News Category: General
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General The Atlantic
When should hacking be legal?
- July 6, 2016
The four professors bringing the lawsuit are conducting research into racial and other discriminatory biases in online services. One pair of researchers—Christian Sandvig, of the University of Michigan, and Karrie Karahalios, of the University of Illinois—is examining real-estate websites, and the other pair—Alan Mislove and Christo Wilson of Northeastern University—is looking at hiring websites. -
GeneralAlgorithms are everywhere – How do they work?
- June 30, 2016
By Shandana Mufti We take technology for granted. We expect low prices on goods purchased through Amazon, and we expect cars requested through Uber to show up promptly. We think […] -
GeneralCommunity service award highlights student’s commitment to tutoring, mentorship
- June 30, 2016
By Shandana Mufti Working toward a PhD is time-consuming: there’s research to be done, grants to be secured and papers to write. But Ben Greenman, who hopes to earn his […] -
Current StudentsStudent software development team wins award for community service
- June 30, 2016
Experiential learning at CCIS doesn’t end when co-op is over – it continues in the classroom. In Professor Mike Weintraub’s Software Development class this spring semester, students weren’t tasked with creating projects for made-up clients. Instead, they were split into teams, assigned a community partner and a project, and given a semester to bring that to life. -
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General News at Northeastern
Prof. Choffnes’ research finds T-Mobile’s Binge On doesn’t live up to the hype
- June 20, 2016
Want to watch unlimited videos from Netflix, YouTube, and other providers on your mobile device for free? Make us your internet service provider, says T-Mobile. Our Binge On service allows you to do just that. Not so fast, says Northeastern’s David Choffnes, assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science. New research by Choffnes and his colleagues shows that what T-Mobile promises is not what you, or content providers, may actually get. -
General News at Northeastern
Project Feed 1010 Partnership: Computer Science students tackle unpredictability of real-world advanced software development
- June 17, 2016
A partnership between the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and Northeastern’s College of Computer and Information Science brought 19 students from the Boston and Seattle campuses together to work directly […] -
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Current StudentsComputer Science and Musicals – Not So Different After All
- May 31, 2016
By Shandana Mufti The first year of college can be a daunting time: new campus, new friends, new things to study and discover. For Alice Kotowski (BSCS ‘19/’20), settling into […]