Dan Szafir, director of the ATLAS IRON Lab, is helping realize a future in which robots read body language, manage ambiguity, anticipate our needs and have that human touch.
ATLAS welcomes artist-chemist to faculty
Chemist and artist Carson Bruns, currently a Miller Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, join CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute and the Mechanical Engineering Department as an assistant professor this fall.
Illuminating science for youth
ATLAS PhD student working in the Laboratory for Playful Computation blends art and science teaching to opens the door a little wider on STEM fields.
A Taste of ATLAS Expo
Five student projects, all presented at ATLAS Expo Spring 2017, provide a sampling of the creative and technical ingenuity ATLAS students develop.
ATLAS confers its first bachelor’s degrees
Marla Bernstein, Meridith Richter and Brady Risendal represent the first class of TAM graduates, earning bachelor of science degrees.
BTU Director Speaks at Red Hat Summit
Alicia Gibb, BTU lab director, was a featured keynote speaker at the Red Hat Summit 2017 in Boston.
Meridith Richter: Computer Scientist, Storyteller, Activist
Meridith Richter’s journey from creative writing, to computer science, to the ATLAS Institute’s Technology, Arts and Media (TAM) program was one of self-discovery. Four years ago, she would never have guessed her first job out of college would be teaching 10 to 15-year-old girls how to write JavaScript and make videos to promote social movements, but in a few weeks …
Danny Rankin is creating agricultural hi-tech tools to help farmers. Technologies such as Smart tractors and GPS field monitoring systems increase the efficiency and agricultural output on farms, yet if farmers modify the technology in a way that Intellectual Property owners don’t like, they risk being sued, Rankin says. “Most agricultural technology development is very hierarchical,” Rankin says. “I want …
Danny Rankin: Hacker, Farmer, Technologist, Designer
“He doesn’t fit any single box. Everyone in ATLAS knows and respects Danny. He embodies so much of who we are as an interdisciplinary institute.”