Dawn or Doom News

Immerse yourself in the future with virtual reality demos at the Envision Center.

Dawn or Doom is more than its presentations: 7 opportunities for hands-on fun and learning

Dawn or Doom has a battery of great national and Purdue speakers, but we also want attendees to engage with the topics discussed, to touch and interact with the technology, and to think and reflect on ideas through more than listening to a talk. 

Here are seven ways to engage @ Dawn or Doom.


Dev Niyogi is a professor of Agronony and EAPS

How cities shape climate and why smart urban design may help prevent natural disasters

Cities play an important role in shaping the future climate because they can affect the regions around them. Purdue professor Dev Niyogi is using technology to help us better understand cities’ climate impacts how we can use this information to mitigate harmful effects, such as the increase extreme events being witnessed under changing climate conditions. Niyogi will discuss his work at Purdue’s Dawn or Doom conference on the risks and rewards of emerging technologies.


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In the STEM vs Liberal Arts competition, Liberal Arts students will have the last laugh says Dawn or Doom speaker

The robots are coming for your job. Can they be stopped? George Anders, author and senior editor at LinkedIn, says yes. Regardless of how easy it will be for robots to fulfill many jobs, there will always be a need for humans behind the screens.


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Purdue professor to talk about preventing, or at least slowing, the spread of “zoonotic” diseases from animals to humans

Veterinary Medicine Professor Audrey Ruple will talk about the rapid spread of infectious diseases like Zika virus from animals to humans and what we can do to stop it, or at least slow it down, during Purdue’s Dawn or Doom conference on the risks and rewards of emerging technologies.


Dan Goldwasser, Purdue computer science professor, presents at the 2017 Dawn or Doom conference.

Teaching computers how to identify ideology: Purdue professor uses AI to deduce bias in social media and news articles

Purdue computer science professor Dan Goldwasser is teaching computers to better understand the ideology behind social media posts and in news articles by combining machine learning with models of social relationships and behavior. Goldwasser will discuss his work at Purdue’s Dawn or Doom ‘18 conference on the risks and rewards of emerging technologies.


Mara Faccio at her Dawn or Doom '16 talk

Dawn or Doom speaker says Pokémon Go can be deadly

The rise of smartphone apps, and the distractions they cause, caused an increase in vehicle crashes in 2016 – an unexpected consequence of technology that will be discussed at Purdue’s Dawn or Doom conference on the risks and rewards of emerging technologies, set for Nov. 5 and 6.


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Dawn or Doom to host first student organization expo

For the fifth annual conference, the Dawn or Doom team wanted to showcase Purdue students’ involvement in the realm of technology, so we are excited to announce the first Dawn or Doom Student Organization Expo. The expo will take place in Stew 302 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6.


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What we’re reading this week – Oct. 5, 2018

Bikes that track your movement, an entirely virtual company and the most important survival skill for the next 50 years. This week, we're looking at how emerging technologies affects our everyday lives.


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Dawn or Doom speaker: the internet changes the way you read, write and think – and not for the better

Best-selling author Nicholas Carr, whose book “The Shallows” says the internet is making us stupid, will be the keynote speaker at Purdue’s 2018 Dawn or Doom conference on Nov. 5-6.


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What we’re reading this week – Sept. 28, 2018

We are looking forward to hearing about AI at the conference, but first there are big moves in the world of AI being made right now. 


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What we’re reading this week – Sept. 21, 2018

This week we're reading about robot jellyfish, cashierless stores and Keurig cups.


Nicole Olynk Widmar

Purdue professor uses social media analytics to better understand how people perceive food products

What’s for dinner? #Milk and #eggs, according to Twitter. A Purdue researcher is using social media and big data for deeper insight into the world of agriculture and food systems.


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What we’re reading this week – Aug. 31, 2018

Leading up to the fifth Dawn or Doom conference, the Dawn or Doom crew of writers, marketers, and interns will be sharing some of their favorite dawn or doom-esque stories that both inspire and scare us.


Eric Matson at Dawn or Doom '17 discussing the rise of autonomous systems.

Purdue researcher: New technology routinely becomes a new threat

Drones and autonomous vehicles may make our lives easier in many ways, but they’re also likely to be used as weapons intended to terrorize. Eric Matson, a professor and co-founder of Purdue’s M2M lab, will discuss the technologies’ potential for good and evil at Purdue’s annual Dawn or Doom conference in November.


Man coming out of computer code inferring an online predator

Purdue team using artificial intelligence to catch online predators

Technology lets predators troll for kids online, but a technology developed by a pair of Purdue professors analyzes conversations between minors and offenders and determines which adults are most likely to make physical contact. The researchers will discuss the tool at Purdue’s Dawn or Doom ‘18 conference on the risks and rewards of emerging technologies.


Students from Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis visit the HPE Connected Car while attending the 2017 conference.

High School Students See Glimpse of the Future at Dawn or Doom

When high school students from Danville, Illinois, began studying the high number of traffic accidents along their local stretch of interstate, they knew they needed to think broadly about the topic.

A trip to Purdue’s Dawn or Doom conference gave them insight they needed.

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