In April, 2023, Intel announced its list of outstanding academic researchers for the previous year. Among the seven individual honored was Ramesh Karri, an NYU Tandon Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and co-founder and co-chair of NYU’s Center for Cybersecurity. The annual award program recognizes “exceptional contributions made through Intel university-sponsored research.” Karri was selected for his...
In September of 2022, New York University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced a historic partnership that would, among other things, “lay the groundwork for a joint presence in New York City—KAIST’s first campus in the United States.” On February 23 and 24, representatives from both institutions gathered at 370...
NYU Tandon released a unique marketing campaign at the end of last year to promote the groundbreaking work of its engineering and science faculty. With a cheeky nod to several superhero franchises, it introduced 10 faculty members from a number of disciplines, along with Tandon Dean Jelena Kovačević, as “Agents of Optimism.” The initial trailer...
Uptane, a project of the Secure Systems Laboratory at NYU Tandon, invites everyone to “A Conversation on End-to-End Secure Automotive Software Updates.” This free online Zoom conference will run from 9 to 11 a.m. EDT on March 31. Specific topics addressed at the conference will include an overview of software supply chain security issues, particularly...
In an effort to better understand how advertisers access and use consumers’ personal information to generate online targeted ads, the National Science Foundation is funding a multi-institutional team that includes NYU Tandon’s Dr. Damon McCoy as co-principal investigator. Under the $1.2 million grant, McCoy and his colleagues are charged with developing strategies to make targeted...
In a test of how well social media outlets enforce their policies about harmful content in advertising, Facebook clearly fell short during the US midterm elections. A study conducted by Global Witness and NYU’s Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) found that Facebook either failed to detect, or just ignored, death threats against election workers contained in a...
For the second time this year Professor Nikhil Gupta of the NYU Tandon Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has been named a Fellow of a distinguished organization in materials science. The American Society for Composites honored Gupta on September 20 at its Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. Earlier in the year he was honored as a Fellow of ASM International. In...
On September 7, the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced a new five-year partnership to advance the work of the NYU Center for Cybersecurity. A primary goal of the partnership is to expand the concept of resiliency in CCS research and educational offerings. According to an announcement published...
After two years as a virtual event, the Annual CSAW Cybersecurity Games and Conference will be hosting “in-person” competitions at three of its five international sites from November 10-12. In addition to the Brooklyn campus of NYU Tandon, where CSAW began 19 years ago, the NYU campus in Abu Dhabi, headquarters for Middle East/North Africa...
For the second year, the Uptane community invited OEMs and suppliers to a free virtual industry conference. The 2022 online gathering on October 13 focused on past achievements, present challenges, and future directions for the secure software update framework for vehicles, which is a project of the Secure Systems Laboratory at NYU Tandon. The conference,...