Computer Science News

- - Researchers create first-of-its-kind composable storage platform for high-performance computing
    Large-scale, advanced high-performance computing, often called supercomputing, is essential to solving both complex and large questions. But storage platforms essential for these advanced computer systems have been stuck in a rigid framework that required users to either choose between customization of features or high availability.
- - Naren Ramakrishnan reappointed Thomas L. Phillips Professor of Engineering
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1998, Ramakrishnan, who is also director of the Discovery Analytics Center, is one of the top researchers in the theory and practice of data analytics, the science of finding interesting and actionable patterns hidden in massive data sets.
- - House of the future and team that built it head to international competition
    FutureHAUS Dubai, an innovative, interdisciplinary, and ambitious project to design and build a futuristic, modular smart home, is the lone American team competing against 14 other university teams at the Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai.
- - Water experts to study emerging threat of antibiotic resistance
    Through the awarding of two contracts, the Centers for Disease Control is tapping the expertise of Amy Pruden and Marc Edwards in a wider effort to address emerging public health priorities.
- - On Veterans Day, volunteers to transcribe the candid views of World War II soldiers
    The three-day transcribe-a-thon will help capture 65,000 pages of handwritten reflections on everything from the quality of rations to the conduct of commanding officers.
- - Virginia Tech study identifies recurring elements in conspiracy theories to learn what people who propagate them are thinking
    For this research, Tanushree Mitra, assistant professor of computer science and faculty member at the Discovery Analytics Center, and post doc Mattia Samory analyzed more than 200,000 Reddit users and six million comments over a 10-year period, focusing on the key elements of a conspiracy theory.
- - Biocomplexity Institute Interim Executive Director plans to nurture, focus on team science
    Biocomplexity Institute's interim executive director's vision includes transdisciplinary team science and experiential learning.
- - Department of Computer Science welcomes Bimal Viswanath as assistant professor
    Viswanath’s research interests broadly cover security and privacy aspects of data-driven systems. He currently works on topics at the intersection of security and machine learning.
- - Immersive theatrical installation brings the works of Edgar Allan Poe to life
    A theatrical installation in the Cube of the Moss Arts Center titled "Poe's Shadows," opens on Oct. 31 and includes a series of short expert talks on related and complementary topics.
- - Sang Won Lee appointed assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science
    Lee's research exists at the intersection of human computer interaction and media arts and seeks to facilitate empathy through communication and collaboration.
- - Computer science alumna problem-solves policy for children’s mental health
    In 1999 it became clear that Chris Bryan's son was struggling with issues related to mental health, and that set Bryan’s career on a different trajectory. She quit her job to take care of her son full-time. Eventually she found out about Clarity Child Guidance Center and began to volunteer with the organization.
- - Undergrad students named outstanding winners at international MathFest
    Two College of Science students recently were honored as Outstanding Winners in the 2018 Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications Mathematical Contest in Modeling.

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