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At Snowflake, Khoury co-ops take on independent cloud computing projects
Author: Juliana GeorgeDate: 03.31.25 Last fall, five Khoury students got the unusual opportunity to co-op at Snowflake, a cloud-based data storage company on the cutting edge of AI and machine […]
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Renaissance woman: Shannen Espinosa blends quantum computing, vaccine research, and digital diplomacy
Author: Matty WassermanDate: 12.13.24 To get a glimpse behind the curtain of Shannen Espinosa’s varied success in 2024, look no further than a particular week this past March. On Thursday […]
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General News at NortheasternThis message will ‘self-destruct’ in 3, 2…
- February 22, 2017
We asked assistant professor David Choffnes, a mobile systems expert in the College of Computer and Information Science, to explain how ephemeral messaging apps work and whether you should trust them to keep your conversations confidential. -
Current StudentsCCIS and Clypd – a co-op collaboration where everyone wins
- February 22, 2017
By Emily Ashbolt The minute a co-op enters clypd’s (pronounced ‘clipped’) trendy Davis Square office space, it is clear they are not in for a typical experience. Clypd, a television […] -
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Hackers vs. Cars – The cybersecurity risk of driving self-driving cars
- February 16, 2017
We asked professor Engin Kirda —a systems, software, and network security expert who holds joint appointments in the College of Computer and Information Science and the College of Engineering—to assess the cybersecurity risk of self-driving cars, with a particular focus on how carmakers are working to keep autonomous vehicles safe from hackers. -
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How to keep data leaks from getting out of hand
- February 16, 2017
Many apps give the personal information they collect about you to other companies without explicitly asking your permission. David Choffnes, a computer scientist at Northeastern University, uses a program called ReCon to look for leaky apps. He’s found dozens, including a few that transmit the names, locations, and even passwords of smartphone users without their permission. -
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Google will soon delete apps with no privacy policies from Play Store
- February 14, 2017
"I think it is a great thing that Google is putting more focus on users' privacy," said Engin Kirda, professor of computer science at Northeastern University. It is especially important in light of past cases in which apps available in the Play Store collected large volumes of sensitive data from users without their knowledge, including the URLs they visited, he added. -
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GeneralGraduate Student Hackathon 2017
- February 7, 2017
The inaugural Graduate Student Hackathon, HACK NEU 2017, will take place Friday-Saturday February 11-12, 2017 in the classrooms (and hallways!) of the CCIS home base, West Village H. There are a […] -
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Study: Despite Trump’s win, polling is a strong elections predictor globally
- February 3, 2017
Leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the majority of polls had Democrat Hillary Clinton edging out Republican Donald Trump. When Trump won, criticism of this quantitative method of predicting elections swiftly took shape. As one Republican strategist noted on election night, “Tonight data died.” Not so, according to a new study led by Northeastern network scientist David Lazer. The study found that national election polls remain a strong indicator of election outcomes. The researchers’ statistical models, which leaned heavily on late polling data and current economic conditions, correctly predicted up to 90 percent of such direct executive elections.
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