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Sept. 5 Webcast: Mark Abel of Intel

CSE alumnus, Merit Award recipient, and National Advisory Board member Mark Abel will speak on the movement toward pervasive assistance and the Intel Science and Technology Center for Pervasive Computing on Friday, Sept. 5 at 2:30pm EDT. Register for the live webcast.

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Also on Sept. 5: 1,000 Hackers!

1,000 student hackers from across the country will converge on CSE the eve of Sept. 5 for MHacks IV, the premier student-run hackathon. 36 hours of imagination and coding is expected to result in dozens of working projects by Sunday morning. Follow MHacks on Facebook.

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Markov Looks to Evade the Limits

In an article in the journal Nature, Prof. Igor Markov reviews limiting factors in the development of computing systems to help determine what is achievable, identifying "loose" limits and viable opportunities for advancements through the use of emerging technologies.

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Shared Memory Should Be a No-No

A weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows, and iOS operating systems could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users, according to a team of security researchers that includes Prof. Z. Morley Mao and graduate student Qi Alfred Chen.

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Slipping Guns Past Nude Scanners

A team of security researchers including Prof. J. Alex Halderman and graduate student Eric Wustrow have discovered security vulnerabilities in the full-body backscatter X-ray scanners that were deployed to U.S. airports between 2009 and 2013.