In the Media

Selected news media mentions of our departmental activities.

Now unlock your smartphone using biometric earbuds
9/20/19
The Week reported on UB research led by Zhanpeng Jin, associate professor of computer science and engineering, which developed the EarEcho, a biometric tool that uses sound waves transmitted through modified wireless earbuds to identify smartphone users via the unique geometry of their ear canal.
‘Ear Echo’ uses your ear to unlock your phone
9/20/19
Futurity reported on UB research led by Zhanpeng Jin, associate professor of computer science and engineering, which developed the EarEcho, a biometric tool that uses sound waves transmitted through modified wireless earbuds to identify smartphone users via the unique geometry of their ear canal.
Phenomenal growth and future directions of pervasive computing highlighted at UbiComp 2019
8/29/19
Scienmag.com reports that highlights of the Association for Computing Machinery International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2019) include research by UB computer science and engineering investigators.
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.
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.

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