 In July 2015, Dietterich was interviewed for NPR's On Point Managing the Artificial Intelligence Risk".Dietterich was also featured by "Business Insider", "Business Insider Australia", "FedScoop", CNET, Microsoft Research, "PC Magazine", "TechInsider", U.S. Department of Defense; was filmed by Communications of the ACM and KEZI; and has been mentioned in articles by "The Wall Street Journal", "Tech Times", and "The Corvallis Advocate".Thomas Dietterich was honored by Oregon State University in the spring of 2013 as a "Distinguished Professor" for his work as a pioneer in the field of machine learning and being one of the mostly highly cited scientists in his field.