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On August 4, 2016, the mission of cyber autonomy was declared accomplished. Meanwhile, back in Pittsburgh, a CyLab graduate student quietly hacked away at her own research in cyber autonomy.

Rethinking social networks

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

Rethinking social networks

Radu Marculescu and his colleagues have created a new model of social network formation and evolution driven by the notion of “betweenness.”

Indoor location, location, location

Monday, August 06, 2018

Indoor location, location, location

A CMU team and a CMU spinout took first and second place, respectively, at the 2018 Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition.

PDL team tests new file system on Trinity supercomputer

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

PDL team tests new file system on Trinity supercomputer

A team from the Carnegie Mellon Parallel Data Lab (PDL) recently completed work with Los Alamos National Lab simulating physical phenomena involving as many as a trillion individual particles.

CMU, Bossa Nova to apply AI to retail analytics

Monday, July 30, 2018

CMU, Bossa Nova to apply AI to retail analytics

Carnegie Mellon University has announced a research partnership with Bossa Nova, the leading provider of real-time, on-shelf product data for the global retail industry, to develop and integrate artificial intelligence into service robots in retail stores nationwide.

Koopman comments on hurdles facing self-driving cars

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Koopman comments on hurdles facing self-driving cars

Philip Koopman commented for TechRadar on the challenges that will need to be overcome in order to achieve safe, widespread deployment of self-driving vehicles.

Koopman explains how to keep self-driving cars safe

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Koopman explains how to keep self-driving cars safe

Philip Koopman wrote an op-ed for The Hill explaining how automakers can maintain vehicle safety without sacrificing progress and technological innovation.

Multi-armed bandits: using algorithms for sequential decision-making

Monday, July 23, 2018

Multi-armed bandits: using algorithms for sequential decision-making

ECE Assistant Professor Gauri Joshi is investigating multi-armed bandit algorithms to make data-driven inference and decision-making faster and more efficient. She recently received the Berkman Faculty Development Award to aid her research and acquire real-world data sets to validate her findings.

Insight without Incision: Advances in noninvasive brain imaging offers improvements to epilepsy surgery

Monday, July 16, 2018

Insight without Incision: Advances in noninvasive brain imaging offers improvements to epilepsy surgery

Grover and team recently presented their work at the annual meeting of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.

Falcon joins the Institute for Defense Analyses

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Falcon joins the Institute for Defense Analyses

Carnegie Mellon University student, Kathleen Falcon joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a Summer Associate in IDA’s Operational Evaluation Division (OED).

Rajkumar quoted by Wired on AVs and pedestrians

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Rajkumar quoted by Wired on AVs and pedestrians

Wired quoted ECE’s Raj Rajkumar on how autonomous vehicles might determine a pedestrian’s intent to cross a road.

Company that acquired CMU spinoff poised for future competition

Monday, July 09, 2018

Company that acquired CMU spinoff poised for future competition

Ottomatika, a Carnegie Mellon spinoff specializing in autonomous driving technology originally started by ECE’s Raj Rajkumar, was mentioned in a story in Forbes on competition for the future of the autonomous vehicle (AV) market.

Pricing and processing data far from the Cloud: Carlee Joe-Wong on the economics of the IoT

Monday, July 02, 2018

Pricing and processing data far from the Cloud: Carlee Joe-Wong on the economics of the IoT

Carlee Joe-Wong is working to establish the economic foundations for the next generation of computing.

Sekar and team discover internet vulnerabilities

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Sekar and team discover internet vulnerabilities

The Register quoted a study by Vyas Sekar that uncovered how hackers exploit third-party internet services to hamper or stall website traffic.

Flying high

Monday, June 25, 2018

Flying high

Carnegie Mellon Rocket Command (CMRC) flew away from a NASA competition with a top 10 finish and an altitude award for coming closest to hitting a one-mile target launch altitude. It was the first time the team competed in the competition.

Alumna earns IJCAI Computers and Thought Award

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Alumna earns IJCAI Computers and Thought Award

Devi Parikh was named recipient of the 2017 International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Computers and Thought Award, which is considered to be the premier award for artificial intelligence researchers under the age of 35.

CMU and Howard offer dual engineering Ph.D. degrees

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

CMU and Howard offer dual engineering Ph.D. degrees

CMU Engineering and the College of Engineering and Architecture of Howard University are launching a new partnership that will include a dual-degree Ph.D. program and other initiatives.

Bettinger and Fedder create soft hydrogel brain implants

Monday, June 18, 2018

Bettinger and Fedder create soft hydrogel brain implants

BME/MSE’s Christopher Bettinger and ECE’s Gary Fedder are part of a team that created a new soft hydrogel material for use in developing non-invasive brain implants.

Sinopoli co-chairs and co-organizes Automotive CPS conference

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Sinopoli co-chairs and co-organizes Automotive CPS conference

Bruno Sinopoli co-chaired and co-organized the 2018 MORE on Automotive: Cyber-Physical-Systems (Control, Robustness, Security) workshop at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE).

Chen and Stamoulis receive 2018 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Monday, June 11, 2018

Chen and Stamoulis receive 2018 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

ECE Ph.D. students Zhuo Chen and Dimitrios Stamoulis were awarded the 2018 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship.

Rajkumar wary of self-driving vehicle manufacturer claims

Saturday, June 09, 2018

Rajkumar wary of self-driving vehicle manufacturer claims

“Consumers need to be extremely cautious about the claims being made,” says ECE’s Raj Rajkumar.

Kumar discusses impact of next-generation wireless technology

Friday, June 08, 2018

Kumar discusses impact of next-generation wireless technology

The Washington Post talked to Swarun Kumar about the various ways in which 5G technology will redefine the future, changing industries from architecture to the Internet of Things.

Your smart home may soon have a smarter way to pair your devices

Thursday, June 07, 2018

Your smart home may soon have a smarter way to pair your devices

Jun Han, a CyLab researcher and recent Ph.D. graduate in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering presented a study titled "Do You Feel What I Hear? Enabling Autonomous IoT Device Pairing using Different Sensor Types" at the IEEE Security & Privacy Symposium in San Francisco.

Gao and Zhao can identify people by their breathing

Thursday, June 07, 2018

Gao and Zhao can identify people by their breathing

Co.Design reported ECE’s Yang Gao and Wenbo Zhao have researched how to detect occupants in a room by their breathing.

Moutis served as editor-in-chief to an IEEE legacy publication

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Moutis served as editor-in-chief to an IEEE legacy publication

Panayiotis (Panos) Moutis served as editor-in-chief to an IEEE legacy publication that compiled 37 papers essential to smart grid technology.

Datta quoted on privacy and encryption

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Datta quoted on privacy and encryption

Scientific American quoted Anupam Datta on privacy and encryption issues with AI assistants.

CMU-Africa to celebrate 5th graduation

Monday, June 04, 2018

CMU-Africa to celebrate 5th graduation

Carnegie Mellon University Africa will celebrate its fifth graduation on Tuesday, June 5, marking another year of the location advancing technology education in one of the fastest growing economic regions in the world. The 45 students will receive degrees in both information technology and electrical and computer engineering.

Rajkumar comments on autonomous trucking development

Monday, June 04, 2018

Rajkumar comments on autonomous trucking development

Raj Rajkumar commented for Ars Technica on how autonomous vehicle technologies are changing the future of the trucking industry.

Rajkumar analyzes causes of fatal Uber accident in Arizona

Friday, June 01, 2018

Rajkumar analyzes causes of fatal Uber accident in Arizona

As investigators continue to unravel the details behind the Uber accident in Arizona which left one dead, ECE’s Raj Rajkumar spoke with The Wall Street Journal about what exactly went wrong in those crucial seconds after the vehicle detected the pedestrian.

“Circling the block” may soon be circling the drain

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

“Circling the block” may soon be circling the drain

A team of ECE Ph.D. students placed third in the Siemens FutureMakers Challenge, and plan to continue development of their app which could forever change the parking landscape.

Rajkumar discusses autonomous vehicle safety on “If Then”

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Rajkumar discusses autonomous vehicle safety on “If Then”

Elon Musk has sparked a lot of conversation recently with his assertion that the media is misrepresenting the safety of self-driving cars, and that Tesla’s autopilot feature has already saved lives.

Parno quoted by WSJ on Intel chip flaws

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Parno quoted by WSJ on Intel chip flaws

The Wall Street Journal quoted Bryan Parno about Intel’s Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws.

Koopman doubts Mobileye AV claims

Monday, May 21, 2018

Koopman doubts Mobileye AV claims

Ars Technica quoted ECE’s Philip Koopman in an article about the feasibility of Mobileye’s autonomous vehicle technology.

2018 Alumni Award Spotlight: Bill Strecker

Thursday, May 17, 2018

2018 Alumni Award Spotlight: Bill Strecker

Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering alumnus Bill Strecker loves to build things, and his life’s work has been putting things together in novel ways that solve problems.

Kumar quoted on standard Wi-Fi mesh networks

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Kumar quoted on standard Wi-Fi mesh networks

Popular Science quoted Swarun Kumar on standardizing Wi-Fi mesh network devices.

ECE Team wins IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems Best Paper Award

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

ECE Team wins IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems Best Paper Award

Professors Radu Marculescu and Diana Marculescu, post-doctoral researcher Ryan Kim, and Ph.D. student Zhuo Chen have been awarded the 2018 IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems Prize Paper Award from the Circuits and Systems Society (CAS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Commencement and diploma ceremony information

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Commencement and diploma ceremony information

Carnegie Mellon's Commencement Ceremony, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Diploma Ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 20, 2018.

Rajkumar quoted in The Verge

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Rajkumar quoted in The Verge

The Verge quoted Raj Rajkumar on how Tesla enables its semi-autonomous vehicles.

Datta cited by Fortune on the fairness of AI

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Datta cited by Fortune on the fairness of AI

An article in Fortune cited Anupam Datta and discussed the power of AI to create fair and unfair virtual and real-world experiences.

Datta cited by New Scientist on biased algorithms

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Datta cited by New Scientist on biased algorithms

A study by Datta demonstrated that Google’s online advertising algorithm would show ads for high-income jobs to more male than female users.

Koopman interviewed on AV safety

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Koopman interviewed on AV safety

Citylab interviewed Philip Koopman on the safety implications of the fatal Uber crash in Tempe, AZ.

Improving anti-virus software with approximations

Monday, May 07, 2018

Improving anti-virus software with approximations

Anti-virus software, that tiny icon on most computer screens that provides a huge service as the protective policeman of computer systems, is on its way to receiving a significant improvement.

Grover and former Steeler Merrill Hoge interviewed by KDKA

Friday, May 04, 2018

Grover and former Steeler Merrill Hoge interviewed by KDKA

Pulkit Grover was interviewed with former Steeler’s running back Merrill Hoge on KDKA’s Sunday Business Page with Jon Delano.

Peha believes FCC is heading in wrong direction

Thursday, May 03, 2018

Peha believes FCC is heading in wrong direction

Jon Peha disputes FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s claim that Obama-era regulations stifled broadband infrastructure development to rural areas.

ECE Day is Friday, May 4

Monday, April 30, 2018

ECE Day is Friday, May 4

Koopman on pedestrians and self-driving cars

Friday, April 27, 2018

Koopman on pedestrians and self-driving cars

The Incline quoted Philip Koopman on how autonomous cars detect pedestrians. Koopman details a self-driving car’s situational awareness: 360-degree cameras intake large volumes of data, and the car maintains singular attention on the road.

Rajkumar quoted by USA Today on Uber crash in Tempe

Friday, April 27, 2018

Rajkumar quoted by USA Today on Uber crash in Tempe

USA Today quoted Raj Rajkumar about sensor reliability in the fatal Uber crash in Tempe, AZ.

CMU team in NASA Mars ice drilling competition

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

CMU team in NASA Mars ice drilling competition

A team of undergraduate engineering students from Carnegie Mellon will design and construct a prototype robot that can extract ice from a simulated Martian landscape.

Koopman quoted on the difficulties of human operators in self-driving vehicles

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Koopman quoted on the difficulties of human operators in self-driving vehicles

As the government and different agencies are looking at the safety of self-driving vehicles, PennDOT is looking into how companies like Uber can continue to test this technology in a safe and useful way.

Rajkumar quoted on Uber collision

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Rajkumar quoted on Uber collision

Bloomberg Technology quoted Raj Rajkumar on sensor and software limitations in the Uber collision in Tempe, Arizona.

Koopman quoted on self-driving technology

Monday, April 16, 2018

Koopman quoted on self-driving technology

Consumer Affairs recently discussed the future of self-driving technology with Philip Koopman.

Marculescu receives Celebration of Education Award

Monday, April 16, 2018

Marculescu receives Celebration of Education Award

Barbara Lazarus advocated for graduate students and young faculty, a quality that Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Diana Marculescu boldly displays. She has advised and mentored 61 graduate students. Through mentoring, she hopes to empower her mentees to define their path as professionals and researchers.

Faculty and students win at IPSN 2018

Friday, April 13, 2018

Faculty and students win at IPSN 2018

Carnegie Mellon University had a strong showing at this year’s International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) in Porto, Portugal, by winning Best Paper, Best Demo, and taking first and second place in the Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition.

Improving cybersecurity with machine learning

Monday, April 09, 2018

Improving cybersecurity with machine learning

Mahmood Sharif has been named a 2018 Symantec Research Lab Graduate Fellow and will continue his research in machine learning and cybersecurity in collaboration with Symantec.

