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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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Project Feed 1010 Partnership: Computer Science students tackle unpredictability of real-world advanced software development
- June 17, 2016
A partnership between the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and Northeastern’s College of Computer and Information Science brought 19 students from the Boston and Seattle campuses together to work directly […] -
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News at NortheasternNortheastern researchers find that Amazon might not always be pitching you the best prices
- June 2, 2016
A team led by Northeastern’s Christo Wilson shows that Amazon is much more likely to point buyers to sellers who use an automated practice called algorithmic pricing, even though those sellers’ prices may not be the lowest. -
Current StudentsComputer Science and Musicals – Not So Different After All
- May 31, 2016
By Shandana Mufti The first year of college can be a daunting time: new campus, new friends, new things to study and discover. For Alice Kotowski (BSCS ‘19/’20), settling into […] -
GeneralInternships Help Define Doctoral Research
- May 31, 2016
By Shandana Mufti The internet is home to a staggering amount of information, much of which is accessible through web searches. Matthew Ekstrand-Abueg, a PhD candidate in Computer Science, specializing […] -
Students Participate in Google Code Jam Competition
- May 31, 2016
By Shandana Mufti CCIS students don’t shy away from challenges. Examples might include a tough higher-level class, a highly specialized co-op, or nuanced research into a computer science topic. Alp […] -
General The ConversationIt’s easier to defend against ransomware than you might think
- May 24, 2016
Ransomware – malicious software that sneaks onto your computer, encrypts your data so you can’t access it and demands payment for unlocking the information – has become an emerging cyberthreat. Several reports in the past few years document the diversity of ransomware attacks and their increasingly sophisticated methods. Recently, high-profile ransomware attacks on large enterprises such as hospitals and police departments have demonstrated that large organizations of all types are at risk of significant real-world consequences if they don’t protect themselves properly against this type of cyberthreat. -
General News at Northeastern
3Qs: Can ‘scrubbing’ your online identity save your reputation?
- May 23, 2016
What happens when you Google yourself? For those worried about less than favorable search results or news stories, “scrubbing” has emerged as a popular approach to improving a poor online reputation. From celebrities and large corporations to universities and organizations, there is a growing appetite to boost the online image of their brand. One way to do that is to hire experts to clean up and literally wipe negative mentions of them from the Internet. Here, David Choffnes, professor in the College of Computer and Information Science, weighs in on whether scrubbing is an effective and realistic way to manage and improve an online reputation. -
General News at NortheasternCCIS dean’s own path spurs drive to increase student opportunities
- May 17, 2016
Carla Brodley ardently believes every college student should give computer science a try—whether that means diving in with a major or dipping in by taking an elective. “It’s a basic […]
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