The integration of deep neural networks (DNNs) have enabled cars and robots to use input from sensors to function without any human intervention. Yet, DNNs are vulnerable to hacking, which makes their use in autonomous systems risky. A team of researchers from NYU Tandon’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department, including CCS faculty member Dr. Siddharth...
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Two NYU Tandon Teams Place in 2020 HACK@DAC
Two teams from NYU Tandon captured second and third place honors in the 2020 HACK@DAC competition, an annual hardware security competition held in tandem with the Design Automation Conference. The team of Yiyang Xu, Shanling Li and Animesh Basak Chowdhury took second place, while Juan Villegas, Shivam Gupta, and Matthew Lee took third place. The...
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Chips vs. Strip: NYU team Explains Why U.S. Credit Card Fraud Persists
While the introduction of computer chips in bank and credit cards has greatly reduced the risk of fraud in other parts of the world, it is still alive and well in the U.S.A. in part due to slow adoption of this technology by banks and merchants. But, even cards with chips are vulnerable if their...
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Amoroso to Teach New Cybersecurity Course for Coursera
Dr. Edward Amoroso, Distinguished Research Professor at NYU Tandon’s Center for Cybersecurity, will be teaching an online introductory course on cybersecurity for the Coursera platform this summer. The course, which began on July 17, is designed to help learners “develop a lifelong passion and appreciation for cybersecurity.” A survey article in CNET. com included the...
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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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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 & 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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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 Launches Summer Conversation Series on Current Cybersecurity Topics
Beginning on Thursday, June 4, the Center for Cybersecurity will be holding a series of “conversations” about important current issues in the field. Presentations will cover topics ranging from how to measure the security and privacy of systems, to how to build resilience into those systems. Each conversation will be moderated by Dr. Edward Amoroso,...