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Dean Carla Brodley | In Seattle, leaders talk strategies to diversify tech sector
National experts and leaders from industry and academia convened Tuesday morning at Northeastern University-Seattle to discuss strategies and opportunities to broaden the pipeline of women and minorities in the technology industry. More than 130 stakeholders from across Washington state attended the panel discussion, which was moderated by Carla Brodley, dean of the College of Computer […]
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Join us as we celebrate Khoury College’s 40th Anniversary
Join us as we celebrate Khoury College’s 40th Anniversary
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Speech Startup VocaliD Creates Personalized Voices With Crowd’s Help
Losing the ability to speak is harrowing, and particularly poignant in conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (known as ALS), stroke, or cerebral palsy. Yet many who can’t speak still can make some sounds with their voice—think gleeful yelps of joy or sorrowful shrieks of pain. Those sounds are key to the work of Rupal Patel and […]
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How Congress sees the world, in charts
This week is a big one for America’s global relations. While Congress started hashing out whether to hand the president authority to finish the largest trade deal in history, Obama was wrapping up the G-7 economic summit in Germany. Beneath the talking points, what are America’s real priorities when it comes to the rest of […]
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Take 5: The impact of Web personalization
Christo Wilson, an assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University, discussed the ins and outs of Web personalization on Monday afternoon in the Raytheon Amphitheater. His lecture marked the latest installment in the Minds over Matters: NUterm Faculty Speaker Series, which features weekly presentations from top faculty scholars who […]
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What Could Economists Do With All That Cell-Phone Data?
GDP, unemployment numbers, and other indicators are rough estimates at best. Researchers might be able to do better with access to metadata, but would the public be comfortable with that?
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CCIS Professors Honored Before Retirement
Professors Harriet Fell and Viera Proulx of the College of Computer and Information Science were honored at separate receptions hosted by Dean Carla E. Brodley ahead of their retirements. Fell […]
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Code Showdown Tested Students’ Skills, Brought Alumni Back To Campus
Geek Week 2015 ended with the inaugural Code Showdown, hosted by Northeastern’s branch of the Association for Computing Machinery. Up for grabs were scholarships funded by Cipher Tech, a company […]
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Meet the Class of 2015
Four hundred and thirty-two CCIS students graduated and joined the ranks of Northeastern alumni this month. Among them were 107 undergraduates and 325 graduate students. A number of graduates reported […]
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Professor David Lazer | Researchers use mobile phone data to predict employment shocks
Northeastern University computational social scientist David Lazer and his interdisciplinary research team have demonstrated that mobile phone data can be used to quickly and accurately detect, track, and predict changes in the economy at multiple levels. The findings, published Wednesday in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, highlight the potential of mobile phone data to […]
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