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New identity, vision for former Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced today its Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (DSES) will be renamed the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE). The change, effective immediately, was approved recently by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of the department and the dean, and with the support of the provost and the president.

New DoD MURI grant supports investigation of unified theories of language and cognition Despite the power of computers to crunch numbers with unfathomable speed and perform quadrillions of calculations per second, the machines are still quite primitive in their ability to truly understand human language.

Innovator and industry veteran Robert F. Karlicek Jr. has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as director of the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC). His appointment was effective January 4, 2010.

Peter Bohlin, a 1958 graduate of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been selected as the 2010 Gold Medalist by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Awarded annually, the AIA Gold Medal is considered to be the highest honor bestowed to an individual architect.

Program builds off Institute’s successful cognitive science graduate program, research portfolio Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced the launch of a new undergraduate degree program in cognitive science. The major, approved last month by the New York State Education Department, will equip students with the foundational knowledge and tools required to succeed as leaders in research and industry.

Tech Valley Connect focuses on Capital Region Ph.D.s, professionals, and their families

When Samuel Wait Jr. entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a freshman in 1949, the campus was vastly different place. During this post-war period, the Houston Field House was just opening its doors and some of the first women were joining Wait and his classmates in the labs and lecture halls.

When Samuel Wait Jr. entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a freshman in 1949, the campus was vastly different place. During this post-war period, the Houston Field House was just opening its doors and some of the first women were joining Wait and his classmates in the labs and lecture halls.

James Hendler, the senior constellation professor of the Tetherless World Research Constellation and assistant dean for information technology, and Jeffrey Trinkle, professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, have been selected as fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Fellowship is reserved for senior members of the IEEE who demonstrate extraordinary accomplishments in security, healthcare, space, smart grid/energy, or sustainable energy.