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Features research led by Damon McCoy, professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon. As the summer season approaches, a proliferation of housing scams in the form of false online rental advertisements has caused headaches, dashed hopes and, in some cases, led to substantial loss of money for desperate workers and vacationers already saddled...

Article features research by Nasir Memon, professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon. … Whilst there is no denying the fingerprint biometric smart card is reaching its inflection point, one barrier to mass market adoption is the cost of the sensors needed to take each person’s biometric fingerprint data. To...

Features the research of Nasir Memon, and Julian Togelius, professors in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon. … A team of researchers at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, for instance, created an algorithm to not only simulate a person’s fingerprint but to create a single print that can masquerade...

Article cites research led by Damon McCoy, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Trump spent $3.6 million on Facebook ads from Dec. 30 to March 23, according to data compiled by researchers at the Online Advertising Transparency Project. … The data provides fresh insight into the themes...

The emerging wave of technological innovation centered around data science and machine learning is poised not only to upend economies and societies in yet unforeseen ways, it also looks set to trigger a new era of geopolitical rivalry, especially between the United States and China. Steven Weber and Gabriel Nicholas, CCS Fellow, explain what is...

Investigators probing two deadly crashes of Boeing Co. 737 MAX airliners are grappling with a hybrid of old and new technology, where a complex piece of software controls hydraulic pumps and motors similar to those used when Lyndon Johnson was president. … “There’s a bigger temptation not to test things when you’re just making a...

Poor regulation of the consumer IoT electronics sector compounds the negative market incentives discussed in the first part of this series. While standards for IoT devices are taking shape in some sectors of the U.S. economy, no similar regime has been developed for the broad consumer IoT electronics market. Moreover, little expert consensus has developed...

Cybersecurity in U.S. consumer Internet of Things (“IoT”) electronics is remarkably weak and this vulnerability is driven, in large part, from the economics behind these devices. Consumers lack the knowledge to make cybersecurity-informed purchasing decisions even if they are willing to do so – and many are not, particularly for low-end items. This means manufacturers...

This year, six young principal investigators from NYU Tandon garnered prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards, given in support of early-career faculty members who have the potential to serve as academic role models and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. That’s an especially noteworthy feat considering that the school’s...

The NYU Tandon [School of Engineering] cyber fellows program hosted its first-ever cyber defense simulation on Tuesday. It gave graduate students a chance to use what they have learned in class to defend themselves against a simulated attack. Students had to detect and mitigate eight threats in real time. Professors say the goal was for...