The 2018 CIT Dean's Early Career Fellows

Wednesday, April 04, 2018

The 2018 CIT Dean's Early Career Fellows

Grover, Péraire, Sankaranarayanan, and Yağan are among the eight engineering faculty to received this award for their outstanding contributions to the university.

Yu quoted in Quanta on roadblocks to learning

Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Yu quoted in Quanta on roadblocks to learning

Quanta Magazine quoted Byron Yu and BME’s Steve Chase on their research of learning. Much research on intelligence emphasizes brain plasticity, the ability to respond and adapt to new information.

Hezarkhani is a Defending Digital Democracy contest finalist

Monday, April 02, 2018

Hezarkhani is a Defending Digital Democracy contest finalist

Rutenbar’s startup raises $8 million in funding

Monday, April 02, 2018

Rutenbar’s startup raises $8 million in funding

Voci Technologies, a startup co-founded by ECE Adjunct Professor Rob Rutenbar, received $8 million during its Series B round of funding.

Lucia and students receive Best Paper Award at ASPLOS

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Lucia and students receive Best Paper Award at ASPLOS

Brandon Lucia, Alexei Colin, and Emily Ruppel received a Best Paper Award at the 23rd Association for Computing Machinery’s International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS).

Students win Influenster Scholarship for Women in STEM

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Students win Influenster Scholarship for Women in STEM

Two ECE master's students, Sanika Kapale and Lisa Yan, won two of five 2018 Influenster scholarships for women in STEM. Influenster is a female-founded technology company that aims to raise awareness of gender inequality in STEM, as well as narrow the gap by empowering more women to pursue careers in STEM.

Using machine learning to understand microbial relationships

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Using machine learning to understand microbial relationships

Marculescu, along with ECE Ph.D. student Chieh Lo, has developed a machine learning algorithm — called MPLasso — that uses data to infer associations and interactions between microbes in the GI microbiome.

Narasimhan’s YinzCam, Inc. featured in GeekWire

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Narasimhan’s YinzCam, Inc. featured in GeekWire

Priya Narasimhan founded YinzCam, Inc. in 2009 to use technology to bring sports fans closer to the games and teams they love.

The learning brain is less flexible than we thought

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The learning brain is less flexible than we thought

New research from CMU and Pitt reveals that the brain has various mechanisms and constraints by which it reorganizes its neural activity when learning over the course of a few hours. The new research finds that, when learning a new task, the brain is less flexible than previously thought.

Koopman to speak at PAAV Summit 2018

Friday, March 09, 2018

Koopman to speak at PAAV Summit 2018

Philip Koopman will be the kickoff keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle (PAAV) Summit 2018.

Metro21: Smart Cities Institute launch

Friday, March 09, 2018

Metro21: Smart Cities Institute launch

The Smart Cities Institute is a campus-wide academic center that will address the complex challenges facing metro areas in the 21st century and build on the exciting work that has already come out of Metro21.

Koopman receives IEEE's Carl Barus Award

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Koopman receives IEEE's Carl Barus Award

Philip Koopman recently won the 2018 IEEE-SSIT Carl Barus Award for Outstanding Service in the Public Interest.

Grover and Kelly receive Chuck Noll Foundation Award

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Grover and Kelly receive Chuck Noll Foundation Award

Pulkit Grover and Shawn Kelly and their research team received an award from the Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research.

Pileggi comments on vulnerability of US power grid

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Pileggi comments on vulnerability of US power grid

Cybersecurity researchers are concerned that the country’s power grid could be threatened by microprocessor vulnerabilities like Meltdown and Spectre, two chip flaws that let attackers capture sensitive information (like passwords) stored in the memory of other programs.

Researchers develop camera to see through skin

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Researchers develop camera to see through skin

Carnegie Mellon University is part of a five-year, $10 million program sponsored by the National Science Foundation to develop a new type of camera that peers deep beneath the skin to help diagnose and monitor a wide variety of health conditions.

Datta stresses internal processes of AI

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Datta stresses internal processes of AI

Anupam Datta was featured in a story in The Economist discussing the push to understand why artificial intelligence (AI) agents make the decisions they do.

Sekar quoted on Pyeongchang cyberattack

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Sekar quoted on Pyeongchang cyberattack

“It's pretty easy for attackers to hide their origins or use VPNs etc., so the IOC is probably doing the right thing of not blaming until they are sure,” Vyas Sekar told SC Magazine. “Forensics/attribution is really hard work especially given sophisticated attackers.”

Rowe heads research on future of edge computing

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Rowe heads research on future of edge computing

Anthony Rowe is leading CONIX, a research project aimed at increasing the capabilities of future computing networks.

Siewiorek recognized with IEEE Computer Society 2018 Taylor L. Booth Education Award

Monday, February 26, 2018

Siewiorek recognized with IEEE Computer Society 2018 Taylor L. Booth Education Award

Daniel P. Siewiorek, Buhl University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named the 2018 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award.

Bain named new Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs of ECE

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Bain named new Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs of ECE

Professor James Bain will become the new Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs, effective June 1, 2018.

Marculescu receives Kavčić-Moura Professorship

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Marculescu receives Kavčić-Moura Professorship

Radu Marculescu is one of four Carnegie Mellon University faculty members that have been appointed to new Kavčić-Moura Professorships, designed to provide sustained, long-term support for scholars across the university whose breakthroughs and discoveries have the potential to impact the world where human life and technology meet.

Pileggi comments on benefits of microgrids in ChooseEnergy

Friday, February 16, 2018

Pileggi comments on benefits of microgrids in ChooseEnergy

In an article for ChooseEnergy, Larry Pileggi talks about the benefits and importance of microgrids.

Rowe quoted on CMU students' contribution to IoT field

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Rowe quoted on CMU students' contribution to IoT field

According to Anthony Rowe, students at Carnegie Mellon are developing solutions for real-world IoT applications.

Carnegie Mellon University and Portugal renew and celebrate partnership

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Carnegie Mellon University and Portugal renew and celebrate partnership

Carnegie Mellon University will sign a cooperation agreement with the Government of Portugal to renew the CMU Portugal Program on February 15th, 2018 in Matosinhos, Portugal.

Parno receives 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Parno receives 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship

The fellowship, awarded annually since 1955, honors early career scholars whose achievements put them among the very best scientific minds working today. Winners receive a two-year, $65,000 fellowship to further their research.

ECE Valentine's Day poem contest winners

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

ECE Valentine's Day poem contest winners

Thank you to all who participated in the ECE Valentine's Day Poem Contest. There were so many entries, the judges could not decide on just one. Below are the winning poems.

Datta's study cited in New York Times book review

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Datta's study cited in New York Times book review

In his study, Datta found that, when an equal number of men and women visited 100 recruitment sites, men were shown ads for the highest-paying jobs six times more often than women.

Celebrating "SSL," the unsung hero of online shopping

Monday, February 05, 2018

Celebrating "SSL," the unsung hero of online shopping

Bryan Parno says it’s hard to imagine modern online shopping without a protocol like SSL or TLS. If you can’t communicate securely with the shopping site, then all of the information you send or receive could be intercepted along the way.

Parno quoted on Chronicle, Alphabet's newest cybersecurity company

Thursday, February 01, 2018

Parno quoted on Chronicle, Alphabet's newest cybersecurity company

Recently, Alphabet–Google's parent company–developed a new cybersecurity platform called Chronicle that companies can use to help comprehend their own security data.

Powering the smart cities of the future

Monday, January 29, 2018

Powering the smart cities of the future

CMU-SV’s Bob Iannucci and his students have developed the PowerDué: a prototyping platform that allows programmers, students, and makers alike to build their intuition about how much energy their code is using, and how to build better efficiency into their code from the get-go.

New research center CONIX featured in TribLIVE

Thursday, January 25, 2018

New research center CONIX featured in TribLIVE

Anthony Rowe will head the Computing on Network Infrastructure for Pervasive Perception, Cognition, and Action Research Center—CONIX—to work toward improving Internet of Things (IoT) networks.

ECE staff award nominees

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

ECE staff award nominees

To honor outstanding staff members, the Carnegie Institute of Technology has established four Staff Recognition Awards.

College of Engineering remembers alumnus Yush Pal Gupta

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

College of Engineering remembers alumnus Yush Pal Gupta

Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering alumnus Yush Pal Gupta (ECE ’10) passed away November 5, 2017.

Creativity, curiosity, and engineering intersect at Build18

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Creativity, curiosity, and engineering intersect at Build18

Build18’s mission is to provide students with a risk-free environment to pursue personal engineering challenges, where the only limiting factor to creation is their own ingenuity. The festival signifies the start of the spring semester and a chance for students to build for fun.

Brumley featured on SciTech Now

Monday, January 22, 2018

Brumley featured on SciTech Now

Recently, David Brumley was featured on an episode of SciTech Now, where he talked about the importance of understanding basic cybersecurity concepts.

Researchers recognized for face image generation work

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Researchers recognized for face image generation work

A team of ECE researchers received the Best Paper Award at the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security, and Behavior Analysis (ISBA), held in Singapore.

Bauer's research on facial recognition technology cited in Digital Trends

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Bauer's research on facial recognition technology cited in Digital Trends

Lujo Bauer and his research team recently developed eyeglasses that are capable of fooling facial recognition algorithms.

Smarter networks to connect the edge to the cloud

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Smarter networks to connect the edge to the cloud

Carnegie Mellon University will lead a $27.5 million Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) initiative to build more intelligence into computer networks.

Should we be concerned about our privacy in a world of self-driving cars?

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Should we be concerned about our privacy in a world of self-driving cars?

CyLab researchers find out what information, if any, is this sensor-covered vehicle collecting about you.

Lucia receives NSF CAREER grant for energy-harvesting devices

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Lucia receives NSF CAREER grant for energy-harvesting devices

Brandon Lucia, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award supporting his research on the next generation of reliable, capable intermittent computer systems. Lucia will receive a $654,500 grant over the next five years to further his research on energy-harvesting devices.

ARM announces new CEO

Tuesday, January 09, 2018

ARM announces new CEO

The Board of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute has appointed Byron C. Clayton, an experienced leader in public-private partnerships and technology commercialization, as chief executive officer. Clayton will succeed Gary Fedder, who has held the interim CEO role since early 2017.

College of Engineering's 2017 game changers

Monday, January 08, 2018

College of Engineering's 2017 game changers

From engineering new materials to constructing smart systems, researchers in the College of Engineering are innovating for the future. Read some of our highlights from 2017.

CyLab study mentioned as facial detection finds its challengers

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

CyLab study mentioned as facial detection finds its challengers

Last year, ECE/CyLab’s Lujo Bauer, Sruti Bhagavatula, and Mahmood Sharif were part of a research study that developed facial-recognition-fooling eyeglasses.

Datta’s 2015 algorithm bias study referenced by HuffPost UK

Monday, December 18, 2017

Datta’s 2015 algorithm bias study referenced by HuffPost UK

Embrace an android. That’s the rallying cry of the UK’s deputy Labour leader, Tom Watson. His party’s Future of Work Commission recently released a study finding, in part, that the “increasing use of hi-tech machines could create as many jobs as it destroys,” but only if the government invests in training low-skilled workers to fill those jobs. With the rise of automation in the workplace, the Commission also recommended the establishment of ethics and algorithm training to prohibit discrimination by algorithm.

Students mentor teens in hackathons

Monday, December 18, 2017

Students mentor teens in hackathons

Students and faculty from Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley are working to support the next generation of technologists by mentoring high school students competing in community hackathons.

Datta’s research referenced in story addressing AI liability

Friday, December 15, 2017

Datta’s research referenced in story addressing AI liability

In 2015, Anupam Datta co-authored a study that revealed digital ads for high-paying jobs were shown to significantly more men than women.

Bhagavatula named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Bhagavatula named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Vijayakumar Bhagavatula of Carnegie Mellon University has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the organization announced Tuesday.

Kumar comments on the use of aluminum foil to enhance Wi-Fi Signals

Monday, December 11, 2017

Kumar comments on the use of aluminum foil to enhance Wi-Fi Signals

Every day, we use devices like iPhones, computers, and tablets to complete tasks at work or finish school projects. These devices, as we know, require Wi-Fi signals to function properly. Without a strong Wi-Fi connection, we can’t access the internet, email our co-workers, or conduct online research for a school project.

Rajkumar quoted on semi-autonomous big rigs in city and highway settings

Monday, December 04, 2017

Rajkumar quoted on semi-autonomous big rigs in city and highway settings

With the recent announcement of Tesla's electric 18-wheeler, the conversation on autonomous vehicles is moving toward applications for trucking companies.

Koopman provides voice of reason on safety for self-driving car development

Friday, December 01, 2017

Koopman provides voice of reason on safety for self-driving car development

The first self-driving cars are finally operating on real streets, but doubts about their safety continue to plague passengers and pedestrians.

Franchetti quoted on AI chip startups

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Franchetti quoted on AI chip startups

As companies continue to invest heavily in hardware to run deep-learning systems, the limitations of existing chips, such as Nvidia’s graphic chips, are being exposed. Despite having been tweaked to adapt, they soak up a lot of energy when working in parallel. CMU has had to ask its researchers to throttle back their chip use due to the strain they placed on the university’s power system.

