Edwina Rissland

Edwina Luane Rissland (also published as Edwina Luane Rissland Michener) is a retired American mathematician and computer scientist. Initially focusing on knowledge representation and the philosophy of mathematics, her later research in artificial intelligence included work on case-based reasoning and the applications of AI in legal work. She is a professor emerita in the Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.In her retirement she has worked as a photographer and art curator. Quotes I became kind of hooked on CS, but at that point I wasn’t contemplating jumping sideways into a CS career. At some point, I wanted a break from being a student. I noticed that they were talking about these cases the same way I talked about some examples. People don’t like to understand how systems work, particularly, I hope that in decision-making, people will use them as decision aids but not decision surrogates. This will require that our systems get much better at explanation. “I think Brown is amazing in that people can put together different courses of study that reflect the kinds of things they’re interested in,Follow your instincts – you never know what you’re going to find.”. Diverse Career Paths: How Brown CS Alum Edwina Rissland Has Melded Math, CS, And Law External link Category: living people Category:Women mathematicians from the United States Category:Computer scientists from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States