Tag: Faculty
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- Faculty in the Media
To Reduce Privacy Risks, the Census Plans to Report Less Accurate Data
Prof. Kobbi Nissim’s work on differential privacy cited in a New York Times article on the 2020 US census: To Reduce Privacy Risks, the Census Plans to Report Less Accurate Data …
December 5, 2018
- Faculty in the Media
Senators’ personal emails targeted
Video: The personal e-mails of U.S. Senators have been targeted by foreign government hackers. Micah Sherr.…
September 8, 2018
- Faculty in the Media
Baseball players are famous for cliches
Players talk like us. But many of the most common word combinations were not baseballisms but widely used phrases that come up in everyday. Nathan…
August 29, 2018
- Faculty in the Media
Senator says Russia accessed FL voting systems
Video: Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who's up for re-election this year in a state President Donald Trump won in 2016, said Russians have "penetrated" some of his state's…
August 9, 2018
- Faculty in the Media
Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t
Tavish Vaidya, a CS Ph.D. candidate, quoted in a New York Times story on smart devices: Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t (May 10, 2018). The article also…
May 10, 2018
- Faculty in the Media
Is privacy dead? Why your data matters.
Facebook and other social media sites have faced scrutiny over their privacy settings. Here's why you might care about your data privacy. Lisa…
March 29, 2018
- Faculty in the Media
“Email” Dominates What Americans Have Heard About Clinton
Americans' reports of what they have read, seen or heard about Hillary Clinton over the past two months are dominated by references to her handling of emails while she was…
September 19, 2016
- Faculty in the Media
Balancing Coding and Theory in Computer Science
NPR quotes Lisa Singh who says that students should learn the principles of thinking behind coding.…
February 17, 2016
- Faculty in the Media
Should Computer Education Cover More Than Just Coding?
At Georgetown, classes in cybersecurity or data structures train computer science majors how to use mathematical proofs to solve problems and to understand the limitations of…
February 15, 2016
- Faculty in the Media
Privacy Isn’t Dead—Yet
Lisa Singh suggested restricting the sale of personal data or requiring companies to use privacy-preserving technology that so far has stayed mainly in academia. “I think pushing…
September 9, 2014