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Archive – 2014

Rodrigo Fonseca Helps Fight Brazilian Bank Fraud

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Widespread weaknesses recently revealed in the Brazilian banking system have already resulted in up to US $3.75 billion in fraud. For readers unfamiliar with Brazil and its use of the “boleto” (a printable document issued by banks and businesses that allows easy financial transactions), Professor Rodrigo Fonseca of Brown University’s …

Brown CS Takes First And Ninth Place At CyberSEED Cybersecurity Competition

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Last week, two teams (synners and Br0x0wn) from Brown University’s Department of Computer Science extended Brown’s reputation for cybersecurity excellence in a competition at the University of Connecticut. They took first and ninth places, respectively, at the inaugural Cybersecurity, Education, and Diversity Challenge Week (CyberSEED). (Some results are still being …

Brown University Hosts Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC), Delights Scientists, Industry, And Children

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Community outreach connects Brown CS students to the Providence area. For more articles on how Brown CS students inspire and lead members of the greater Providence community click here. The Brown University Humans To Robots Lab, headed by Professor Stefanie Tellex, hosted the 2014 Northeast Robotics Colloquium last week. Drones that …

Brown Rated #3 In USA For Software Developers At Startups

Brown University was recently rated the country's third-best school for software developers at startups by LinkedIn.Their methodology was to identify the top startups where software developers are choosing to work, then find people on LinkedIn who work as software developers and determine where they went to school. LinkedIn then cross-referenced …

Abstracts Needed By 10/1 For NE Networking + Systems Day

Organizers of the 1st Annual New England Network and Systems Day are soliciting abstracts for lightning talks. Talk abstracts from students on recent/ongoing research are particularly encouraged.

The event will be held on Friday, October 24, 2014, from 9:30 am to 4 pm at Boston University’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for …

Renovations Present And Future Enhance The CIT

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All the hugging that's been going on in the CIT's first floor atrium is probably just classmates reconnecting after a summer apart, but maybe the welcoming new environment is helping put smiles on people's faces? Patient inhabitants of the building have noticed renovation occurring in almost every corner: the entryway, …

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