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Monday, December 17, 2018

Teaching drones how to learn on the fly

ECE and CMU Silicon Valley Professor Bob Iannucci and ECE Ph.D. candidate Ervin Teng are using machine learning and a simulation training tool to teach drones how to learn in real-time in what they call “autonomous curiosity.”
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

CyLab researchers quoted in NYT

CyLab's Marios Savvides, Lujo Bauer, Jason Hong, Kathleen Carley, Martin Carlisle, and Carolina Zarate were featured in a New York Times piece about various ongoing research thrusts in CyLab to help combat cyberattacks.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

A universal memory

Professors Larry Pileggi and Jimmy Zhu were recently awarded a patent for a cutting-edge form of memory device which they’ve termed “magnetic shift register.”
Monday, December 03, 2018

One framework to rule them all

ECE Assistant Professor George Amvrosiadis is part of a team from CMU’s PDL and Los Alamos National Lab designing a record-breaking file system framework for the next era of supercomputing.
Monday, November 26, 2018

Strength training deep neural networks

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have grown popular with data-driven technological advances because they analyze and process incomprehensible sums of input. These systems are often swift and efficient. But given the amount of data processed, a DNN also encounters errors and slowdowns. To solve these issues, a team let by Pulkit Grover created a more efficient DNN called PolyDot coding.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Support Build18

Help us reach our goal of raising $6,000 to fund 20 teams for the build week in January 2019. Each accepted team receives a $300 budget for the parts for their project.
Monday, November 12, 2018

Former Marine sets up shop at CMU

It has been a decade since Quinn Hagerty’s enlistment in the United States Marine Corps ended, however, the lessons and skills he learned during his service are still valued today in his position as a lab technician in ECE.
Friday, November 09, 2018

Rowe discusses FCC's proposed plans to quicken Wi-Fi

According to Anthony Rowe, this change would provide faster Wi-Fi, nearly tripling the available bandwidth.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Researchers develop a new model that enables fast and accurate object detection

Franz Franchetti and research intern Vít Růžička have recently developed a new model that enables fast and accurate object detection in high-resolution 4K and 8K video footage using GPUs. Their research has been featured in Tech Xplore.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Graph reordering for an optimal future

In a paper granted the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC) 2018, Vignesh Balaji, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, and assistant professor Brandon Lucia investigated how the performance of graph processing applications could be improved using a technique called Graph Reordering.
Monday, November 05, 2018

Savvides comments on biometrics in airports

Popular Science quoted CyLab/ECE’s Marios Savvides in an article on biometric tech in airports.
Thursday, November 01, 2018

Transcending the transistor

Gianluca Piazza, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has developed a new form of switch called the piezoelectric nanoelectromechanical relay. This device, the subject of a recent patent award, could be the key to replacing semiconductor transistors in many applications.
CMU team to participate in the ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition
Thursday, November 01, 2018

CMU team to participate in the ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition

A team comprised of faculty from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Colorado Boulder were one of ten university teams selected to receive funding to participate in the ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition.
CyLab faculty win big at the IEEE Cybersecurity Development Conference
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

CyLab faculty win big at the IEEE Cybersecurity Development Conference

CyLab faculty members Alessandro Acquisti, Lujo Bauer, Nicolas Christin, and Lorrie Cranor were presented with IEEE Cybersecurity awards at the IEEE Cybersecurity Development Conference, Oct. 2 in Boston.
How vehicle-to-vehicle communication could replace traffic lights and shorten commutes.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

How vehicle-to-vehicle communication could replace traffic lights and shorten commutes.

