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Date Time How UVA Engineers Help to Prevent Cyber Espionage by Adversarial Governments Sitting in his office at the University of Virginia School of Engineering in 2010, professor Barry Horowitz was studying a cybersecurity problem when the thought came to him. On his own scale of big ideas, this new one was up there. Horowitz, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been known to have quite some innovations over his 50-year career, like the one that ended up as the basis for the international system that prevents commercial aircraft from colliding. Horowitz, the UVA Engineering ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology disciplining professor with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Updated Dec 18, 2020; A physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is facing disciplinary action for not informing MIT that Epstein was a convicted sex offender. A majority of members on an MIT panel found that Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems and Physics Seth Lloyd violated the college’s conflict of interest policy in connection with donations he received from Epstein, according to an e...

It's much more difficult on a cruise ship because where are you going to go? >> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesn't put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks out there won't be a domino effect, shutting down everything from plumbing to backup generators and propulsion. but don't expect new engineering systems unless cruise companies do it voluntarily. there's no regulatory body to force that sort of change. >> they always say safety is their emphasis. i've never quite believed that. i think the bo...

Are just so much more dangerous. >> it's really hard because the cruise ship is very much of a contained environment. so if i'm in a car crash, my car can be totaled, i might be a bit upset, but i hitch a ride home and i'm back to my normal life. it's much more difficult on a cruise ship because where are you going to go? >> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesn't put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks out there won't be a domino effect, shutting down everything from plumbing to backup generators a...

>> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesn't put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks out there won't be a domino effect, shutting down everything from plumbing to backup generators and propulsion. but don't expect new engineering systems unless cruise companies do it voluntarily. there's no regulatory body to force that sort of change. >> they always say safety is their emphasis. i've never quite believed that. i think the bottom line is their emphasis. >> reporter: on may 22nd, the cruise lines inter...