Yaniv Erlich delivers talk at TEDxDanubia
He spoke about current gaps in genetic privacy as genetic information is starting to be widely shared.
Research and News
ZDNet calls Thinking Security a “masterclass” for security officers
Steven Bellovin’s latest book looks ahead of current technology to anticipate vulnerabilities and guard against new attacks.
As providers roll out zero-rated services, it’s time to re-define net neutrality, says Vishal Misra
In February 2015, the FCC ruled to enforce net neutrality by banning paid prioritization, throttling, and blocking. The decision was … Continue reading As providers roll out zero-rated services, it’s time to re-define net neutrality, says Vishal Misra
Peter Allen and Yaniv Erlich awarded provost grants
Peter Allen and Yaniv Erlich have been awarded provost grants through the Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery program, which … Continue reading Peter Allen and Yaniv Erlich awarded provost grants
David Blei and Michael Collins among top 50 most influential CS authors: Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar utilizes artificial intelligence methods to help researchers quickly cull through millions of scientific papers to find those most relevant to their work.
Rocco Servedio awarded NSF grant to study limits of computing
Rocco Servedio, Associate Professor of Computer Science, and his former student Li-Yang Tan (PhD ’14) are recipients of a four-year, … Continue reading Rocco Servedio awarded NSF grant to study limits of computing
Location data on two apps enough to identify someone
Columbia and Google researchers demonstrate that geotagged posts on just two social media apps are enough to link accounts held by the same person.
Unconventional sheet camera bends to any surface while producing high-quality images
Team led by Shree Nayar has developed a camera that can wrap around almost any object to capture unusual fields of view.
Method to break image CAPTCHAs leverages deep learning
The method is effective and automated and works to verify users, when possible, without requiring them to solve a tedious challenge
Prototypes from Columbia Vision Laboratory show potential of computational photography
From the Lab: cameras with 360° fields of view, cameras that power themselves, and cameras that capture more detail than is visible to humans.
Paper by Ajoy Fernandes and Steven Feiner is best paper at IEEE 3DUI 2016
Paper describes how to alleviate VR sickness by subtly modifying the dynamic field-of-view.
Technology solutions to unwanted calls
Robocalls are proliferating and becoming increasingly sophisticated and deceptive, purporting to be from banks or government agencies to trick and … Continue reading Technology solutions to unwanted calls
Specialized hardware for meeting demands of big data
Research into accelerators and domain-specific processors—among other innovations—is resulting in faster data processing at less power.
The Eternal Camera
In this video, Shree K. Nayar, T.C. Chang Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, takes us to the Computer Vision Laboratory to demo the self-powered video camera.
NimbleDroid speeds up Android apps
CS startup NimbleDroid pinpoints issues that slow performance in Android apps so developers can make their apps run faster.
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