Datta study cited in article about fairness in AI

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Datta study cited in article about fairness in AI

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence have revealed the presence of bias within the learning processes of neural networks. Anupam Datta conducted a study in 2015 that offers proof: in certain settings, Google ads that promised help for applicants in getting jobs with salaries greater than $200,000 were shown to significantly fewer women than men.

CMU and KMITL to launch research & education collaboration

Monday, November 27, 2017

CMU and KMITL to launch research & education collaboration

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), a leading engineering university in Thailand, today announced a long-term collaboration to significantly expand research and education in the areas of information, computing, and autonomous technologies.

Powerful storage, tiny space

Monday, November 20, 2017

Powerful storage, tiny space

Imagine a building the size of the entire city of Chicago, filled with rows and rows of hard disk drives. That’s what a big data storage center would have looked like twenty years ago. Thanks to improvements in storage technology, data centers have scaled down to the size of a football field. But there’s still a great need to shrink the size of storage technology while the amount of data increases.

Zhang receives Test of Time Award 2017

Friday, November 17, 2017

Zhang receives Test of Time Award 2017

ECE/INI associate research professor Pei Zhang recently received the ACM SenSys Test of Time Award (ToTA) 2017 for his 2004 research paper, “Hardware design experiences in ZebraNet.”

Rajkumar quoted on self-driving car lidar tech

Monday, November 13, 2017

Rajkumar quoted on self-driving car lidar tech

Self-driving car companies are expanding their testing locations to cities with narrow, bumpy roads, bad weather, and culturally-specific driving conventions. Using a combination of radar, lidar, laser scanners, and cameras, self-driving vehicles are gearing up to work in the worst conditions possible.

Veteran Ph.D. student tackles robots in space

Thursday, November 09, 2017

Veteran Ph.D. student tackles robots in space

Fedder discusses robotics hub at Hazelwood Green steel mill

Tuesday, November 07, 2017

Fedder discusses robotics hub at Hazelwood Green steel mill

Gary Fedder is in the process of turning Hazelwood Green steel mill into a CMU robotics hub. With the space available, Fedder intends to focus more on manufacturing than on just one type of product.

To improve smartphone privacy, control access to third-party libraries

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

To improve smartphone privacy, control access to third-party libraries

Smartphone apps that share users’ locations, contacts and other sensitive information with third parties often do so through a relative handful of services called third-party libraries, suggesting a new strategy for protecting privacy, Carnegie Mellon University researchers say.

Koopman comments on software bugs in autonomous vehicles

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Koopman comments on software bugs in autonomous vehicles

While the idea of a fully self-driving car is exciting, it’s important to note just how large a role software plays in autonomous capability. And how big of a stumbling block it can be. ECE’s Philip Koopman recently told The Register that the majority of software-induced vehicle accidents should never happen.

Rutenbar honored with 2017 Phil Kaufman Award

Monday, October 30, 2017

Rutenbar honored with 2017 Phil Kaufman Award

Dr. Rob A. Rutenbar, senior vice chancellor for Research at the University of Pittsburgh, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic System Design.

Rajkumar quoted on future of automotive electronic architecture

Friday, October 27, 2017

Rajkumar quoted on future of automotive electronic architecture

A recent feature tackled the outlook of the auto industry in 2018, predicting the future of topics such as electric cars, government regulation, and technological developments. On the topic of electronic architecture Car and Driver turned to ECE’s Raj Rajkumar, who believes that 12-volt batteries will be phased out of the industry in around twenty years.

Zhu quoted on MAMR use enabling HDD growth for data centers

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Zhu quoted on MAMR use enabling HDD growth for data centers

For years companies have been projecting that heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) would allow data centers to achieve new hard disk drive (HDD) storage capabilities. However, progress in density growth (bits of storage per square inch) has slowed recently, dropping this year below 10%, and the high temperatures required by HAMR present major challenges in implementation of the technology.

2017-2018 Dowd Fellowship recipients announced

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

2017-2018 Dowd Fellowship recipients announced

Rajkumar awarded for innovation

Monday, October 23, 2017

Rajkumar awarded for innovation

The Pittsburgh Business Times honored two College of Engineering faculty members with their 2017 Innovation Awards. They each founded or led companies that made great advances in their fields. CEE’s Burcu Akinci developed, through LeanFM Technologies, systems to more predictably manage facilities. The technology provides “a clear picture” of a facility by integrating its variousdata, from autonomous systems to blueprints. ECE’s Raj Rajkumar led Ottomatika to ensure “safety, efficiency and affordability of [autonomous] transportation.” The company conducted a “3,400 mile-trip” for an almost entirely autonomous vehicle.

ALA names Peha OITP senior fellow

Thursday, October 19, 2017

ALA names Peha OITP senior fellow

Jon Peha has been named a senior fellow in the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy.

Radio City

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Radio City

Iannucci is the director of the CyLab Mobility Research Center at Carnegie Mellon University, and resident at CMU’s Silicon Valley campus. His cell phone exemplifies how prevalent radio technology is in our daily lives. If it weren’t for radios, we wouldn’t type on Bluetooth keyboards, wouldn’t engage in wireless video chats, wouldn’t be guided safely to our destinations by GPS mapping. These technologies illustrate what radios do for us now. But what will they do for us in the future?

Savvides on iPhone X's facial recognition technology

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Savvides on iPhone X's facial recognition technology

Apple unveiled its new iPhone X and the world watched in awe as senior vice president Craig Federighi accessed the device using facial recognition by simply looking at it. Rest assured, this is a big deal, but what Apple missed that this kind of facial recognition is already possible without all of the high-technology sensors in the iPhone X’s “TrueDepth” camera system. In fact, it can be done with a very low-cost webcam and some advanced machine-learning algorithms.

Humanitarian mission to Puerto Rico

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Humanitarian mission to Puerto Rico

On September 20th, 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by a category five hurricane, leaving the island and its inhabitants devastated. A team of Carnegie Mellon University students has raised money to charter a plane carrying vital medical supplies to the island, and to evacuate patients in need of immediate medical attention.

Moura named 2018 IEEE President-Elect

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Moura named 2018 IEEE President-Elect

José M. F. Moura, Philip L. and Marsha Dowd University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and IEEE Life Fellow, has been elected to serve as the 2018 IEEE President-Elect. Moura will begin serving as IEEE President on January 1, 2019.

Neural network developed by CyLab researchers mentioned

Thursday, October 05, 2017

Neural network developed by CyLab researchers mentioned

A neural network developed by CyLab researchers Lorrie Cranor, Lujo Bauer, and Nicolas Christin was mentioned in Science Magazine in relation to new GAN technology that guesses users’ passwords in an effort to beat cyber criminals at their own game.

Optimizing the 21st century radio network

Monday, October 02, 2017

Optimizing the 21st century radio network

Because of the large amount of data that is constantly moving back and forth across communication networks, latency optimization isn’t the only barrier. The sheer wealth of data can overload a network, rendering it unusable. Many of us routinely experience this—you look down at your phone and it appears you have service, yet you can’t make a call or access the internet. Midnight rolls around on New Year’s Eve and your texts won’t go through, thanks to the vast number of texts being sent at that exact moment.

Savvides quoted on Apple’s facial recognition technology

Friday, September 29, 2017

Savvides quoted on Apple’s facial recognition technology

Recently, Apple released its newest device, the iPhone X, with a price tag of nearly $1,000. The new iPhone uses facial recognition technology instead of fingerprint detection to help customers secure their data. But is there something even more reliable we could be using?

Garba selected as Next Einstein Forum Fellow

Friday, September 29, 2017

Garba selected as Next Einstein Forum Fellow

CMU-Africa/ECE’s Aminata Garba was recently selected as a 2017-2019 Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Fellow. The fellowship recognizes Africa’s best young scientists and technologists with a demonstrated track record of innovative research and findings. The Fellows Class is comprised of 16 scientists, all under 42 years of age, who are solving Africa’s and the world’s challenges.

Datta quoted on machine bias

Friday, September 29, 2017

Datta quoted on machine bias

CyLab/ECE’s Anupam Datta was quoted in Science News on machine bias. With increased dependence on machine-learning, algorithms also pick up biases along the way. But is it possible to get a completely unbiased algorithm?

11 engineering students named ACS Scholars

Friday, September 29, 2017

11 engineering students named ACS Scholars

Congratulations to the 11 College of Engineering Andrew Carnegie Society (ACS) Scholars for 2017-2018! ACS Scholars are undergraduate seniors who exemplify the standards of academic excellence, volunteerism, leadership, and involvement on campus.

Tayur featured in Huffington Post on VC investments

Monday, September 25, 2017

Tayur featured in Huffington Post on VC investments

CE Courtesy Professor Sridhar Tayur was featured in the Huffington Post in an interview on his career and venture capitalist investments. Also a professor of business, he has founded a startup called "SmartOps" to commercialize his research on supply chain planning algorithms and worked with numerous other startup ventures.

Tracking firefighters through heat and smoke

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Tracking firefighters through heat and smoke

Tracking firefighters in burning buildings is fraught with challenges. Smoke renders laser- and vision-based tracking technologies useless, while heat and flames will obliterate pre-installed monitoring devices. GPS isn’t an option either, because it doesn’t work indoors. Another constraint is the need for speed—when firefighters arrive on the scene, they don’t have time to operate complex technology.

CyLab faculty write article about password security

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

CyLab faculty write article about password security

Cranor, Bauer, Christin, and their colleagues from the University of Maryland and the University of Chicago say that users need to go beyond creating passwords that are merely “hard to guess.” To defend themselves against hackers, they must now create passwords that are difficult for computers to figure out.

Peha offers insight on postponed net neutrality hearing

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Peha offers insight on postponed net neutrality hearing

Will the internet remain open? That wait continues. A recently scheduled hearing to discuss rules surrounding net neutrality was postponed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee after no response from any of the eight tech companies invited to testify.

CMU-SV students and faculty mentor teens in hackathon

Thursday, September 14, 2017

CMU-SV students and faculty mentor teens in hackathon

This summer, students and faculty from Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley (CMU-SV) collaborated with the Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) and Cupertino Library on the third annual Teen Hackathon (CU Hacks 3) in the Cupertino community.

Kumar quoted about RFID tracking drones

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Kumar quoted about RFID tracking drones

Swarun Kumar was recently quoted in TechXplore about RFID tracking drones that are being developed to optimize supply chain management, especially in large warehouses. The drones are intended to read RFID tags from tens of meters away; as of now, researchers are working to account for phase shifts that occur as the drone is moving, which might interfere with a proper RFID detection.

Rajkumar comments on challenges faced by new Uber CEO

Friday, September 08, 2017

Rajkumar comments on challenges faced by new Uber CEO

Raj Rajkumar was quoted in The Verge regarding Uber’s hiring of Dara Khosrowshahi as the replacement for former CEO Travis Kalanick. Khosrowshahi finds himself in a challenging situation with the tech and ride-sharing giant, a company that, under Kalanick, fostered a culture of toxicity and hostility towards women.

Improving web security without sacrificing performance

Thursday, September 07, 2017

Improving web security without sacrificing performance

Chances are, you’re reading this article on a web browser that uses HTTPS, the protocol over which data is sent between a web browser and the website users are connected to. In fact, nearly half of all web traffic passes through HTTPS. Despite the “S” for security in “HTTPS,” this protocol is far from perfectly secure.

Moura and Kottur win Best Short Paper award at the 2017 EMNLP Conference

Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Moura and Kottur win Best Short Paper award at the 2017 EMNLP Conference

ECE Professor José Moura and Ph.D. student Satwik Kottur were recently recognized with the Best Short Paper award for their paper, "Natural Language Does Not Emerge 'Naturally' in Multi-Agent Dialog," at the 2017 Conference on Empirical Methods on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).

Bringing harmony to discord in the IoT world

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Bringing harmony to discord in the IoT world

Billions of devices are connected to wireless networks all over the globe, and because of the Internet of Things (IoT), they’re starting to communicate with each other and the cloud now more than ever. Today, some of our devices can ‘talk’ with other applications to make our lives more manageable and stress-free: our smart phones can track our movements to help us navigate, and our Fitbits can count our steps to monitor our health, but what if every device in our homes, or in our cities, could be connected to the Internet?

Yu receives NSF grant for brain research

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Yu receives NSF grant for brain research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded BME/ECE’s Byron Yu and Professor Matthew Smith from the University of Pittsburgh nearly $500,000 to conduct a research project, titled “Volitional Modulation of neural activity in the visual cortex.” For their project, Yu and Smith will use a brain-computer interface (BCI) to identify which aspects of the brain’s activity are sensory versus cognitive.

Protecting the power grid with circuit simulation methods

Monday, August 21, 2017

Protecting the power grid with circuit simulation methods

In December 2015, Russian hackers allegedly pummeled Ukraine’s power grid, disrupting the flow of electricity for nearly a quarter-million Ukrainians. Then, in December 2016, roughly a year after the first attack, the hackers struck again. But this time, they targeted an electric transmission station in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Each cyberattack lasted no more than six hours, but security experts were still alarmed: hackers had just demonstrated their ability to infiltrate the grid and drastically alter the flow of society.

Rowe featured in NPR for research on bicycle safety and autonomous vehicles

Monday, August 14, 2017

Rowe featured in NPR for research on bicycle safety and autonomous vehicles

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, in 2015, nearly 1,000 cyclists were killed in car crashes. Some people say that self-driving vehicles will make our roadways safer, but before this can happen, researchers argue that these vehicles must be able to recognize bicyclists.

