Computer Science Archives

Taking the Sting Out of Spear Phishing: I-ARPA’s “VirtUE” Program Aims to Insulate Enterprise Systems from Security Threats

by Joe Pomerening | Mar 27, 2019 | Computer Science, Government |

Pervasive in the academic, industry, and government workplace is the constant reminder from IT teams—“…do NOT click on that link!”—that appears in emails...

When Seeing is Not Believing: The Rise of Deepfake Media and the Efforts to Counter Them

by Joe Pomerening | Feb 4, 2019 | Computer Science |

While the revision of past events and fictionalization of historical figures can be entertaining fodder for movie theater audiences, the manipulation of...

False news is fast news…..which isn’t a good thing

by Michael Patterson | Mar 9, 2018 | Big Data, Computer Science, Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Technology |

This week in Science 3 researchers from MIT published their analysis of 126,000 rumors spread between 3 million twitter users over a ten year period. The...

Hello Dave…..Watson reporting in from the ISS

by Michael Patterson | Mar 1, 2018 | Big Data, Computer Science, Emerging Technologies, Engineering, Space |

While sadly no one is named Dave right now on the International Space Station, the floating head known as CIMON and powered via remote processing by...

Self learning AI masters Go in 40 days and destroys previous computer champion

by Michael Patterson | Oct 20, 2017 | Computer Science, Emerging Technologies, Engineering, Technology |

This week, engineers from DeepMind (a subsidiary of Google/Alphabet) published a paper in Nature describing their newest AI advancement. The software,...

Cassini completes final command – hitting Saturn for a final burn

by Michael Patterson | Sep 15, 2017 | Aerospace, Computer Science, Emerging Technologies, Engineering, Government, Space, Technology |

Today was the final day of the Cassini spacecrafts 13 year mission (19 if you count travel time). Running low on fuel, dealing with the constant...