Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: advancing research that carries us into the future

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing our world. From diagnosing diseases to shaping business and finance; and from providing personalized learning to addressing climate change: AI technologies affect all aspects of human life and their impact will only increase in the years to come. Harnessing the power of new technologies for good is one of our key challenges and the potential of these advances as well as their application to the world's most pressing problems is immense. Julita Vassileva, Professor of Computer Science, mentions the recent voter behavior manipulation on Facebook by Cambridge Analytica as an evocative example: "Such cases have attracted a lot of public attention and raised justified fears of the unbounded power of Big Data and AI. However, the same technologies can be deployed to educate people about social media use and help them overcome their online addictions."