Datta leads NSF project on accountable decision systems

Monday, August 14, 2017

Datta leads NSF project on accountable decision systems

Increasingly, decisions and actions affecting people's lives are determined by automated systems processing personal data. Excitement about these systems has been accompanied by serious concerns about their opacity and threats they pose to privacy, fairness, and other values.

Tague comments on the benefits of BitClave in MediaPost

Wednesday, August 09, 2017

Tague comments on the benefits of BitClave in MediaPost

Recently, a team at BitClave built a decentralized search advertising platform that eliminates the need for intermediaries like Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Instead of paying “middlemen” to promote their advertisements online, businesses can now make offers directly to consumers who have chosen to participate in the program.

Interview with Moura featured in The Institute

Wednesday, August 09, 2017

Interview with Moura featured in The Institute

An interview with José M.F. Moura was recently published in The Institute, a newspaper for the members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Moura is a candidate for 2018 IEEE president-elect.

Jordan helped lead CMU’s rise to prominence

Sunday, August 06, 2017

Jordan helped lead CMU’s rise to prominence

Angel Jordan, who played a pivotal role in establishing Carnegie Mellon University as one of the leading engineering, computer science and robotics institutions in the world, died Friday. He was 86.

CMU hacking team emerges as strongest in DefCon history with 4th win

Monday, July 31, 2017

CMU hacking team emerges as strongest in DefCon history with 4th win

Carnegie Mellon University’s hacking team won its fourth “World Series of Hacking” title this weekend at the DefCon security conference in Las Vegas.

CMU hacking team eyes big win

Thursday, July 27, 2017

CMU hacking team eyes big win

Carnegie Mellon’s competitive hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning, is looking to win an unprecedented fourth title at this year’s DefCon cybersecurity conference. Never before has a team ever won more than three times in DefCon’s 21-year history of what many refer to as the “World Series of Hacking.”

Pileggi and students receive Best Paper Award at IEEE PES

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Pileggi and students receive Best Paper Award at IEEE PES

A team of ECE researchers recently received the Prize Paper Award in the Best Conference Papers Session on Power System Planning, Operation, and Electricity Markets at the 2017 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting.

Morgan to lead National Research Committee on nation's electric transmission and distribution system

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Morgan to lead National Research Committee on nation's electric transmission and distribution system

An ad hoc National Research Committee (NRC), headed by Granger Morgan, will address the technical, policy, and institutional factors that may affect the implementation of technology during the evolution of electric transmission and distribution (T&D) in the United States.

ECE works with NSBE to recruit grad students in engineering

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

ECE works with NSBE to recruit grad students in engineering

Faculty members and students from Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering attended the most recent convention in Kansas City to invite students to pursue a graduate degree in engineering at Carnegie Mellon.

Moura and Kottur paper on non-human robot languages cited in The Atlantic

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Moura and Kottur paper on non-human robot languages cited in The Atlantic

In a 2017 research paper, Kottur, Moura,and their colleagues from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Virginia Tech describe their experience with two robots that eventually formed their own language by assigning values to colors and shapes.

Enhancing athletes' performance with data

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Enhancing athletes' performance with data

Thanks to CMU-SV Professor Pei Zhang, the modern athlete now has access to the newest advancement in performance enhancing technology: data.

NIST awards CMU $3.2M to help firefighters and first responders

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

NIST awards CMU $3.2M to help firefighters and first responders

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently awarded $38.5 million to 33 different research and development projects that are aimed specifically at advancing broadband communications technologies for first responders.

How safe is your online behavior?

Monday, June 26, 2017

How safe is your online behavior?

Selecting a password or deciding whether an email is a phishing email or not are among countless security decisions you make on a regular basis. Are you making the right decisions? Do you consider your online behavior safe? According to the latest research out of Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab, it actually depends on where you’re from.

Alum receives Outstanding Young Engineering Award from IEEE PES

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Alum receives Outstanding Young Engineering Award from IEEE PES

Dr. Le Xie, CMU ECE alum, has been awarded the 2017 Outstanding Young Engineering Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power & Energy Society (PES) for his research in power systems analytics and big data.

Erdogmus delivers keynote address at UNL Conference in Santa Fe, Argentina

Monday, June 19, 2017

Erdogmus delivers keynote address at UNL Conference in Santa Fe, Argentina

Hakan Erdogmus, associate teaching professor at CMU Silicon Valley, recently delivered the keynote address at a conference held by the National University of the Litorall (Universidad Nacional del Litoral, UNL) in Santa Fe, Argentina.

CMU team places second in global trading challenge

Monday, June 19, 2017

CMU team places second in global trading challenge

For the past 14 years, CME Group, a leading derivatives marketplace, has invited graduates and undergraduate students to participate in an annual Trading Challenge, taking place over the course of four weeks.

Leybold conference room named in CMU's nanofabrication facility

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Leybold conference room named in CMU's nanofabrication facility

As an acknowledgement for this close cooperation, the CMU community named one of the new conference center and reception rooms ‘Leybold’ and celebrated this inauguration with a presentation and reception held at the CMU Nanofabrication Facility on May 22nd.

Sekar honored with Angel Jordan Early Career Professorship

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Sekar honored with Angel Jordan Early Career Professorship

Vyas Sekar was awarded the Angel Jordan Early Career Professorship for his contributions in the academic and research sectors of Carnegie Mellon’s engineering department.

Joe-Wong's net neutrality research cited in Forbes

Thursday, June 08, 2017

Joe-Wong's net neutrality research cited in Forbes

A research paper written by ECE’s Carlee Joe-Wong, University of Minnesota’s Soumya Sen and University of Colorado’s Sangtae Ha was referenced by Forbes in an article about the current net neutrality debate.

Lucia quoted on Intel’s new chip in Popular Science

Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Lucia quoted on Intel’s new chip in Popular Science

Intel has developed the most powerful computer desktop chip for consumers. The Core i9 Extreme Edition processor is the first chip to break the teraflop barrier and can accomplish a trillion computational operations every second. ECE’s Brandon Lucia explains just how powerful the new chip really is.

Marculescu and O’Hallaron receive faculty awards

Monday, June 05, 2017

Marculescu and O’Hallaron receive faculty awards

Two ECE professors have received College of Engineering Faculty Awards, which are given to faculty in recognition of their academic and research achievements. Each award has different criteria and requirements.

Alum receives award for decades of service to the Bar

Monday, June 05, 2017

Alum receives award for decades of service to the Bar

Recently, ECE alumnus David S. Posner received the Washington County Bar Association's Robert L. Ceisler Professionalism Award and the Pennsylvania Bar Association's CCBL Gilbert Nurick Award for his decades of service to the Bar and his efforts to exemplify the Working Rules of Professionalism.

Strengthening network security

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Strengthening network security

Despite the U.S. government’s $7.3 billion investment towards IT infrastructure last year, the state of operational network security remains abysmal. While many devices can be entry points to network breaches, printers and other IoT devices have recently been receiving a lot of bad press.

Alum receives best Ph.D. Forum Award

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Alum receives best Ph.D. Forum Award

Dr. Subhro Das received the Best Ph.D. Forum Award at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) held in New Orleans.

Student wins Best Presentation at CPS Week

Monday, May 22, 2017

Student wins Best Presentation at CPS Week

Adwait Dongare won Best Presentation for his talk on a paper called “Pulsar: A Wireless Propagation-Aware Clock Synchronization Platform” at the Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) as part of CPS Week hosted in Pittsburgh.

Recent grad receives Fulbright Award to study abroad

Monday, May 22, 2017

Recent grad receives Fulbright Award to study abroad

Rudina Morina, who just earned her Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, will spend the next year in Zurich, Switzerland, after being awarded a Fulbright Study/Research Grant.

ECE team wins Best Paper Award at Great Lakes Symposium

Thursday, May 18, 2017

ECE team wins Best Paper Award at Great Lakes Symposium

ECE’s Ruizhou Ding, Zeye (Dexter) Liu, Rongye Shi, Diana Marculescu, and Shawn Blanton recently received the Best Paper Award at the 27th edition of the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Great Lakes Symposium on Very Large Scale Integration (GLSVLSI).

Sending signals to keep cyclists safe

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Sending signals to keep cyclists safe

To reverse this alarming trend, Anthony Rowe, an associate professor in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, says that early-warning collision systems that are making their way into our auto fleet must not only detect cyclists but also predict how they will move.

ECE students win awards at Meeting of the Minds

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

ECE students win awards at Meeting of the Minds

ECE undergraduate students Shihan Wang and Kyuin Lee were awarded the second place Osher Award at the Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Bauer quoted in Vocativ on anti-facial recognition devices

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Bauer quoted in Vocativ on anti-facial recognition devices

Due to the rise of social media, technological devices and facial recognition databases, more than half of the U.S. adult population can be identified in public spaces by simply showing their face.

You can count on him

Monday, May 08, 2017

You can count on him

With assets of $2.5 trillion, JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the world’s third largest bank and its 40,000 technologists have made it a force in the tech industry. At the pinnacle of the bank’s tech-savvy hires is Carnegie Mellon University alumnus David Winig.

Yu and Chase receive NIH grant for brain-computer interface research

Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Yu and Chase receive NIH grant for brain-computer interface research

The goal of the research is to use brain-computer interfaces to study how to accelerate learning.

Bauer and researchers receive $6.2M MURI grant to fund cybersecurity project

Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Bauer and researchers receive $6.2M MURI grant to fund cybersecurity project

Carnegie Mellon University’s Cleotilde (Coty) Gonzalez, Christian Lebiere and Lujo Bauer are part of a team that has received a $6.2 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the Department of Defense to prevent cyber attacks.

Regional meeting inspires undergrads to pursue Ph.D.

Friday, April 28, 2017

Regional meeting inspires undergrads to pursue Ph.D.

Last summer, Hector Ostolaza, Malik Parker, and Maya Lassiter, three undergraduate ECE students, attended the ECE Department Head Association (ECEDHA) Regional Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Savvides quoted in Vocativ on the benefits of iris scanners

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Savvides quoted in Vocativ on the benefits of iris scanners

In an article published by Vocativ, ECE/CyLab's Marios Savvides explained how iris scanners can help make smart phones more secure.

A grand challenge

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

A grand challenge

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) gathered for a regional meeting and symposium at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute to discuss cybersecurity, which is now one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century.

Narasimhan receives 25th Annual History Makers Award

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Narasimhan receives 25th Annual History Makers Award

Narasimhan will be attending the 25th Annual History Makers Award Dinner to receive an award for her outstanding achievements in technology and innovation for the greater Pittsburgh Area.

Carnegie Mellon hosts CPS Week 2017

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Carnegie Mellon hosts CPS Week 2017

CPS Week is the premier event on Cyber-Physical Systems. It brings together five top conferences, HSCC, ICCPS, IoTDI, IPSN, and RTAS, multiple workshops, tutorials, summits, and various exhibitions from both industry and academia.

Academic conferences: where diverse people inspire one another

Monday, April 10, 2017

Academic conferences: where diverse people inspire one another

Franchetti serves as the President of the Austrian Scientists & Scholars in North America (ASciNA), an organization that provides Austrians, especially Austrians new to the United States, with useful information, professional development resources, social events, networking opportunities, and a ‘home away from home’.

Kovačević quoted in U.S News & World Report

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Kovačević quoted in U.S News & World Report

According to the article, academic institutions around the country have made drastic changes in the way they teach engineering students.

Pursuing innovation to impact the world

Monday, April 03, 2017

Pursuing innovation to impact the world

Prior to enrolling at CMU, 23 year-old ECE junior JunSu Jang wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. He loved physics, so maybe Civil Engineering.

CyLab challenges high school students to give hacking a try

Monday, March 27, 2017

CyLab challenges high school students to give hacking a try

Carnegie Mellon University aims to build a talent pipeline into the cyber workforce by introducing computer security skills to middle and high school students through picoCTF, a free, online hacking contest.

Alum moves to the front of the line with Refill app

Friday, March 24, 2017

Alum moves to the front of the line with Refill app

ECE alum Ian Glasner conceived the idea for Refill, a mobile app that allows you to place drink orders from your phone.

Bhagavatula announced as interim vice president for research

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Bhagavatula announced as interim vice president for research

Beginning April 1, 2017, Bhagavatula, has agreed to serve as interim vice provost for research. Kumar will assume overall responsibility for research administration and policy at the university and will oversee the Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of Research Integrity and Compliance and the Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation.

Kumar featured in MIT News for multirobot systems research

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Kumar featured in MIT News for multirobot systems research

Swarun Kumar was featured in MIT News for working on a paper published in Autonomous Robots, titled “Guaranteeing spoof-resilient multi-robot networks.”

Suppressing epileptic seizures via Anderson localization

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Suppressing epileptic seizures via Anderson localization

Chamanzar, together with UC Berkeley’s Reza Alam, introduce a non-invasive approach to mitigate seizures in a paper recently published in the Journal of Royal Society Interface.

Datta publishes article on automated decision-making tasks

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Datta publishes article on automated decision-making tasks

Anupam Datta recently published an article in The Conversation on automated decision-making tasks. Specifically, Datta explored the issue of using machine learning algorithms for credit decisions.

Three time alumnus gives back

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Three time alumnus gives back

Strecker earned three degrees in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon: his bachelor’s in 1966, master’s in 1967, and doctorate in 1971.

