Big data experts to share green ideas at World Economic Forum

Faculty members Harold van Es, Carla Gomes and Joshua Woodard will present their innovative research at the intersection of computation, food and sustainability at the World Economic Forum June 26-28 in Tianjin, China.

Conference to focus on computing for a greener world

Scientists will discuss ways to use computer power to solve problems in ecology and conservation at the Fourth International Conference on Computational Sustainability, July 6-8.

Social interaction drives language learning game

A new game teaches a foreign language in a virtual world, and research shows it works better when players work together.

New cryptocurrency introduces new risks

An online venture capital fund using the Ethereum system of digital currency has serious flaws, according to Emin Gun Sirer, associate professor of computer science.

Gift establishes Tisch Professorship at Jacobs Institute

A gift from Andrew ’71 and Ann Tisch to Cornell University and the American Technion Society has created an endowed professorship at the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.

Goal of improved connectivity drives computer scientists

Cornell computer scientists are leaders in the emerging field of software-defined networking, which takes an open-source approach to network connectivity.

Four on faculty receive Carpenter advising awards

Faculty members Sahara Byrne, (Kit-Yee) Daisy Fan, María Cristina García and James P. Lassoie received 2016 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards May 28.

Brachman to lead Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Cornell Tech announced May 25 that Ron Brachman, an internationally recognized authority on artificial intelligence, will join the campus as the new director of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute.

Shortened URLs may open a window on your life

By computer-generating strings of characters, hackers can discover short Web addresses and mine them for private information.