building block of a fast-approaching future, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is ensuring that all of its students are adept architects with the adoption of a new institute-wide requirement in data education. 

Six universities including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have joined with IBM Research to launch the Cognitive Horizons Network, a network committed to accelerating the development of core technologies needed to advance the promise of cognitive computing.

James Hendler, director of the Rensselaer Institute for Data Exploration and Applications has been appointed to the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee.

The Datathon was an early indicator of the potential of an NSF-sponsored initiative to teach basic data analytics to most math majors. 

Three professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been selected to receive prestigious 2014 Faculty Awards from IBM.

Rensselaer today unveiled a new petascale supercomputing system, the Advanced Multiprocessing Optimized System, or AMOS.

Professor Jim Hendler has been named the new head of the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Scientists have begun work on a new Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) project to develop computer systems that help quickly identify emerging ideas and capabilities in technology.

Peter Fox and James Hendler of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are calling for scientists to take a few tips from the users of the World Wide Web when presenting their data to the public and other scientists in the Feb. 11 issue of Science magazine. Fox and Hendler, both professors within the Tetherless World Research Constellation at Rensselaer, outline a new vision for the visualization of scientific data in a perspective piece titled “Changing the Equation on Scientific Data Visualization.”