Tag: Faculty
50 Articles
- Faculty in the Media
There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate
Cal Newport, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, writes about "the negative impact of digital technology on our ability to think," in a New York Times Opinion…
March 27, 2026
- Faculty in the Media
Is AI Making Us Stupid? Cal Newport Is Worried.
The Georgetown computer scientist talked to The Chronicle of Higher Education about resisting the temptation to automate hard.…
March 13, 2026
- Faculty in the Media
‘Slow Productivity,’ AI and the Higher Ed Caste System
The best explanation I’ve heard about how generative AI works came from a talk given by Cal Newport, part of a series of talks he gave as a summer 2023 Montgomery Fellow on my…
January 22, 2026
- Faculty in the Media
Crypto’s next phase goes beyond new blockchains, a16z says
Beyond prediction markets, a16z crypto said 2026 could mark a turning point for cryptographic proofs as they move into non-blockchain industries. Justin Thaler, a member of the…
January 9, 2026
- Faculty in the Media
The U.K.’s Plan for Electronic Eavesdropping Poses Cybersecurity Risks
The U.K. government’s latest attempt to access encrypted cloud backups could allow adversarial actors to gain access to sensitive.…
January 8, 2026
- News Story
Life Hacks
To evade distractions, Cal Newport suggests blocking off time to work without any “quick checks,” or glances at other sources of information that can easily divide your. …
January 7, 2026
- Faculty in the Media
12 Books Professors Recommend (But Don’t Require) You Read This Winter
Winter break offers a warm respite from the fall semester’s required reading. As many students return home for the holidays, we asked professors across the university for their…
December 16, 2025
- Faculty in the Media
Quantum computing and blockchains: Matching urgency to actual threats
Timelines to a cryptographically relevant quantum computer are frequently overstated — leading to calls for urgent, wholesale transitions to post-quantum cryptography. But these…
December 5, 2025
- Faculty in the Media
By the Book: Despite Progress, Students Say GU Entrepreneurship Remains Underdeveloped, Conventional
“Our goal is ultimately to engage students in understanding the basic principles of the field of computer science, so should they decide to pursue a career in computer science,…
November 20, 2025
- Faculty in the Media
The path to secure and efficient zkVMs: How to track progress
zkVMs (zero knowledge virtual machines) promise to “democratize SNARKs” by allowing anyone, even those with no specialized SNARK expertise, to prove that they have correctly run…
November 3, 2025