Recent recognition for the 天美影视传媒 includes two professors on the TIME100 AI list, President Ana Mari Cauce receiving a Decrees Award and Jeff Hou鈥檚 election to the American Society of Landscape Architects鈥� Council of Fellows.
Emily M. Bender, Yejin Choi named to TIME100 AI list
TIME included two UW professors on its first TIME100 AI list, which highlights 100 individuals who are advancing major conversations about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the world.
The list features聽leaders, policymakers, artists and entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and countries. , professor of linguistics, and , professor聽in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, were honored as top thinkers.
Bender has consistently raised ethical concerns regarding large language models and has resisted the notion that AI systems are truly intelligent. 鈥渁 machine-learning myth buster,鈥� who is working to dispel 鈥渙verblown promises about what AI can do.鈥�
Among other topics, Bender studies the societal impacts of language technology, the implications for research and design and how to integrate it into the natural language processing curriculum. She was named an AAAS fellow in 2022.
Choi, a MacArthur Fellow, focuses on discerning the various distinctions between human intelligence and AI. She researches whether AI can develop common sense and a sense of humor. Choi is now working to develop AI systems that can comprehend social and moral norms.
鈥淎 calculator can calculate better and faster than I do,鈥� Choi , 鈥渂ut it doesn鈥檛 mean that a calculator is superior to any of us in other dimensions of intelligence.鈥�
The full TIME100 AI list is available on .
President Ana Mari Cauce receives Decrees Award for 鈥榗ontribution to society鈥�
天美影视传媒 President Ana Mari Cauce received a , which recognizes people and institutions that add value to and promote the economic and social improvement of Le贸n, Spain.
The awards were given for the first time in 2022. They are granted annually by the Association of Friends of the Decrees, which organizes the public reading of the Decrees of Le贸n of 1188 before the Royal Abbey of San Isidoro de Le贸n.聽These documents contain the oldest known written information about the European parliamentary system.
President Cauce was honored for overseeing the launch of the in 2010. About 1,200 students have participated in 70 programs at the center, and the faculty includes representatives from 20 departments on all three UW campuses.
College of Built Environments鈥� Jeff Hou elected to American Society of Landscape Architects鈥� Council of Fellows
, UW professor of landscape architecture, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Election to the ASLA Council of Fellows is based on members鈥� .
鈥淟andscape architects help build a better world for all of us, and ASLA Fellows represent the most respected and accomplished professionals in the entire field,鈥� said ASLA President Emily O’Mahoney.
Hou is one of 48 newly elected Fellows, recognized specifically for his knowledge in 鈥渄emocratic design in the global built environment,鈥� elevating 鈥済rassroots activism for environmental equity and justice into the public, professional, and academic spheres.鈥澛燗 member of the UW Department of Landscape Architecture since 2001, Hou has worked in communities around the world, on projects from wildlife habitat conservation to urban open space design. In addition to his work with community members, Hou has edited, co-edited and co-authored 12 books, and he has written dozens of book chapters and journal articles. He also won the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
An investiture ceremony for the ASLA Fellows is planned for the 2023 Conference on Landscape Architecture in October.