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Dingell Announces $1 Million for Clean Hydrogen Project at University of Michigan
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) announces Prof. Zetian Mi’s clean hydrogen project funded by the Department of Energy.Michigan Announces State’s Largest-Ever Push to Achieve Global Semiconductor Superiority
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist (BSE CE/CS ’05) talks about a new grant program through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation that will bring scholarships, curricula, and training programs to colleges to prepare students for careers along the semiconductor supply chain.Amid Controversy, AM radio is back – in Fords, anyway
Prof. Heath Hofmann comments on Ford’s decision to keep AM radio after all. He tells us that AM radio doesn’t mesh well with the circuitry in electric vehicles. Read more in the article.Putting a Teaspoon of Programming into Other Subjects
Historians, scientists, humanities scholars, mathematicians, and artists today use programming to advance the goals of their own disciplines, for problems other than professional software development.U-M launches institute to accelerate quantum research, education
To solve global quantum challenges and prepare a next-generation workforce to catalyze new discoveries, the University of Michigan will invest $55 million to launch a multidisciplinary Quantum Research Institute, for which Professors Steven Cundiff and Mackillo Kira will serve as co-directors.Voxel Announces Seed Financing to Drive Additive Manufacturing with AI Design Platform
Voxel, a startup founded by alum and current CEO Aaron Chow (BSE EE 2019) that’s focused on transforming the additive manufacturing industry, has closed $1.7 million in seed financing and will open a new headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.MIDAS hosts forum on ethics in artificial intelligence
Jenna Wiens is noted as the keynote speaker for this event, and presented on the potential dangers of AI bias in health care settings.Security concerns raised over internet voting for Michigan military spouses
Prof. J. Alex Halderman is quoted regarding security concerns related to Michigan’s proposed new system for allowing electronic ballot return for deployed military members.U-M artificial intelligence experts share ChatGPT lessons with Ann Arbor public
This article highlights an upcoming event at which participants from the AI Lab will discuss ChatGPT with the Ann Arbor public.U-M leads research translating semiconductor innovation for broad societal impact
ECE Professors talk about the University of Michigan’s commitment to translating semiconductor research and innovation for broader societal impact.Future is now – this revolutionary device can transform your body or a desk into a touchscreen
This article reports on SAWSense, a sensor system developed in Prof. Alanson Sample’s lab that allows for touch inputs to be made on a variety of surfaces.2023 Inductee Lynn Conway: Leading a Revolution in Microelectronics
Lynn Conway has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Conway transformed the global microelectronics industry when she co-invented VLSI, or Very Large-Scale Integration. Her revolutionary work has allowed small teams of individuals to design powerful chips.Your Next Fitness Coach Could Be a Robot
Professor Nikola Banovic is quoted on how AI-based fitness programs fail to replicate the social interactions that make training effective.Oxynitrides enabled photoelectrochemical water splitting with over 3,000 hrs stable operation in practical two-electrode configuration
Prof. Zetian Mi co-authors this new study published in Nature Communications on the practical application of photoelectrochemical devices and systems for clean energy.Meet the brains behind the world’s first fully remote global censorship observatory
Sloan Research Fellow and Morris Wellman Faculty Development Professor Roya Ensafi has been profiled on the Sloan Foundation’s blog for her work in combatting internet censorship and surveillance.Detroit’s Team Techno Phoenix #14010 headed to FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas
WXYZ-TV Detroit profiles Team Techno Phoenix, led by U-M alum Leon Pryor (BS EE 1997), who are competing in the world championships for FIRST Robotics. U-M alum Garlin Gilchrist II (BSE CE/CS ‘05), the current Lt. Governor of the state of Michigan, also came out to pre-competition pep rally to celebrate the team.VIDEO: Detroit youths headed to robotics world championship
WXYZ-TV Detroit – Channel 7 features Team Techno Phoenix, led by U-M alum Leon Pryor (BS EE 1997), who are competing in the world championships for FIRST Robotics. U-M alum Garlin Gilchrist II (BSE CE/CS ‘05), the current Lt. Governor of the state of Michigan, also came out to pre-competition pep rally to celebrate the team.Qing Qu receives Amazon Research Award
Qu’s research project in the area of machine learning algorithms and theory is called “Principles of deep representation learning via neural collapse.” Awardees, who represent 54 universities in 14 countries, have access to Amazon public datasets, along with AWS AI/ML services and tools.A Talk with Herbert Winful
This interview will feed into an upcoming feature article called, “Breaking Barriers, Advancing Optics,” which will also feature five other Black scientists in the U.S.UMich Perspectives: How are we dealing with AI?
In this article, Prof. Nikola Banovic speaks with The Daily on how people connect with computers, and how they use computers to connect with each other.Developing anti-racist practices, protocols & interventions
Prof. Johanna Mathieu is featured on this panel hosted by the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity regarding the importance of anti-racist practices, protocols, and interventions.I Got Investigated by the Secret Service. Here’s How to Not Be Me
Prof. Roya Ensafi is quoted in this piece on Wired about the role of ISPs in government surveillance, and how useful technologies like VPNs are in safeguarding privacy.‘Meet Your Class’: UMich students launch website for incoming first-years to find roommates
Computer science undergraduate Blake Mischley and Business student Jonah Liss have launched a website to allow incoming first year students to upload introductory posts about themselves and meet new friends online. Students share Instagram posts that link to the site and allow students to connect before looking for roommates through the University Housing Portal.Join us on our journey to making our vision become a reality
Prof. David Wentzloff serves on a panel hosted by Ericsson about the different types of energy harvesting, the breadth of what is possible, and new benefits of these devices.Interfacing renewable energy infrastructure and human behavior to pursue energy security | Forum
Prof. Johanna Mathieu was a featured speaker at the Cell Press Sustainability Forum regarding the feasibility and major roadblocks of renewable energy as a vehicle to pursue energy security in residential and commercial sectors.‘Oh my God!’ This Detroit robotics team will compete in the international championship
Leon Pryor’s (BS EE 1997) Detroit middle school FIRST Robotics team will compete in the world championship this April.Thousands of customers remain without power across Michigan following ice storm
Ian Hiskens, Vennema Professor of Engineering, talks to Fox Weather about why thousands of customers are still waking up to no power following last week’s ice storm.Swimming Robot Borrows from Nature (and more)
In this video, the National Science Foundation features the breakthrough research led by Prof. Zetian Mi on producing inexpensive, sustainable hydrogen through solar power.New hydrogen production makes H2 by copying plants
Hydrogen Fuel News reports on Prof. Zetian Mi and his team’s breakthrough on producing inexpensive, sustainable hydrogen through solar power.Nanoscale (5nm) Ferroelectric Semiconductor (University Of Michigan)
Semiconductor Engineering features the advances in ferroelectric semiconductors led by Prof. Zetian Mi, which could expand artificial intelligence and sensing capabilities.DTE to charge more for peak-time power in move to time-of-day rates
“It’s a commonly proposed tool to shift when they are consuming electricity to better manage the needs of the consumer. It’s making it your responsibility if you care about those prices and what you’re paying to the utility,” said Prof. Johanna Mathieu on the increasing use of time-of-day energy rates, which vary consumer costs during peak and off-peak hours.Women in Mining Spotlight: Cat Culkin
Alumnus Cat Culkin (BSE EE, BS Inter. Physics, MSE EE:S) is the CTO at Pronto.ai, a safe-driving autonomy company founded in 2018. She is interviewed by Mining[dot]comCognitive performance variability may predict severity of viral infection, a UMich collaborative study finds
According to Prof. Al Hero, who led this portion of the research, “computerized cognitive tests could be used to measure cognitive health for data collection in future studies as well. The web-based tests could help physicians and public health authorities assess the susceptibility of a particular population to respiratory infections.”Can simple brain quizzes predict who gets a virus?
Listen to this interview with Prof. Al Hero and collaborator Dr. Murali Doraiswamy (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke U.) regarding their recent discovery linking cognitive performance and one’s vulnerability to getting sick.Learning How U.S. Consumers Perceive and Use VPNs
Prof. Roya Ensafi and Consumer Reports Security Planner Yael Grauer authored this piece on attitudes of U.S.-based users toward VPNs, and the widespread misconceptions of how they work.Solar Powered Sustainable Hydrogen
The NSF Discovery Files features Prof. Zetian Mi’s renewable approach to producing hydrogen fuel using a novel semiconductor catalyst, concentrated natural sunlight and fresh or salt water.Clarkson University’s Schuckers Named IEEE Fellow
ECE alumnus Stephanie Schuckers, the Paynter-Kringman Endowed Professor in Engineering Science at Clarkson University’s ECE Department, has been named an IEEE Fellow for “her contributions in biometric recognition systems.”U-M Developed Solar Panel Achieves Sustainable, High-efficiency Hydrogen Production
A new kind of solar panel that mimics a crucial step in natural photosynthesis by achieving 9 percent efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen has been developed by Prof. Zetian Mi and his team. The first author on the Nature paper is Dr. Peng Zhouho.Sun-powered water splitter produces unprecedented levels of green energy
A new breakthrough by Prof. Zetian Mi’s group resulted in a device that triples the efficiency of previous setups.Photosynthesis photodetector
Prof. Stephen Forrest talks about a new type of high-efficiency photodetector inspired by the photosynthetic complexes plants use to turn sunlight into energy, developed by his group.Jeep Stops Production of Popular Vehicle, Closes Factory
Prof. Heath Hofmann mentions the costs involved in switching an auto plant from combustible to electric motor production.Advocates seek federal investigation of multistate effort to copy voting software
The Washington Post references Prof. J. Alex Halderman’s security assessment of Georgia’s ballot marking devices in an article about recent efforts to copy sensitive voting software in several states.Meet ZEUS, the highest-power laser in the U.S.
Dr. Anatoly Maksimchuk describes Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS), the most powerful laser in the U.S., in a short recorded interviewThe Hottest Story Ever Told?
On the eve of an announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy, the New York Sun recalled their interview with former ECE faculty member Kip Siegel in the early 1970s. After founding the company Conductron and building it into a multi-million-dollar radar and electro-optics industry, Siegel went on to found KMS Industries and ventured into nuclear fusion.U-M students chosen for new STEM fellowship
ECE doctoral student Mohammad Aamir Sohail is among the cohort of students worldwide selected to receive the inaugural Quad Fellowship, a unique scholarship program designed to build ties among the next generation of scientists and technologists. He is advised by Prof. Sandeep Pradhan, and his research is in the area of quantum computing.MemryX Inc. opens R&D center in Bangalore, India – advancing simple and scalable processing solutions for Edge AI
The opening of the Bangalore site is complementary to existing MemryX engineering capabilities in Taipei, Hsinchu, and Ann Arbor. MemryX, co-founded by Prof. Wei Lu, offers a differentiated high efficiency, low power, and scalable Edge AI solutions.UofM Alumni Startup Launches Battery-less Sensor to Hyperscale Sustainable IoT in Manufacturing and Beyond
Automation Alley: Silicon Valley-based startup Everactive, which was co-founded in 2012 by Prof. David Wentzloff, launched its first development kit of ENV+ Eversensor battery-less sensors.What is Batteryless IoT?
Everactive’s Co-Founders & Co-CTO’s, Ben Calhoun & David Wentzloff, discuss batteryless IoT and its future use cases in this podcast by IoT for all.A game changer: Epitaxially grown nitride ferroelectrics
Compound Semiconductor features Zetian Mi’s breakthrough research on epitaxially grown nitride ferroelectrics.AWS’ Ruba Borno On IBM, Cisco And AWS Marketplace Growth
CRN interviews ECE alumna Ruba Borno, channel chief of AWS, about Cisco “cloud-enabling” its channel partners via the AWS Marketplace, its newly enhanced IBM partnership and her message to AWS partners.Computer Engineering Education
Prof. Robert Dick participated in a virtual roundtable for IEEE on computer engineering education.DeepMind AI topples experts at complex game Stratego
Quoted in this article, Prof. Michael Wellman comments on the ability of recent AIs to master complex strategy games, such as Stratego and Diplomacy, and the need to move beyond recreational games to measure scientific progress on real-world challenges.Who Is The Mentalist Wowing NFL Teams All Over The Country?
The Grunge profiles Oz Pearlman (BSE EE ’03), a professional magician and mentalist.‘Data-rich, resource-poor.’ Why Michigan schools can be a ‘soft target’ for ransomware attacks
Prof. Paul Grubbs discusses the ins and outs of ransomware attacks, which recently targeted South Redford School District in Michigan.Everactive launches ‘batteryless IoT’ development kit
Everactive, a startup company co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff and making what it describes as “category-defining batteryless Internet of Things (IoT) systems”, is releasing its first development kit to allow third-party developers to build their own IoT products without the constraints of batteries.Red MicroLEDs Three Orders Of Magnitude Smaller In Surface Area
Semiconductor Engineering reported on Zetian Mi’s researchNearly every election-denying secretary of state candidate lost
In this summary article, Prof. J. Alex Halderman is quoted regarding people’s expectations around voting machines.Will Election Deniers Again Try to Access Voting Systems?