A Carnegie Mellon startup aims to manage traffic at intersections by harnessing the radios in tomorrow’s cars.
Savvides voices support for TSA biometrics
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Savvides voices support for TSA biometrics

The TSA announced a plan to increase its use of biometrics, such as facial recognition, to streamline the airport security process.
Optimizing computing systems
Monday, October 15, 2018

Optimizing computing systems

Joshi, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been named a recipient of a 2018 IBM Faculty Award for her research in distributed machine learning.
Sekar on ransomware attacks and cybersecurity
Monday, October 08, 2018

Sekar on ransomware attacks and cybersecurity

Vyas Sekar was interviewed about the March 2017 ransomware attack on the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus.
Carnegie Mellon team dives into DARPA Subterranean Challenge
Monday, October 08, 2018

Carnegie Mellon team dives into DARPA Subterranean Challenge

A team from Carnegie Mellon University will compete in the systems track of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Subterranean Challenge, a multi-year robotics competition with a $2 million prize in which robots will autonomously search tunnels, caves and underground structures.
Rajkumar on self-driving cars
Friday, October 05, 2018

Rajkumar on self-driving cars

Raj Rajkumar was interviewed about the progress of self-driving cars, and how much more research needs to be done for autonomous vehicles to surpass the driving abilities of humans.
Joe-Wong receives N2Women: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications Award
Thursday, October 04, 2018

Joe-Wong receives N2Women: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications Award

Carlee Joe-Wong, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named one of ten women in computer networking and communications who should be known and watched, according to N2Woman: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications.
Rajkumar comments on autonomous vehicle company partnerships
Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Rajkumar comments on autonomous vehicle company partnerships

Raj Rajkumar was quoted in a Wired article about Ike’s self-driving trucks.
Rajkumar comments on public transit and minority involvement
Monday, October 01, 2018

Rajkumar comments on public transit and minority involvement

Raj Rajkumar spoke with The New York Times about Phoenix’s rail extension project and minority protests.
Carnegie Mellon Racing has breakout season
Monday, October 01, 2018

Carnegie Mellon Racing has breakout season

Carnegie Mellon Racing achieved multiple victories in the 2017-2018 season, capturing first place overall in the electric vehicle category at both Formula North and Formula SAE.
Providing secure and resilient naval software
Monday, September 24, 2018

Providing secure and resilient naval software

CMU Team Receives $7.5M Office of Naval Research Grant in Collaboration with Penn and Stanford on Software Complexity Reduction.
Secure and Private IoT Initiative
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Secure and Private IoT Initiative

Carnegie Mellon's CyLab launches initiative on IoT security with Amazon Web Services, Infineon Technologies, and Nokia Bell Labs
Koopman on self-driving car accidents
Monday, September 17, 2018

Koopman on self-driving car accidents

Apple’s first ever self-driving car crash occurred in Sunnyvale, CA, when a human-driven Nissan Leaf rear-ended the self-driving car.
An Impressionable Technology: creating shape-aware surfaces
Monday, September 17, 2018

An Impressionable Technology: creating shape-aware surfaces

WiSh, a shape-sensing technology, could shape how we interact with virtual reality and how we create smart cities.
USNWR ranks undergrad computer engineering program No. 1
Monday, September 10, 2018

USNWR ranks undergrad computer engineering program No. 1

USNWR ranks ECE as the #1 undergrad computer engineering program
Krishnan awarded 2018 Innovation Fellowship
Friday, September 07, 2018

Krishnan awarded 2018 Innovation Fellowship

Ashwati Krishnan (ECE postdoctoral researcher) received the fellowship for her work on the instrumentation and hardware development of ultra-high density electroencephalography (EEG).
Call for Code Challenge
Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Call for Code Challenge

Launched by IBM, Call for Code is a global initiative for developers around the world to help with disaster preparedness.
Rajkumar comments on Tesla crash in Wired
Monday, September 03, 2018

Rajkumar comments on Tesla crash in Wired

Wired quoted ECE’s Raj Rajkumar on why Tesla cars’ autonomous mode fails to avoid parked fire trucks.
Datta on discriminatory algorithms
Monday, August 27, 2018

Datta on discriminatory algorithms

Techfestival reported on ECE’s Anupam Datta’s research illuminating discriminatory biases in algorithms.
Vyas Sekar discusses skills gap in cybersecurity
Monday, August 27, 2018

Vyas Sekar discusses skills gap in cybersecurity

CNBC interviewed Vyas Sekar on the myths about cybersecurity employment.
Overcoming the human bottleneck with autonomy
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Overcoming the human bottleneck with autonomy

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.
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