Protecting Customers From Phishing Scams During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Professor Salvatore Stolfo writes about phishing attacks and how it is important to stay vigilant against digital fraud even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research and News
Zoom Security: the Good, the Bad, and the Business Model
Professor Steven Bellovin writes about the video conferencing app Zoom and its security and privacy flaws.
Can AI Help Doctors Predict and Prevent Preterm Birth?
Almost 400,000 babies were born prematurely—before 37 weeks gestation—in 2018 in the United States. One of the leading causes of newborn deaths and long-term disabilities, preterm birth (PTB) is considered a public health problem with … Continue reading Can AI Help Doctors Predict and Prevent Preterm Birth?
The Distinguished Lecture Series Explores the Latest in CS Research
The Distinguished Lecture series brings computer scientists to Columbia to discuss current issues and research that are affecting their particular … Continue reading The Distinguished Lecture Series Explores the Latest in CS Research
Data Science Institute Seed Grants Support Interdisciplinary Research Across Columbia
The Data Science Institute (DSI) at Columbia University has awarded 2020 seed grants to research teams whose projects merge data science with traditional fields to solve pressing societal problems. DSI’s Seed Funds Program supports new … Continue reading Data Science Institute Seed Grants Support Interdisciplinary Research Across Columbia
Engineering the Future of Cultural Preservation
Multidisciplinary collaborations across Columbia include work by CS professors – Peter Allen and Paul Blaer’s scans of French cathedrals and Steven Feiner’s augmented reality app of a 16th-century manuscript.
Papers from the Theory of Computing Group Accepted to SODA 2020
Nine papers from CS researchers were accepted to the ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA20), held in Salt Lake City, … Continue reading Papers from the Theory of Computing Group Accepted to SODA 2020
21 papers from CS researchers accepted to NeurIPS 2019
The 33rd Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2019) fosters the exchange of research on neural information processing systems … Continue reading 21 papers from CS researchers accepted to NeurIPS 2019
When Does Failure Become a Good Thing?
Assistant Professor Allison Bishop takes a look at failure and how people can learn from “unsuccessful” research. When it comes … Continue reading When Does Failure Become a Good Thing?
Baishakhi Ray Receives 2019 IBM Faculty Award
The highly selective award is given to professors in leading universities worldwide to foster collaboration with IBM researchers. Ray will use the funds to continue research on artificial intelligence-driven program analysis to understand software robustness.
Movement and Flow: Simulating Complexity of Fluids and Strands in the Virtual World
CS researchers presented a new method at SIGGRAPH Asia. The novel, multi-scale framework realistically and precisely imitates the complex dynamics of strands interacting with so-called shear-dependent liquids, such as mud, oil paint, melted chocolate, or pasta sauce.
Getting Ready for the New Economy of Heterogeneous Computing
With multiple grants, Professor Luca Carloni works toward developing design methodologies and system architectures for heterogeneous computing. He foresees computing … Continue reading Getting Ready for the New Economy of Heterogeneous Computing
DeepXplore: Automated Whitebox Testing of Deep Learning Systems
A new framework that tests deep learning systems selected as a “Research Highlight” in the Communications of the ACM.
Four Papers from the Theory Group Accepted to FOCS 2019
Papers from CS researchers were accepted to the 60th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2019). The papers … Continue reading Four Papers from the Theory Group Accepted to FOCS 2019
Steven Nowick Bids Farewell to the CS Department
After 26 years in the computer science department, professor Steven Nowick is retiring. Friends, colleagues, and those dear to him … Continue reading Steven Nowick Bids Farewell to the CS Department
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