There’s no evidence that votes have been tampered with, but a case in Georgia suggests a particular potential vulnerability. Prof. J. Alex Halderman discusses the issue with The New Yorker.University of Michigan to Ramp Up AI Research Over Next 6 Years
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor will recruit and train 60 postdoctoral fellows over the next six years as part of a new global partnership that aims to accelerate the next scientific revolution by applying artificial intelligence to research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.4 Schools Seek to Help Intel, SkyWater Staff New Fabs
EE Times highlights how the Midwest is becoming a hub for semiconductor research and manufacturing, and what ECE at the University of Michigan is doing to advance quantum education in our undergraduate programs.Our Ailing Power Grid Isn’t Cut Out for Climate Change
CNET interviews Prof. Johanna Mathieu about how we improve the power grid and integrate more renewable energy to mitigate the effects of climate change.UMich research lab houses most powerful laser in the U.S., tests for future studies
The Michigan Daily features ZEUS, the new laser system at CUOS, which is the most powerful laser in the U.S.The Vulnerabilities of our Voting Machines, and How to Secure Them
The security of voting remains a huge topic of concern. Prof. J. Alex Halderman talks with The New Yorker Radio Hour about his experience analyzing American voting machines and where the risks stand today.Everactive releases first development kit
U-M startup co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff, Everactive – maker of category-defining batteryless Internet of Things (IoT) systems – is releasing its first development kit to allow third-party developers to build their own IoT products without the constraints of batteries.ECE Startup Movellus Secures $23M in Series B Funding to Accelerate Growth
Movellus, the startup company founded by ECE alumni Mohammad Faisal and Jeff Fredenburg, provides intelligent clock networks for the next generation of complex integrated circuits. Prof. David Wentzloff sits on the board.Are virtual private networks actually private?
A joint project with Prof. Roya Ensafi and Arizona State University works to protect internet freedom and digital security by revealing vulnerabilities in VPN technology.University of Michigan fires up ultrafast, ultrapowerful ZEUS laser
Laser Focus World highlights Michigan’s ZEUS laser, the most powerful laser in the U.S., which features chirped-pulse amplification and a multi-laser beam capability.These Tiny Sensors Are Saving Snails
This video shows how the Michigan team’s tiny computers (called the Michigan Micro Mote) are being used for conservation efforts for even small invertebrates.Apps can pose bigger security, privacy threat based on where you download them
According to a study led by PhD student Renuka Kumar, the same app can pose different different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany.Journey of Self-Discovery
The Duderstadt Center Gallery features an art exhibit by alum Richard Moizio, who earned a BSE in Electrical Engineering from U-M in 1985.UM seeks to use powerful laser to improve health care, probe the universe
The Detroit News highlights the research that will be conducted with Michigan’s ZEUS, the most powerful laser in the U.S.University of Michigan will soon debut its new ZEUS laser beam
The Detroit News publishes a photo spread of the ZEUS facility preparing to begin operations.Plant-Based Strategy for Harvesting Light
Physics features Prof. Stephen Forrest’s new photodetector design, which borrows its light-gathering architecture from plants and offers a potential path to more efficient solar cells.Voxel51 lands funds for its platform to manage unstructured data
TechCrunch features Voxel51, a startup founded by Prof. Jason Corso, which closed on $12.5m in Series A funding.Announcing Our $12.5M Series A Funding to Bring Transparency and Clarity to the World’s Data
Voxel51, founded by Prof. Jason Corso, closed on $12.5M Series A funding to accelerate the next phase of their growth in bringing data-centric Machine Learning to the world.Golden Goose Award Honors 11 Researchers for Unusual Discoveries that Greatly Benefit Society
These scientific breakthroughs led to the development of a bladeless LASIK procedure, paper microscopes, and the discovery of a non-opioid pain reliever hidden in the venom of cone snailsCan reflections in eyeglasses actually leak info from Zoom calls? Here’s a study into it
The Register features ECE PhD student Yan Long’s analog cybersecurity research, focusing on how bespectacled video conferencing participants are inadvertently revealing sensitive on-screen information via reflections in their eyeglasses.University’s new laser will be America’s most powerful: 3,000 times stronger than power grid
The Washington Times interviews Prof. Louise Willingale about Michigan’s Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS), the most powerful laser in America.Univ. of Michigan’s ZEUS will be most powerful laser in US
ZEUS is a 3 petawatt laser. And “3 petawatts is 3,000 times more powerful than the U.S. power grid,” said Louise Willingale, Assoc. Director of the laser facility.Scientists fire up the most powerful laser in the US
New Atlas features the activation of Michigan’s ZEUS, the most powerful laser in the U.S.‘Absolutely terrifying prospect’: How the midterms could weaken U.S. election security
Prof. J. Alex Halderman discusses the prospect of voting system audits opening key states open to attacks and hackers in Politico.Librarian combines loves of comics, games
The Record profiles alum David Carter (BSE EE 1993; MILS 1995 Information & Library Studies), who serves as video game archivist for the Computer and Video Game Archive and comics librarian.University of Michigan designs photodetector inspired by photosynthesis
The new device, created by members of Prof. Stephen Forrest’s group, makes practical use of polaritons, pointing to a “goldmine of polariton applications.”New photodetector design inspired by plant photosynthesis
Phys.org features Prof. Stephen Forrest’s research on a new type of high-efficiency photodetector inspired by the photosynthetic complexes plants use to turn sunlight into energy.12 Midwest Institutions Launch Semiconductor-focused Network
The University of Michigan is one of twelve Midwest research universities and community colleges that established the Midwest Regional Network to Address National Needs in Semiconductor and Microelectronics.Why hasn’t Henry Ford’s ideal power grid become a reality?
Johanna Mathieu sees a cooperative approach to energy usage as one of the solutions to a more sustainable approach to powering homes and businesses.Democratizing Automation: UiPath and University of Michigan Join Efforts
Prof. Xinyu Wang has a goal of building fundamental intelligent programming techniques that are useful in practice, and is supported by UiPath as he works toward his vision of democratizing automation so that more and more people around the world can automate their tedious tasks.GOP operatives’ troubling trend of copying election systems
GOP operatives have made efforts to copy sensitive voting information in a number of states, including in Michigan. Computer security experts have noted that this creates new security risks. This data would often include “object code,” or the language that allows machines to understand the underlying source code, said Prof. J. Alex Halderman, which is mostly straightforward to reverse-engineer.MemryX Begins Customer Sampling of AI Accelerator Chip
MemryX Inc., a pioneering start-up co-founded by Prof. Wei Lu that designs breakthrough silicon for artificial intelligence (AI) processing for edge devices, announced today it has begun customer sampling of its revolutionary MX3 AI Accelerator.Machine learning begins to understand the human gut
In this Next Byte podcast, the hosts discuss Prof. Al Hero’s recently published research that describes how machine learning can be used to better understand the human gut.Computer Graphics Innovator Paul Debevec to Receive Emmy for Lifetime Achievement
The Hollywood Reporter features alum Paul Debevec, who will receive the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award during the Television Academy’s 74th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards.Alum Paul E. Debevec awarded the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award
Paul Debevec was awarded the 2022 Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award for his groundbreaking work in high dynamic range imaging, image-based lighting and photogrammetry, essential techniques used in computer graphics for VFX and Virtual Production. Debevec received UG degrees in computer engineering and math at Michigan, and his PHD in CS from UC-Berkeley.MemryX Is A New AI Company We Actually Need
Co-founded by Prof. Wei Lu in 2019, MemryX is developing a fundamental core architecture for Edge AI with high flexibility and reconfigurability. In a crowded space, it seems MemryX has what it takes to succeed.Is DTE ready for the electric vehicle future in Michigan
DTE says it’s ready to handle 20% of the population having EVs right now. Others respond, including Prof. Ian Hiskens who describes a more nuanced realityThis 17-Year-Old Designed a Motor That Could Potentially Transform the Electric Car Industry
Prof. Heath Hofmann is quoted in this article by the Smithsonian about the sustainable manufacturing of electric vehicles that do not require rare-earth magnets.Inside Clean Energy: What’s Hotter than Solar Panels? Solar Windows.
Inside Climate News features Prof. Stephen Forrest’s work developing a peel-off patterning technique that could enable more fragile organic semiconductors to be manufactured into semitransparent solar panels at scale.Five faculty members named Distinguished University Professors
Kamal Sarabandi is now the Fawwaz T. Ulaby Distinguished University Professor of EECS, honoring his former doctoral advisor and long-time colleague.Can a Teaching Track Improve Undergraduate Education?
Dr. Andrew DeOrio, a teaching faculty in the department, is quoted in this article on the advantages of formalizing teaching tracks in university structures. DeOrio is an advocate for recognizing the teaching-focused faculty track as a career.The Risk and Opportunity of Online Fertility Groups
e-HAIL member, Nazanin Andalibi, Assistant Professor of Information, was recently quoted in an article about how online fertility groups can help people with a history of being ignored or stereotyped by medical professionals.Automotive Hall of Fame Honors Five Industry Influencers
ECE alumn Linda Zhang is among thoe five honorees for her contributions as F-150 Lightning chief engineer, Ford Motor Co.‘Impossible’ unipolar terahertz emitter is another step toward quantum computing
An effectively unipolar terahertz emitter created by Mack Kira and collaborators may provide a way to accelerate conventional computing and process quantum information at room temperature.How ‘Stop the Steal’ Captured the American Right
Prof. J. Alex Halderman is quoted in the New York Times Magazine regarding the balance between credible election security threats and misinformation.Cardiac sURgery anesthesia Best practices to reduce Acute Kidney Injury (CURB-AKI) R01 Grant
e-HAIL members Michael Mathis, M.D., a cardiac anesthesiologist, and Karandeep Singh, M.D., M.M.Sc., a nephrologist and data scientist, are co-principal investigators on the study, which leverages data science techniques to better understand the impact of anesthesia practices for cardiac surgical patients on acute kidney injury following surgery.Meet Leon Pryor, F.L.I.C.S Robotics Coach, District Volunteer
Detroit Public Schools interviews alum Leon Pryor (BS EE 1997) about his experience volunteering as the F.L.I.C.S. Robotics Coach.The Motor City Alliance puts STEM FIRST in Detroit
DTE interviews alum Leon Pryor (BS EE 1997) about founding The Motor City Alliance(MCA), a consortium of Michigan FIRST robotics teams and industry professionals in Detroit.Agency warns of power grid failures; DTE says it has ‘enough electricity’ in Michigan
Prof. Ian Hiskens comments on this story about potential energy grid disruptions this summer in Michigan during severe heat waves.It won’t be easy for DTE Energy to retire huge, coal-fired Monroe power plant
Prof. Ian Hiskens is interviewed in this feature by the Detroit Free Press.AMAISE: a machine learning approach to index-free sequence enrichment
CSE PhD student Meera Krishnamoorthy has published a paper in Communications Biology on a new ML-based approach for genomic sequence enrichment. Krishnamoorthy is advised by Prof. Jenna Wiens.Perceptron: Risky teleoperation, Rocket League simulation and zoologist multiplication
TechCrunch’s Perceptron has highlighted work by CSE graduate student Divya Ramesh and Vaishnav Kameswaran in the School of Information. They and their co-authors explored “financially stressed” peoples’ relationships with AI-powered systems in countries with weak legislation and argue that their findings illustrate the need for greater “algorithmic accountability.”Celebrating 50th Anniversary of First African- American Woman to Earn Physics PhD
Alum Dr. Donnell Walton (PhD Applied Physics) pens a tribute in the AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY for Dr. Willie Hobbs Moore, the first Black woman at Michigan to earn a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering (’58 and ’61) and first in the country to earn a PhD in Physics (1972), in honor of the 50th anniversary of her doctorate degree.No evidence of exploitation of Dominion voting machine flaws, CISA finds
The federal government has found no evidence that flaws in Dominion voting machines have ever been exploited, including in the 2020 election. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s five-page advisory is based in part on an analysis and report by Prof. J. Alex HaldermanOpinion: We’ve developed a digital education model that works
Prof. Elliot Soloway writes about the U-M Center for Digital Curricula’s Collabirty tools that enable teachers and students to interact and collaborate seamlessly. It is accompanied by free, year-long, standards-aligned curricula for K-5.Cyber agency: Voting software vulnerable in some states
The leading US cybersecurity agency released an advisory based on a report by Prof. J. Alex Halderman, indicating that electronic voting machines from a leading vendor used in at least 16 states have software vulnerabilities that leave them susceptible to hacking if unaddressed.NIH Grant in Kenya to Enhance Understanding of Aging in Africa
Anthony Ngugi (Aga Khan University) and Joshua Ehrlich (U-M) are co-principal investigators on the grant, which supports pilot work to lay the groundwork for future NIH grant applications aimed at launching the full-scale LOSHAK cohort study of older adults in Kenya.Lin, Sjoding honored for impact on health policy and practice
Congratulations to e-HAIL member Michael Sjoding for receiving a 2021 IHPI annual Policy Impact Award.Extreme heat, weather may lead to blackouts for millions this summer
Prof. Johanna Mathieu comments in this story by The National News Desk about the risks of energy shortfalls this summer and potential new technologies that could help in the future.2022 IEEE William Cherry Award to be presented at the 49th IEEE PVSC to Stephen R. Forrest
Prof. Stephen R. Forrest was awarded the William R. Cherry Award in recognition of his devotion to the advancement of the science and technology of photovoltaic energy conversion.AI models in health care are not colour blind and we should not be either
Prof. Jenna Wiens comments on a finding that AI systems can be trained to determine a person’s self-reported race based on a medical image.Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life
Alum Tony Fadell (BSE CE ’91), inventor of the Apple iPod and founder of Nest labs, writes this piece for IEEE Spectrum detailing his years pursuing the creation of a thermostat he actually likes.Don’t Call Tony Fadell an Asshole—He Prefers ‘Mission Driven’
Wired interviews alum Tony Fadell (BSE CE ’91), inventor of the Apple iPod and founder of Nest labs, about his new book “Build” that focuses on how to be an effective leader, why the metaverse is bunk, and when quitting is a virtue.A mom’s lessons helped get the electric Ford F-150 Lightning built
Linda Zhang, ECE alumnus and mother of two, is the F-150 Lightning’s chief engineerThe Elegant Philosophy of Ones and Zeros
A 1936 master’s thesis written by EECS alumnus Claude Shannon changed the computing world overnight. Shannon’s insight seemed to come out of nowhere, but collections from the Bentley archive show how the genius idea grew from a revamped engineering campus and one elective class.N-polar InGaN/GaN nanowires: overcoming the efficiency cliff of red-emitting micro-LEDs
Photonics Research described research led by Prof. Zetian Mi in a special story explaining the significance of their breakthrough in developing red micro LEDs.Tiny sensor used to track the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies
ECE alumnus and now U Pittsburgh professor Inhee Lee talks about a now multi-institutional collaboration involving U-M, the M3 and the monarch butterfly.The Global Shift to Clean Energy
In this article published in Connected World, Prof. Johanna Mathieu explains that the move to renewables may require new models for grid dynamics.ADVANCE working to improve retention of BIPOC faculty
Mingyan Liu is quoted in this story about how to improve retention of U-M’s faculty who identify as Black, Indigenous and other People of Color.Singh: AI could be a useful tool in emergency departments, but use it wisely
Karandeep Singh, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and at the Medical School, warns of limitations in current AI systems.Using AI for good
Profs. Joyce Chai and Jason Corso are part of a multi-institution effort to make task automation and task learning more efficient.How Hospitals Are Using AI to Save Lives
Karandeep Singh, assistant professor of information, learning health and internal medicine, is quoted in this article on how emergency rooms and ICUs are turning to artificial intelligence to identify and treat patients who are most at riskMichigan universities might be developing the next big thing: transparent solar panels
Read about the efforts of Prof. Stephen Forrest’s group to use buildings to generate renewable solar power through the use of transparent solar panels in windows. Doctoral student Xinjing Huang also talks about the research in a video.Dan Huttenlocher ponders our human future in an age of artificial intelligence
U-M alum and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing dean Dan Huttenlocher has been focused on bridging gaps between disciplines as the best way to address challenges and opportunities posed by rapid advancements in AI.Plot to Overturn the Election
A new PBS Frontline documentary on 2020 election misinformation features commentary by Prof. J. Alex Halderman, election security expert and author of a major report on purported 2020 election fraud in one Michigan county.How Dr. Angelique Johnson Unintentionally Founded MEMStim, LLC.
