Print & Probability
Description: I'm Avery J. Wiscomb, an Assistant Professor of English and Digital Humanities at Virginia Tech (VT). My research and teaching interests are driven by questions about the influence of the humanities on technical fields such as computer science, information science, and artificial intelligence (AI). For example, my current book project offers a humanities-centered history of symbolic…
Avery J. Wiscomb
I’m Avery J. Wiscomb, an Assistant Professor of English and Digital Humanities at Virginia Tech (VT).
My research and teaching interests are driven by questions about the influence of the humanities on technical fields such as computer science, information science, and artificial intelligence (AI). For example, my current book project offers a humanities-centered history of symbolic AI as it emerged in the U.S. mid-century in the scientific work of Nobel-prize winner Herbert A. Simon .
Print & Probability