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National awards highlight the strength of UB’s early-career investigators
7/25/19

UB researchers have received a record 11 National Science Foundation CAREER awards in 2019, along with a U.S. presidential early career award.

Media Advisory: High school girls to work with robots, solder at computer camp
7/17/19

Women are one of a number of historically underrepresented groups in STEM fields and programs such as CSExplore are working to reverse that trend.

Chess grandmaster allegedly caught cheating in bathroom during tournament
7/15/19
Chess.com reports on a chess cheating scandal in France and mentions how Ken Regan, associate professor of computer science, advised the Chess Federation’s Fair Play Commission on the matter using a statistical analysis program he developed to detect cheating.
Engineering + Theatre: Students use engineering and computer science skills to build sets in international theatre competition
7/15/19
Nearly every large event that we attend, from concerts to plays to commencement ceremonies, relies on engineering. It’s something we don’t think about unless something goes wrong – but the technology behind theatre is essential, skilled work.
5 powerful technologies that will erode your privacy – and what you can do about it
7/8/19
An article on Blokt about powerful technologies that can erode privacy includes Jetson, a system that can automatically identify people from hundreds of meters away by reading their heart rate and quotes Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering, who said cardiac signatures have the potential to be more accurate than facial recognition systems and could achieve 98% accuracy.
An unprecedented convergence of national pastimes in London
7/3/19
A story on ESPN about the similarities between baseball and cricket interviews Kenneth Regan, associate professor of computer science and engineering, who has written on the intersections of the two sports.
The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat
7/2/19
An article in MIT Technology Review Magazine about advances in biometrics reports that the Pentagon now has a prototype infrared laser called “Jetson” that can identify people by their heartbeat, and interviews Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
'Jetson' is a Pentagon laser that can identify people by heartbeat
6/28/19
An article in TechSpot about advances in biometrics reports that the Pentagon now has a prototype infrared laser called “Jetson” that can identify people by their heartbeat, and interviews Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
Two-day course explores AI capabilities for business
6/28/19
An article on Technology reports UB will hold a new two-day course on artificial intelligence Aug. 13-14 and quotes David Doermann, director of UB’s Artificial Intelligence Institute.
Buildathon challenges students to develop solutions using blockchain technology
6/28/19
About 100 students gathered on campus this spring to take part in the 2019 Blockchain Buildathon—an annual event that brings together local businesses and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences students to develop a solution to a problem, or use case, utilizing blockchain technology.