ECE alum Dr. Angelique Johnson (MSE PhD EE 2007 2011) speaks with Building Black Podcast about her journey founding and running MEMStim, LLC., which makes one of the most expensive parts of cochlear implants cheap with microfabrication.In-Memory Computing, AI Draws Research Interest
EE Times Asia features Prof. Wei Lu’s research on ReRAM, which could be the key to unlocking the ability to imitate the human brain.LG opens AI research center in Michigan
This story reports on the opening of the LG AI Research Center, and its partnership with U-M, represents a commitment by LG to become a leader in developing advanced AI technologies.Dandelion-Inspired Sensors Float on the Wind
Prof. Hun-Seok Kim is quoted in this piece by Spectrum about sensors that could quickly set up large sensor networks for environmental and agricultural monitoring.Women in Optics: Nooshin M. Estakhri
PhD candidate Nooshin M. Estakhri writes about her career path and her experiences as a woman in STEM for The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).Dynamic control over exciton transport achieved at room temperature
Physics World described Parag Deotare’s work in dynamically-controlled exciton transport, which takes a big step toward room temperature, practical excitonic devices including cooler and more efficient electronics.Tracked and Traced: You are the product, thanks to surveillance capitalism
Prof. Alanson Sample discusses his lab’s work on PrivacyMic, a developing audio technology that protects user privacy by operating outside the normal frequency range for human ears.Ping Identity to Add Seasoned Executive Leaders to Board of Directors
Former CEOs Anil Arora and Vikram Verma (MSE EE ’89 and current ECE Council Member) bring decades of senior leadership and track records of transformation and growth to the Ping Identity boardNew legislation could bring mobile voting to the District
Prof. J. Alex Halderman says that standards for voting should be higher – “it’s phenomenally retrograde to consider Internet voting in the present moment.”New legislation could bring mobile voting to the District
New proposed legislation could bring mobile voting to Washington DC. Prof. J. Alex Halderman comments on why we may not be ready for this.Geo-exchange system to generate renewable heating, cooling
The planned Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building will make use of a fully-renewable geo-exchange system for heating and cooling, as part of the University’s progress toward carbon neutrality.Chicago Auto Show Hosts Fifth What Drives Her Program
ECE Alum Linda Zhang, Ford F-150 Lightning chief engineer, was the recipient of the 2022 Rising Star Award at the Chicago Auto Show.Feds oppose immediate release of voting machine report
A federal cybersecurity agency is reviewing a report under seal by Prof. J. Alex Halderman that indicates security vulnerabilities exist in voting machines used by Georgia and other states. Halderman has advocated to make his findings public in a limited and responsible way so that problems could be addressed.Sony’s new AI beats humans in Gran Turismo racing game
Sony AI America, led by CSE alumnus Peter Wurman, used 20 Playstations running continuously for 10 – 12 days to train their AI agent “from scratch to superhuman level.”Unicorn-Bound
May Mobility has become one of Ann Arbor’s most promising near-unicorns, following its recent $86M funding round.Are voting machines too vulnerable to hacking? Georgia’s having that debate
Prof. J. Alex Halderman found multiple vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to install malicious software and undermine elections in a special report on Georgia’s voting machines.Toyota AV-Shuttle Bet May Mobility Raises $83 Million
May Mobility, the self-driving shuttle startup co-founded by Prof. Edwin Olson, has raised $83 million in its largest funding round to date. May will use the money to advance its self-driving software to the point that it can remove human safety drivers from shuttles and replace them with remote supervisors who can monitor several vehicles at once.Photovoltaic Research Hopes to Overcome Key Challenges From Cost to Durability
Referencing the work of Prof. Stephen Forrest, this article talks about the “surge in the development of photovoltaic technology, fueled by the need for cleaner and cheaper energy sources. “Meet the woman behind Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning: ‘Pursue what you love’
Linda Zhang started working at Ford when she was 19 years old. She went on to get her undergraduate degree in EE, her master’s degree in CE, followed that up with an MBA, all from the University of Michigan. She’s now chief engineer charged with electrifying the best-selling pickup truck in the world, the Ford F-150 Lightning.The Catch-22 of Addressing Election Security
Prof. J. Alex Halderman comments on election security vulnerabilities versus current threats to the democratic process in this article that asks the question: How do politicians contend with the weaknesses in the voting system without fueling baseless claims of election fraud?Most Read Featured Articles from 2020-2021
The article “Monolayer GaN excitonic deep ultraviolet light emitting diodes,” co-authored by Profs. Zetian Mi, Mack Kira, and Manos Kioupakis (MSE) was among the most downloaded articles published in Applied Physics Letters from 2020-2021, with 3,364 downloads.Keeping hackers out of our medical devices
As the FDA’s resident expert in medical device security, Prof. Kevin Fu oversees efforts to fortify devices that can be compromised or exploited during a security breach. He spoke with Politico about his efforts.ABB Recognizes Everactive As Top Technological Solution for its Always-On Self-Powered Industrial IoT technology
Everactive (co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff), maker of category-defining self-powered IoT systems, has been declared the winner of the prestigious ABB Measurement and Analytics Open Innovation Challenge for Technology Solution.Fiber Lasers Poised to Advance Berkeley Lab’s Development of Practical Laser-Plasma Accelerators
Prof. Almantas Galvanauskas is collaborating on a project led by former student and alumnus, Dr. Tong Zhou, to develop practical laser-plasma particle accelerators.U-M founds first robotics department among top 10 engineering schools
The new department grew out of the Robotics Institute, directed by ECE faculty member and the person behind the world’s fastest bipedal robot with knees back in 2011, Prof. Jessy Grizzle.In a First, Physicists Glimpse a Quantum Ghost
Mackillo Kira explains the significance of reconstructing a quantum wave function. Kira is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science.Quantum Cyberattacks Are Coming. This Math Can Stop Them
In the future, quantum machines will “retroactively break” encryption schemes on today’s computers. Prof. Chris Peikert tells Popular Mechanics how we’ll protect our data.A New Report on VPNs Shows They’re Often a Mixed Bag for Privacy
Consumer Reports recently reviewed a variety of virtual private networks with the help of VPNalyzer, a tool developed in Prof. Roya Ensafi’s lab.Qualcomm’s AI chip chief departs to take helm at startup MemryX
MemryX Inc., a pioneering startup building breakthrough silicon for artificial intelligence processing co-founded by Professors Wei Lu and Zhengya Zhang, has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Keith Kressin as its new president and CEO.Livonia insulin management startup secures $17 million in funding
ECE alumnus Eran Bashan’s company Hygieia is working to dramatically improve the way patients and their doctors manage insulin therapy with their d-Nav system for people with Type-2 diabetes.2021 Precision Health Investigators Awards
Prof. Zhongming Liu (co-PI) and Jeffrey Fessler are members of a team newly funded by U-M Precision Health to investigate “Deep Learning for Prediction of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type.” Prof. Honglak Lee is part of a team funded to investigate “Rapid Intraoperative Molecular Diagnosis of Diffuse Gliomas Using Stimulated Raman Histology and Deep Neural Networks.”Smart Bandages, Vehicle-Damage Trackers and More Data-Collecting Devices of the Future
Prof. Pei Zhang’s work about capturing vibrations to predict diseases is mentioned in this article, along with Stanford collaborator, Prof. Noh.Computer Science was always supposed to be taught to everyone, and it wasn’t about getting a job: A historical perspective
A popular blog post by Prof. Mark Guzdial explores the historical roots of computer science education.Everactive’s Batteryless Technology Will Influence 6G Roadmap Through Next G Alliance
The vision of Everactive, co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff, is to use hundreds of billions of batteryless devices connected over a future worldwide 6G cellular network.How driverless cars will change our world
Prof. Necmiye Ozay shares her perspective based on her own research and that of others being tested regularly at Mcity.Everactive Wins Innovation Award for Batteryless Sensor Solutions In Food and Beverage Industry
Organizers of Process Expo announced that Everactive, the category-defining batteryless Internet of Things (IoT) company, is a 2021 Innovation Showcase winner. The company was co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff.Look inside KLA’s new $200M headquarters in Ann Arbor
KLA Corporation, whose President and CEO is ECE alum Rick Wallace, held the grand opening of its newest North American headquarters in Ann Arbor on November 5th.Could Ordinary Household Objects Be Used To Spy On You?
