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MORPHEUS technology from the University of Michigan emerged unscathed from a DARPA virtual hackathon. An “unhackable” computer chip lived up to its name in its first bug bounty competition, foiling over 500 cybersecurity researchers who were offered tens of thousands of dollars to analyze it and three other secure processor technologies for vulnerabilities. MORPHEUS, developed by computer science… Read More »
This free virtual event will feature speakers from all over the country sharing their knowledge and insight around XR.
By putting a twist on new “2D” semiconductors, researchers have demonstrated their potential for using single photons to transmit information.
On Wednesday, March 3, Health Information Technology & Services will begin installing Microsoft’s Edge Chromium web browser on CoreImage Windows computers. Internet Explorer (IE) will continue as a standard option, and Google Chrome will still be available. Eventually, IE will be going away in favor of Edge Chromium. HITS strongly recommends that Michigan Medicine users make the switch to Microsoft… Read More »
Over 200 student instructors and teaching assistants who teach classes in computer science and computer engineering are being trained in inclusive teaching.
The Academic IT Core will house a specialized set of IT and data services that are easily accessible, available on demand, and for a recharge rate.
DARPA pitted 500+ hackers against this computer chip. The chip won.
Technology-packed autonomous vehicles will create a new frontier for hackers. A UM-Dearborn cybersecurity expert explains how we might protect them.
QDR is available via the U-M Library’s licensed institutional membership.
App to provide quarantine and isolation information, usability improvements.
Hosted by U-M’s Teaching and Technology Collaborative, Enriching Scholarship focuses on the effective integration of technology and pedagogy.
What are privacy officers talking about when they talk about privacy? And why is it important?
Advanced GIS students from U-M Dearborn are working to map and increase Dearborn’s tree canopy, understand flood hazards, and streamline multimodal route planning.
U-M’s Economic Growth Institute will use a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to boost cybersecurity know-how among small manufacturers in southeastern Michigan.
The first general-purpose computer turned 75 in February. One of its key contributors was Arthur Burks, who co-founded the first program in computing at U-M in 1957.
To date, Michigan Medicine has conducted more than 350,000 video and phone visits since the pandemic started.
In February, UM-Dearborn announced that it will launch Tech Tutors — a new student worker-powered support service that’ll be managed by Talent Gateway Executive Director and librarian Laurie Sutch, who coordinated a similar tech program at UM-Ann Arbor. Tech Tutors is part of Dearborn’s Experience+ initiative which aims to unify the campus’s student cocurricular offerings. “When we look at… Read More »
During the fall semester, U-M students in Melanie Manos‘ Detroit Connections: In the Classroom course were faced with a challenging question: How could they connect kids with creative activities and art education while so many K-12 students were studying remotely? Under Manos’ guidance, the class addressed this question through Art Connects Kids, a website brimming with original, kid-friendly art projects for families to do… Read More »
The National Science Foundation, in partnership with Amazon, has awarded U-M a Fairness in Artificial Intelligence (AI) grant for research on identifying and mitigating bias in AI and Machine Learning systems to achieve long-lasting equitable outcomes. “There is an increasing awareness in the AI research community of the issue of bias,” says Mingyan Liu, professor of electrical and… Read More »
This month’s EDUCAUSE Review has an article by U-M’s Irene Knokh that lists many resources to improve your professional skills.