While Trump trails in the polls, his greater finesse with Facebook strategies like “microtargeting” or using Facebook data to place fundraising ads before the right people, could be a secret weapon over the next few months. Because Biden is taking a more general “one size fits all” strategy in his Facebook ad buys, Dr. Damon...
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Zhu Provides Insights on Use of Robots in Medicine
In July, ZDNet recently put together a special feature on “Robots in the Enterprise,” which took a look at where and how robotic technology was being applied in various sectors. Quanyan Zhu, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU Tandon, was one of several commentators to share their thoughts on...
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Dvorkin to work with Columbia team on DOE-funded Project to Improve Electrical Infrastructure
Dr. Yury Dvorkin, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Tandon, will be joining a team of researchers from Columbia University and one faculty member from the University of Arizona in a project to enable independent system operators (ISOs) of the electrical grid and market participants to more effectively measure and mitigate engineering...
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Tandon Professor Expresses Concern as Deep Fakes Technology Moves to the Next Level
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...
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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...