How the physics of sound helped test the possibilities of indirect surveillance. Prof. Kevin Fu explores the risks & opportunities of side-channel surveillance tech in Science Friday.The Engineer Who Made Electric Vehicles Palatable for the Pickup-Truck Set
Time Magazine profiles Linda Zhang (BSE EE, MSE CE, MBA), the Chief Engineer for the Ford F-150 Lightning, for their Climate Issue on COP26.Strengthening international engagements; data science hub in east Africa and proposals to tackle global challenges
Facilitated by the U-M, a $6.5 million NIH grant will be the first-of-its-kind enterprise in the East African region, harnessing artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other emerging technologies to improve health and care delivery in local communities.Governments are finding new ways to squash free expression online
Work by Prof. Roya Ensafi and the Censored Planet Lab has helped to identify the use of new censorship technology in Russia.Sense & Sensibilities
ASEE’s interview with Pei Zhang describes his research (including helping the elderly, identifying a certain disease in children by their gate, and ensuring healthy pigs) as well as his family history as Chinese engineers in America and the accompanying challenges.Russia Is Censoring the Internet, With Coercion and Black Boxes
Work by Prof. Roya Ensafi and the Censored Planet Lab was cited in a New York Times report on the growing use of new censorship technology in Russia$25M gift to help fund computer science, information building
A $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation, founded by software entrepreneur Larry Leinweber, will help to bring CSE and the School of Information together under one roof for the first time.“Get non-Real”: Department of Energy grant funds novel research in High-Performance Algorithms at U-M
The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) features research led by Prof. Laura Balzano and Prof. Hessam Mahdavifar that will help revolutionize the data processing pipeline with state-of-the-art algorithms to optimize the collection and processing of any kind of data.Ransomware attacks put availability of medical devices at risk: FDA cyber chief
Kevin Fu, acting director of cybersecurity at the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, says that “You can’t have a safe and effective medical device if it’s unavailable” due to ransomware.Election Security Problems Still Must Be Addressed | Opinion
Prof. J. Alex Halderman co-authored an op-ed for Newsweek on how disinformation is inhibiting legitimate and necessary election security reforms.University of Michigan is ‘training’ these robots in disaster response
Prof. Jessy Grizzle leads a new $1 million research grant from the National Science Foundation to “train” robots to navigate disaster zones and wilderness areas in real time.CHEPSter to CHEPSter the Computer Science Edition
Current CS student Cole interviews CSE alum Eli Sherman about internships, PhD work, and healthcare engineering.May Mobility to launch AV shuttle in Ann Arbor
May Mobility, the autonomous transportation company co-founded by Prof. Edwin Olson, is launching a free autonomous vehicle shuttle service in Ann Arbor beginning Oct. 11. The company also has autonomous shuttles operating in Grand Rapids; Arlington, Texas; Hiroshima, Japan; and Indianapolis.This magic room charges your phone as soon as you walk in
Prof. Alanson Sample discusses his new research, which created rooms with wireless electricity, enabling the use of lamps and fans and charging cells phones all without the need for power cords.Novel transparent solar cells show promise for power-generating windows
The transparency-friendly solar cell, developed by Prof. Stephen Forrest’s group, pairs high efficiencies with 30-year estimated lifetimes.U-M Receives $1M Grant for Bipedal First Responder Robots Project
A new University of Michigan research project led by Prof. Jessy Grizzle and funded by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will enable robots to navigate in real time without the need for a preexisting map of the terrain they traverse.Experts call for rigorous audit to protect California recall
Work by Prof. J. Alex Halderman was cited by a group of election security experts calling on California’s top election official to take an additional step to protect the upcoming gubernatorial recall.G.O.P. Election Reviews Create a New Kind of Security Threat
Election security experts, such as Prof. J. Alex Halderman, are concerned about the security risks that are being introduced as non-election officials are granted broad access to voting equipment.$2M ‘robot assistants’ project aims to reinvent construction industry
A $2 million NSF-funded project aims to enable robots to learn from human partners on construction sites, with contributions from co-PI Prof. Joyce Chai and Prof. Honglak Lee.The Role of Computer Science in Elite Higher Education: Seeing the Expert Blind Spot
A CACM blog by Prof. Mark Guzdial discussing the role of CS in preparing elite scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.Evolution now accepted by majority of Americans
The level of public acceptance of evolution in the United States is now solidly above the halfway mark, according to a new study co-authored by Prof. Mark Ackerman based on a series of national public opinion surveys conducted over the last 35 years.This entire room has been turned into a giant wireless charger
Researchers including Prof. Alanson Sample have developed a system to safely deliver electricity over the air, a development that could potentially turn entire buildings into wireless charging zones.Everactive and Armstrong International Partner on Smart Steam Trap Management With Real-Time Batteryless Monitoring
Steam Trap Management Industrial IoT Solution Combines Everactive’s Batteryless Sensors and Armstrong’s Deep Thermal Energy Expertise. Everactive was co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff.Novel approach for thermophotovoltaics promises higher efficiencies
Prof. Stephen Forrest and a team of U.S. researchers have proposed a new approach to fabricate solar thermophotovoltaics (STPV) with higher power densities, bringing the technology a step closer to practical viability.Turning thermal energy into electricity
Science Daily features a project with Prof. Stephen Forrest that’s turning thermal energy into electricity that could provide compact and efficient power for soldiers on future battlefieldsExperts: False claims on voting machines obscure real flaws
In an interview with the Washington Post, Prof. J. Alex Halderman reminds readers that real security flaws in voting systems do exist – even if they’ve been obscured by false claims.Tiny snail computers
Michigan Radio talks about innovative technology that came out of ECE and EEB to help figure out what’s killing tiny snails.FiftyOne Turns One!
ECE startup Voxel51 celebrates its 40,000 users for their open source dataset curation and model analysis tool, FiftyOne.VIDEO: Grid-interactive efficient buildings
Prof. Johanna Mathieu and Shunbo Lei organized and spoke on a panel examining how energy efficiency and demand response interplay with each other in grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs)IEEE EDS Podcast with Prof. Kensall D. Wise
The IEEE Electron Devices Society interviews Kensall Wise, the William Gould Dow Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of EECS, about his life and career.Computer security personnel need tools, training to assist survivors of intimate partner violence
Customer support personnel at computer security companies are not sufficiently prepared to handle cases involving intimate partner violence. U-M PhD students Yixin Zou and Allison McDonald and Prof. Florian Schaub examined where training falls short in helping IPV survivors and what can be done to address the deficits.Hacker lexicon: what is a side channel attack?
Computers constantly give off more information than you might realize—which hackers can use to pry out their secrets. Prof. Dan Genkin gives perspective to Wired.Snail Computers
Prof. David Blaauw talks with BYUradio about the Michigan Micro Mote and how it helped solve a snail mass extinction mystery.Four named University Diversity and Social Transformation Professors
The University of Michigan has awarded Herbert Winful one of four new University Diversity and Social Transformation Professorships.From Spacecraft to Sensor Fusion
IEEE Spectrum profiles EE PhD alum Iverson Bell.‘Move fast and break things’ won’t work for autonomous vehicles
The rush to deploy autonomous road vehicles in the United States is understandable, but it must be tempered by safety considerations. CSE Prof. John Meyer and ECE Prof. Carl Landwehr write for The Hill.Tiny computers mounted on snail shells helped reveal how one species escaped extinction
In this feature story, CBC showcases the new study done by ECE and EEB researchers using the Michigan Micro Mote to learn how some snails use sunlight to hide from invasive predatorsA tribal chief
CBC’s “As It Happens” interviewed U-M EEB researcher Cindy Bick on how snails & the world’s smallest computer helped solve a Tahitian mass extinction mystery w/ a suspect “wolf in snail’s clothing” & how sunshine and white shells saved the day (starts at 21:10)Gaming collector shatters two records with thousands of vintage systems
Electrical Engineer alum Linda Watson-Guillory has set world records for “Largest Collection of LCD Gaming Systems” and “Largest collection of playable gaming systems.”How Do You Solve an Extinction Mystery? Put a Tiny Computer on a Snail.
The New York Times features the Michigan Micro Mote and how it helped solve a mass extinction snail survivor mystery.Energy equity depends on data, and experts say there isn’t enough of it
Utility Dive interviews Prof. Johanna Mathieu about her work with energy testbed, Pecan Street, which is expanding its residential network into Detroit to gather more insights from communities of color regarding the clean energy transition.Revamped OLED Electrodes Could Cut Power Consumption
Optics & Photonics News covers research by L. Jay Guo and his efficient organic LED (OLED) that emits more light with the same amount of power.World leading engineers shortlisted for £350,000 research prize
Prof. Anthony Grbic has been shortlisted as a nominee for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) prestigious A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize in recognition of an outstanding achievement in radar and microwave engineering.Snail Survivors (The Poetry of Science)
UK author of the blog “The Poetry of Science” wrote a poem called Snail Survivors about the research collaboration between developers of the world’s smallest computer and biologists.World’s smallest computer helps solve mystery of snail species survival
This partnership between biologists and engineers yields scientific insights into a surviving species of Tahitian tree snails, while also proving the viability for very small animal studies using the Michigan Micro Mote.No Turning Back: Ruba Borno
McChrystal Group interview ECE alumna Ruba Borno, the Senior Vice President and General Manager in Cisco’s Customer Experience organization, about why empathy, emotional intelligence, and resilience are important in our leaders, why leaders should ask questions rather than give answers, and how her own experience as a refugee has influenced how she sees her career and leadership.Trump Says More Countries Should Ban Twitter: ‘Perhaps I Should Have Done It While I Was President’
In this article, Prof. Roya Ensafi comments on how the June 2018 repeal of net neutrality in the U.S. has set the stage for potentially blocking websites nationwide.Experimental Morpheus CPU is ‘mind-bogglingly terrible’ to crack
Cybersecurity researchers have found the Morpheous chip, designed by a U-M team lead by S. Jack Hu Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Todd Austin, to virtually eliminate whole classes of exploits.How the Ford F-150 Lightning’s Chief Engineer Linda Zhang Brought the World an Electric Pickup
TheDrive profiles Linda Zhang (BSE EE, MSE CE, MBA), who is the Chief Engineer for the Ford F-150 LightningJamaican engineering genius leads US team to make World Wide Web more global
Dr. Charles Anthony Barnett (BS CE 1982) is leading the technical team at an American satellite service company aiming to make World Wide Web more globalThe future of the IoT (batteries not required)
MIT News profiles Everactive, a startup co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff, working to develop batteryless IoTRansomware, other cyber threats mount as medtech industry tries to adapt
Prof. Kevin Fu is interviewed on how cyber threats to the medical technology industry, including ransomware and other malware, are growing in sophistication and potentially putting patient safety at risk.Researchers Are Trying to Create an Unhackable Computer Processor
This article highlights the secure processor design developed by a U-M research team led by S. Jack Hu Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Todd Austin. The processor constantly encrypts parts of the machine’s functions to obscure how it works, thus blocking potential hackers from being able to exploit it.Shape-shifting computer chip thwarts an army of hackers
Research led by S. Jack Hu Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Todd Austin have developed Morpheus, a secure new computer processor that recently defeated the attempts of 525 security researchers who tried to hack it.Free ‘A2GO’ autonomous shuttle service coming to Ann Arbor this fall
May Mobility, co-founded by Prof. Edwin Olson, along with U-M’s Mcity and Ann Arbor SPARK announced the launch of a free autonomous vehicle shuttle service that will begin operating in downtown Ann Arbor this October.The CTO interview with Ambiq’s Scott Hanson
EE News: Scott Hanson (BSE MSE PhD EE ’04 ’06 ’09), founder and CTO of sub-threshold voltage microcontroller vendor Ambiq, answers a few questions as his company moves out from its position in the wearables market.Mythic Raises $70 Million in Series C Funding Led by BlackRock and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
AI accelerator chip start-up Mythic, founded in 2012 at U-M by EECS alumni Mike Henry and Dave Fick, has raised $70 million in Series C Funding. The company has raised over $165.2 million to-date and has offices in Redwood City, CA and Austin, TX.Research Symposium discusses the importance of models in the fight against COVID-19
Researchers and students from the University of Michigan gathered via Zoom Thursday to discuss the importance models and predictions played in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.Putin Finds Ally in China’s TikTok in Crackdown on Critics
Russia is now pioneering a “landmark” approach to censorship that relies on both pressuring platforms to police their own content and an innovative use of technology to ensure they comply, according to Roya Ensafi, the founder of the Censored Planet lab.University of Michigan Combines Tech and Twilio to Support a Continuous Learning Environment for Thousands of Low-income Students
The University of Michigan Center for Digital Curricula, co-directed by Thurnau Prof. Elliot Soloway, uses Twilio Voice to allow students and teachers to communicate in real-time while completing assignments and to bridge the gap in distance learning and in-class learning.U-M Researchers Develop 3-D Motion Tracking for Autonomous Tech
Researchers have developed a 3-D motion tracking system that could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in autonomous technologies.How to do Grad School: Big Ideas and Formal Methods
ECE PhD student Kwesi Rutledge is featured in this podcast where he talks about his research approach and gives advice for how to manage graduate school.Did UM team build an unhackable computer chip? Nobody has beaten it
The MORPHEUS chip, designed in Prof. Todd Austin’s lab, has survived the tests of hundreds of hackers – it’s still unhackable.SambaNova Raises Eye-Popping Series D Funding
Data center AI chip and system company SambaNova has announced an enormous Series D funding round of $676 million, pushing the company’s valuation above $5 billion. SambaNova’s cofounder is alumnus Kunle Olukotun (BSE EE ’85; MSE PhD CSE ’87 ’91).Academics: Russia deployed new technology to throttle Twitter’s traffic
The Censored Planet project, from the lab of Prof. Roya Ensafi, published a study explaining some of the details about the slowdown of Twitter in Russia.The revolution in satellite technology means there are swarms of spacecraft no bigger than a loaf of bread in orbit
The Washington Post features the history and use of CubeSats, including the University of Michigan’s MiTEE project led by Prof. Brian Gilchrist.Artificial photosynthesis devices that improve themselves with use
Nanowerk shares Prof. Zetian’s Mi research on a water-splitting device that becomes more efficient with use, which could make artificial photosynthesis a practical method for producing hydrogen fuel.Michigan expert debunks infamous report on Antrim County election as ‘meaningless’
