Engineer This!: Embracing the Power of Sketches (featuring Dr. Tracy Hammond)

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English - November 30, 2021 23:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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The way we draw can reveal a lot about us. In fact, researchers have found that sketches can reveal how old a child is, if a person has had a stroke and more. Dr. Tracy Hammond, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the Sketch Recognition Lab, researches these human motions to help improve strategies in a number of fields, including education.

In this episode, Dr. Hammond talks about her work and how it's impacting machine learning systems to better empower people.