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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 boingboingCCIS researchers find over 100 spying Tor nodes that attempt to compromise darknet sites
- July 8, 2016
CCIS Professor Guevara Noubir and CCIS PhD Student Amirali Sanatinia have announced a paper (to be delivered at this summer's Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas) that reveals over 100 spying Tor nodes that were shown to be targeting hidden services. -
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Building a better computer bug finder
- July 7, 2016
A paper detailing the research was presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy and was published in the conference proceedings. Technical staff members of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory led the technical research: Patrick Hulin, Tim Leek, Frederick Ulrich, and Ryan Whelan. Collaborators from Northeastern University are Engin Kirda, professor of computer and information science; Wil Robertson, assistant professor of computer and information science; and doctoral student Andrea Mambretti -
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When should hacking be legal?
- July 6, 2016
The four professors bringing the lawsuit are conducting research into racial and other discriminatory biases in online services. One pair of researchers—Christian Sandvig, of the University of Michigan, and Karrie Karahalios, of the University of Illinois—is examining real-estate websites, and the other pair—Alan Mislove and Christo Wilson of Northeastern University—is looking at hiring websites. -
GeneralAlgorithms are everywhere – How do they work?
- June 30, 2016
By Shandana Mufti We take technology for granted. We expect low prices on goods purchased through Amazon, and we expect cars requested through Uber to show up promptly. We think […] -
GeneralCommunity service award highlights student’s commitment to tutoring, mentorship
- June 30, 2016
By Shandana Mufti Working toward a PhD is time-consuming: there’s research to be done, grants to be secured and papers to write. But Ben Greenman, who hopes to earn his […] -
Current StudentsStudent software development team wins award for community service
- June 30, 2016
Experiential learning at CCIS doesn’t end when co-op is over – it continues in the classroom. In Professor Mike Weintraub’s Software Development class this spring semester, students weren’t tasked with creating projects for made-up clients. Instead, they were split into teams, assigned a community partner and a project, and given a semester to bring that to life. -
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There’s still time to be Counted!
- June 24, 2016
Please join the CCIS community of alumni, faculty, student and parent supporters today. Any gift, for any purpose, contributes to our participation rate and increases our national rankings. Every gift truly matters! […] -
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Prof. Choffnes’ research finds T-Mobile’s Binge On doesn’t live up to the hype
- June 20, 2016
Want to watch unlimited videos from Netflix, YouTube, and other providers on your mobile device for free? Make us your internet service provider, says T-Mobile. Our Binge On service allows you to do just that. Not so fast, says Northeastern’s David Choffnes, assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science. New research by Choffnes and his colleagues shows that what T-Mobile promises is not what you, or content providers, may actually get.
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