A report released by Prof. J. Alex Halderman says the much-discussed December 2020 report by supporters of Donald Trump on election results in Antrim County “contains an extraordinary number of false, inaccurate or unsubstantiated statements.”U of Mich. computer science prof: no fraud in Antrim Co. 2020 election
A 54-page report authored by Prof. J. Alex Halderman who analyzed Antrim County’s 2020 election results, found initial mistakes were the result of human error and that certified results of the presidential contest were accurate.U-M Computer Chip MORPHEUS Defeats 500+ Hackers
MORPHEUS, a computer chip developed by Prof. Todd Austin’s lab, has defeated more than 500 hackers invited by the school to find its vulnerabilities.Building a Preeminent Research Lab in the Arab Region: The Case of QCRI
ACM look back at the founding of the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), one of three national research institutes established in 2010 with the help of Prof. Karem Sakallah.ECE alumna Tanya Das appointed Chief of Staff of the Office of Science
Tanya Das was most recently a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, where she worked on legislation on a range of issues in clean energy and manufacturing policy. She received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, and her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.An Innovative Team: 55 Years of Dixon and Carol Doll
Dixon (MSE PDH EE 1965 1969) and Carol Doll met while Carol was attending U-M. Doll published one of the first books on data communications, later started Dow Capital Management, and joined his wife in many philanthropic efforts, including endowing the position of executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship.U-M President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality Submits Final Recommendations
The President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, co-chaired by Prof. Stephen Forrest and charged with recommending scalable, transferrable, and financially responsible pathways for the University of Michigan to achieve net-zero emissions, has submitted its final report to President Mark Schlissel and university leadership.Ford partners with University of Michigan on robotics research, new building
Jessy Grizzle talks about the new building, and creating realistic situations for the robots that roam inside.Experience as a Woman in STEM at the University of Michigan
To celebrate Women’s History Month, third year CS undergrad Maya Subramanian joined U-M’s student vlog to discuss her goals and experiences as a woman in the field.Corp! Awards Honor MVPs Who Make Michigan the Best Place to Live, Work
Alum Eran Bashan, CEO and co-founder of Hygieia, make the list with their company that promises a better way to use insulinFlint native influential in tech industry
Alumnus David Tarver (BSE MSE EE ’75 ’76) was interviewed by ABCAlum David Tarver interviewed on “The Elders”
A conversation with alumnus William David Tarver about his efforts growing a company and then selling that company successfully and using his success to train and support others as a professor and investor.Remembering Two Glass Industry Legends
Alumnus Norm Nitschke founded Glasstech Solar and then Solar Cells Inc., which developed the cadmium telluride coating technology for the thin film solar modules used to launch First Solar into the solar energy business.U-M Africa Week engages audience in conversations on development and growth of Africa
Valeria Bertacco, professor of computer science and engineering and vice provost for engaged learning, was one of three organizers of Africa Week, U-M’s first conference on Africa’s issues and development. She hopes Africa Week will allow students to understand opportunities to engage with global communities.Examining the intersection of natural language processing and social sciences
Prof. Rada Mihalcea joins this episode of Michigan Minds to explain her research in natural language processing, a subfield of artificial intelligence‚ and what she feels are the best ways to encourage more women and girls to pursue work in STEM-related fields.Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries
Prof. Zhongming Liu’s research is cited in this piece by Quanta Magazine about digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter to gain new insights into sleep, aging, and more.The Scramble for Post-Quantum Cryptography
The coming of quantum computers means that current encryption technology will be insufficient. Prof. Chris Peikert comments on the need for stronger post-quantum cryptography and the prospects for computing on encrypted data.Solving for Equity
Profs. Jessy Grizzle and Chad Jenkins, the director and associate director of the Robotics Institute, are developing a robotics engineering degree that launches freshmen with computational linear algebra in a projects-based course. Their goal is to increase student access, engagement, and success along with overall equity.XR internships create new reality for Ann Arbor tech ecosystem
Ann Arbor has developed a robust ecosystem for growing industries like XR. An internship program co-designed by Austin Yarger is helping connect U-M students to this ecosystem.U-M Spinoff Everactive Closes $35M Funding Round on Battery Monitoring Tech
Everactive is an IoT company co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff. The company makes battery-free monitoring solutionsCarbon neutrality commission releases draft recommendations
The President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, co-chaired by Prof. Stephen Forrest and charged with recommending scalable and transferable strategies for U-M to achieve net-zero emissions, has released its preliminary draft recommendations for public comment.10 top products in 2020
NS Nanotech’s coronavirus-killing chip makes Electronic Products’ Top 10 Products of 2020 listStartup claims first solid-state far-UVC chip that neutralizes Coronavirus
Prof. Zetian Mi’s startup, NS Nanotech, has claimed the first solid-state far-UVC chip that kills the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens without posing any threat to humans.Exploring the use of artificial intelligence in architecture
Tech Xplore features the U-M Robotics Building and Prof. Jessy Grizzle in this piece about exploring the use of artificial intelligence in architectureTraveling beyond Moore’s Law – together
Researchers led by Bredt Professor of Engineering Trevor Mudge and Prof. Ron Dreslinski have partnered with ARM and the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh to run DARPA’s Software Defined Hardware program.SambaNova Emerges From Stealth With Record-Breaking AI System
SambaNova, one of the AI chip startup “unicorns,” has emerged from stealth mode after three years to announce its first product, a system-level AI accelerator for hyperscale and enterprise data centers and high performance computing (HPC) applications. SambaNova’s co-founder is alumnus Kunle Olukotun (BSE EE ’85; MSE PhD CSE ’87 ’91).Northeastern Names Usama Fayyad to Lead Institute of Experiential Artificial Intelligence
Fayyad (BSE EE & CE ’84, MSE CSE ’86, MS Math ’89, PhD CSE ’91) will work with Northeastern senior leadership to create a pioneering research hub that places human skills and intelligence at the forefront of artificial intelligence development.Finding Gaps in Your Grad School Apps
CSE PhD student Wilka Carvalho made a guest appearance on the How To Do Grad School podcast with Chelsea Onyeador from MIT. The pair discuss how to navigate the maze of difficult questions facing applicants.How EE Lab Education is Evolving with At-Home Learning
Now that universities are adjusting to the realities of remote learning, how are they accommodating the hands-on aspects of EE lab education?Winner of NSA’s 8th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition
The National Security Agency’s Research Directorate selected “Spectre Attacks: Exploiting Speculative Execution” as the winner of its 8th Annual Best Cybersecurity Research Paper competition. Prof. Daniel Genkin is one of the authors.IBM fired U-M professor Lynn Conway for coming out as trans in 1968. 52 years later, the company apologized.
“The thing is, this story is not entirely about me, or even about IBM,” Conway said. “We’re the messengers. Our story is a lesson: you can never take for granted that you really know what you’re doing now and how it will affect the future. It’s a new kind of social awareness.”Can We Make Our Robots Less Biased Than We Are?
A.I. developers are committing to end the injustices in how their technology is often made and used. Prof. Chad Jenkins is one of the researchers featured in this article.52 Years Later, IBM Apologizes for Firing Transgender Woman
Lynn Conway, Professor Emerita of EECS, was one of the company’s most promising young computer engineers but after confiding to supervisors that she was transgender, they fired her.IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender…52 Years Later
IBM is apologizing to Lynn Conway, Professor Emerita of EECS, for firing her 52 years ago on account of her being transgender.U-M Researchers Create Solar Cells that Harness Heat to Store Electricity
DBusiness highlights the research led by Prof. Stephen Forrest on heat harnessing solar cells that store energy.Human error, Dominion voting equipment fuel false fraud claims in Michigan
“It was ultimately a human error.” J. Alex Halderman discusses claims of voting irregularities in the state of Michigan.Alumna Rhonda Franklin named 2020 Scientist of the Year
Rhonda Franklin, ECE alumnus and professor at the University of Minnesota, received this award from the Minnesota Chapter of Advancing Science in America Foundation. Watch the presentation and talk.Tracking Monarch Butterfly Migration with the World’s Smallest Computer-Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh highlights the contribution of Inhee Lee, an ECE alum, in the project using Michigan Micro Motes to track monarch butterfly migration.PROGRESS Out of the Blue
Prof. Chad Jenkins was interviewed on the AI with AI podcast, discussing everything from movement primitives to AI research culture.Leading Cybersecurity Expert Applauds Michigan Election Security Measures
“Good election results take time,” says Alex Halderman, co-chair of the Michigan Election Security Advisory Commission.How Election Tech Could Create a Recount Nightmare
Most election-tech equipment is the intellectual property of the companies that make it — meaning a contested election could get even more complicated according to experts including J. Alex Halderman.Introducing FiftyOne: A Tool for Rapid Data & Model Experimentation
Alum Brian Moore details Voxel51’s new (and open source!) tool for your machine learning toolboxMichigan elections vulnerable to hacks but not as much as others, report says
Michigan’s Election Security Advisory Commission, co-chaired by J. Alex Halderman, released a report on Thursday detailing a host of potential problems on Election Day, including cyberattacks from foreign states, software problems and power outages.How secure are Michigan elections? Quietly released report shines light
While exerts tout the security of Michigan’s elections, multiple reforms crafted by an advisory commission have not yet been fully implemented.Tracking monarch butterfly migration with the world’s smallest computer
Phys.org re-publishes our piece on how researchers from ECE and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are using the Michigan Micro Mote to track monarch migration in unprecedented ways.Will Georgia’s new voting machines solve election problems — or make them worse?
Prof. J. Alex Halderman participates in a conversion about whether the latest voting technology being used in Georgia provides a stronger defense against meddling than the traditional paper ballot.Parts from the ISS have been used to design a new type of prosthetic limb
Knowledia profiles Prof. Robert Gregg’s work designing a new kind of robotic prosthetic leg using motors originally designed for the International Space StationUS blocks Hong Kong users from some government websites
Sites hosting economic data have been inaccessible to users in the Asian financial centre for months, according to work by Prof. Roya Ensafi and her Censored Planet team.With time short, judge mulls Georgia voting system changes
After a glitch in Georgia’s voting machines, voting integrity activists including J. Alex Halderman made a request to sideline the state’s new touchscreen voting machines in favor of hand-marked paper ballots for the November general election.The contest to protect almost everything on the internet
The world’s top cryptographers are competing to develop algorithms that can withstand attacks from an ultrafast quantum computer – and Prof. Chris Peikert made one of the top 15 contenders.Product News: Everactive’s Evernet protocol to accelerate IoT deployments
Everactive, co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff, announced improvements to its proprietary wireless networking protocol, a key enabler in the technology company’s batteryless IoT solutions.U-M joins universities, nonprofits, governments at Midwest Climate Summit
Stephen Forrest, William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor in Electrical Engineering at the College of Engineering and co-chair of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, who will discuss U-M’s climate commitments and the carbon commission on Oct. 9Lawyers spar over Georgia voting machine glitch, planned fix
Georgia election officials say they’re implementing a software change to fix a glitch in the state’s new voting machines. But election integrity activists, including Prof. J. Alex Halderman, say the state is downplaying the problem and putting the security of the upcoming election at risk.How Transparent Solar Panels And ‘Quantum Dots’ Could Make Skyscrapers Power Themselves
In labs around the world, scientists and engineers are working to transform skyscrapers into giant solar energy-generating pylons.U-M Researchers Develop Self-erasing Computer Chips that React to UV Light
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has developed self-erasing chips that could help stop counterfeit electronics or provide alerts if sensitive shipments are tampered with.Transparent Solar Panels for Windows Developed at U-M Hits Efficiency Record
Researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells. The milestone brings them closer to having skyscrapers serve as power sources.Devices Reflect 99% Of Heat To Up Chance To Turn It Into Power
Futurity covers Prof. Forrest’s work on new heat-harnessing “solar” cells, or thermal photovoltaics, that reflect 99% of the energy they can’t convert to electricity.COVID-19 app built at U-M helps businesses stay open
A COVID-19 symptom checklist web app developed by students in classes taught by Profs. Sugih Jamin and Elliot Soloway is helping more than 2,500 Michigan employers meet state requirements to screen employees before they enter the workplace each day.Dr. Steven McLaughlin Named Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Georgia Tech
McLaughlin is an ECE alumnus and recipient of the 2019 ECE Distinguished Educator AwardIs Your Vote Secure in Michigan? Cybersecurity Expert Alex Halderman is Cautiously Optimistic
The notoriously pessimistic University of Michigan computer security expert says there’s a lot of positive things happening in the stateStudy: Pa. benefits screening tool may be telling potential applicants they don’t qualify
A study by two University of Michigan researchers found errors in a Pennsylvania public benefits screening tool that could have wrongly told people they were not eligible for benefits, when in fact they were.Customizable Curricula Available from U-M Center
Prof. Elliot Soloway is interviewed on WWJ radio about the customizable digital curricula available from his Center for Digital Curricula. Over 20,000 students in Michigan are using the platform this Fall.Fluke Leads Series C Investment in Everactive to Accelerate Growth in IIoT Solutions
Fluke Corporation (“Fluke”) announced today that it led an investment in Everactive, a Silicon Valley-based technology company that sells category-defining batteryless, wireless Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions. Everactive will raise up to $35M as part of its Series C funding round. Everactive was co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff.3 Proposals to Change How We Teach Computing In Order to Reduce Inequality
Online instruction is here, whether we’re ready or not. Prof. Mark Guzdial offers three proposals for reducing inequality in computing education amid these radical changes to teaching.Humans Take a Step Closer to ‘Flying Cars’
Prof. Ella Atkins is featured by the New York Times in a piece about how close we are to a future of flying cars.Who Gets to Vote in Florida?
