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Humanising Machine Intelligence project launches at ANU
Designing Australian values into artificial intelligence systems will be the focus of a new research project launched at The Australian National University (ANU), in a keynote featuring Professor Shannon Vallor of the University of Santa Clara and Google. The 'Humanising Machine Intelligence'…
National Dictionary Centre on the lookout for town nicknames
It's no secret Australians love a good nickname. We create them for our close friends, our most senior politicians, and even our favourite places. It's a habit that's caught the attention of the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC), based at The Australian National University. The ANDC is…
Hands-on dads more prone to jealousy in face of infidelity
A new international study has found fathers who invest time and money in their children are likely to be more jealous when their partner cheats on them compared with dads who are less involved. Dr Geoff Kushnick, an anthropologist with the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology, was part of…
Dr Raihan Ismail named in ABC Top 5 in Humanities
The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences celebrates Dr Raihan Ismail receiving a 2019 Top 5 Humanities and Social Sciences Media Residency. Dr Ismail, an ARC DECRA Fellow and lecturer from the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, graduated with a PhD from ANU in 2013, studying attitudes…
Stories of The Great War find a home at ANU
The stories of the men and women of the Great War, those who lost their lives, those for whom war left an indelible mark, and those left behind, have found a new home at the Australian National University. One Hundred Stories brings together insightful, thought provoking, and rarely seen accounts…
ANU helps secure world heritage status for jars of Laos
Mysterious jars potentially used for burial rituals in Laos have won world heritage status after years of research by archaeological scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Melbourne. The announcement of seven new cultural sites by the United Nations…
Q&A with student Henry Wu: historical linguistics and so-called "niche" languages
CASS student Henry Wu took part in a panel discussion ‘Languages Across Time’ at the International Conference on Historical Linguistics, co-organised with the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and the Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. We caught up with him at the…