Research

Shortcomings of Visualizations for Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning

Visualization for Machine Learning or VIS4ML can help developers better design, train, and understand their models. A recent paper available on preprint service ArXiv.org and accepted for publication at IEEE VIS, by a faculty fellow at Stanford HAI, finds that researchers in this space are making inappropriately broad claims about their tools' applicability.

Removing “soft barriers” to the clean energy transition

At the latest webinar hosted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, political and energy experts from Stanford, the U.S. government, and the private sector discussed the challenges, opportunities, and strategies to equitably accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. Many projects that would advance solar farms, new transmission lines and other essential infrastructure are stuck in queues waiting for permits.

Fully Autonomous Vehicles Hit the Streets: Stanford's Robert Rabin on Risks and Evolving Liability Issues

Stanford Law School's Robert Rabin, the A. Calder Mackay professor of law discusses the eventual tilt toward more product liability claims and fewer negligence claims, the new liability framework he proposed in 2018 and well as other tort law issues around fully autonomous vehicles.  

California's Charge

experts: Arun Majumdar, dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Yi Cui, professor of materials science and engineering and director of Precourt Institute, Jason Glickman, executive vice president, PG&E, and Amy Guy Wagner, energy consultant on some of the main challenges in reaching California's goal of a fully carbon-neutral economy by 2045

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