In the News Archive
Jessica Fridrich's
software matches photos to specific camera
This technology
can match a digital image to a specific camera that took it in a similar way
as it is possible to match a bullet to a particular barrel by inspecting the
scratches on the bullet shell. The matching process is possible due to certain
"device-metrics" (equivalent of biometrics for sensors) that we
discovered each sensor has. The device-metrics is a very weak noise-like pattern
imposed on every digital picture the camera takes. The pattern is a consequence
of the fact that each pixel on an imaging sensor has slightly different sensitivity
to light. The technology applies both to digital still cameras and video-cameras.
Fox
News Documentary - New Technology Could Help Catch Child Pornographers
Walter
Lowen, former dean, dies at 84
Walter
Lowen, 84, founding dean of the School of Advanced Technology, the precursor
to the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, died May 3.
(Inside BU Article)
Chancellor's
Awards 2005-2006
Binghamton
University is pleased to announce that Computer Science faculty members Kanad
Ghose, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, and Leslie Lander were honored with SUNY Chancellor's
Awards for Excellence this year. Professor Ghose won an award for Excellence
in Scholarship and Creative Activities for his outstanding research. Professor
Abu-Ghazaleh won an award for Excellence in Teaching, and Professor
Lander won an award for Excellence in Faculty Service. Congratulations
to our Computer Science faculty for their outstanding quality and dedication!
Yin
Receives Young Investigator Award
Professor Lijun Yin has received a James D. Watson Investigator
award to help support his face recognition research. The award, made through
New York's NYSTAR program, is given to faculty who, early in their careers,
show great promise in the field of biotechnology. Professor Yin will receive
$200,000 from NYSTAR, and another $200,000 "match" from Binghamton's
Research Foundation. Here's a link to the Official
Press Release. Congratulations, Lijun!
ACM
Programming Contest Team Reaches World Championships
Students Nick Maliwacki, Andrew Paroski, and Natan Zohar are competing
in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The team took second
place in both the regional preliminary contest at Oswego and the Regional
Finals at Rochester Institute of Technology. The Top 4 teams, in order, were:
(1) MIT, (2) Binghamton, (3) Harvard, (4) Brown. Here are the full
standings for the region. (Inside
BU Article) Their strong showing has earned them a place in the World
Finals, which will take place in San Antonio, Texas, in April 2006..
Moore Wins
Honorable Mention in IBM Mainframe Contest
CS Student Christopher
Moore placed in the top 5 in IBM's national
Mainframe Contest. Winners are listed on the mainframe contest's Students
Page. Chris won an ipod in the second round and received an Honorable
Mention in the third round of the contest. The 5 students who completed the
third round were invited to Poughkeepsie over spring break to tour the facility
there. Congratulations, Christopher!
This is the second recent strong showing that Binghamton CS students have
made in IBM student competitions. Last summer, CS graduate student Pu "Pop"
Liu won the lone first prize in the IBM North
America Grid Scholars Challenge. For his efforts, Pop received a new IBM
laptop, and the University received a new IBM eServer, which was delivered
in Summer 2005.
Michael Wins University Award for Student Excellence
Computer Science major Nick Michael will receive the University Award
for Student Excellence. Nick is one of nine Binghamton undergraduates who
will receive the award, and was selected as the lone winner from the Watson
School. Congratulations, Nick!
Sharkey
to Receive Student Excellence in Research Award
CS PhD student Joe Sharkey will be awarded a 2005-06 Student Excellence
Award for Excellence in Research from Binghamton University's Graduate School.
In the past year, Joe has published seven conference and journal papers, including
papers in HPCA and ISPLED, two top conferences in the field of computer architecture
and low power design. Joe defended his PhD proposal in January, and will work
as Summer Intern at IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights this summer.
Congratulations, Joe!
Longo wins SUNY Chancellor's Award
Computer Science major Peter Longo has been selected to receive the SUNY
Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. The award honors "SUNY students
who have best demonstrated and been recognized for their integration of academic
excellence with other aspects of their lives." This is the second consecutive
year that a Binghamton Computer Science major has won a Chancellor's Award.
