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10 posts tagged "Computer science"

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Faculty discusses new Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science degree

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

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The future of data privacy

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

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Student-built ‘Mustrd’ app simplifies informal gatherings between students

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

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Annual hackathon promotes creative problem-solving

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

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Student startup offers original music, personalized songs as gifts

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

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University researchers develop iris-recognition technology

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

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Computer science professor aids Somaliland’s election

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

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Professor wins Career award

Alex Cao | Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Professor Nitesh Chawla, professor of computer science and engineering and director of both the Interdisciplinary Center of Network of Science and Applications and the Data, Inference, Analytic and Learning Lab, was awarded the 2015 Early Career award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computational Intelligence Society (CIS). “I am very excited and

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ND professor receives Charles Babbage Award

Peter Durbin | Monday, September 1, 2014

A Notre Dame computer science and engineering professor has been awarded one of the most prestigious awards in his field. Dr. Peter Kogge was presented the Charles Babbage Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ 2014 International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium in Phoenix in May, in recognition of his contributions to the

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Professor wins research award

Alex Cao | Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Computer science professor Kevin Bowyer received the 2014 Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics (IEEE) Computer Society’s Technical Achievement Award for his research in the field of biometrics. Bowyer said he and his group of student researchers work in facial recognition technology, focusing on “using infrared imaging and 3-D imaging as well as using regular

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💵Increase club funding through outside grants.
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