Earlier this year, a select group of global leaders in business, politics, and academia met in the snowy Swiss hamlet of Davos, just a stone’s throw from some of the world’s best skiing. They weren’t there to hit the slopes, but rather to shape new models to help “improve the state of the world”—the ambitious mission of the World Economic Forum. Four Carnegie Mellon faculty members with expertise in engineering, computer science, and human-computer interaction were tapped to speak at WEF’s annual meeting: Justine Cassell, Pradeep Khosla, Tom Mitchell, and Manuela M. Veloso. CMU President Jared L. Cohon introduced the university’s session, which was facilitated by Tan Chorh-Chuan, president of the National University of Singapore.
Elizabeth May

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