# Professor Hila Lifshitz-Assaf's joint research on AI, crowdsourcing and innovation is featured

1 Faculty News February 5, 2019 ![ZD Net logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/ZD-Net-Feature-Logo.jpg?itok=8wrk5pSO)>

Excerpt from [ZDNet](https://www.zdnet.com/article/comparative-thinking-are-analogies-the-engine-of-innovation/) -- "The report describes a process for utilizing remote workers and AI in concert to identify analogies. The possible upshot is a machine learning toolkit that could accelerate innovation and lift us past what some describe as an innovation plateau."

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