Ozan Tonguz receives national and international coverage for vehicular networks research in IEEE Spectrum

Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Ozan Tonguz receives national and international coverage for vehicular networks research in IEEE Spectrum

Tonguz was interviewed by IEEE Spectrum, one of the world's leading engineering and scientific magazines, on his vehicular networks research.

International Women's Day

Wednesday, March 08, 2017

International Women's Day

During this academic year, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is excited to launch The Judith Resnik Year of Women in ECE.

A hurricane shouldn't bankrupt your insurance company

Monday, March 06, 2017

A hurricane shouldn't bankrupt your insurance company

Researchers have recently received funding from the National Science Foundation’s Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems and Processes (CRISP) program to study the intersection between financial and physical infrastructure in response to disasters.

Consumer Reports quotes Koopman on work with self-driving cars

Friday, March 03, 2017

Consumer Reports quotes Koopman on work with self-driving cars

Most experts agree that self-driving cars are 85 to 90 percent of the way to full autonomy.

Wearable tech hits the runway

Monday, February 27, 2017

Wearable tech hits the runway

Carnegie Mellon University’s Sarika Bajaj—an undergraduate junior in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) who is currently redesigning her own independent major of study by combining ECE, mechanical engineering, and industrial design—had a summer internship in the summer of 2016, working with Intel’s fashion technology group to design elements of Chalayan’s “Room Tone” line.

Making the smart connection

Friday, February 24, 2017

Making the smart connection

Mike Phillips understands the power of being connected—to devices, other people, and the surrounding environment. An electrical and computer engineering (ECE) alumnus and co-founder and CEO of Sense Labs, Phillips has expertise connecting people to technology through speech recognition.

Sankaranarayanan receives NSF CAREER grant to study light interactions

Friday, February 24, 2017

Sankaranarayanan receives NSF CAREER grant to study light interactions

Sankaranarayanan will receive a $532,000 grant to study how light interacts with materials using light rays and their transformations.

Weldon and Yu receive professorships

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Weldon and Yu receive professorships

Carnegie Mellon University’s Jeffrey Weldon has been awarded The Sathaye Family Foundation Early Career Professorship in Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Byron Yu has been awarded the Gerard G. Elia Career Development Professorship in Engineering. As the highest academic award a university can bestow on a faculty member, professorships are reserved for those who show continued contributions in their field.

Innovation in brain imaging

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Innovation in brain imaging

Grover and his research team have been focused on improving the resolution of EEG neural imaging technology, a portable and non-invasive brain imaging system.

Rajkumar quoted in US News on Tesla Model 3

Monday, February 13, 2017

Rajkumar quoted in US News on Tesla Model 3

Raj Rajkumar was quoted in US News on the Tesla Model 3 release date.

Meet the new ECE faculty members

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Meet the new ECE faculty members

As a new semester begins, we welcome four new faculty members to ECE. Meet Giulia Fanti, Carlee Joe-Wong, Gauri Joshi, and Bryan Parno.

Savvides gives talk at IDGA conference

Monday, February 06, 2017

Savvides gives talk at IDGA conference

Savvides joined an impressive lineup of speakers that included many government directors and program managers.

HKN receives the 2015-2016 Outstanding Chapter Award

Friday, February 03, 2017

HKN receives the 2015-2016 Outstanding Chapter Award

Carnegie Mellon University’s IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) Honor Society received the 2015-2016 Outstanding Chapter Award.

Alumni famous in groundhog's inner circle

Thursday, February 02, 2017

Alumni famous in groundhog's inner circle

It is a whimsical, festive tradition for this town 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, and two of those top-hatted men—lifelong “Punxsy” residents Jeff Grube and Jason Grusky—are CMU engineering alumni.

$3 million gift to support transfer of CMU inventions to the marketplace

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

$3 million gift to support transfer of CMU inventions to the marketplace

ECE alum and Professor Aleksandar Kavčić and his wife, Dr. Sofija Kavčić, have donated $3 million to create a new, endowed fund to support inventors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Strojwas honored with 2016 Phil Kaufman Award

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Strojwas honored with 2016 Phil Kaufman Award

Carnegie Mellon University Professor Andrzej J. Strojwas received the 2016 Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic System Design (EDA) on Jan. 26 from the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA).

Classroom creativity leads to Rubik's Cube how-to guide

Monday, January 30, 2017

Classroom creativity leads to Rubik's Cube how-to guide

Let’s face it: we all know at least one person who constantly amazes us with their hidden talents. Now you can be that person, too, thanks to Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Chris Barker.

Lucia featured in People of ACM

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Lucia featured in People of ACM

Brandon Lucia was featured in ACM’s People of ACM bulletin, a bulletin that “highlights the unique scientific accomplishments and compelling personal attributes of ACM members who are making a difference in advancing computing as a science and a profession.

Brumley featured in Cyberscoop

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Brumley featured in Cyberscoop

David Brumley was interviewed by Cyberscoop in a feature article on his impact on education and the cybersecurity field.

Moura, Veloso, and Kavčićs give $16.5 million to CMU for data science and engineering education and research

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Moura, Veloso, and Kavčićs give $16.5 million to CMU for data science and engineering education and research

Professor José Moura; his wife and fellow CMU faculty member Professor Manuela Veloso; signal-processing researcher and Adjunct Professor Aleksandar Kavčić; and his wife, Dr. Sofija Kavčić, have jointly donated $16.5 million to the university to support education and research activities in data science and engineering.

Hyperloop team heads to California for final competition

Monday, January 23, 2017

Hyperloop team heads to California for final competition

After more than a year of work, Carnegie Mellon University's Hyperloop team puts the finishing touches on its half-sized pod protoype for next week's official SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition in Hawthorne, Calif.

Embedded.fm to feature Phil Koopman in upcoming podcast

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Embedded.fm to feature Phil Koopman in upcoming podcast

Rajkumar quoted in Wired on Tesla's plan for self-driving vehicles in 2017

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Rajkumar quoted in Wired on Tesla's plan for self-driving vehicles in 2017

Raj Rajkumar was quoted in Wired on Tesla's plan to bring self-driving cars to the consumer by the end of 2017.

Hacking mobile games

Monday, January 09, 2017

Hacking mobile games

The team of researchers, mostly based at Carnegie Mellon University’s Silicon Valley campus, attempted to hack 100 of the most popular mobile games on Google Play: Angry Birds, Candy Crush Saga, and others.

Lucia’s paper selected as IEEE Micro’s Top Picks in Computer Architecture

Friday, January 06, 2017

Lucia’s paper selected as IEEE Micro’s Top Picks in Computer Architecture

A paper from Brandon Lucia and his research group has been selected as one of IEEE Micro’s 12 top picks of all computer architecture papers published in 2016.

Routers on wheels take the internet on the road

Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Routers on wheels take the internet on the road

Peha and his student Alexandre Ligo have been working in Portugal testing different models for a connected vehicle network that can provide internet access for users on the go.

Kovačević honored with IEEE SPS Technical Achievement Award

Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Kovačević honored with IEEE SPS Technical Achievement Award

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) recently awarded Jelena Kovačević with the 2016 Technical Achievement Award for contributions to the theory and practice of signal representations. This award is one of the Society’s most prestigious award.

Brumley pens op-ed on cybersecurity in Christian Science Monitor

Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Brumley pens op-ed on cybersecurity in Christian Science Monitor

CyLab Director David Brumley recently published an op-ed on cybersecurity in The Christian Science Monitor.

Rajkumar named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Monday, December 19, 2016

Rajkumar named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Raj Rajkumar, the George Westinghouse Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named a 2016 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Rajkumar quoted in Verge

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Rajkumar quoted in Verge

Raj Rajkumar was recently quoted in The Verge on the future of self-driving cars under the Trump administration.

Brumley publishes op-ed in The Hill

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Brumley publishes op-ed in The Hill

David Brumley published an op-ed in The Hill on President-Elect Trump's promise to make cybersecurity a top priority for his administration.

Sekar talks identity theft in WalletHub

Thursday, December 08, 2016

Sekar talks identity theft in WalletHub

In the article, Sekar gives advice on how individuals can protect themselves from identity theft and fraud.

ECE team places first in international CAD contest

Wednesday, December 07, 2016

ECE team places first in international CAD contest

The team, under the guidance of ECE professor Larry Pileggi, took first place in Problem C: Pattern Classification for Integrated Circuit Design Space Analysis, with a $5000 prize.

CMU awarded $14 million from US DOT for mobility research center

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

CMU awarded $14 million from US DOT for mobility research center

Carnegie Mellon University will receive $14 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) to establish a new National University Transportation Center (UTC).

The College of Engineering announces AAAS Fellows

Monday, December 05, 2016

The College of Engineering announces AAAS Fellows

The Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently elected Vijayakumar Bhagavatula to the rank of AAAS Fellow.

CyLab researchers spoof state-of-the-art facial recognition algorithms with printable eyeglasses

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

CyLab researchers spoof state-of-the-art facial recognition algorithms with printable eyeglasses

Want to fool facial recognition algorithms into thinking you’re Russell Crowe? Just ask a team of CyLab researchers to print you a pair of paper eyeglasses.

ChiroProktor: the CPR dummy of spinal manipulation

Monday, November 21, 2016

ChiroProktor: the CPR dummy of spinal manipulation

ChiroProktor—an instructional medical device being developed by Carnegie Mellon University undergraduates Christopher Chao (ECE/BME), Eric Parigoris (MechE/BME), Nicole Kawakami (MSE/BME), Meave Higgins (ChemE/BME), Lauren Zemering (Industrial Design), and Tepper School of Business master’s student Torrell Jackson—is a model spine capable of recreating spinal misalignments on command.

Bauer and Sharif's glasses that fool facial recognition covered in the media

Monday, November 21, 2016

Bauer and Sharif's glasses that fool facial recognition covered in the media

A team including ECE's Lujo Bauer and ECE Mahmood Sharif created an algorithm for generating eyeglasses, which, when printed and worn, can fool neural-network-based face-recognition algorithms into thinking that one person is another.

ECE students design social app for CMU

Thursday, November 10, 2016

ECE students design social app for CMU

Schmuck hopes the app may boost the social scene for students, which can be a challenge on a campus as academically focused as Carnegie Mellon.

Koopman delivers keynote at ISSRE 2016

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Koopman delivers keynote at ISSRE 2016

Philip Koopman gave the opening keynote at 27th annual International Symposium on Software Reliability Software.

Marculescu and researchers develop network to study bacterial communication

Monday, November 07, 2016

Marculescu and researchers develop network to study bacterial communication

Marculescu investigates the way that bacteria communicate with each other and how interrupting this communication could lead to decreased drug resistance.

Koopman quoted in Wall Street Daily, EE TImes on self-driving cars

Friday, November 04, 2016

Koopman quoted in Wall Street Daily, EE TImes on self-driving cars

According to Koopman, we can't just assume this technology is going to work.

Researchers create tool that can predict what you look like solely based on your eyes

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Researchers create tool that can predict what you look like solely based on your eyes

Savvides and his student authored a study on this topic that was just awarded “Best Student Paper” at the IEEE 8th International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems.

Rajkumar quoted in Guardian, Automotive News, and CityLab

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Rajkumar quoted in Guardian, Automotive News, and CityLab

Rajkumar was quoted in The Guardian, Automotive News, and CityLab on when we can expect to see safe, fully autonomous vehicles

Making energy-harvesting computers reliable

Friday, October 28, 2016

Making energy-harvesting computers reliable

Lucia and student created the first programming language designed to build reliable software for intermittent, energy-harvesting computers.

Sekar's work in reliable network security earns him a Facebook Research Award

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Sekar's work in reliable network security earns him a Facebook Research Award

Vyas Sekar has been selected to receive a Facebook Faculty Award for his research in networking, security, and systems.

Carnegie Mellon to host Rising Stars workshop

Monday, October 24, 2016

Carnegie Mellon to host Rising Stars workshop

Carnegie Mellon University will host the world’s brightest female Ph.D. students, postdocs, and engineers in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science at the 2016 Rising Stars Workshop.

Vyas Sekar is this year’s SIGCOMM “Rising Star”

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Vyas Sekar is this year’s SIGCOMM “Rising Star”

SIGCOMM’s 2016 “Rising Star” Award, which recognizes a young researcher who has made outstanding research contributions to the field of communication networks during this early part of his or her career.

CyLab researchers win NSA’s 2016 Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

CyLab researchers win NSA’s 2016 Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition

Vyas Sekar and student won the NSA's Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition with their paper, “Nomad: Mitigating Arbitrary Cloud Side Channels via Provider-Assisted Migration.”

At the crossroads of learning and technology

Monday, October 17, 2016

At the crossroads of learning and technology

Shawn Blanton teaches dozens of students each semester — this is his Clark Kent-style daytime occupation. However, when the proverbial sun goes down, he helps create cutting-edge technology that actively learns and adapts itself to the outside world.

Sinopoli receives NSF grant to strengthen infrastructure

Friday, October 14, 2016

Sinopoli receives NSF grant to strengthen infrastructure

Sinopoli aims to support policy makers and the managers of financial and physical infrastructures so that they can learn how to properly prepare for and respond to extreme events that disrupt daily life.

CMU-SV students land summer internships at top Bay Area companies

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

CMU-SV students land summer internships at top Bay Area companies

In summer 2016, many master’s students from CMU-SV landed internships at top companies in the Bay Area—companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Visa, Apple, and Uber. Four students in particular found their internship experiences, coupled with their time at CMU-SV, to be a story worth sharing.

Who's been peeking at your data?

