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Dean Carla Brodley named 2016 ACM fellow
NEW YORK, NY, December 8, 2016 – ACM, the world’s leading computing society, has named 53 of its members as ACM Fellows for major contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, […]
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CCIS Researchers find racial, gender bias in online freelance marketplaces
In the so-called “gig economy,” where algorithms, not people, drive the matches between workers and customers, hiring someone—from a plumber to a logo designer—should be bias free, right? Wrong, according to new research led by Northeastern’s Christo Wilson. The researchers explored two prominent online marketplaces that facilitate freelance services and found that both exhibit racial and gender disparities. They were TaskRabbit, which caters to physical household tasks, and Fiverr, which offers virtual creative services.
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Photos of the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC)
Construction nears completion on the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) on Columbus Avenue at Northeastern University.
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CCIS PhD Student and Professor Discover Snooping in Dark Web
By Mackenzie Nichols In the vast space of the Internet, there exists another dimension called the dark web. Amirali Sanatinia is one researcher who works with his PhD advisor, Professor Guevara […]
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CCIS Students Chase a Firebase Fish and win Google I/O 2017 tickets
By Mackenzie Nichols In May, representatives at Google posted a cryptic tweet about Firebase employee Alex Meddleton losing his “fish,” the elusive firebass. The fish had wreaked havoc on Firebase’s […]
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Google search results can lean liberal, study finds
“No one really knows what (Google’s search engine) is doing,” said Christo Wilson, a Northeastern University computer-science professor who has studied online search. “This is a big, complex system that’s been evolving for 15 years.”
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Giving Tuesday is today
“Giving Tuesday” is a global day of giving fueled by social media and collaboration, officially kicking off the charitable giving season. Join the CCIS community of supporters by texting 41444 […]
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Retailers’ use of dynamic pricing skyrockets
It's just a matter of time, perhaps as little as five years, before more retailers take up the practice, said Christo Wilson, an assistant professor and researcher in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University. His recent academic research found some retailers offering consumers different products depending on whether they were shopping on a desktop computer or a mobile device. Android users saw higher prices.
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Researchers run largest known transparent checkpointing process
A team of researchers led by Jiajun Cao, a PhD candidate in the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) at Northeastern University, recently used Distributed Multi-Threaded CheckPointing (DMTCP) software in what appears to be the largest known instance of transparent checkpointing.
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