Congratulations, Peter!
Binghamton
University and STOC launch groundbreaking
Linux collaboration
With
the launch of the Binghamton University Linux Technology Center, the Greater
Binghamton area becomes one of the key regions in the nation for cutting-edge
research in Linux based systems and open-source computing, said University
and the Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition (STOC) representatives.
Full Story
Watson School
alumnus Alex Chernavsky (BS CS-IS 1987) joined animal rescuers in New Orleans
in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Click
here to read his story: http://www.katrina-animal-rescue.com/
Sloan
Foundation grant to create first-ever,
on-line bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
Binghamton
University's Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, with the engineering
schools at the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University, will receive
a $300,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support the creation
of the world's first on-line bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
Full Story
Watson doctoral student’s paper wins prestigious award
Parthiban (Parthi) Arunasalam, a doctoral student in mechanical
engineering, was awarded the Intel Best Student Paper Award in modeling or
advanced packaging at the prestigious Electronic Components and Technologies
Conference (ECTC) earlier this month. Titled“Smart Three Axis Compliant
(STAC) Interconnect: An Ultra-High Density MEMS Based Interconnect for Wafer-Level
Ultra-Thin Die Stacking Technology,” Arunasalam’s paper addressed
development of electrical interconnects that will carry signals between chips
when they are stacked on top of one another. Full
Story
Watson
student wins prestigious engineering award
Guruprasad
Madhavan, a doctoral student in systems science with a biosystems concentration,
has been selected by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) to receive the Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award. Full
Story
Jessica Fridrich, Binghamton researcher awarded patent
Jessica Fridrich’s reliable technique for detecting steganography —
messages hidden in digital pictures and other computer files — is among
a number of innovative patents issued to The Research Foundation of State
University of New York in recent months.
Full Story
$10 million
awarded to start electronics center
Binghamton University,
in a national competition, won an award form the U.S. Display Consortium
(USDC). This award will allow the establishment and operation of the Center
for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM). Bahgat Sammakia, professor
of mechanical engineering is providing the leadership for CAMM. Full
Story
Ahearn Foundation
donates to Watson lab
The Ahearn Foundation, established by the late J. Donald and Irma M. Ahearn,
recently donated $10,000 to the Watson School of Engineering and Applied
Science to enhance equipment in its Electronics Manufacturing Research Laboratory.
This gift allowed the Watson School to acquire a more powerful microscope
with 1000x magnification that is unique to the campus. Darryl
Santos, associate professor of systems science and industrial engineering,
pictured on the right, shows Bob Ahearn, son of J. Donald Ahearn and chair
of the Ahearn Foundation, a cross-section captured in acrylic.
Grant
stimulates development of new medical technology
Ken
McLeod, chair of the bioengineering department, has been awarded a $537,000
New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR)
grant to partner with Juvent Research to bring a circulation-stimulating
medical device to market. Full
Story
$3M
grant transforms undergrad engineering
UGS PLM Solutions, the product lifecycle management subsidiary company
of EDS, has awarded a grant of more than $3 million in computer-aided design
(CAD) software to support undergraduate engineering students at the Thomas
J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Hearing
aid research gets federal boost
A
four-year, $6.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health to
support the biomimetic acoustic sensor research of Professor Ron Miles is
expected to lead to a revolution in hearing
aid technology within the next four years. Full
Story
Introducing
Dean Seshu Desu
On July 1, 2007, Seshu Desu, distinguished professor in the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, became the dean of the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering
and Applied Science following the retirement of Charles R. Westgate. More…
Software donation for SSIE gives students a competitive edge
The announcement of a $165,000 in-kind gift of software supporting the Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering and School of Management was the culmination of an afternoon forum hosted by the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science on Sept. 12. Infor Global Solutions and Synergy Resources, providers of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. More…ware donation for SSIE gives students a competitive edge