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Who's been peeking at your data?

Everyone understands why security is important—bad guys break into a database and steal personal photos or credit card information—but understanding privacy is a bit trickier.

Narasimhan selected as Game Changer in the sports industry

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Narasimhan selected as Game Changer in the sports industry

The SportsBusiness Journal recognized 35 women for their contributions to the sports world.

Is "password1!" a good password?

Monday, September 19, 2016

Is "password1!" a good password?

Bauer and a team of researchers in CyLab just published new work outlining a new advanced password meter that makes use of an artificial neural network. The researchers’ study received Best Paper Award at the USENIX Security Symposium.

Tague receives NSF grant for CPS breakthrough

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Tague receives NSF grant for CPS breakthrough

Tague receives a National Science Foundation grant for multi-sensory event detection for cross-platform coordination and verification.

Undergrad women enter computer science, engineering in record numbers

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Undergrad women enter computer science, engineering in record numbers

While national efforts to encourage women to pursue degrees in key science and technology fields have flagged, Carnegie Mellon University has reached a new high-water mark this year, with women making up nearly half of this year’s incoming classes in the School of Computer Science and College of Engineering.

Alum chosen as one of Popular Science’s 10 most brilliant people of 2016

Monday, September 12, 2016

Alum chosen as one of Popular Science’s 10 most brilliant people of 2016

Alumnus Siddharth Garg is one of Popular Science’s 10 most brilliant people of 2016.

Grover presents at IEEE International Symposium

Friday, September 09, 2016

Grover presents at IEEE International Symposium

Pulkit Grover presented a paper on the fundamental limits of high-density EEG at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory in Barcelona.

Datacenter-on-Chip

Friday, September 09, 2016

Datacenter-on-Chip

Diana Marculescu and Radu Marculescu have been awarded an NSF grant to develop a new paradigm for Big Data computing.

The new undergraduate wing

Friday, August 26, 2016

The new undergraduate wing

Students asked, and the department answered! The newly redesigned undergraduate wing allows for studying, collaborating, and relaxing.

Kumar and colleagues win Best Paper Award at SIGCOMM

Friday, August 26, 2016

Kumar and colleagues win Best Paper Award at SIGCOMM

The paper develops a new technology that is fundamental for the deployment of 5-G cellular networks

Péraire quoted in Channel Partners on Jama software

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Péraire quoted in Channel Partners on Jama software

“When they use Jama in graduate-level classes, students gain an effective platform for defining complex products while reducing documentation overhead and improving collaboration,” said Péraire.

Improving global literacy with a braille tutoring device

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Improving global literacy with a braille tutoring device

Susan Zuo, an undergraduate senior in electrical and computer engineering, has spent the last two years helping to develop a braille tutoring device to improve literacy in visually impaired communities around the world.

Savvides quoted in WSJ on fingerprint ID systems

Monday, August 22, 2016

Savvides quoted in WSJ on fingerprint ID systems

Presenting a physical card or ID number and then a fingerprint may not be the most convenient for consumers.

Kovačević and Marculescu receive professorships

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Kovačević and Marculescu receive professorships

As the highest academic award a university can bestow on a faculty member, professorships are reserved for those who show continued contributions in their field.

The vents in your office aren't just pumping out air

Monday, August 15, 2016

The vents in your office aren't just pumping out air

Current systems waste huge amounts of energy and hemorrhage money as a result. It’s estimated that buildings consume more than 40% of our country’s energy, and of that energy, nearly one third is wasted due to outdated, inefficient systems like heating and cooling.

Datta and Datta’s study featured in the Guardian

Monday, August 15, 2016

Datta and Datta’s study featured in the Guardian

The study found that Google is more likely to advertise executive-level salaried positions to search engine users if it thinks the user is male.

Lucia receives NSF grant to improve the reliability of parallel computer systems

Tuesday, August 09, 2016

Lucia receives NSF grant to improve the reliability of parallel computer systems

The project proposes a new system design that will prevent incorrectly written programs from leading to potentially dangerous and incorrect behavior.

CyLab wins big during DefCon weekend

Tuesday, August 09, 2016

CyLab wins big during DefCon weekend

Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Security and Privacy Institute is celebrating winning big in Vegas, as home of the champions of two major hacking competitions this past weekend.

Carnegie Mellon sweeps DefCon as team wins third ‘World Series of Hacking’ title in four years

Monday, August 08, 2016

Carnegie Mellon sweeps DefCon as team wins third ‘World Series of Hacking’ title in four years

The win comes on the heels of CMU-spinoff ForAllSecure’s win at the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge just days earlier.

CMU-spinoff ForAllSecure wins $2 million top prize at the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge

Friday, August 05, 2016

CMU-spinoff ForAllSecure wins $2 million top prize at the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge

ForAllSecure, a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff startup, just took home $2 million in prize money as the winners of the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC), a first-of-its-kind hacking contest in which all participants are autonomous computer systems.

Carnegie Mellon team wins prize at Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge

Thursday, August 04, 2016

Carnegie Mellon team wins prize at Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge

Do you find pulling weeds to be agonizing and frustrating? Electrical and computer engineering student Nishant Pol and Robotics Institute students Hannah Lyness and Sam Zeng created a robot that can help out.

Carnegie Mellon-based startup selected as finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 North America Award

Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Carnegie Mellon-based startup selected as finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 North America Award

Carnegie Mellon University-based start-up, Voci Technologies, was recently selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s 2016 Top 100 North America Award.

Rajkumar featured in Werner Herzog documentary

Friday, July 29, 2016

Rajkumar featured in Werner Herzog documentary

The Werner Herzog documentary featuring several CMU scientists - Raj Rajkumar, Marcel Just, J. Michael Vandeweghe - will premiere in Pittsburgh on Friday, July 29, at the Regent Square Theater.

Rapid prototyping course methodology featured in GetMobile

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Rapid prototyping course methodology featured in GetMobile

ECE's Dan Siewiorek and Asim Smailagic published an article in GetMobile that covers the history of the User-Centered Interdisciplinary Concurrent System Design Methodology developed at Carnegie Mellon.

CMU-spinoff to compete in DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge

Thursday, July 28, 2016

CMU-spinoff to compete in DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge

Four years ago, Carnegie Mellon professor David Brumley had an idea: automate the process of finding software bugs. These bugs are at an all-time high with the explosion of the Internet of Things—billions of connected devices, like smart thermostats or fitness trackers—which are manufactured with little attention paid to security. Now, building off research that began in Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab, Brumley is heading to a national stage to compete against the country’s best automated bug finders.

Kar wins best paper award

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Kar wins best paper award

ECE Associate Professor Soummya Kar, with former ECE Ph.D. student Sérgio Pequito and University of Pennsylvania professor George J. Pappas, won the 2016 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award from the American Automatic Control Council in the Theory Category.

Alumnus wins prestigious US President's award for excellence in science

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Alumnus wins prestigious US President's award for excellence in science

Alumnus Rahul Mangharam has won the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Mangharam earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

Securing the Internet of Things

Monday, July 25, 2016

Securing the Internet of Things

Over six billion connected devices in the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) will be in use by the end of 2016, according to a recent Gartner forecast. While the explosion of IoT has the power to transform society, many are concerned as security experts have exposed vulnerabilities in everything from Internet-connected Barbie dolls to SUVs.

SPARK Saturdays

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

SPARK Saturdays

The best way to learn is by teaching—or at least, that’s part of the thinking behind the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s outreach program. And of the many ECE Outreach programs led by students in the department, none demonstrates this more clearly than SPARK Saturdays, created to introduce high school students to the field of electrical and computer engineering and expose them to engineering as a potential career choice.

Christin comments on dark web dealings in The Economist

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Christin comments on dark web dealings in The Economist

ECE/CyLab’s Nicolas Christin’s research on online anonymous markets was mentioned in The Economist. He comments on dark web narcotics dealings, saying that international market competition makes online prices lower than street prices, and that using the postal system makes arbitrage possible.

Scott Hall to add new nanofabrication facility

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Scott Hall to add new nanofabrication facility

In true Carnegie Mellon style, the university is fusing hands-on learning experiences with high-impact, solutions-based research in one multidisciplinary hub — The Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall. The building itself spans multiple disciplines, and will provide a new home for a nanotechnology research facility.

Lucia elected to DARPA’s ISAT Study Group

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Lucia elected to DARPA’s ISAT Study Group

Brandon Lucia has been elected to DARPA’s ISAT (Information Science and Technology) study group for a three-year term from 2016-2019. ISAT comprises about 30 leading researchers in academia and industry who identify and explore emerging inflection points broadly related computing in the context of national security.

Rajkumar and autonomous vehicle featured in Voice of America

Monday, July 11, 2016

Rajkumar and autonomous vehicle featured in Voice of America

ECE’s Raj Rajkumar and Carnegie Mellon’s autonomous vehicle were featured in Voice of America. Rajkumar explains some challenges facing the technology, including navigation around the city.

NATO partners with CyLab to increase password security

Thursday, July 07, 2016

NATO partners with CyLab to increase password security

NATO has partnered with CyLab in an effort to increase password security. Together, NATO and CyLab will research how changing passwords every few years instead of every few months could improve the security of NATO’s systems.

Murthy wins the Red Hat Women in Open Source Academic Award

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Murthy wins the Red Hat Women in Open Source Academic Award

Preeti Murthy, an ECE master’s student, has won the 2016 Red Hat Women in Open Source Academic Award. The award recognizes women who make important contributions to an open source project or the open source community.

Kanade wins 2016 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Kanade wins 2016 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology

The Inamori Foundation has named Takeo Kanade, the U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor of Robotics and Computer Science, as the winner of the prestigious 2016 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology, citing his pioneering contributions to computer vision and robotics.

Alumnus startup wins 2016 Mobile Village Award

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Alumnus startup wins 2016 Mobile Village Award

ECE/ETIM alumnus Srinath Vaddepally’s startup, RistCall, has won the 2016 Mobile Village Award. RistCall is a patient care app that brings the patient call-bell system and nursing station to smart watches and wearable devices.

Rajkumar featured in ReadWrite and Insurance Journal

Monday, June 27, 2016

Rajkumar featured in ReadWrite and Insurance Journal

Raj Rajkumar was featured in ReadWrite and Insurance Journal for his demonstration of CMU’s self-driving car, which he has helped develop.

NATO partners with CyLab to increase password security

Monday, June 27, 2016

NATO partners with CyLab to increase password security

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with its 28 member nations from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, strives for peace and stability for its members.

Mai featured on SciTech Now, explains the danger of counterfeit microchips

Monday, June 27, 2016

Mai featured on SciTech Now, explains the danger of counterfeit microchips

From hoverboards to cars, counterfeit microchips are cropping up in many electronic devices that permeate our daily lives. These chips are so small that they’re easily overlooked by consumers, but as more and more faulty parts infiltrate the market, Carnegie Mellon professor Ken Mai advises it’s time to take notice.

Savvides quoted in New Scientist on fingerprinting infants

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Savvides quoted in New Scientist on fingerprinting infants

ECE/CyLab's Marios Savvides was quoted in New Scientist on the implications of fingerprinting infants. Even though the technology now exists, some people have reservations about using it.

Rajkumar, Metro21 mentioned in Route Fifty

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Rajkumar, Metro21 mentioned in Route Fifty

Raj Rajkumar and Carnegie Mellon’s Metro21 initiative have been mentioned in an article in Route Fifty on the city of Pittsburgh’s participation in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge.

CMU-Rwanda advances ICT by graduating third class and forming new partnership

Monday, June 20, 2016

CMU-Rwanda advances ICT by graduating third class and forming new partnership

Amid the pomp and circumstance were plenty of smiles as Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda celebrated the graduation of its third class on June 20, 2016.

CMU joins MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program to educate next generation of African tech leaders

Monday, June 20, 2016

CMU joins MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program to educate next generation of African tech leaders

Carnegie Mellon University’s commitment to educating Africa’s next generation of technology leaders and entrepreneurs received a boost today with a $10.8 million commitment from The MasterCard Foundation.

Gligor delivers keynote, Bauer serves as co-chair at ACM SACMAT

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Gligor delivers keynote, Bauer serves as co-chair at ACM SACMAT

ECE/CyLab's Virgil Gligor delivered the first keynote speech at the ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT). ECE/CyLab's Lujo Bauer was a program committee co-chair at the symposium.

YinzCam partners with NBA to create emojis for NBA Finals

Monday, June 13, 2016

YinzCam partners with NBA to create emojis for NBA Finals

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today the launch of the NBAmoji App, providing fans with access to a series of emojis beginning with The Finals 2016 to download now for free via the App Store and Google Play.

FCC cites CMU-SV research in updates to Wireless Emergency Alerts regulations

Monday, June 13, 2016

FCC cites CMU-SV research in updates to Wireless Emergency Alerts regulations

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that suggests updates to the current regulations concerning Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) messages. These proposed revisions will improve the clarity and distribution of WEA messages by increasing their efficiency, reliability, accessibility, and timeliness to individuals impacted by disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods.

Datta’s system to test bias in algorithms featured in Engadget

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Datta’s system to test bias in algorithms featured in Engadget

ECE’s Anupam Datta’s Quantitative Input Influence system was featured in Engadget. The system, detailed in a paper he presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, detects bias by testing algorithms for the influence of a given variable over the outcome.

