STEM
Critical Cuts to US Cyber Standards Agency Leaves Us Vulnerable
According to recent reports, the Trump Administration’s new fiscal 2019 funding plan includes cuts to the National Institute of Standards and Technology – a group that oversees measurement standards, including those in the cybersecurity field. Shiu-Kai Chin is an electrical…
Professor Measures Impact of Climate Change on Great Smoky Mountain National Park Ecosystems
Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received funding from the National Park Service to continue research into the effects of climate change on the forest vegetation and ecosystems of Great Smoky Mountains…
Chemist Designs Diabetic Treatment Minus Harmful Side Effects
A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has figured out how to control glucose levels in the bloodstream without the usual side effects of nausea, vomiting or malaise. Robert Doyle, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith…
Celebrated Chemist Geraldine Richmond to Deliver Prins Lecture Feb. 13
Geraldine Richmond, the Presidential Chair in Science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, will deliver the Willem Prins Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center, 801…
New App Hopes to Reduce Suicides, Alert Psychiatrists to Concerning Social Media Posts
A current research project in the College of Engineering and Computer Science could help reduce the number of suicides that occur each year by analyzing social media data generated by depressed patients and alerting their caregivers in time to intervene quickly. Graduate…
NSA Taps Syracuse University Faculty to Develop Cybersecurity Curricula
Assistant Professor Yuzhe “Richard” Tang and Professor Wenliang “Kevin” Du in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded $328,481 by the National Security Agency (NSA) to develop cybersecurity curricula to be taught at the University and beyond. Tang and Du are developing hands-on…
Inspiring Wonder—National Engineers Week 2018
In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the College of Engineering and Computer Science will host a series of special events beginning on Sunday, Feb. 18. The events will bring students together to promote engineering and computer science disciplines to the broader…
Engineering and Computer Science Professors Publish Book on Detecting Dangerous Data Anomalies
What do the detection of credit card fraud, seizures in electro-encephalogram data and malware in computer systems have in common? In each of these examples, the main task is to detect an abnormality that may not have been seen before,…
Moving the Needle
George M. Langford is famously soft-spoken, but do not expect the dean emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) to slip quietly into retirement. On the contrary, he is about to make the biggest noise of his career. In…
Biology Professor Receives NIH Grant for Study of Genes Critical in Development
Professor Eleanor Maine’s research team was identifying genes important for development of the germline of their study organism when they made an interesting discovery about a specific pair of genes. The two genes, they determined, are critical for germline survival….