By Mike Cummings
May 18, 2021
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Annie Gao
It was on a whim, during orientation for first-year students back in 2017, that Annie Gao took a tour of the Yale Memorial Carillon, located in Harkness Tower. The experience sparked four years of “ringing” joy.
Intrigued by the carillon, which consists of an organ-like console and 54 bells, Gao subsequently attended an information session about auditioning for the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs, the student organization responsible for playing the famed instrument. At the meeting, seasoned carillonneurs played two practice instruments to offer a sense of the carillon’s sound.
January 26, 2021
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Shutter, a robot photographer designed by Yale’s Marynel Vazquez and her team.
This article originally appeared in
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Good portrait photography is as much art as it is science. There are technical details like composition and lighting, but there’s also a matter of connecting emotionally with the photo’s subjects. Can you teach that to a robot?
Marynel Vazquez wants to find out. She and her research team have built a robot designed to negotiate the quick but very complex interactions between photographer and subject that is, putting someone at ease and drawing out a genuine smile, all in a matter of seconds. Built with a stylish retro-futuristic look, including “eyes” on a touch screen programmed to interact with people, the robot photographer they call it Shutter is designed to catch the attention of passers-by. Vazquez has a few pl