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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Technology is rapidly commoditizing the information that's disseminated in college courses, says Rich DeMillo (Computer Science). "If you can easily access a lecture in quantum mechanics from the best lecturer on quantum mechanics, how many other quantum mechanics lectures do you need?" It's the intellectual discussion of these facts where professors add value, he says. Source: The New York Times
Thursday, November 3, 2011
"By a large majority," says Rich DeMillo (Computer Science), "the American public thinks that it’s not getting value for the tuition dollar. It thinks that universities are not doing a good job." DeMillo is director of the Center for 21st Century Universities and author of the new book, Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities. Source: Lawlor Review
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Researchers led by Patrick Traynor (Computer Science) have shown how placing a phone on a desk could allow its accelerometer to detect the vibrations from key presses on a nearby keyboard and pick out words with an accuracy of up to 80%. Source: InformationWeek
Monday, October 24, 2011
The United States could soon face a "crash" of student loan defaults, says Rich DeMillo (Computer Science), director of the Center for 21st Century Universities. "Students are going to be coming out of school with diplomas and not necessarily able to recover the value they put into their degrees." (video) Source: Fox Business Channel
Monday, October 24, 2011
What broadband users need is a connectivity thermostat that they can use to better manage how they access their ISP’s pipes. At a recent conference Nick Feamster (Computer Science) described Project Bismark, an effort to help users manage their bandwidth caps and allocate broadband resources inside the home. Source: GigaOM
Sunday, October 23, 2011
According to Patrick Traynor (Computer Science), a stranger's smartphone could potentially pick up data typed into a nearby laptop computer by using the phone's accelerometer to detect vibrations produced by typing. Source: Examiner
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The attack using a smartphone's accelerometer attempts to predict keystrokes in pairs, says Patrick Traynor (Computer Science), using the distance between keys and their position on the keyboard as hints for a custom dictionary. As long as the word is longer than two letters, the system has a good chance of detecting what’s been pressed. Source: Gizmodo
Sunday, October 23, 2011
How worried should you be that the phone sitting near your desktop is conspiring against you? Not too much--the chances of becoming a victim of this type of advanced attack are slim, for now. "This was really hard to do," said Patrick Traynor (Computer Science). "But could people do it if they really wanted to? We think yes." Source: MSNBC
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
In his presentation at this week's Open Network Summit in San Francisco, Nick Feamster (Computer Science) said the simplicity enabled by OpenFlow and software-defined networks can be used to make more powerful and easier-to-use network management tools. Source: Network World
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
You sit down at your desk, set down your mobile phone, boot your computer and then start work. Would it occur to you that a hacker might be using your smartphone as a spying device to track what you were typing? Source: ComputerWorld
