On July 9, NYU officially named Dr. Damon McCoy, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and a researcher with the Center for Cybersecurity, as the Center’s new co-director. McCoy takes over the reins from Dr. Ramesh Karri, who is stepping down in order to assume the chairmanship of the Tandon Electrical and Computer Engineering Department....
Over the past year, Tandon faculty have taken major roles in a number of significant collaborative efforts with U.S. government agencies. One particularly important initiative, funded by the Department of Energy, is the Digital Twin for Security and Code Verification, or DISCOVER project, which seeks to protect critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. Led by Principal...
Rachel Greenstadt, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Center for Cybersecurity faculty member at NYU Tandon, is one of 6 new members on the Council of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC). The NSF-funded initiative aims to enable, “the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges.” Greenstadt began...
Karthik Garimella, a Ph.D. student in the NYU Tandon Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recently named a “Rising Star” by MLCommons, an AI consortium dedicated to “encouraging open collaboration and improving the accuracy, safety, speed and efficiency of AI technologies.” The “Rising Star” designation honors young researchers working at the intersection of machine...
CSAW returns to Brooklyn, NY, and four other geographic sites around the globe from November 6-9. Now beginning its third decade, the 2024 edition of the world’s most comprehensive student-run cybersecurity event will feature a full slate of competitions, including a new look policy challenge focused on software product and service liability, and the need...
NYU Tandon Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Justin Cappos was recently elected as Security Community Individual Representative to the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). In this capacity, he serves as a member of the Governing Board of the organization, which seeks to “make it easier to sustainably secure the development, maintenance, and consumption...
Dr. Rachel Greenstadt, professor and interim director of the Ph.D.program in computer science and engineering, was honored with the 2023 Jacobs Excellence in Education Innovation Award. According to the official Tandon announcement, Greenstadt received the award in honor of “her unwavering commitment to innovation in teaching, and her development of inclusive and interactional strategies.” The...
Brandon Reagen, an assistant professor affiliated with the NYU Center for Cybersecurity and the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon, has earned a 2024 National Science Foundation Career Award. One of the most prestigious recognitions for young researchers, the award supports early-career faculty who have the potential...
In the first of what will be a collaborative series of workshops with other universities in the greater New York City area, NYU Tandon hosted NYC Cybersecurity Day on November 20. Organized by Tandon Ph.D. students Yunfei Ge and Ya-Ting Yang, the half-day workshop focused on various aspects of human elements in cybersecurity, including privacy,...
A team of researchers with ties to NYU Tandon—Drs. Ramesh Karri and Siddharth Garg, Ph.D. candidate Jason Blocklove, and a former post-doctoral researcher and research assistant professor Dr. Hammond Pearce—have developed a blueprint for creating microchips using AI. Over the past year or so the team was able to fabricate the world’s first microchip designed...