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November 26, 2007

eWatch Will Measure Exposure to Daily Life Stressors

Daniel Siewiorek, Buhl University Professor of ECE and CS, Director of the HCII, and Asim Smailagic, Research Professor of ECE and ICES, are co-investigators in a new study that has received a $426,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In a team lead by Pitt Psychology Professor Thomas Kamarck, they will use the eWatch they developed to measure psychosocial stress exposure during the course of daily life.

November 8, 2007

Analyzing Internet Black Markets

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon are working to understand and potentially thwart the growth of Internet black markets — where attackers use well-developed business practices to hawk viruses, stolen data and attack services. Adrian Perrig, an associate professor of ECE and EPP, and Jason Franklin, a Ph.D. student in CS — working in conjunction with Vern Paxson of the International Computer Science Institute and Stefan Savage of the University of California, San Diego — have designed new computer tools for this effort.

Engineering to Host Corporate Panel Discussion on Innovation

Pradeep Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering and Phillip and Marsha Dowd Professor of ECE and Robotics, will lead a panel discussion about how corporations are aligning their innovative capabilities to turn big ideas into economic growth from noon to 1 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12 in the Singleton Room of Roberts Engineering Hall. The university's College of Engineering is offering a new Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Innovation Management that is designed to train a new breed of innovative leaders.

November 7, 2007

Marculescu and Hu Selected for DATE Book

A paper written by Associate Professor of ECE Radu Marculescu and his former graduate student Jingcao Hu (Ph.D. 2005) was selected for a book featuring the most influential work over 10 years of the Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference. The research, entitled "Exploiting the Routing Flexibility for Energy-Performance Aware Mapping of Regular NoC Architectures" was selected for 2003; only three papers were chosen from each year.

November 6, 2007

Tartan Racing Wins $2M DARPA Urban Challenge

Tartan Racing's self-driving SUV, Boss, was the fastest of the competitors by 20 minutes, averaging about 14 miles per hour over approximately 55 miles. Boss made history by sharing the road with human drivers and other robots. Faculty, students, and alumni from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering were among the contributors to the 45-member Tartan Racing team. The longstanding Carnegie Mellon-GM Collaborative Research Lab (CM-GM CRL) brought hardware integration and system engineering skills to the group.