“If the Russians had pulled the trigger, there would have been utter chaos on Election Day.” Prof. J. Alex Halderman talks election security in The New Yorker.How Tony England transformed engineering at UM-Dearborn
Former ECE faculty member and retiring dean of UM-Dearborn talks candidly about his push to reinvent the engineering culture at UM-Dearborn — and the work that still lies ahead.Reproducible Research Insights with Steven Whitaker, Jon-Fredrik Nielsen, and Jeff Fessler
The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Highlights Reproducible Research Insights on Prof. Fessler, ECE PhD student Whitaker, and BME Research Scientist Nielsen.Relying on electronic voting machines puts us at risk, security expert says
How do we make elections secure? Try paper. Professor J. Alex Halderman, a security expert at the University of Michigan, explains why.Covid-19 Is Dividing the American Worker
Prof. Chad Jenkins talks with Wall Street Journal about the looming effects of automation in the midst of this pandemic.Q&A with Steven Whitaker, Jon-Fredrik Nielsen, and Jeff Fessler
The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine talks to Prof. Fessler, ECE PhD student Whitaker, and BME Research Scientist Nielsen.The factory of the future, batteries not included
Everactive provides an industrial “internet of things” platform built on its battery-free sensors.Clear solar cells hit an all-time efficiency record
In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, researchers have set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells.Michigan university scientists’ new solar panels could eventually lead to self-powering skyscrapers
Imagine if all the glass we see on the sides of skyscrapers and other buildings were actually solar cells in disguise, collecting energy from the sun and helping to power the building and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.Transparent solar panels that can cover windows reach record efficiency
Transparent solar panels, that could one day be used to generate renewable energy from buildings, have reached a record-breaking efficiency of 8 per cent, researchers have said.Ann Arbor-based Voxel51 launches industry’s first open-source experimentation tool
Ann Arbor-based artificial intelligence software company Voxel51 announced the launch of an open-source tool, called FiftyOne, that helps data scientists and machine learning engineers tackle the laborious process of image data management. The company was co-founded by Prof. Jason Corso and alumnus Dr. Brian Moore.
Monarch Conservation Spotlight: M3 Monarch Migration Study
The “Monarch Conservation Spotlight” series highlights impactful projects, programs and organizations working hard to address the declining trend across North American monarch populations, including those involved in a project to track Monarch butterflies: Professors David Blaauw, Hun-Seok Kim, InHee Lee, and Andre Green.U-M Startup: Brighter Displays on Mobile Phones That Draw Half the Power
A University of Michigan startup has announced the creation of a smaller, more energy-efficient light-emitting diode that aims to offer brighter, crisper displays for massive signs, mobile phones, and other devices.Before we put $100 billion into AI…
An op-ed on developing artificial intelligence to serve the common good by Chad Jenkins.Censys, a search engine for internet devices, raises $15.5M Series A
Censys, co-founded by Prof. J. Alex Halderman, completed a round of Series A funding for $15.5M. The company will use the funding to fuel their growth in revolutionizing Attack Surface Management.NS Nanotech Closes the LED “Green Gap”
The company’s green LED technology is expected to deliver an order-of-magnitude improvement in efficiency for micron-sized devices. NS Nanotech was co-founded by Prof. Zetian Mi, who developed the technology.The Cybersecurity 202: DNC’s email voting plan limits hacking risk but can’t eliminate it
“What’s at stake here is the legitimacy of the [voting] process and for that reason security is still very important.” Prof. J. Alex Halderman talks to the Washington Post.How To Create An AI (Artificial Intelligence) Model
Prof. Jason Corso describes some key considerations that go into the design of a new AI model.Mask making on a pandemic sabbatical
Alumna and ECE Advisory Council member Prof. Rhonda Franklin led a University of Minnesota team in developing a general-purpose face mask inspired by hospital procedure masks.University of Minnesota faculty receive Abbott Professorships to introduce prospective students to STEM
Alumna and ECE Advisory Council member, Prof. Rhonda Franklin, receives Institute for Engineering in Medicine Abbott Professorship in Innovative Education.Voting amidst a pandemic
J. Alex Halderman, professor of computer science at the University of Michigan explains why e-voting systems are so risky when it comes to election security.Delayed Election Results Could Test Social Media Companies as Never Before
The immediate gratification American voters have enjoyed for decades will likely come to an end in 2020. That’s the diagnosis of experts and academics like Prof. J. Alex Halderman.MIT Alumni Profile: Edwin Olson ’00, MEng ’01, PhD ’08
Profile of Prof. Edwin Olson from his alma mater MIT. Olson is the founder of May Mobility, the Michigan-based startup that operates a fleet of low-speed autonomous electric vehicles in different cities around the country.Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Side Channel Attack?
Prof. Daniel Genkin helps to explain why side channel attacks continue to happen in this article. Genkin has been involved in identifying a number of flaws that have been vulnerable to side channel attacks, enabling attacks such as the Meltdown, Spectre, RAMBleed, and Foreshadow attacks.Delaware Quietly Fielded An Online Voting System, But Now Is Backing Away
Delaware briefly deployed a controversial internet voting system recently but scrapped it amid concerns about security and public confidence, comments from Prof. J. Alex Halderman.A Q&A with David Fouhey
Prof. David Fouhey is interviewed about his experiences as an Assistant Professor in CVPR Daily, which is published in conjunction with the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference.Game Playing meets Game Theory with Professor Michael Wellman
Lynn A. Conway Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Michael Wellman is interviewed on the progress AI is making due to combining deep reinforcement learning with game-theoretic modeling.The Cybersecurity 202: Georgia’s primary debacle should sound alarm bells for November
“The wide-scale problems in Georgia are exactly what experts have been fearing.” Prof. J. Alex Halderman raises alarm about November elections based on the experience in Georgia’s primary.Online Voting System Used in Florida and Elsewhere Has Severe Security Flaws, Researchers Find
Significant problems with Democracy Live’s OmniBallot internet voting program could result in doctored ballots as voters gear up for election season in the era of Covid-19The Cybersecurity 202: DARPA wants hackers to try to crack its new generation of super-secure hardware
Prof. J. Alex Halderman offered recommendations for how election officials can use online voting platform OmniBallot’s technology while mitigating risk.Amid Pandemic and Upheaval, New Cyberthreats to the Presidential Election
Fear of the coronavirus is speeding up efforts to allow voting from home, but some of them pose security risks. A new study by Prof. J. Alex Halderman identifies risks to election integrity and voter privacy on the OmniBallot platform, currently in use for the Delaware primaries and in other parts of the country.Batteryless Machine Health Monitoring Solution Debuted by Ann Arbor’s Everactive
Everactive, which has an office in Ann Arbor, launched its machine health monitoring solution, which is designed to deliver real-time, maintenance-free insights into the health of rotating equipment such as motors, pumps, fans, and compressors.When is the likelihood of a cyber blackout?
Kings College London profiles the research of Assistant Research Scientist Ranjan Pal, who’s estimating the risk of catastrophic cyber-attacks – and the financial impact on businesses and their cyber-insurance.10 Things You Didn’t Know about Vik Verma
ECE Council member Vik Verma (MSE EE ’89) is profiled by MoneyInc.Everactive Machine Health Monitoring May Address COVID-19 Supply Chain Concerns
SupplyChain Management profiles the work of Everactive, a U-M startup co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff, and their Machine Health Monitoring (MHM) solution, designed to deliver real-time, maintenance-free insights into the health of rotating equipment.5 Women You Should Know Working in AI
Rada Mihalcea, the Janice M. Jenkins Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of the U-M AI Lab, is featured for her work in computational sociolinguistics.Catching nuclear smugglers: Fast algorithm could enable cost-effective detectors at borders
PhysOrg spread the word about Hero’s work with Sara Pozzi and others. The research was published in Scientific Reports.Probing tech’s soft underbelly
Prof. Kevin Fu’s lab has demonstrated weaknesses in the electronic devices and sensors that we rely upon to illustrate the need for improvements in cybersecurity. He is profiled in this article.Computing Researchers Respond to COVID-19: Voxel51; A Means of Tracking Social Distancing
The Computing Community Consortium profiles the work done by Voxel51, a U-M startup led by Prof. Jason Corso, that uses custom AI to continuously track vehicle, cyclist, and pedestrian traffic in real time at some of the most visited places in the world to help the COVID-19 response.HBO Documentary Shows The Value Of Cybersecurity In Election Security
J. Alex Halderman examines the threats associated with electronic voting machines.Company Uses Public Street Cams to Measure Social Distancing
The Ann Arbor, Mich., company, Voxel51, is using data from street cameras to measure social distancing across the world. The company hopes the data gets put to good use, “even if it’s only public awareness.”How To Watch The Grim Reality Of Physical Distancing In Major Cities
ScreenRant profiles the work of Prof. Jason Corso’s startup, Voxel51, to track social distancing in cities.Tech for good during COVID-19: Texts for frontline workers, a crisis prevention hotline and more
TechCrunch highlights the work by Prof. Jason Corso’s startup, Voxel51, to track social distancing in cities.Local AI startup creates platform to track social distancing in global cities — including Ann Arbor
ClickonDetroit highlights the work by Prof. Jason Corso’s startup, Voxel51, to track social distancing in some of the busiest cities in the world.New Gyroscope Design Will Help Autonomous Cars and Robots Map the World
Prof. Khalil Najafi’s development of a small, precise and affordable gyroscope for navigation without GPS is featured in IEEE Spectrum.Nvidia makes its GPU-powered genome sequencing tool available free to those studying COVID-19
Founded by Prof. Scott Mahlke and his former students Mehrzad Samadi and Ankit Sethia, Parabricks was acquired by Nvidia in December 2019. Parabricks accelerates genomic analysis.Why I Chose to Attend Michigan Engineering
Allison Kench, sophomore studying CS, reflects on what drove her decision to attend the University of Michigan.Duo Security founder donates $1M to Washtenaw County small business fund
EECS alum Dug Song, co-founder of Duo Security, has gifted $1M to an emergency fund for Washtenaw County small businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak.Cybersecurity Experts Say Hacking Risk Is High for Mobile Voting
J. Alex Halderman talks with Bloomberg about mobile voting systems, saying they’re still prone to tampering and manipulation.University of Michigan gyroscope could reduce dependence on GPS in electronics
Click on Detroit highlights the research led by Prof. Khalil Najafi.3 Questions: Joe Steinmeyer on guiding students into the world of STEM
MIT profiles Prof. Joe Steinmeyer, an EECS alum.New lasers see into the brain to detect concussions
University of Michigan Engineering researchers’ work to detect distressed cells in the brain is detailed by Freethink.
Boeing Nominates New Directors; Announces Director Retirements
Steve Mollenkopf (MSE EE 1993) and CEO of Qualcomm has been nominated as a new director of Boeing.He’s Stared Down Activists and Apple, and Is Still in Charge
The New York Times profiles Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf (MSE EE 1993).Engineering professor Leung Tsang elected to the National Academy of Engineering
The Daily profiles Prof. Leung Tsang and talks to his PhD students about his election to the NAE.‘Alexa, let’s chat!’: U-M among 10 student teams worldwide advancing conversational AI
The U-M Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge team have made it to the semi-finals.Buggy Iowa Caucus App Is Buggy, Security Experts Say
“It’s total amateur hour,” Prof. J. Alex Halderman says of a vulnerable app used in the Iowa Caucuses.
Here’s why NSA rushed to expose a dangerous computer bug
Hackers could have used vulnerabilities in the IowaReporterApp to intercept or even change passwords, vote totals, and other sensitive information, with commentary from Prof. J. Alex Halderman.
Transparent graphene photodetectors make advanced 3D camera
Physics World covers the work done by a team led by professors Zhaohui Zhong, Jeffrey Fessler, and Theodore Norris where they developed a new 3D camera that enables safer autonomy and advanced biomedical imaging.How Multiple System Failures Produced Debacle in Iowa Caucus
Prof. J. Alex Halderman spoke about how the spectacle in the Iowa Caucuses should serve as a cautionary tale about electronic and internet voting.
App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested
Prof. J. Alex Halderman provides commentary on the vulnerabilities of app used in the Iowa Caucuses.
Puerto Rico’s Internet Voting Plan Threatens Election Security: ACLU
Puerto Ricans could be casting their ballots online only in the next eight years, and Prof. J. Alex Halderman provides criticism.
Intel Is Patching the Patch for the Patch for Its ‘Zombieload’ Flaw
A research team from Michigan and University of Adelaide has identified a new microarchitectural attack that is capable of bypassing the buffer overwrite countermeasures in INtel’s flagship processors.University professors discuss artificial intelligence’s influence on the financial world
Professors Michael Wellman and Rada Mihalcea discuss the role of artificial intelligence in finance as part of the Friday Night AI series at the Ann Arbor Downtown Library.ROBOTS: Time to think about laws?
Prof. Ben Kuipers discusses a world where robots become more important to our everyday lives.How a scientific breakthrough is making ‘green methane’
Scientists are creating “green methane” out of a process called artificial photosynthesis — which could make natural-gas-powered devices carbon neutral.‘Chaos Is the Point’: Russian Hackers and Trolls Grow Stealthier in 2020
While American election defenses have improved since 2016, many of the vulnerabilities exploited four years ago remain. Comments by Prof. J. Alex Halderman.
Scientists develop new catalyst that uses light to convert carbon dioxide to fuel
EECS-ECE professor Zetian Mi’s research on artificial photosynthesis is featured in Interesting Engineering.
