‘Zero knowledge’ may answer computer security question

When you type in your password, there’s no telling who might be watching it go by. New research at Cornell may offer a pathway to more secure communications.

Crowdsourcing creates a database of surfaces

A database of images of surfaces will aid computer graphics simulations for home remodeling, animation and visual searches.

Software arranges photo lighting after the shoot

The age of digital photography has brought a new approach, called “computational lighting design.” Still not easy, but new software from Cornell will give amateurs a head start and save time for pros by combining Photoshop layers to create ideal lighting.

Computer scientist Lillian Lee named AAAI Fellow

Computer scientist Lillian Lee has been named a fellow of thee Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence for her work in natural language processing.

Kleinberg receives ACM data mining award

Computer science professor Jon Kleinberg will receive the 2013 ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award, considered the highest for technical excellence in knowledge discovery and data mining, from the Association for Computing Machinery.

Computer can infer rules of the forest

Researchers have new insight into automated stochastic inference that could help unravel hidden laws in fields as diverse as molecular biology and chemistry.

Smartphone app for bipolar patients wins $100K prize

A team led by Tanzeem Choudhury, assistant professor of computing and information science, has won the $100,000 first prize in the Heritage Open mHealth Challenge with a mobile app designed to assist patients with bipolar disorder.

Industry, academia to share Cornell Tech building

Cornell NYC Tech has announced it will develop its first "corporate co-location" building, a major advancement in its effort to bring industry and academia together on its Roosevelt Island campus.

'Well-equipped' grads can proceed with confidence, Skorton says

Members of the graduating Class of 2013 can be assured that the skills they've developed as Cornell students will serve them well as they take their next steps, President David Skorton said in his Commencement address May 26.