Sinopoli shares views on smart cities and indoor localization with Bloomberg BNA

Monday, June 06, 2016

Sinopoli shares views on smart cities and indoor localization with Bloomberg BNA

Bruno Sinopoli was recently interviewed by Bloomberg BNA regarding smart cities and indoor localization.

CMU partners with ANSYS to drive the next industrial revolution in making physical products

Monday, June 06, 2016

CMU partners with ANSYS to drive the next industrial revolution in making physical products

In any ecosystem, there is a network of interactions among its occupants linked by an energy flow that is supported by the various component resources in that ecosystem. Carnegie Mellon University’s maker ecosystem is just that.

Brumley quoted in Parent Herald on cybersecurity education

Friday, June 03, 2016

Brumley quoted in Parent Herald on cybersecurity education

CyLab Director David Brumley has been quoted in the Parent Herald about cybersecurity education. As noted in the article, Carnegie Mellon has more than 50 courses on cybersecurity and privacy and is devoted to “arming students with the necessary information and skills on cybersecurity.”

CyLab graduate student receives Best Paper Award at EUROSYS 2016

Thursday, June 02, 2016

CyLab graduate student receives Best Paper Award at EUROSYS 2016

In services like cloud computing or supercomputing, thousands of computing tasks are sent for execution on clusters of servers each second. Coordinating the myriad of incoming requests a cluster receives (e.g. which machine should execute job X, how many machines should be used to run process Y, etc.) is a daunting task, and one that peaks the interest of CyLab Ph.D. student Alexey Tumanov.

Nanofab to install Elionix electron beam lithography system

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Nanofab to install Elionix electron beam lithography system

Carnegie Mellon’s Nanofabrication Facility will soon be installing a state-of-the-art Elionix 100 kV electron beam lithography system. The Elionix ELS-G100 EBL system will be used to directly write patterns as small as six nanometers.

Transparency reports make AI decision-making accountable

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Transparency reports make AI decision-making accountable

Machine-learning algorithms increasingly make decisions about credit, medical diagnoses, personalized recommendations, advertising and job opportunities, among other things, but exactly how usually remains a mystery.

Bauer, Christin, and Cranor’s password research receives high acclaim

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Bauer, Christin, and Cranor’s password research receives high acclaim

A recent study, supervised by ECE/CyLab's Lujo Bauer and Nicolas Christin, and EPP/CyLab's Lorrie Cranor, has received honorable mention at ACM CHI 2016, the top conference for Human-Computer Interaction.

Marculescu battles bacterial infections

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Marculescu battles bacterial infections

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem worldwide, one that Carnegie Mellon University’s Radu Marculescu is working to solve.

Kovačević featured in Nature on the importance of a dissertation committee

Monday, May 23, 2016

Kovačević featured in Nature on the importance of a dissertation committee

Jelena Kovačević was recently featured in a Nature article on the importance of a Ph.D. dissertation committee.

Four ECE professors receive College of Engineering Faculty Awards

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Four ECE professors receive College of Engineering Faculty Awards

Professors from ECE’s Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley campuses have received College of Engineering Faculty Awards, which are given to faculty in recognition of their academic and research achievements. Each award has different criteria and requirements.

ECE faculty and students win best paper, will present at the ICC

Thursday, May 19, 2016

ECE faculty and students win best paper, will present at the ICC

ECE Professors Jim Bain and Vijayakumar Bhagavatula, along with ECE Ph.D. students Yongjune Kim and Abhishek Sharma, in collaboration with Western Digital Research, have received a Best Paper Award of the 2016 IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC).

Datta featured in Communications of the ACM for creating AdFisher

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Datta featured in Communications of the ACM for creating AdFisher

Anupam Datta, associate professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is featured in Communications of the ACM for creating AdFisher, a program that simulates browsing behavior and collects information about the ads returned after Google searches.

Users’ perceptions of password security do not always match reality

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Users’ perceptions of password security do not always match reality

Think your password is secure? You may need to think again. People’s perceptions of password strength may not always match reality, according to a recent study by CyLab, Carnegie Mellon’s Security and Privacy Institute.

Kovačević earns highest faculty distinction

Friday, May 13, 2016

Kovačević earns highest faculty distinction

Three Carnegie Mellon University faculty members, Marlene Behrmann, Jonathan Caulkins and Jelena Kovačević, have been named University Professors, the highest designation a faculty member can achieve at the university.

Narasimhan to participate in panel on women in Pittsburgh

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Narasimhan to participate in panel on women in Pittsburgh

ECE/CS’s Priya Narasimhan, founder and CEO of YinzCam, will participate in a panel discussion on how women are faring in Pittsburgh’s growing economy.

Carnegie Mellon sweeps Microsoft Build the Shield Competition

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Carnegie Mellon sweeps Microsoft Build the Shield Competition

A gasp filled the room when ‘Canada’ – in the form of four Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) students – launched a simultaneous attack against 40 other countries.

Axis Communications collaborates with CMU to engage faculty and graduate students with IP video and analytics

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Axis Communications collaborates with CMU to engage faculty and graduate students with IP video and analytics

Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, today announced an educational collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a leading global research university, designed to enable faculty and graduate students to explore innovative uses and applications of network video through software development.

BrainHUB announces recipients of ProSEED funding

Monday, May 09, 2016

BrainHUB announces recipients of ProSEED funding

Carnegie Mellon University has funded four new interdisciplinary neuroscience projects through its ProSEED grant program. The projects aim to create new tools and techniques to vastly improve how scientists study the brain and leverage the university’s strengths in biology, computer science, machine learning, psychology and engineering.

Revolutionary UDOO maker board gets upgrade

Monday, May 09, 2016

Revolutionary UDOO maker board gets upgrade

The UDOO—a tiny, single-board computer similar to Arduino microcontrollers and the Raspberry Pi—has been upgraded. The UDOO X86 is currently the most powerful maker board on the market, ten times more powerful than the Raspberry Pi 3.

2016 ECE diploma ceremony information

Friday, May 06, 2016

2016 ECE diploma ceremony information

The ECE Diploma Ceremony is on Sunday, May 15th at the Petersen Events Center, 3719 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. The diploma ceremony will begin at approximately 2:00 p.m.

Sekar wins NSF CAREER Award to improve network security

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Sekar wins NSF CAREER Award to improve network security

Network administrators’ jobs are getting tougher in today’s world, protecting their organizations’ valuable information from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and ensuring that security and access control policies are implemented correctly.

Growing the maker ecosystem and maker culture through the new Sherman and Joyce Scott Hall

Monday, May 02, 2016

Growing the maker ecosystem and maker culture through the new Sherman and Joyce Scott Hall

Driving along Forbes Avenue towards Carnegie Mellon University’s campus now offers a new transformative view: the Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall, a building designed to be as visually stimulating as it will be essential to developing a true maker ecosystem in the College of Engineering and to interdisciplinary research initiatives at the university.

Morgan receives the FAS Public Service Award

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Morgan receives the FAS Public Service Award

Granger Morgan, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and engineering and public policy, has been awarded the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Public Service Award.

10th annual ECE Day

Friday, April 22, 2016

10th annual ECE Day

Schedule of events for the 10th annual ECE Day!

Brumley discusses CyLab’s 50+ cybersecurity courses

Friday, April 22, 2016

Brumley discusses CyLab’s 50+ cybersecurity courses

CyLab Director David Brumley has been contributing to the conversation about the need for teaching cybersecurity to be a national imperative.

Researchers explain ideas in three minutes or less

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Researchers explain ideas in three minutes or less

Think about your life's work. Now, pitch it to a complete stranger in a matter of seconds. One hundred and eighty seconds to be exact. That's the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) in a nutshell.

Stress management workshop

Friday, April 15, 2016

Stress management workshop

Ilic served as Guest Editor for the Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Ilic served as Guest Editor for the Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue

Marija Ilic served as a Guest Editor for the April 2016 Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Control Challenges in Microgrids and the Role of Energy-Efficient Buildings.

Fedder and colleagues published in Advanced Materials

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Fedder and colleagues published in Advanced Materials

Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Gary Fedder, along with Professor of Mechanical Engineering Philip LeDuc, and Ph.D. student Naser Naserifar, published "Material gradients in stretchable substrates toward integrated electronic functionality" in Advanced Materials.

Researchers develop fall-prevention sensors

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Researchers develop fall-prevention sensors

Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering conducted a survey on falls among the elderly, and discovered that Americans are very worried about their elderly parent falling—and that this worry leads to action.

Eye for image

Thursday, April 07, 2016

Eye for image

Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder when it comes to image displays. Instead, sophisticated technologies come into play to present images with the best possible quality. It takes a certain eye and mind to work on display technology, and ECE alumnus Dr. Nikhil Balram is one of the best.

ECE faculty and student win IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

ECE faculty and student win IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award

ECE Associate Professor Xin Li, ECE alumnus Dr. Shupeng Sun and their collaborators have won the IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award for the paper, “Fast Statistical Analysis of Rare Circuit Failure Events via Scaled-Sigma Sampling for High-Dimensional Variation Space.”

Disney and CMU develop debugging method free of energy interference

Monday, April 04, 2016

Disney and CMU develop debugging method free of energy interference

Researchers at Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a system for finding computer bugs in small devices that scavenge their energy from their environment and are subject to intermittent power failures.

CMU joins national network for manufacturing innovation to support research on functional fabrics

Friday, April 01, 2016

CMU joins national network for manufacturing innovation to support research on functional fabrics

The U.S. Department of Defense has tapped Carnegie Mellon University as a partner in a $75 million national research institute that will support American textile manufacturers in bringing sophisticated new materials and textiles to the marketplace.

Li receives 2016 IBM Faculty Award

Friday, April 01, 2016

Li receives 2016 IBM Faculty Award

JIE's Ming Li has received the 2016 IBM Faculty Award to recognize his work in speech processing and multimodal human behavior analysis for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Tsai receives Google Ph.D. Fellowship

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Tsai receives Google Ph.D. Fellowship

Chia-Yin Tsai, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student, received a 2016 Google Fellowship for Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision. Google created the Ph.D. Fellowship program in 2009 to recognize and support outstanding graduate students doing exceptional research in Computer Science and related disciplines. Tsai is one of 39 recipients from North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Internet on a chip: researchers step towards energy-efficient multicore chips

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Internet on a chip: researchers step towards energy-efficient multicore chips

In their recent paper, Wireless NoC for VFI-enabled multicore chip design: performance evaluation and design trade-offs, researchers from Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Washington State University identify a new approach for enabling energy-efficient multicore systems.

Brumley in WSJ: "We need to stop stigmatizing hackers"

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Brumley in WSJ: "We need to stop stigmatizing hackers"

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor David Brumley has published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on ways to address the inadequate pipeline of talent to fill thousands of unfilled cybersecurity jobs.

Veloso named head of Machine Learning Department

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Veloso named head of Machine Learning Department

Manuela Veloso, a computer scientist renowned for her work in artificial intelligence and robotics, is the new head of Carnegie Mellon University’s Machine Learning Department, Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science, announced today.

ECE graduate programs climb in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

ECE graduate programs climb in U.S. News & World Report rankings

U.S. News and World Report has released their 2017 rankings of the best graduate schools. In specialty rankings, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ranked second in computer engineering and eighth in electrical engineering.

Rajkumar quoted in Reuters, NYT, Daily Mail, and Yahoo on Google

Monday, March 21, 2016

Rajkumar quoted in Reuters, NYT, Daily Mail, and Yahoo on Google

ECE Professor Raj Rajkumar has been mentioned in Reuters, The New York Times, Daily Mail, and Yahoo Finance, discussing the desire of Google’s self-driving car group to forge partnerships with established car manufacturers to build vehicles.

Students and alumni to be honored at Alumni Achievement Awards

Monday, March 21, 2016

Students and alumni to be honored at Alumni Achievement Awards

ECE’s Ian Glasner and ChemE/BME’s Mariah Ondeck will receive Student Service awards at the 2016 Carnegie Mellon Alumni Awards. In addition, Kevin J. Handerhan (E 1980, 86, 88) will receive the Alumni Achievement award, and Seth Pearlman (E 1978, 79) the Alumni Service award.

Bhagavatula and former students receive Best Paper Award

Monday, March 21, 2016

Bhagavatula and former students receive Best Paper Award

ECE Professor Vijayakumar Bhagavatula and his co-authors, former Ph.D. students Jonathon Smereka and Andres Rodriguez, has received the Best Paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security, and Behavior Analysis held in Sendai, Japan.

Lane’s Capio named automotive startup to watch by EETimes

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Lane’s Capio named automotive startup to watch by EETimes

Electronic Engineering Times has named Capio as one of their “34 Automotive Startups to Watch.” Founded by ECE/CMU-SV’s Ian Lane, Capio is developing contextually aware, automatic speech recognition that can offer results without an Internet connection.

CMU, Stanford researchers devise method to share password data safely

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

CMU, Stanford researchers devise method to share password data safely

An unfortunate reality for cybersecurity researchers is that real-world data for their research too often comes via a security breach. Now computer scientists have devised a way to let organizations share statistics about their users’ passwords without putting those same customers at risk of being hacked.

ECE Outreach: bringing ECE to middle and high school

Friday, March 11, 2016

ECE Outreach: bringing ECE to middle and high school

Nearly three years ago, a group of precocious high school students convened on Carnegie Mellon’s campus for the first-ever SPARK Saturday, voluntarily choosing to spend their Saturday morning in a college classroom programming in Python, learning Boolean logic, coding in binary and designing circuits.

