Computer Science News

September 9, 2016

Vulnerabilities in Cars Linked to Smartphones

Analog DNA Circuit Does Math in a Test Tube

Light and Matter Merge in Quantum Coupling

Using the Outside World to Save On Brainpower

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Smartphone Hacks 3-D Printer by Measuring 'Leaked' Energy and Acoustic Waves

Sep. 7, 2016 — Researchers illustrate how smartphones, due to their ubiquity and sophisticated gadgetry, can easily hack 3-D printers by ... read more

Algorithm Detects Online Fraudsters

Sep. 8, 2016 — An algorithm makes it easier to determine if someone has faked an Amazon or Yelp review or if a politician with a suspiciously large number of Twitter followers might have bought and paid for that ... read more

Avoiding 'Traffic Jam' Creates Impossibly Bright 'Lighthouse'

Sep. 8, 2016 — The central energy source of enigmatic pulsating Ultra Luminous X-ray sources (ULX) could be a neutron star according to numerical simulations. ULXs, which are remarkably ... read more

Introducing Diversity in Online Language Analysis

Sep. 7, 2016 — For the past 30 years, computer science researchers have been teaching their machines to read standard English -- for example, by assigning back issues of the Wall Street Journal -- so computers can ... read more

New Service Improves Cloud Storage Usage on Mobile Devices

Sep. 7, 2016 — Researchers designed and developed StoArranger, a service to intercept, coordinate and optimize requests made by mobile apps and cloud storage services. StoArranger works as a 'middleware system,' so ... read more

Computer Simulation to Spare Children from Heart Surgery

Sep. 6, 2016 — Children with congenital heart defects often undergo a battery of strenuous examinations and interventions. Now, researchers have developed software to simulate certain ... read more

Researchers Use Hardware to Accelerate Core-to-Core on-Chip Communication

Sep. 6, 2016 — A new way to significantly accelerate core-to-core communication has been developed by researchers. Their advance relies on hardware to coordinate efforts between cores for multiprocessor ... read more

Cybersecurity Researchers Design a Chip That Checks for Sabotage

Aug. 23, 2016 — With the outsourcing of microchip design and fabrication worldwide, bad actors along the supply chain have many opportunities to install malicious circuitry in chips. These 'Trojan horses' look ... read more

New Cooling Method for Supercomputers to Save Millions of Gallons of Water

Aug. 31, 2016 — A prototype cooling system for supercomputer data centers is expected to save hundreds of millions of gallons of water if widely adopted, ... read more

Study Reveals Gap in Market for Wearable Technologies That Monitor Sedentary Behavior

Sep. 1, 2016 — Wearable technology to monitor the time you spend being sedentary could encourage changes in behavior that helps improve health, research reveals. ... read more

Kenyan Girls Code Their Way to a New Future

Visa's Chip-Enabled Cards Are Reducing Fraud And Could Soon Be Faster

Is Your Laptop Still A Laptop Without A Keyboard? Apple Thinks So

Computer Draws First Blood in Clash With Go Grandmaster

Heavy Burden of EHRs Could Contribute to Physician Burnout

Sep. 6, 2016 — For every hour physicians provide direct clinical face time to patients, nearly two additional hours is spent on electronic health records (EHRs) and other clerical work within the clinic day. ... read more

How AI Might Affect Urban Life in 2030

Sep. 1, 2016 — A diverse panel of academic and industrial thinkers has looked ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in artificial intelligence might affect life in a typical North American city, and to spur ... read more

Gaming for Gut Research

Aug. 31, 2016 — You may not think of yourself in this way, but in some ways your body is just a host for hundreds of trillions of microbes (including bacteria) that colonize us in fairly unique combinations in our ... read more

Data-Cleaning Tool for Building Better Prediction Models

Aug. 31, 2016 — New software analyzes a user's prediction model to decide which data to clean first, while updating the model as it works. With each pass, users see their model ... read more

Standing Still May Help Improve Antennas That Scan in All Directions

Aug. 30, 2016 — Antennas often need to trace circles in the sky. For example, radar arrays atop air-traffic control towers rotate to sweep signals in all directions. Now, electrical engineers are working out a new ... read more

'Nudges' Help Students Select Healthy Lunches

Aug. 30, 2016 — With back-to-school season in full swing, imagine this: Your child orders lunch via computer and gets a little message saying he or she needs to add more nutritious food groups. That combination ... read more

Swarm Robots Can Learn by Simply Observing

Aug. 30, 2016 — It is now possible for machines to learn how natural or artificial systems work by simply observing them, without being told what to look for, according to ... read more

Continuous Roll-Process Technology for Transferring and Packaging Flexible LSI

Aug. 29, 2016 — A research team has developed a continuous roll-processing technology that transfers and packages flexible large-scale integrated circuits (LSI), the key element in constructing the computer's ... read more

One in Two Users Click on Links from Unknown Senders

Aug. 29, 2016 — Most people know that e-mails and Facebook messages from unknown senders can contain dangerous links. However, many users still click on them and researchers have investigated why. The results: up to ... read more

New Approach to Computing Boosts Energy Efficiency

Aug. 26, 2016 — A research project has launched a set of tools that will make computer systems more energy efficient – a critical issue for modern computing. Using the framework of the project programmers has ... read more

Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in iPhone, iPad Operating System

Aug. 25, 2016 — An international team of computer science researchers has identified serious security vulnerabilities in the iOS -- the operating system used in Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. The ... read more

A Nanoscale Wireless Communication System Via Plasmonic Antennas

Aug. 25, 2016 — A nanoscale wireless communication system uses plasmonic antennas to produce greater control and increased efficiency to an approach eyed for next-generation 'on-chip' communications ... read more

Extending Battery Life for Mobile Devices: 'Braidio' Tech Lets Mobile Devices Share Power

Aug. 25, 2016 — Computer science researchers have introduced a new radio technology that allows small mobile devices to take advantage of battery power in larger devices nearby for ... read more

Designing Better Ways to Let Go of Digital Memories Than 'Delete'

Aug. 25, 2016 — Researchers are looking at better ways of helping grieving people let go of emotionally-charged digital content after the death of loved ones or the break-up of ... read more

Streamlining Accelerated Computing for Industry

Aug. 23, 2016 — In an effort to modernize CFD, a group of researchers has developed new open-source software called PyFR, a Python-based application that combines highly accurate numerical methods with a highly ... read more

Programmable Routers Could Enable More Resilient Networks

Aug. 23, 2016 — A new design of programmable routers should enable much more flexible traffic management, without sacrificing speed, say ... read more

New Microchip Demonstrates Efficiency and Scalable Design

Aug. 22, 2016 — The Piton chip's architecture is scalable; designs can be built which go from a dozen processing units (called cores) to several ... read more

Cybersecurity Student Researches How to Keep Cars Safe from Hacking

Aug. 19, 2016 — Cybersecurity student researches spent the summer researching how to keep cars safe from cyberattacks during an intensive eight-week cybersecurity summer research ... read more

Scientists Combine Satellite Data, Machine Learning to Map Poverty

Aug. 18, 2016 — The availability of accurate and reliable information on the location of impoverished zones is surprisingly lacking for much of the world. Applying machine learning to satellite images could identify ... read more