News Category: General
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GeneralMedia coverage roundup: CCIS Professor Gene Cooperman and CCIS PhD student run largest known transparent checkpointing process
- December 9, 2016
CCIS Professor Gene Cooperman and CCIS PhD student Jiajun Cao led a team of researchers to run the largest known transparent checkpointing process to date. 11/23/16 -
GeneralDean Carla Brodley named 2016 ACM fellow
- December 8, 2016
NEW YORK, NY, December 8, 2016 – ACM, the world’s leading computing society, has named 53 of its members as ACM Fellows for major contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, […] -
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. -
News at Northeastern
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 […]