Chris Kocher

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Communications Manager, Binghamton University and Host, The Signal at WHRW-FM (Binghamton, NY)

Editor, writer, and all-around gentleman and scholar. Comms manager @binghamtonu @bing_watson & host of The Signal @whrwradio (8:30-10 a.m. EST Saturdays).

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Articles

Your Fingers Wrinkle in the Same Pattern Every Time

1 month ago | scitechdaily.com | Chris Kocher

Representative wrinkle pairs established and numbered across (A) Day 0 and (B) 24+ hr later on a subject’s ring finger. Black curves denote clearly paired wrinkle morphologies. Red curves denote inconsistent wrinkles between the two time points. Credit: Guy GermanResearch shows that fingers wrinkle in a consistent pattern each time they are immersed in water. Do your wrinkles always form in the same pattern after spending too much time in water?
Do we trust chatbots? New tool makes it easier to gauge

1 month ago | techxplore.com | Chris Kocher |Lisa Lock |Andrew Zinin

As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are integrated into our everyday lives, our interactions with AI chatbots online become more frequent. Are we welcoming them, or are we trying to push them away? New research from Binghamton University is trying to answer those questions through VizTrust, an analytics tool to make user trust dynamics in human-AI communication visible and understandable. Xin "Vision" Wang, a Ph.D. student at the Thomas J.
Do we trust chatbots? New tool makes it easier to gauge

1 month ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are integrated into our everyday lives, our interactions with AI chatbots online become more frequent. Are we welcoming them, or are we trying to push them away? New research from Binghamton University is trying to answer those questions through VizTrust, an analytics tool to make user trust dynamics in human-AI communication visible and understandable.
Watson Commencement 2025: Grads told ’the world needs your voices’

1 month ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

More than 450 undergraduates and nearly 400 master’s students gathered with family, friends, faculty and peers to receive their diplomas at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, at the Binghamton University Events Center.
Research shows fingers wrinkle the same way with every water immersion - Binghamton News

1 month ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

Sometimes it takes a kid to ask a question no one has considered before.
Info systems graduate appreciates support at Watson College - Binghamton News

1 month ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

Michael Fasching, MS ’25, knew he needed a change. As a graduate student in Seattle, he wanted to transfer to a school more focused on research. He looked around at the options and liked what he saw at Binghamton University. So without even visiting Binghamton first, he packed up his tiny Fiat 500 last fall and made the five-day drive from the Northwest to the Northeast. At the Thomas J.
Watson GROWS puts spotlight on graduate student research - Binghamton News

1 month ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

The new Watson Graduate Research Outcomes Workshop Series (Watson GROWS) held its first event on Tuesday — a poster/demo competition where 45 entries showcased graduate students’ spirit of innovation and discovery. The GROWS initiative — sponsored by the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science dean’s office — aims to better highlight graduate research in all disciplines.
School of SSIE celebrates spring 2025 achievements - Binghamton News

2 months ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

The spring semester at Binghamton University is wrapping up, and the School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science is excited to share its achievements in education and research so far in 2025. Research newsA Stanford University study that looks at the impact of scientists worldwide identified 33 Binghamton University faculty who were among the top 2% of all researchers in the world in their fields in 2023.
Alumna says Binghamton gave her new perspectives on engineering - Binghamton News

2 months ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

Through the BOLD (Bearcats of the Last Decade) 10 Under 10 Awards, Binghamton University honors alumni who have graduated within the last 10 years, demonstrated a very high level of career achievement since leaving campus, and show great potential for future leadership. Four of this year’s winners are alumni of the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science. We asked them how Watson influenced their lives and career paths.
Binghamton researchers make dissolvable battery using probiotics - Binghamton News

2 months ago | binghamton.edu | Chris Kocher

In the Mission: Impossible films, superspy Ethan Hunt — played by Tom Cruise — gets orders from his superiors on various devices that self-destruct in five seconds. Could electronics disintegrate into nothing in real life? Binghamton University Professor Seokheun “Sean” Choi has researched disposable “papertronics” over the past 20 years, but the hardest part about making so-called transient electronics is the battery.