In late June, Disney Research Studios announced on its website a process that “automates deepfake production with a fidelity greater than previously achieved,” but not everyone may be applauding. According to a July 1 article in TechXplore, the media magnate called the process, “to the best of our knowledge…the first method capable of rendering photo-realistic and temporally...
Author: Lois Anne DeLong (Lois Anne DeLong)
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CCS Researchers Warn of New IP Vulnerability in 3D Printed Materials
Hackers are harnessing the techniques of machine learning to extract valuable intellectual property from 3D printed materials according to an article published July 6 in Science Daily. The article reports that a team of researchers from NYU Tandon, including CCS researchers Dr. Nikhil Gupta and Gary Mac, have demonstrated that printer head toolpaths, which hold...
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Sharing without Fear: Tandon Researchers and Colleagues Challenge the Need for Bans on Anonymous Contributors
Just because a person contributes to a web site anonymously does not mean he or she is an unreliable source of information. According to an article published June 25, 2020 in the Tor blog, a recent study by researchers from Drexel, NYU, and the University of Washington challenges the assumption of sites like Wikipedia that...
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Additive Manufacturing Workshop on 7/31 Examines Security and IP Concerns
The rapid growth of the additive manufacturing (AM) field is opening exciting new opportunities in a number of fields. However, the hybrid nature of AM—part cyber system and part physical system—along with its extensive use of computer and cloud-based resources, introduces new vectors for attacks. Organized by Tandon faculty members Dr. Nikhil Gupta and Dr....
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Tandon’s Garg Weighs in on Facial Recognition Software
In a very unusual turn of events, three tech industry heavyweights recently demanded more regulation from the U.S. Federal Government. Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM have all announced that they are pulling their facial recognition technologies from law enforcement agencies unless some form of regulation is implemented to fight instances of discrimination. The problem, according to...
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Tandon & Duke Researchers Develop Genetic “Barcodes” for DNA Samples
As the phrase suggests, DNA fingerprinting is a technique that can identify markers in human DNA that are as unique to an individual, organism or disease as the more common identifying marks for which it is named. In part because it only requires a small amount of material, it has blossomed into a nearly $10 billion global...
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NYU and CUNY Partner with Indian Institutions for new Additive Manufacturing Internship
Dr. Nikhil Gupta, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a member of the Center for Cybersecurity at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant to establish a US-India internship program in the area of additive manufacturing (AM). The grant, which funds a partnership between...
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CCS Researcher Edelson Calls for Greater Facebook Transparency in USA Today Editorial
In an editorial published in USA Today on May 27th, Laura Edelson, a Ph.D. student at Tandon, called out the limitations of Facebook’s voluntary efforts to reveal who is behind political ads, noting that they lack, “adequate information on how ads are directed toward specific demographics and groups of people.” Co-authored with Sheila Krumholz, executive...
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Staying Cool: NYU Tandon Faculty Member Dvorkin Testifies Before NYC Council Committees
On May 26, NYU Tandon Assistant Professor Yury Dvorkin provided testimony before representatives of several New York City Council Committees about the city’s cooling needs for the upcoming summer. Though air conditioner use increases demand on the city’s power grid every summer, Dvorkin warned Council representatives that the number of individual air conditioners working during...
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CCS Faculty Member Cappos Shares Advice for (Cyber) Safer Shopping During COVID
While the doors to our COVID-19 quarantine are beginning to open, it is likely people will continue to do much of their shopping online. To avoid a a future “cyber pandemic,” CompareCards, a credit card service of the Lending Tree loan company, asked NYU Tandon Associate Professor Justin Cappos to provide some tips for more...