Columbia Engineering Professor Leads New Crypto Research Center of A16z

While continuing to teach at Columbia Engineering, Tim Roughgarden will serve as head of research at a16z Crypto Research

North Korea, NFTs and a Hit Video Game: Inside a $500M Cryptocurrency Theft

Another high-profile hack has raised more questions about the vulnerabilities of the blockchain.

Christos Papadimitriou and Xi Chen Win 2022 ACM SIGecom Test of Time Awards

The SIGecom Test of Time Award recognizes papers published between ten and twenty-five years ago that have significantly impacted research or applications exemplifying the interplay of economics and computation. Papadimitriou and Chen’s influential papers settled the complexity of computing a Nash equilibrium.

Concerned Your Smartphone Is Spying on You?

CS researchers have built an algorithm that blocks a rogue microphone from correctly hearing your words—in English so far—80% of the time.

CertiK, a Web3 Security Company, Doubles Its Valuation to $2 Billion in Just 3 Months

Assistant Professor Ronghui Gu’s blockchain security firm CertiK is considered a unicorn company.

Baishakhi Ray Wins 2022 IEEE TCSE Award for Rising Star in Software Engineering

Baishakhi Ray is recognized for innovative and high-quality research on software engineering and artificial intelligence, which has impacted both the academic and industrial communities.

Security experts say new EU rules will damage WhatsApp encryption

Elias Bareinboim and Christian Kroer Win ONR Young Investigator Awards

Bareinboim will develop a new framework that will lead to more efficient and robust decision-making; Kroer will develop new algorithms based on game theory to solve real-world problems with multiple actors.

David Knowles Wins NSF CAREER Award

Award supports computer scientist’s work to develop bioinformatics tools and methods to better understand RNA splicing’s role in ALS, cancer, and neuron development.

Year: 2022