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Over a third of websites use outdated and vulnerable JavaScript libraries
- March 10, 2017
More than a third of the websites you visit online may include an outdated JavaScript library that's vulnerable to one or more security flaws. This is the conclusion of recent research carried out by a team of six scientists from the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University, who scanned over 133,000 domains and found that 37% loaded outdated and insecure JavaScript libraries. -
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GE Hackathon Challenge
- March 10, 2017
What do one iconic American corporation, 40 graduate students, 10 projects, one dancing robot and fancy cupcakes have in common? The GE Hackathon Challenge of course! Hosted by the College […] -
General Assembly
Humanoid robots ‘live’ it up at Northeastern
- March 9, 2017
Valkyrie is one of the newest “kids” on campus at Boston’s Northeastern University. She stands 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 285 pounds and dreams about exploring Mars someday. However, Valkyrie isn’t a student. She’s an advanced humanoid robot that resides at the school’s Robotics and Intelligent Vehicles Research Laboratory (RIVeR). The organization is working with NASA to improve Valkyrie, with the goal of sending the robot to Mars. -
General Forbes
AI might be key to selling on sites like Amazon
- March 6, 2017
With thousands or even millions of dollars in sales at stake, companies aren’t likely to use AI within online stores unless they have some evidence that the effect on their bottom line will be positive. Researchers at Northeastern University found that when sellers use algorithmic repricing, they’re more likely to be featured in the Amazon Buy Box. -
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CCIS Grad finds his home (and wants to help you find yours)
- February 23, 2017
By Emily Ashbolt Daniel Tewfik is the first to admit that he is a lot of different things. The 2012 Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) graduate […] -
Combined major gives CCIS senior an interdisciplinary perspective
- February 23, 2017
By Gwendolyn Schanker This summer, fifth-year CCIS student Kyle Alpert (BS, Computer Science/Cognitive Psychology, ’17) will start work full-time at HubSpot, a Cambridge-based inbound marketing software company. At HubSpot, he’ll […] -
General News at Northeastern
The fake news phenomenon: How it spreads, and how to fight it
- February 22, 2017
“A well-functioning democracy requires a healthy ecosystem of truth-tellers,” said David Lazer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer and Information Science at Northeastern and co-director of the university’s NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. “Citizens need to be informed, and we need institutions to communicate what’s happening in the world. In a democracy, we have to respect these enduring differences in a body politick, but the fact that there’s legitimate diversity doesn’t mean that all presentations of reality are legitimate.”
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