Carnegie Mellon To Host Rising Stars Workshop
By Krista Burns / 412-268-5316 / kristab@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon has long been a leader in encouraging women to pursue key science and technology careers, as female students now comprise nearly half of...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Receives $10 Million From K&L Gates To Study Ethical Issues...
As the ethical and policy issues surrounding artificial intelligence and other computing technologies take center stage, global law firm K&L Gates LLP has made a gift to help ensure Carnegie...
View ArticleFlying High: Air Force Awards Grants to Two Researchers
Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu Lisa Kulick / 412-268-5444 / lkulick@andrew.cmu.edu The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has selected two Carnegie Mellon University...
View ArticleComputer Simulation Breaks Virus Apart To Learn How it Comes Together
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu Researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University physicist Markus Deserno and University of Konstanz (Germany) chemist Christine Peter have...
View ArticleFirst Carnegie Colloquium Focuses on Artificial Intelligence in Military,...
Policy experts from several countries discussed the implications of artificial intelligence on data privacy and military operations at the inaugural Carnegie Colloquium in Washington, D.C.Carnegie...
View ArticleRoboVote Helps Groups Make Decisions Using AI-Driven Methods
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu A contentious presidential election can raise questions about whether the voting system produces the best possible candidates. While nothing is going...
View ArticleFuture Internet Voting Faces Security Hurdles, CMU Students Find
Internet voting is not common in the United States, but any online or internet-based U.S. election system in the future will require strong encryption measures. The recommendation was made by students...
View ArticleAmerican Chemical Society Honors Donahue
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu Neil M. Donahue, the Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry, professor of chemical engineering and engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleWhitehead Wins DARPA Young Faculty Award
Hannah Diorio-Toth / 412-268-1208 / hdiorio@andrew.cmu.edu Katie Whitehead, assistant professor of chemical engineering, has received the Young Faculty Award (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research...
View ArticleOklahoma Quakes: Researchers Say Wastewater May be Reason
Kelvin Baker looks at damage done to a building in Cushing, Okla. on Monday, Nov. 8, after an earthquake shook the area on Sunday evening. Mike Simons/Tulsa World. All rights reserved. Reprinted with...
View ArticleKanade Receives 2016 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu Takeo Kanade, the U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor of Robotics and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, received the prestigious...
View ArticleMiller Gallery Hosts “Climactic: Post Normal Design”
By Margaret Cox / 412-268-4754 / mc94@andrew.cmu.edu and Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu Superflux, Mangala for All, 2014 The Miller Gallery and School of Design at Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleCMU’s School of Drama Presents “The Rover”
By Erin Keane Scott / 412-268-2068 / ekscott@andrew.cmu.edu and Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama’s production of “The Rover” opens Thursday,...
View ArticleResearchers Create Tool To See Network Traffic, Stop Cyber Attacks
By Daniel Tkacik / 412-268-1187 Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute are creating a visual tool to help thwart the kind of massive distributed denial of...
View ArticleResearchers Develop Way To “Fingerprint” the Brain
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Using a new imaging technique, researchers have developed a way to “fingerprint” the human brain, confirming what scientists have always thought to be true:...
View ArticleMaking PROGRESS: Program Aims To Help Students Become Better Negotiators
Ayana Ledford talks with two engineering students during a recent event. Despite efforts to help close the gender wage gap, women still continue to be paid less than their male colleagues. A new...
View ArticleBrain “Reads” Sentences the Same in English and Portuguese
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu An international research team led by Carnegie Mellon University has found that when the brain “reads” or decodes a sentence in English or Portuguese, its...
View ArticleTony Awards, Carnegie Mellon Open Submissions for Theatre Education Award
Peter Cooke, head of the School of Drama, poses with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Marilyn McCormick, winner of the 2016 Excellence in Theatre Education Award. The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University...
View ArticleMobile App Behavior Often Appears at Odds With Privacy Policies
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu How a mobile app says it will collect or share a user’s personal information with third parties often appears to be inconsistent with how the app...
View ArticleTartans Have a Ball Supporting Children's Hospital
By Andrea James / 412-268-7910 / awesp@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University football team captain Samer Abdelmoty has some dates he’d like you to keep — 365 of them to be exact. Abdelmoty, a...
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