Research undercuts arguments from ballot-marking device advocates
Ballot-marking devices are still vulnerable to hacks, according to a study from EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman.
Taking a cue from plants, new chemical approach converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel
EECS Professor Zetian Mi’s research on artificial photosynthesis is described in Science.Voting machines touted as secure option are actually vulnerable to hacking
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman’s latest study shows that hybrid voting machines are still vulnerable to hacks.Voters fail mock election, exposing vulnerability to hackers
The latest study from EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman shows vulnerabilities in ballot-marking devices.Breaking Into a Smart Home With A Laser – Smarter Every Day 229
Graduate student Ben Cyr demonstrates how his lab was able to hack into smart speakers with a laser.
Tomorrow’s industries: from OLEDs to nanomaterials
Prof. Stephen Forrest lends his expertise to this piece by Nature.USA Today: Researchers level playing field for disabled kids
VIDEO: A University of Michigan research team, including ECE Prof. Hun-Seok Kim, has created an augmented reality system that allows people with different levels of mobility to play and exercise together (Dec. 10).ABC News: iGym levels playing field for disabled, able-bodied children
A University of Michigan research team, including ECE Prof. Hun-Seok Kim, has created an augmented reality system that allows people with different levels of mobility to play and exercise togetherScholar Stories: Gu Doing What She Loves at Michigan — Dance, Computer Science
Allison Gu keeps busy: a senior in CS with an entrepreneurship minor, she’s also tri-captain of the U-M Dance Team.
Associated Press: iGym levels playing field for disabled, able-bodied children
Prof. Hun Seok Kim helped perfect an augmented reality system that helps level the playing field between disabled and able-bodied players.Michigan News: Inclusive play: U-M art professor leads creation of interactive game for kids with and without disabilities
Prof. Hun Seok Kim is a member of the team that created the augmented reality system called iGYMToyota leads $50 million investment in autonomous shuttle startup May Mobility
The company was co-founded by Prof. Ed Olson, and specializes in autonomous shuttles.Herbert Winful – The Birth and Amazing Life of Nonlinear Optics
Prof. Herbert Winful presents “The Birth and Amazing Life of Nonlinear Optics” as part of Saturday Morning Physics.The Future of Organic Electronics OLED Displays
Professor Stephen Forrest discusses what makes organic electronics special and how its attributes create exciting new opportunities to finally realize its promise after 70-plus years of applied research, during a Distinguished Lecture Series held at the Office of Naval Research.‘U’ researchers find way to hack into virtual assistants with lasers
Researchers including Profs. Kevin Fu and Daniel Genkin were able to take control of virtual assistants using only light.How UM degrees propelled careers in T-shirts, robots and photo archives
MLive profiles the Ann Arbor T-shirt Company, co-founded by alums Jerry Kozak (Business) and Ricky Winowiecki (Computer Engineering).Expensive, Glitchy Voting Machines Expose 2020 Hacking Risks
Paper ballots may be safer and cheaper, but local officials swoon at digital equipment. Remarks from J. Alex Halderman.
Elon Musk says he has the solution for California’s fire-related blackouts. It starts at $15,000.
Prof. Ian Hiskens comments on using rooftop-mounted solar and battery storage as a way to achieve energy independence.Study: Russia’s web-censoring tool sets pace for imitators
New research by Prof. Roya Ensafi sheds light on the implications of this technology.The smart speaker in your home may not be as secure as you think
Researchers, including EECS-CSE associate professor Kevin Fu, have discovered an exploit that made home assistants vulnerable to lasers.
Hackers can use lasers to ‘speak’ to your Amazon Echo or Google Home
Researchers, including EECS-CSE associate professor Kevin Fu, have discovered an exploit that makes home assistants vulnerable to laser attacks.
With a laser, researchers say they can hack Alexa, Google Home or Siri
EECS-CSE associate professor Kevin Fu’s research has found a vulnerability in home assistants, reports the New York Times.
Siri, Alexa, and Google Home can be controlled with lasers, new research shows
MEMS mics respond to light as if it were sound, discovered by a team including Profs. Kevin Fu and Dan GenkinFive Components Of Autonomous Car Security
Prof. Morley Mao’s research group released the first paper on practical attacks against a LiDAR system.PG&E’s role in Sonoma fire questioned as power outage frustrations grow
Prof. Ian Hiskens serves as an expert-commentator in a Washington Post story about the potential role Pacific Gas & Electric equipment played in the wildfires ravaging Northern California.The Market for Voting Machines Is Broken. This Company Has Thrived in It.
This article highlights concerns about voting machines made by ES&S, the nation’s largest supplier of voting technology, and the tactics used by the company to continue its dominance. Prof. J. Alex Halderman is quoted on how the company’s tactics haver slowed progress toward secure elections.Jana Pavlasek – PhD Student in Robotics
PhD student in Prof. Chad Jenkins’ lab is profiled.If We Want Women to Persist in Computing, Teach Them Programming – At Any Age
Prof. Mark Guzdial writes about the need for early education if retention of women in CS is a goal.Meet the super robots that are about to lap the world’s fastest humans
Prof. Jessy Grizzle’s robot, Mabel, is profiled in this piece by Popular Mechanics.U-M MUSEUM OF ART BRINGS ROBOTS TO THE ART WORLD
U-M Robotics members, including Robotics Director and ECE Professor Jessy Grizzle, are working with the University of Michigan Museum of Art to test a prototype robot docent.University Professors talk using AI technology for bipolar disorder
Two professors involved in the intersection of artificial intelligence and mental health shared their work Friday evening at the Ann Arbor District Library in partnership with the University of Michigan’s AI Laboratory.Carnegie Mellon appoints new dean for College of Engineering
William Sanders received a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering; a master’s degree in computer, information and control engineering; and a doctoral degree in computer science and engineering, each from the University of Michigan.Interspeech 2019 — Machine Learning-enabled Creativity and Innovation In Speech Tech
Coverage of Interspeech 2019, including Prof. Emily Mower Provost’s research on automatically detecting suicidal ideation from natural phone conversations.Dr. James W. Albers Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. James Albers (BSE EE 1965; MS Bioengineering 1966; MS Psychology 1968; PhD Bioengineering 1970; MD 1972) was named winner of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine’s (AANEM) 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, for his unparalleled contribution to neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine through efforts in teaching, research, and scholarly publications.11 unexpected ways universities are using the Microsoft HoloLens
Dr. Dave Chesney and his students have found medical applications for the HoloLens, including providing realtime remote emergency care.
U-M experts to weigh in on artificial intelligence, mental health in Ann Arbor Sept. 27
Event to take place at Ann Arbor District Library’s downtown branch
In an era of distractions, Microsoft wants AI to be your coworker
The company is aiming to adapt its productivity suite to a short-attention-span world, with remarks by Prof. Walter Lasecki
Trump’s Plan to Stop Violence Via Smartphone Tracking Isn’t Just a Massive Privacy Violation
Prof. Emily Mower Provost spoke with Slate about the new HARPA proposal. She and her colleagues were skeptical.
Can organic solar cells stand the test of time?
Stephen Forrest’s research group demonstrated it’s possible to create organic solar cells that reliably work for 27,000 years outdoors.Jason Mars and Lingjia Tang – 40 Under 40
Profs. Lingjia Tang and Jason Mars co-founded Clinc AI, developing personal assistants for a variety of applications.
Students from the United States visiting various work groups of BrainLinks-BrainTools this summer
Jenny is a student at the University of Michigan (member of IPAN), studying Neuroscience, and she visited Prof. Dr. Carola Haas’s lab.Yes, tech companies may listen when you talk to your virtual assistant. Here’s why that’s not likely to stop
Prof. Jason Mars weighs in.
Yes, tech companies may listen when you talk to your virtual assistant. Here’s why that’s not likely to stop
EECS-CSE professor Florian Schaub explains privacy concerns that stem from assistants like Alexa.
How to Defraud Democracy
Prof. J. Alex Halderman writes a worst-case cyberwarfare scenario for the 2020 American presidential election.
Researchers wrote an algorithm that can undetectably change scanned ballot images
Digital images of scanned-in paper ballots can be easily modified to change the results of an election, according to research published by Prof. J. Alex Halderman.
Ford Buys Defense Contractor to Get Robot Rides on the Road
Quantum Signal will still operate independently, with its own human resources department, and continue to be run by co-founder and ECE Council Member Mitchell Rohde (BSE MSE EE 1994 1996; MSE PhD BME 1997 2000).
Army-funded researchers earn top scientific honors
U.S. Army announces Prof. Alfred Hero’s 2020 IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing.
Michigan co-launches competition to help build the next generation of AI-driven dialog systems
IBM Research AI and the University of Michigan are spearheading the development of algorithms that can learn goal-oriented dialog interactions effectively from human-to-human chatlogs by organizing a public competition to inspire and evaluate novel approaches that will lead to the next generation of AI-driven dialog systems.
Overcoming Challenges in Building Enterprise AI Assistants
U-M researchers including Prof. Walter Lasecki, postdoc Jonathan Kummerfeld, and PhD student Sai Gouravajhala partnered with IBM research to address one of the main challenges in existing state-of-the-art AI assistants. Their paper works to disentangle conversations that are mixed together in a single stream of messages.
First programmable memristor computer
EECS-ECE professor Wei Lu explains the power of his lab’s new memristors.
To foil hackers, this chip can change its code in the blink of an eye
EECS-CSE professor Todd Austin explains how Morpheus’ rapid churning can thwart potential hackers.
Univ. of Michigan: Hun-Seok Kim describes approach to low-cost, high-accuracy location solution
Prof. Hun-Seok Kim outlines the progress his team has made to develop an infrastructure-light location solution that is designed to leverage 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz Wi-Fi signals to deliver location data that is accurate within 10 centimeters.
Harvard’s Tiny, Solar-Powered Flying Robot
EECS-CSE assistant professor Shai Revzen shares his thoughts on Harvard’s flying robot and predicts the future of micro-flying air vehicles.
Hold ’Em or fold ’em? This A.I. bluffs with the best
Michael Wellman, the Lynn A Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, explains how AI-playing Texas Hold ‘Em could drive cybersecurity advancements.
Elizabeth Warren just released a plan to protect American elections
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman explains what it would take to protect elections in the United States.
Mingxin Liu receives award for advancements in green chemistry
Dr. Mingxin Liu received a 2019 IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award for Advancements in Green Chemistry from the Int. Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Liu is a visiting researcher working with Prof. Zetian Mi on photo-catalyzed material and energy conversion using semiconductors.
Proprietary chip design allows PsiKick, now Everactive, to power wireless sensors entirely from harvested energy, eliminate the need for batteries
PsiKick, the company pioneering wireless, batteryless Internet of Things (IoT) systems and co-founded by a U-M Prof. David Wentzloff, today announced it has changed its name to Everactive and closed a $30 million funding round.
GitHub Releases New Tools to Report Vulnerabilities
The new features came out the same day as a study by Prof. Atul Prakash that found many open-source projects lack a clear way to report security problems.
Analog AI Accelerator Startup Raises $30m
AI accelerator chip start-up Mythic, founded in 2012 at U-M by EECS alumnus Mike Henry and Dave Fick, has raised $30 million in a B1 funding round.
Google Stadia has kicked off a new age of gaming data harvesting
John L Tishman Professor of Engineering John Laird tells Wired computer games are a valuable tool for analyzing human behavior and decision-making skills.
Privacy policies are too complicated to understand, new analysis confirms
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Florian Schaub explains how many privacy policies are unfair to consumers.
Researchers use Rowhammer bit flips to steal 2048-bit crypto key
RAMBleed side-channel attack, discovered in part by Michigan researchers, works even when DRAM is protected by error-correcting code.Researchers use Rowhammer bit flips to steal 2048-bit crypto key
Prof. Daniel Genkin’s group contributed to the discovery of a new side-channel attack targeting a computer’s memory.Organic Solar Cells Achieve the Highest Efficiency Rate
GineersNow profiles EECS-ECE Prof. Stephen Forrest’s research improving the efficiency and longevity of organic solar cells.
Microscopic ‘smart dust’ sensors are set to revolutionise a range of sectors
The New Economy interviews Prof. David Blaauw about millimetre-scale devices that could reinvent the Internet of Things and lead to breakthroughs in a variety of applications, including biomedical implants.
Blue Clover Devices Brings Silicon Valley Innovation to Germany
Pete Staples (B.S. EE), the founder and President of Blue Clover Devices, gives first public demonstration of the Production Line Tool (PLT), a cloud native test automation device at the Automotive Testing Expo.
In a lab at U-M, working on technology that helps the blind see and other brain-computer connections
The Lansing State Journal explores the history of U-M’s contributions to the development of bionic implants going back to Kensall Wise, the William Gould Dow Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of EECS-ECE, and his team of researchers who engineered a series of neural probes capable of measuring and influencing activity in the brain at the cellular level.
Clinc raises over $50 million to bring conversational AI to cars, banks, and kiosks
Clinc, a four-year-old AI startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, today announced that it’s secured $52 million in series B financing
Inside University of Michigan’s Robotics Lab in Ann Arbor
ClickonDetroit tours Prof. Jessy Grizzle’s robotics lab.New speculative execution bug leaks data from Intel chips’ internal buffers
Intel-specific vulnerability was found by researchers including Prof. Daniel Genkin’s group, calling their discovery of the attack Fallout.Wearable Device Acts as Biopsy Alternative
EECS-ECE PhD alum Tae Hyun Kim is part of a project that has made a prototype for a wearable device with a cancer-cell-capturing chip that could be used in place of a biopsy to more accurately test a patient for cancer.
