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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.

  • Empathy: The Killer App for Artificial Intelligence

    • February 2, 2017

    Artificial intelligence that reads and responds to our emotions is the killer app of the digital economy. It will make customers and employees happier—as long as it learns to respect our boundaries. When psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman visited the Fore tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea in 1967, he probably didn’t imagine that his work would become the foundation for some of the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI).

    Stacy Marsella

  • What can we learn about cybersecurity from the Russian hacks?

    • January 24, 2017

    On Inau­gu­ra­tion Day, NBC News reported that the FBI—aided by the CIA, the National Secu­rity Agency, and the Trea­sury Department—was car­rying out a counter-​​intelligence inves­ti­ga­tion to learn how, as NBC’s Ken Dilanian put it, “Russia’s efforts to manip­u­late public opinion in the U.S. pres­i­den­tial election…was paid for and whether any Amer­i­cans were involved.” The month before, myriad news out­lets reported Russia’s hacking of the Demo­c­ratic National Com­mittee and other polit­ical orga­ni­za­tions to influ­ence the elec­tion, with both the CIA and FBI agreeing about the source and aim of the hacks.

  • Computing and the fight against epidemics

    • January 23, 2017

    Since the earliest times, humankind has been permanently at war with infectious disease. However, a few decades ago, the scientific community experienced the euphoria of imminent victory. The introduction of antibiotics. The culling of common diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, and polio. The eradication of smallpox. Each new milestone led practitioners and the public at large to believe that we were on the verge of routing the enemy once and for all.

  • CCIS hosts Charles River Crypto Day

    • January 12, 2017

    By Christian Stafford On Friday, December 9th, 2016, Northeastern University played host to the Charles River Cryptography Day, or, “Crypto Day.” According to Northeastern CCIS Assistant Professor and event organizer, […]

    Daniel Wichs

  • CCIS student attends Forbes Under 30 Summit

    • January 12, 2017

    By Mackenzie Nichols For the college-aged aspiring entrepreneur, this is the time to pursue innovative business ideas. Thousands attended the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston, and speakers presented their […]

    Mike Nelson

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