Month: April 2018
Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie, oi oi oi! Tech zillionaire Ray’s backdoor crypto for the Feds is Clipper chip v2
With $5.7M DARPA grant, Simha Sethumadhavan will lead effort to build security into hardware-software interface
In a new approach to security, Sethumadhavan will work with a team of researchers, many from the Data Science Institute, to build security mechanisms into the well-defined interface between hardware and software.
CS major Michael C. Tong named Valedictorian, Columbia Engineering Class of 2018
Tong will speak at Engineering Class Day May 14, when he will receive the Illig Medal, the highest honor awarded an engineering undergraduate. Tong is the second CS major in a row to be valedictorian.
Social media algorithms discriminating against women: Study
Steven Feiner receives 2018 SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award
For outstanding contributions to the study of human-computer interaction, Steven Feiner is the 2018 recipient of the SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award.
How social networking sites may discriminate against women
In a paper presented this week at the Web Conference, authors Ana-Andreea Stoica, Christopher Riederer, and Augustin Chaintreau identify an algorithmic glass ceiling in social networks after analyzing effects of gender, homophily, and growth dynamics.
Clever Technique Can Hide Secret Messages in the Most Unassuming Text
Helvetica Is Now An Encryption Device
Here’s Why We Need To Democratize Artificial Intelligence
With millions of AI professionals needed, we need to reach beyond elite schools, says Sameer Maskey (PhD’08, advisor Julia Hirschberg), writing in Forbes. His company Fusemachines trains AI engineers in Nepal and other developing countries.
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