News Category: General
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Current StudentsDancing with the Professors, Starring CCIS Students and Faculty
- March 30, 2016
By Shandana Mufti On April 1, the Curry Student Center Ballroom will be home to Northeastern’s inaugural Dancing with the Professors event, organized by the Ballroom Dance Club (BDC). Among […] -
CCIS Grads Collaborate with Chelsea Handler on App
- March 29, 2016
By Shandana Mufti Among Netflix’s original programming is Chelsea Does, a series starring comedian Chelsea Handler. The documentary series follows Handler as she explores topics and experiences that she’s not […] -
General Fusion
Prof. Kirda on how hackers have figured out how easy it is to take down a hospital
- March 10, 2016
Engin Kirda, a cyber security expert and professor at Northeastern University’s College of Computer and Information Science, discusses the risk of malicious software taking over medical devices at hospitals. -
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Current Students
CCIS Meaningful Minors program explores interdisciplinary approach to computer science
- March 2, 2016
By Shandana Mufti Computer science is applicable to virtually any field, ranging from journalism and economics to healthcare. And to ensure that Northeastern students have the opportunity to graduate with […] -
Research: Fun to do, tough to explain to parents
- March 2, 2016
By Shandana Mufti Some individuals just know what they want their futures to look like. Middler Nick Rioux is one of those people. He entered Northeastern as a computer science […] -
General News at NortheasternProf. Kirda & Prof. Noubir talk about recent ransomware attacks
- February 25, 2016
We asked two Northeastern professors—cybersecurity experts Engin Kirda and Guevara Noubir—to explain what has spurred the recent ransomware attacks and what you can do to keep your information safe. -
General News at NortheasternProf. Barabási identifies tipping point between resilience and collapse in complex systems
- February 18, 2016
Using statistical physics, Northeastern network scientist Albert-László Barabási and his colleagues Jianxi Gao and Baruch Barzel have developed a tool to identify that tipping point—for everything from ecological systems such […] -
