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Endowing Ability in Computers and Classes

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Wolfgang Fink
Wolfgang Fink examines a smartphone-based ophthalmoscope while sitting on a planetary rover; both encapsulate his artificial vision research.

Endowing Ability in Computers and Classes

March 30, 2016
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Orbits planetary and ocular meet in Wolfgang Fink’s research to equip machines with the ability to make judgments normally entrusted to people.

Planetary exploration and medical diagnostics might seem like topics for researchers in two different fields. But for Wolfgang Fink, the connection between the two is about equipping machines to make judgments normally entrusted to people.

You can’t take the experts everywhere,” Fink says.