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Media coverage roundup: Suspicious Tor node research by Professor Guevara Noubir
Professor Guevara Noubir and PhD student Amirali Sanatinia conducted research on the Tor network, a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the […]
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Amazon employee takes advantage of CCIS ALIGN program
By Shandana Mufti Many people would be done with school after earning an undergraduate degree and an MBA. Not Andrew Dickens (MSCS ’17). Andrew is currently working on his second […]
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CCIS launches three new degree programs
By Shandana Mufti Intro CCIS has announced three new degree programs for its undergraduate and graduate students. The programs – BS in Data Science, MS in Data Science and MS […]
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From co-op to employee: CCIS student to start work at Google
By Shandana Mufti Receiving and accepting job offers for life after graduation always brings a sense of relief. Prachi Bhansali (MSCS ’16) recently felt that relief after accepting a position […]
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Computers can sense sarcasm? Yeah, right
"Irony or sarcasm requires a notion of context. It is quite different from spam or even [textual] sentiment analysis," says Byron Wallace, an assistant professor at Northeastern University's College of Computer and Information Science. Trying to incorporate some notion of context; that's what's cool about this."
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How Big, Really, Is The Zika Outbreak In Florida?
"Zika is one of those diseases that is always like an iceberg — you just see the tip," says Alessandro Vespignani, a computer scientist at Northeastern University in Boston, who has been tasked with modeling the spread of the virus.
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New proof techniques for adaptive security – Zahra Jafargholi – 8.25.16
Master’s Thesis Defense Abstract Selective security refers to the case where the attacker decides on some parameters of the attack before the attack even begins. In contrast, adaptive security refers […]
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Better ransomware detection: Follow the shouting
At the 25th Usenix Security Symposium in Austin, Texas, this week, a team of researchers from Northeastern University in Boston presented a new method to detect ransomware, called Unveil, and they report that it's proved highly effective in testing.
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Technavio releases report on top three emerging trends to impact the global connected health market
“The current healthcare system faces a shortage of resources. The supply of experienced medical professionals has been insufficient to meet the rapidly growing demand for medical services. The shortage of nurses is one of the major reasons for a drop in the quality of medical services. Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, US has developed the concept of a virtual nurse to overcome this,” according to Amber.
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