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November 17, 2010

Tonguz Delivers Invited Talk in Germany

ECE Professor Ozan Tonguz delivered an invited talk in Germany last month at the prestigious Dagstuhl Seminar, where the world's best-known scientists meet to present and discuss their research. The Dagstuhl Workshop on Vehicular Networks brought together key researchers in the popular area of vehicular networks, which has recently attracted a tremendous amount of attention from car manufacturers and academics. (Read more.)

November 16, 2010

Bain To Discuss Perpendicular Recording Alternatives at MMM 2010

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor and Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) Associate Director James Bain and other members of the DSSC will discuss the future of traditional magnetic recording and other data storage issues at the 55^th annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM 2010) this week in Atlanta. During a talk scheduled for 8:42 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, Bain will unveil a white paper demonstrating that traditional perpendicular recording can last about two more years before it needs to be replaced by alternatives like heat-assisted magnetic recording and bit patterned media (BPM) — both of which represent major transitions for the industry. (Read more.)

November 11, 2010

Plaid Parliament of Pwning Takes Capture the Flag Trifecta

Online capture the flag (CTF) competitions may not be a sport in the traditional sense, but they're just as competitive, just as arduous. The computer security war game requires each team or individual in the competition to find a key source of information by solving a host of challenging problems, with each competition lasting as long as 48 hours. And Carnegie Mellon's Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP) team, lead by Assistant Professor of ECE and Computer Science David Brumley, has pulled off a huge feat this semester, winning not just one or two of these grueling competitions, but three — and all since September. (Read more.)

November 5, 2010

Brigham's Paper Earns Best Innovative Topic Award

ECE Ph.D. student Kathy Brigham and her adviser, ECE Professor Vijayakumar Bhagavatula, earned the Best Innovative Topic Paper Award at the IEEE Fourth International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS) 2010 for their paper, "Subject Identification From Electroencephalogram (EEG) Signals During Imagined Speech." Held in Arlington, Va., earlier this fall, the conference is the premier research meeting focused on biometrics. (Read more.)

October 19, 2010

Data Storage Experts Gather for Fall Technical Review

Data storage experts from across the globe gathered at Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday, Sept. 28, for the Data Storage Systems Center's Fall Technical Review. Held twice each year, the center's reviews provide an opportunity for faculty and students at the university to share their latest research findings with representatives of the DSSC's industrial sponsor companies and other data storage professionals. This year, the review brought more than 80 attendees together for the opportunity to not only hear important research updates, but to also plan and strategize for the industry's future. (Read more.)