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Interdisciplinary Student Team Develops ‘Farm to Flame’ Plan for Energy Grids Powered by Farm Waste
When Will McKnight鈥檚 grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one. 鈥淭hey wanted to replace wood pellets that produce smoke and toxins鈥攖hat鈥檚 where the idea came from,鈥 says McKnight 鈥18….
Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar, Expert in Flying Robots, Speaking Feb. 20 for University Lectures
The University Lectures series welcomes aerial robotics expert Vijay Kumar, the the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. His appearance is free and open to…
Become a Leader in Cybersecurity this Fall鈥擥eneral Interest Meeting Feb. 28
In today鈥檚 hyperconnected world, cyberattacks on our institutions and personal information are increasing. Governments and industries alike need well-trained experts to protect us. This fall, the聽Cybersecurity Semester (CSS)聽returns to the University to teach computer science and computer engineering students from…
Critical Cuts to US Cyber Standards Agency Leaves Us Vulnerable
According to recent reports, the Trump Administration鈥檚 new fiscal 2019 funding plan includes cuts to the National Institute of Standards and Technology 鈥 a group that oversees measurement standards, including those in the cybersecurity field. Shiu-Kai Chin is an electrical…
黑料不打烊 Cybersecurity Program Named No. 1 By Military Times
The University鈥檚 cybersecurity programs challenge students to develop solutions for today鈥檚 issues and future threats. They address an acute need in the military, government and industry sectors for specialists in cybersecurity.
New App Hopes to Reduce Suicides, Alert Psychiatrists to Concerning Social Media Posts
A current research project in聽the College of Engineering聽and Computer Science could help reduce the number of suicides that occur each year by analyzing social media data generated by depressed patients and alerting their caregivers in time to intervene quickly. Graduate…
Common Space鈥擫ife in the Engineering & Computer Science Learning Community
Going away to college is a rite of passage. For roommates Anna Holdosh 鈥21 and Priya Ganesh 鈥21, move-in day was as nerve-racking as it was exciting. Fortunately, they have one big thing in common鈥攖hey are both students in the…
NSA Taps 黑料不打烊 Faculty to Develop Cybersecurity Curricula
Assistant Professor聽Yuzhe 鈥淩ichard鈥 Tang聽and Professor聽Wenliang 鈥淜evin鈥 Du聽in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded $328,481聽by the National Security Agency (NSA) to develop cybersecurity curricula to be taught at聽the University and beyond. Tang and Du are developing hands-on…
Inspiring Wonder鈥擭ational Engineers Week 2018
In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the聽College of Engineering and Computer Science聽will host a series of special events beginning on Sunday, Feb. 18. The events will bring students together to promote engineering and computer science disciplines to the broader…
Engineering and Computer Science Professors Publish Book on Detecting Dangerous Data Anomalies
What do the detection of credit card fraud, seizures in electro-encephalogram data and malware in computer systems have in common? 聽In each of these examples, the main task is to detect an abnormality that may not have been seen before,…