What can you do with a CS degree? David X. Cohen has a degree in physics from Harvard and an MS in theoretical CS from Berkeley, and has had an article in the J. of Discrete Applied Mathematics. He also worked for a year in the Harvard Robotics Lab. He's now coexecutive producer of Futurama, working with Matt Groening on one of the most innovative shows on TV. Maybe his writing for the Harvard Lampoon led toward that. Anyway, the point is that a degree should expand your opportunities, not close them down. Don't think that your thesis work is the only work you can do. Or even the most fun. [TV Guide, 03Mar99.

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The Christian Science Monitor has run an article about AI applications, including voice call processing for stock purchase and package tracking; data mining for targeting advertising, detecting insurance fraud, and tracking terrorists; GMAT essay grading (in parallel with human scoring); Lego robots; and Matt Ginsberg's GIB program for playing bridge. New possibilities will open up with new sensors, such as an artificial nose being developed by a Pasadena company. [CSM, 25Mar99. Bill Park.]

Telepizza (Madrid, Spain) is building vending machines that sense human presence, then call out "Fancy a pizza?" [Reuters. Bill Park, 25Mar99.]

"AI & Society: The J. of Human-Centered Systems and Machine Intelligence" is about information, communications, and media technologies and their broader implications. . [Karamjit S. Gill , newjour, 28Jan98.]

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