Welcome to ECE!

Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Welcome to ECE!

Welcome to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

Brumley gives Harvard Business Review digital seminar

Friday, March 04, 2016

Brumley gives Harvard Business Review digital seminar

CyLab Director and ECE Associate Professor David Brumley gave an online seminar as part of the Harvard Business Review Digital Seminar Series.

Knightscope: the future of security

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Knightscope: the future of security

The Knightscope K5 Autonomous Data Machine is a police robot, a 3-foot-wide, 5-foot-tall, 300-pound autonomous data machine built to predict and prevent crime.

Bauer named computer security conference general chair

Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Bauer named computer security conference general chair

ECE/CyLab Professor Lujo Bauer has been named General Chair for the Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium, one of the top computer security conferences, which took place Feb 21-24 in San Diego, CA.

Brumley quoted on Obama’s cybersecurity spending plan

Monday, February 29, 2016

Brumley quoted on Obama’s cybersecurity spending plan

CyLab Director David Brumley was quoted on thirdcertainty.com about President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal, which calls for a $19 billion increase in government cybersecurity funding.

Academic All-Americans: a balance of academics and athletics

Monday, February 29, 2016

Academic All-Americans: a balance of academics and athletics

In recognition of their outstanding academic records and incredible talent on the field, Khoury and fellow junior Andreas Fatschel have been recognized as 2015 Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Rajkumar featured on CBS This Morning on autonomous vehicles

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Rajkumar featured on CBS This Morning on autonomous vehicles

Professor Raj Rajkumar has been featured on CBS This Morning to discuss driverless car technology and how long we have until it goes mainstream.

Bauer quoted in KDKA news segment on secure passwords

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Bauer quoted in KDKA news segment on secure passwords

ECE/CyLab's Lujo Bauer was extensively quoted in a KDKA 6-o'clock news segment featuring advice on how to create secure passwords. Bauer's advice comes from his research with EPP/CyLab's Lorrie Cranor and ECE/CyLab's Nicolas Christin.

The student and the symposium

Monday, February 22, 2016

The student and the symposium

Standing on stage before hundreds of conference attendees, presenting his research team’s improvement of the standard algorithm in calcium fluorescence neural network reconstruction, you wouldn’t know Carnegie Mellon’s Sean Bittner is still only an undergraduate.

Leveraging social media to engineer success

Friday, February 19, 2016

Leveraging social media to engineer success

From Facebook to Twitter, Yelp to Mashable—social media channels have a broad and deep impact on society. It’s where people get their news, alerts, gossip, and updates. But what if seamlessly scrolling through a media feed can unknowingly convince the user to choose one behavior over another? Researchers in Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering, in collaboration with Google, Inc., are studying problems related to social media, and the data-driven engineering of social dynamics.

Carnegie Mellon engineers revolutionized magnetic recording computer disk drive chip

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Carnegie Mellon engineers revolutionized magnetic recording computer disk drive chip

Digital devices have come a long way in the last few decades, particularly as they continue to shrink in size. Many advances, including new recording media, disk drive heads, and disk architectures, have contributed to making today’s computer drives compact while being able to store and read amazing amounts of data. But as the size of disk drives became relentlessly smaller and were able to store tremendously more data, a major challenge developed.

Wasserman quoted in SC Magazine on Mozilla Firefox

Monday, February 15, 2016

Wasserman quoted in SC Magazine on Mozilla Firefox

CMU-SV’s Tony Wasserman was quoted in SC Magazine on the decision made by open-source software developer Mozilla to discontinue development of its Firefox operating system. Wasserman attributes this shift in focus to the challenges inherent in developing within the mobile ecosystem.

CMU SWE awarded many accolades at Region G Conference

Monday, February 15, 2016

CMU SWE awarded many accolades at Region G Conference

The Carnegie Mellon chapter of the Society of Women Engineers attended the Region G Conference at the University of Cincinnati on February 5 – 7.

Yu, CMU, and CNBC researchers receive $12m grant

Friday, February 12, 2016

Yu, CMU, and CNBC researchers receive $12m grant

ECE/BME's Byron Yu, BME's Steve Chase, and a team of researchers at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) have received a $12 million grant to reverse-engineer the brain in order to make computers think more like humans.

Lunar Gala

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Lunar Gala

It might seem like an odd link, but the idea of taking classroom concepts in one field and applying them to another — fashion, specifically — is the whole point of CMU's Lunar Gala, an annual student-run fashion show — set for 8 p.m. Feb. 13 on the Oakland campus.

Kelly featured in NEXTpittsburgh for work to restore vision

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Kelly featured in NEXTpittsburgh for work to restore vision

ECE/ICES' Shawn Kelly was featured in NEXTpittsburgh for his work to restore vision. For more than a decade, Kelly has worked to develop tools that could restore useful vision to patients with macular degeneration, which usually affects older adults and results in loss of sight.

Krogh reappointed as CMU-R director

Monday, February 08, 2016

Krogh reappointed as CMU-R director

ECE Professor Bruce Krogh has been reappointed as the Director of Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda.

Franchetti and researchers awarded DARPA BRASS project

Monday, February 08, 2016

Franchetti and researchers awarded DARPA BRASS project

ECE professors Franz Franchetti, James Hoe, and José Moura, along with Tze Meng Low, an ECE systems scientist, have been awarded a project in DARPA’s Building Resource Adaptive Software Systems (BRASS) program.

Two ECE faculty awarded 2016 Dean's Early Career Fellowships

Monday, February 08, 2016

Two ECE faculty awarded 2016 Dean's Early Career Fellowships

Five distinguished young faculty have been awarded the 2016 Dean’s Early Career Fellowships for groundbreaking work in their fields. This year’s awardees are Hakan Erdogmus (ECE), Soummya Kar (ECE), Carmel Majidi (MechE), Sheng Shen (MechE), and Paulina Jaramillo (EPP).

Enhanced learning experiences

Monday, February 01, 2016

Enhanced learning experiences

The educational landscape is undergoing a revolution; discussions about educational techniques touch on a number of topics from affordability of college and value of college education to democratizing education through smart use of technology. While the appearance of technologies such as massive open online courses (MOOCs) has brought many of such issues to the forefront, MOOCs are not the only product of these discussions.

Kar quoted in Post-Gazette on power grid research

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Kar quoted in Post-Gazette on power grid research

ECE Assistant Research Professor Soummya Kar has been quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on a collaboration between a CMU research team, of which Kar is the principal scientist, CMU spinoff Aquion Energy, and the Department of Energy.

DOE selects CMU to pioneer new solar storage projects in the U.S.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

DOE selects CMU to pioneer new solar storage projects in the U.S.

As part of the Energy Department’s Grid Modernization Initiative announced by Secretary Ernest Moniz last week to improve the resiliency, reliability and security of the nation’s electrical power grid, DOE today announced $18 million in funding for six new projects across the United States.

Christin quoted in WIRED on Dark Web drug trade

Monday, January 25, 2016

Christin quoted in WIRED on Dark Web drug trade

ECE/CyLab’s Nicolas Christin has been quoted in WIRED on the current state of the Dark Web’s drug trade.

Students host largest Build18 to date

Monday, January 25, 2016

Students host largest Build18 to date

Not only was this year’s Build18 a success, it was the largest in its history. With over 90 teams participating in the sixth annual freestyle tinkering event, Build18 served as a magnificent playground for Carnegie Mellon’s most curious students.

Rowe presents at the World Economic Forum

Friday, January 22, 2016

Rowe presents at the World Economic Forum

Eight Carnegie Mellon University faculty members, led President Subra Suresh, are presenting at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, today through Jan. 23. One of the largest university delegations at the prestigious conference, the CMU faculty will meet with government and business leaders from around the world to explain the latest research in fields such as big data, artificial intelligence and climate change.

ECE junior wins MLK college poetry contest

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

ECE junior wins MLK college poetry contest

Kevin H. Lee, a junior majoring in electrical and computer engineering, won first place in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards in the college poetry category with his poem, "Sushi at Yunioshi's."

What is ECE?

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

What is ECE?

Despite the number of such departments around the country, very few prospective students know what electrical and computer engineers do. Electrical and computer engineering integrates many disciplines from electrical engineering and computer science under a common umbrella.

David Brumley to co-chair first ever “Enigma” conference

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

David Brumley to co-chair first ever “Enigma” conference

CyLab director David Brumley will co-chair Enigma -- a uniquely positioned vendor-neutral security conference. With support from founding sponsor Google, Enigma will be held January 25-27, 2016, in San Francisco featuring an impartial program presented by academic and industry experts offering immediately useful responses to security breaches.

Rajkumar featured on CNBC’s Closing Bell

Monday, January 11, 2016

Rajkumar featured on CNBC’s Closing Bell

Raj Rajkumar was featured on CNBC’s Closing Bell on the possibility of Tesla and others being able to bring a fully autonomous vehicle to market.

Meet the new ECE faculty members

Monday, January 11, 2016

Meet the new ECE faculty members

As a new semester begins, we welcome three new faculty members to ECE. Meet Brandon Lucia, Swarun Kumar, and Maysam Chamanzar.

Testing the tracks

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Testing the tracks

On a night in November three years ago on Pittsburgh’s Light Rail system, a passenger train needed to switch tracks to navigate around maintenance work. However, it couldn’t complete the maneuver and came off its rails, shutting down the nearby Wood Street Station for the night.

Rajkumar quoted in Fast Company on Motobot

Monday, January 04, 2016

Rajkumar quoted in Fast Company on Motobot

ECE Professor Raj Rajkumar was quoted on Fast Company’s Co.EXIST blog on Motobot, Yamaha’s new motorcycle-riding, humanoid robot.

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Providing secure and resilient naval software

Secure and Private IoT Initiative

An Impressionable Technology: creating shape-aware surfaces

USNWR ranks undergrad computer engineering program No. 1

Krishnan awarded 2018 Innovation Fellowship

Call for Code Challenge

Rajkumar comments on Tesla crash in Wired

Datta on discriminatory algorithms

Vyas Sekar discusses skills gap in cybersecurity

Overcoming the human bottleneck with autonomy

Rethinking social networks

Indoor location, location, location

PDL team tests new file system on Trinity supercomputer

CMU, Bossa Nova to apply AI to retail analytics

Koopman comments on hurdles facing self-driving cars

Koopman explains how to keep self-driving cars safe

Multi-armed bandits: using algorithms for sequential decision-making

Insight without Incision: Advances in noninvasive brain imaging offers improvements to epilepsy surgery

Falcon joins the Institute for Defense Analyses

Rajkumar quoted by Wired on AVs and pedestrians

Company that acquired CMU spinoff poised for future competition

Pricing and processing data far from the Cloud: Carlee Joe-Wong on the economics of the IoT

Sekar and team discover internet vulnerabilities

Flying high

Alumna earns IJCAI Computers and Thought Award

CMU and Howard offer dual engineering Ph.D. degrees

Bettinger and Fedder create soft hydrogel brain implants

Sinopoli co-chairs and co-organizes Automotive CPS conference

Chen and Stamoulis receive 2018 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Rajkumar wary of self-driving vehicle manufacturer claims

Kumar discusses impact of next-generation wireless technology

Your smart home may soon have a smarter way to pair your devices

Gao and Zhao can identify people by their breathing

Moutis served as editor-in-chief to an IEEE legacy publication

Datta quoted on privacy and encryption

CMU-Africa to celebrate 5th graduation

Rajkumar comments on autonomous trucking development

Rajkumar analyzes causes of fatal Uber accident in Arizona

“Circling the block” may soon be circling the drain

Rajkumar discusses autonomous vehicle safety on “If Then”

Parno quoted by WSJ on Intel chip flaws

Koopman doubts Mobileye AV claims

2018 Alumni Award Spotlight: Bill Strecker

Kumar quoted on standard Wi-Fi mesh networks

ECE Team wins IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems Best Paper Award

Commencement and diploma ceremony information

Rajkumar quoted in The Verge

Datta cited by Fortune on the fairness of AI

Datta cited by New Scientist on biased algorithms

Koopman interviewed on AV safety

Improving anti-virus software with approximations

Grover and former Steeler Merrill Hoge interviewed by KDKA

Peha believes FCC is heading in wrong direction

ECE Day is Friday, May 4

Koopman on pedestrians and self-driving cars

Rajkumar quoted by USA Today on Uber crash in Tempe

CMU team in NASA Mars ice drilling competition

Koopman quoted on the difficulties of human operators in self-driving vehicles

Rajkumar quoted on Uber collision

Koopman quoted on self-driving technology

Marculescu receives Celebration of Education Award

Faculty and students win at IPSN 2018

Improving cybersecurity with machine learning

The 2018 CIT Dean's Early Career Fellows

Yu quoted in Quanta on roadblocks to learning

Hezarkhani is a Defending Digital Democracy contest finalist

Rutenbar’s startup raises $8 million in funding

Lucia and students receive Best Paper Award at ASPLOS

Students win Influenster Scholarship for Women in STEM

Using machine learning to understand microbial relationships

Narasimhan’s YinzCam, Inc. featured in GeekWire

The learning brain is less flexible than we thought

Koopman to speak at PAAV Summit 2018

Metro21: Smart Cities Institute launch

Koopman receives IEEE's Carl Barus Award

Grover and Kelly receive Chuck Noll Foundation Award

Pileggi comments on vulnerability of US power grid

Researchers develop camera to see through skin