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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 NortheasternCCIS Researchers find racial, gender bias in online freelance marketplaces
- December 6, 2016
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)
- December 5, 2016
Construction nears completion on the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) on Columbus Avenue at Northeastern University. -
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GeneralCCIS PhD Student and Professor Discover Snooping in Dark Web
- December 2, 2016
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 […] -
Current StudentsCCIS Students Chase a Firebase Fish and win Google I/O 2017 tickets
- December 2, 2016
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
- November 30, 2016
“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.” -
Giving Tuesday is today
- November 29, 2016
“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
- November 28, 2016
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. -
GeneralResearchers run largest known transparent checkpointing process
- November 23, 2016
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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