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Archive – April 2011

John Savage Testifies Before Senate Committee on Cyber Security

On April 12, 2011, John Savage served as a witness and gave testimony before a Senate Judiciary Committee on “Cyber Security: Responding to the Threat of Cyber Crime and Terrorism.” According to John, “The problem of making our computers, networks and applications safe from attack is unsolved and probably will …

Ph.D. Students Michael Hughes and Layla Oesper Receive NSF Graduate Fellowships

Computer Science Ph.D. students Michael Hughes and Layla Oesper recently received fellowships from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program, a prestigious and highly competitive program. In addition, two other Ph.D. students, Andrew Ferguson and Brian Thomas, received honorable mentions. Michael Hughes investigates machine learning algorithms for processing multimedia …

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