In the Media

India’s Education World reports that Venu Govindaraju, UB vice president for research and economic development and SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will deliver one of the Distinguished Talks at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University’s upcoming international symposium on “Artificial Intelligence for Social Good.”

An article on The Face about the “best online crypto courses” includes Smart Contracts offered by Bina Ramamurhty, teaching professor of computer science at UB, through Coursera.

Thomas.net reported on the method developed by Zhangpeng Jin, associate professor of computer science and engineering, to determine a 3D printer's fingerprint, which could not only help identify machines used to make unlawful weapons but also help protect intellectual property. 

Tech Xplore covered UB research led by Zhanpeng Jin that could help protect intellectual property by tracking the origin of 3D-printed items.

Jennifer Winikus, an assistant professor of teaching in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, co-authored a blog post on All Together with several Society of Women Engineers (SWE) colleagues. They reflected on why advocacy is important, shared personal stories and put forward recommendations for fellow advocates and future Capitol Hill visitors, following their virtual Congressional Visit Day on April 14.

The Washington Examiner quoted Shambhu Upadhyaya, professor of computer science and engineering, for a story on the Biden administration’s proposed $110 million increase in the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s budget.

Business Insider reported on the FBI issued warning that says, “malicious actors almost certainly will leverage synthetic content,” such as deepfakes, “for cyber and foreign influence operations in the next 12-18 months.”