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March 4, 2021 Daegan Miller The Office of News and Media Relations welcomes Daegan Miller as its new science writer, covering the College of Natural Sciences and the College of Information and Computer Sciences. Miller succeeds Jan Lathrop, who was an integral part of the UMass Amherst effort to publicize the many achievements of its scientific researchers. Lathrop retired from the position in December, after 12 years with the News Office. Miller comes to the UMass Amherst community from his pr...

On-chip optical antennas remove data limits March 02, 2021 // By Jean-Pierre Joosting Latest research throws wide open the amount of data or information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a single light source. A new method of harnessing the properties of light waves that can radically increase the amount of data they carry has been discovered by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. They demonstrated the emission of discrete twisting laser beam...

With so much automation in code writing process, results are rarely double-checked, which opens the door to vulnerabilities and downright danger.

CIS 720 Seminar – A Talk on Developing an Ethos of Academic Integrity with Automated Systems Please join us at the CIS 720 Seminar tomorrow — Monday, March 1 (4:30p-5:30p HST) for a talk about library resources by Michael-Brian Ogawa on “Developing an ethos of academic integrity with automated systems”. Title: Developing an ethos of academic integrity with automated systems Abstract: Academic honesty is a serious concern for many educators in higher education institutions. The rise of ...

Deepak Ramalingam On January 21 at 6 a.m.,125 people across the country and the world put their heads down and dove into three full days of coding. They were participating in BadgerHacks, a hackathon organized by three UW-Madison Computer Sciences freshmen and entirely run by UW-Madison students with the support of their advisor, Dr. Hobbes Legault. When the 72 hours were up, 35 valid projects were submitted, and five winning teams were chosen. Participants could create their own individual pro...

Information Management Job in Chad about Protection and Human Rights, requiring 0-2 years of experience, from IOM; closing on 14 Mar 2021

A primer on the proliferation of offensive cyber capabilities Issue Brief by Winnona DeSombre, Michele Campobasso, Dr. Luca Allodi, Dr. James Shires, JD Work, Robert Morgus, Patrick Howell O’Neill, and Dr. Trey Herr Executive summary Offensive cyber capabilities run the gamut from sophisticated, long-term disruptions of physical infrastructure to malware used to target human rights journalists. As thes...

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards honour five women researchers in mathematics, astrophysics, chemistry and informatics 11/02/2021 Share this article On the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, UNESCO and the LOréal Foundation honoured five women researchers in the fields of astrophysics, mathematics, chemistry and informatics as part of the 23rd International Prize for Women in Science.  On this occasion, UNESCO published a...

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By Ray Bowden, U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs / Published February 26, 2021 Mike Anderson (left), an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy, advises Cadet 1st Class Spencer Flint in a Fairchild Hall research lab, Feb. 22, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Seth Stang) Cadet 1st Class Zachery Lorch, a computer sciences major at the U.S. Air Force Academy, is seen here after parachuting onto the school. He and scores of faculty and ...