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-13 posts tagged "Computer science"
Spencer Kelly | Thursday, February 2, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) may seem like a distant technology, confined to Terminator-style sci-fi stories for the foreseeable future. But the rapid advances in AI capabilities, as exhibited recently with tools like DALL-E and ChatGPT, demonstrate that AI is already here and impacting our everyday lives. While AI holds the promise of advancing society and shaping
Redmond Bernhold | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
To learn more about snoozing, professors and researchers from the Notre Dame department of computer science collected data from daily surveys that questioned the snoozing habits of 385 individuals. The team concluded that repeatedly snoozing alarms is linked to having a higher heart rate. Postdoctoral researcher Stephen Mattingly said he was interested in the topic
Maggie Eastland | Monday, January 24, 2022
Editor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series exploring the world of cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets on the tri-campus. The first part of this series covered student involvement, and the second covered risks and valuation techniques. The final segment will cover investment recommendations and University connections to the space. A gaggle of finance students
Jack Jerit | Wednesday, April 8, 2020
At the beginning of March, the College of Arts and Letters announced that it would be introducing a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science (BACS), distinct from the Bachelors of Computer Science (BCS) already offered through the College of Engineering. Dr. Aaron Striegel, a professor in the College of Engineering and the first director of
Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 4, 2019
We are writing today in hopes to promote further discussion about user data, its usage and the privacy concerns associated with it. In this letter, we are hoping to bring to light some common misconceptions about data usage, as well as highlight some of the dangers that could arise if regulations and changes aren’t made
Thomas Murphy | Thursday, April 4, 2019
From the fog of social media, group chats and phone notifications, a new app called “Mustrd” has recently gained visibility on Notre Dame’s campus. Created by senior Kevin Dingens and first released on March 9, the app has been building momentum since bright-yellow Mustrd merchandise first appeared at student parties, bars and across social media
Morgan Johnson | Friday, March 29, 2019
Teams of undergraduate students will design, create and present a digital application to improve the Notre Dame community in the fourth annual Hesburgh Library Hackathon this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “We want this to be an inclusive event,” emerging technologies librarian and Hackathon co-chair Randy Harrison said. “It’s totally fine if this is your first
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Sophomore Ralph Moran has a mission: to draw people away from typical cookie-cutter gifts. For him, music has the power to be the ultimate gift. Moran’s company, “Streetlight Creations,” is a custom music platform that connects customers with artists for the purposes of creating personal songs “to address the desire for meaningful gifts among the
Andrew Cameron | Friday, November 11, 2016
In an effort to improve the iris-scanning technology used in forensics and law enforcement, a team of Notre Dame researchers recently released software used to determine similarity between iris scans using a new method. The software, which was released in October on Notre Dame’s Office of Technology Transfer, was developed by computer science and engineering
Alex Cao | Tuesday, September 30, 2014
The government of Somaliland asked Notre Dame computer science professor Kevin Bowyer with graduate students Amanda Sgroi and Estefan Ortiz to use their iris recognition biometric research to improve the legitimacy of their elections. Somaliland is a self-declared independent state directly north of Somalia recognized by the international community and U.S. as an autonomous region of