Computing & Information Sciences

'New face' of engineering works on Cornell Tech

The American Society of Civil Engineers has named Abena Sackey Ojetayo '07, M.Eng. '09, an engineer with Cornell Facilities Services, to its list of 2013 'New Faces of Civil Engineering.'

'Six Pretty Good Books' will become a Cornell MOOC

Four professors have received funding from Google to launch a Cornell MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Six Pretty Good Books, one of the University Courses, will soon be offered online, for free.

Study: Internet can combat cancer confusion

A study finds that using the Internet to learn about cancer and cancer prevention can reduce confusion about the disease.

Mobile phones may make us healthier, research suggests

Phones and other networked devices can monitor patients, encourage healthy behavior and gather data for public health research.

Book offers broad view of 3-D printing's future

A new book by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman explores the promises and perils of a technological revolution: 3-D printers that can quickly and cheaply make anything from bicycle parts to low-fat foods.

Scientists find 'holy grail' of evolving modular networks

Computer scientists say biological modularity evolved as a byproduct of selection to reduce the number and length of network connections, or 'wiring.'

Cornell graphics researchers win Academy Awards

Faculty and alumni share Academy Awards for software to simulate fire and smoke and tools for managing complex animations.

New service helps researchers manage, share data

The Research Data Management Service Group helps researchers organize and document their data, find a place to keep it and deal with the data management requirements of funding agencies.

For honest voting, write a message the 'man in the middle' can't intercept

Cornell computer scientists have developed a new way to send a 'non-malleable' message - one that cannot be altered by a third party - over a computer network. (Dec. 10, 2012)