UMass Amherst Names Sanjay Raman Dean of the College of Engineering
EECS-ECE alum Sanjay Raman (MSE PhD EE 1993 1998) will serve as the new dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Purdue selects Peroulis to lead School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
EECS-ECE alum Dimitrios (Dimitri) Peroulis (MSE PhD 1999 2003) has been selected to head Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Symposium marks growth for Princeton’s materials institute
EECS-ECE Prof. Stephen Forrest was honored at Princeton as a keynote speaker where he spoke about innovation and the importance of cooperation among science, academia, and industry.
Katie Bouman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
EECS-ECE alum Katie Bouman is the researcher who led the creation of an algorithm that allowed scientists to capture images of a black hole for THE VERY FIRST TIME.
Movellus Raises $6M in Venture Funding, Led by Stata Venture Partners
Movellus is a U-M startup founded by EECS-ECE alum Dr. Mo Faisal (now CEO) and EECS-ECE Prof. David Wentzloff.
Teeny-Tiny Bluetooth Transmitter Runs on Less Than 1 Milliwatt
Bluetooth low-energy data packets can now be sent by millimeter-size IoT motes
Voting tech creates growing concern for local officials
EECS-CSE graduate student instructor Matt Bernhard explains the risks of not addressing voting security concerns.
An electronically tunable metasurface that rotates polarization
Phys.org highlights EECS-ECE Prof. Anthony Grbic’s research in developing a transparent, electronically tunable metasurface as part of a $7.5M MURI project. Also featured is ECE PhD student, Zhanni Wu, who is a member of Grbic’s team.
ECE professors help robots better navigate the world
IEEE Spectrum highlights the work done by Professors Dennis Sylvester, David Blaauw, and Hun-Seok Kim improving SLAM technology.Alum recognized for her contributions in STEM
Dr. Katherine Herrick (BSE MSE Ph.D EE ‘93 ‘95 ‘00) is honored by Tuscon Business as a Woman of Influence.AI needs memory to get cozier with compute
EECS-ECE professor Wei Lu’s company, Crossbar, is featured in EE Times.
3 New Chips to Help Robots Find Their Way Around
IEEE Spectrum highlights a new chip designed by Professors Dennis Sylvester, David Blaauw, and Hun-Seok Kim, along with PhD student Ziyun Li, that helps robots better navigate the world
Congratulations to all 2019 Women of Influence Winners and Nominees!
Dr. Katherine Herrick (EE: BS MS PhD), an ECE Council Member, was honored with the Technology Champion Award by Tuscon Local Media.
3 New Chips to Help Robots Find Their Way Around
Intel and academic groups, including the team of Blaauw, Kim, and Sylvester, are designing specialized hardware to speed path planning and other aspects of robot coordinationTop universities in U.S. targeted by Chinese hackers
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer and Clinical Professor of EEC-CSE Ravi Pendse explains the unique cybersecurity risks universities face, Inside Higher Ed reports.
As 2020 nears, pressure grows to replace voting machines
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman stresses the importance of the federal government funding new technologies to improve the security of U.S. elections, as reported by New York Times.
Are our voting systems secure?
Diane Rehm interviewed EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman to discuss election security risks ahead of 2020 presidential primaries.
What the U.S. can learn about electronic voting from this tiny Eastern European nation
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses the risks of online voting in Estonia with Time Magazine.
Whitmer recognizes Mourou’s Nobel Prize
Governor Whitmer recognized Prof. Gérard Mourou’s Nobel Prize in Physics by naming February 28, 2019m, “Chirped Pulse Amplification Day.”Governor Whitmer declares 03/28/19 “Chirped Pulse Amplification Day” in recognition of the work that led to the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for ECE Prof. Emeritus Gerard Mourou
Governor Whitmer declares Thursday, February 28, 2019 “Chirped Pulse Amplification Day” in recognition of the work that led to the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for Gerard Mourou, the A. D. Moore Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of ECE.
U-M could invest up to $20 million in four of its startups
Prof. Wei Lu’s startup, MemryX, receives $1M from U-M for developing an in-memory computing system.
Hygieia gets FDA approval for mobile app for diabetes care services
Thomas Knoll wins Academy Award
VIDEO: Thomas Knoll (BSE Physics ’82 MSE CICE ’84) wins the Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement for inventing Photoshop. Also honored are Knoll’s brother, John Knoll, for the original architecture, design and development, and Mark Hamburg for his continued development and engineering of Adobe Photoshop.
Innovative project tests the boundaries of HVAC demand response systems
Electric Light & Power highlights Prof. Johanna Mathieu’s $2.9M ARPA to use air conditioners to advance a renewable power grid.
Ann Arbor’s May Mobility raises $22 million to deploy driverless shuttles across US
May Mobility secures $22 million investment amid expansion
Can ‘air traffic control’ make self-driving cars cheap and safe?
EECS-CSE assistant professor Walter Lasecki explains how new research can help driverless vehicles make decisions during times of uncertainty.
Self-driving cars could deploy sooner using ‘air traffic control’ technique, U-M researchers say
EECS-CSE assistant professor Walter Lasecki explains how new research will allow driverless vehicles to make decisions during times of uncertainty.
The first driverless spin
EECS-CSE Associate Professor Matthew Johnson-Roberson discusses on-going driverless vehicle research and testing going on around the country.
Stateside: MI’s energy infrastructure; mother of modern office design; pushback on Title IX changes
Prof. Johanna Mathieu talks to NPR about what we learned about Michigan’s energy infrastructure during the Polar Vortex, and what we could do to avert a similar situation in the future.
Research team investigating Internet censorship with tracking system
EECS-CSE research assistant professor Roya Ensafi explains how Censored Planet monitors censorship online.
University launches Commission on Carbon Neutrality
Prof. Stephen Forrest serves as co-chair of the new commission that will define carbon neutrality in the context of U-M and set a timeline and recommend strategies to achieve that goal.
The punishing polar vortex is ideal for Cassie the robot
EECS-ECE professor Jessy Grizzle explains how the polar vortex was used to push current robotics to its limits to improve designs in the future.
A poker-playing robot goes to work for the Pentagon
Michael Wellman, the Lynn A Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, discusses how AI might help in military decision-making with Wired.
The elite intel team still fighting Meltdown and Spectre
Self-driving cars keep tapping the brakes
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, an EECS-CSE and NAME associate professor and co-director of the University of Michigan’s Ford Center for Autonomous Vehicles, discusses the growing pains of self-driving vehicles with Bloomberg.
Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.”
EECS-CSE professor Rada Mihalcea is a guest on the Freakonomics podcast where she discusses her fake news detecting algorithm.
Parabricks finds a niche to target its computing power
University of Michigan spinoff company Parabricks is featured in Crain’s Detroit Business.
Online censorship in Saudi Arabia soared after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
Censored Planet, an internet censorship project lead by EECS-CSE research assistant professor Roya Ensafi, detected a sharp uptick in censorship following the killing of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi.
Why space weather is being made in the lab
EECS-ECE professor Louise Willingale discusses the power and potential of the HERCULES laser.
Why space weather is being made in the lab
Lousie Willingale, assistant professor ECE, discusses her research using HERCULES to study magnetized space winds in a lab.
The Malware of the Future Will Have AI Superpowers
Research delving into neural network vulnerabilities done in part by EECS-CSE professor Atul Prakash and U-M graduate students is discussed in Gizmodo.
People Who Buy Smart Speakers Have Given Up on Privacy, Researchers Find
A U-M study that included EECS-CSE assistant professor Florian Schaub looked at smart home devices like Alexa and users opinion of privacy after owning one.
A moral code for computer scientists
In an interview with Stateside, EECS-CSE Professor H. V. Jagadish says that businesses should do more to incorporate data ethics into their practices.
This is the most important moral question about self-driving cars
EECS-CSE professor Benjamin Kuipers discusses self-driving cars’ decision-making process with Vox.
A stellar achievement: Magnetized space winds in the laboratory
The international team that includes Prof. Louise Willingale is investigating the role of intense magnetic fields dragged by high-speed plasmas through astrophysical environments. HERCULES was used in the experiments.
J. Alex Halderman on Election Systems and Vulnerabilities
Alex Halderman discusses election systems and vulnerabilities ahead of midterm elections with C-Span.
Don’t kid yourself, U.S. enemies are trying to hack our elections
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses election hacking and vulnerabilities ahead of midterms.
Parabricks finds a niche to target its computing power
EECS-CSE professor Scott Mahlke and U-M spin-off Parabricks are featured.
The internet security company Dug Song is betting on
Internet security company Censys is detailed by Crain’s Detroit Business.
A look at the election security charges in Georgia’s governor’s race
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses election vulnerabilities ahead of the midterms with PBS.
How to hack an election
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses voting machine vulnerabilities ahead of midterm elections.
Here’s how an AI lie detector can tell when you’re fibbing
EECS-CSE professor Rada Mihalcea discusses her research and how they trained an algorithm to detect lies.
The Quest to Build Robotic Hands
Humans can readily manipulate all kinds of objects. But robots need better mechanics – and a lot more intelligence. Prof. Dmitry Berenson teaches robots with large “arms” how to manipulate even soft, malleable objects.
Should You Be Afraid of Election Hacking? Here’s What Experts Say
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses election security ahead of midterms.
The midterms are already hacked. You just don’t know it yet.
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman and grad student Matt Bernhard discuss election security risks with Vox.
Self-driving cars will have to decide who should live and who should die. Here’s who humans would kill.
EECS-CSE professor Benjamin Kuipers discusses a new study that delves into the decisions automated cars could make in the future.
The campaign for mobile-phone voting is getting a midterm test
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses election security ahead of midterms.
KLA-Tencor Announces Plans to Establish R&D Facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan
“We’re confident that we can continue to create and deliver impactful technologies that ultimately help enrich the human experience. Our expansion into Michigan will help us realize our vision,” said alumnus Rick Wallace, chief executive officer.
How hackable are American voting machines? It depends who you ask
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses voting machine vulnerabilities ahead of the midterm elections.
Zetian Mi joins PBS SciTech Now for interview
EECS-ECE professor Zetian MI is featured in PBS SciTech Now.
Ashkin, Mourou, Strickland Win Nobel Prize in Physics
EECS-ECE Professor Emeritus Gerard Mourou and two other Nobel Prize awardees are featured.
Physics Nobel prize won by Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland
EECS-ECE Professor Emeritus Gérard Mourou and two other Nobel Prize awardees are detailed.
Nobel prize in physics awarded to scientists who put light to work
Gérard Mourou and two other researchers were awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ‘tools made of light’; first woman in 55 years honored
Three researchers, including EECS-ECE Professor Emeritus Gérard Mourou are winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics.
Former University of Michigan professor awarded Nobel Prize
Michigan Engineering Professor Emeritus Gérard Mourou and two other researchers were awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.
University of Michigan professor wins Nobel Prize in Physics
Michigan Engineering Professor Emeritus Gérard Mourou and two other researchers have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.
University of Michigan-led effort explores ‘active learning’
EECS-ECE professor Cindy Finelli is the lead investigator on collaborative research to improve student engagement in STEM education.
Facebook hack: What to do if you’re affected
EECS-CSE professor Kevin Fu suggests security measures Facebook users should implement after the latest hack.
UM-led effort explores ‘active learning’
EECS-ECE professor Cindy Finelli is the lead investigator on a research project that’s looking to enhance STEM education through active learning.
PsiKick Brings Patented Batteryless IoT Sensor to Steam Traps
Prof. David Wentzloff’s startup company PsiKick is helping companies and their customers save money by ensuring equipment such as steam traps are functioning properly.
Stateside: Wisconsin’s suspect water diversion, UM orchestra gives sci-fi film a live soundtrack
Alec Gallimore, Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, talks about the twin roles that music and science play in Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The film was shown with accompanying live orchestra and chorus at Hill Auditorium Friday, September 21.
How to hack an election—and what states should do to prevent fake votes
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman presented his election hacking findings at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech conference.
Judge weighs whether Georgia must switch to paper ballots
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman says election meddling has gone from an internal interference to interference from outside governments; particularly Russia.
Is Trump taking on Russia? President authorizes sanctions on countries that interfere in elections
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman says if Russia plans to interfere in U.S. midterms, they’re probably already in our election systems.
To cripple AI, hackers are turning data against itself
EECS-CSE researcher Kevin Eykholt discusses machine learning with Wired.
Cuba’s “sonic attack” on the U.S. Embassy could have been merely sounds emitted by a listening device
EECS-CSE professor Kevin Fu’s research done in collaboration with Zhejiang University researchers is referenced in Scientific American.
Security upgrades are too little, too late for 2018 midterms, and race is already on for 2020, experts say
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman discusses election security with Newsweek.
Alumnus Garlin Gilchrist named as running mate for Michigan Governor race
Gretchen Whitmer to name Detroiter Garlin Gilchrist II as running mate.The quest to build robotic hands
EECS-ECE Assistant Professor Dmitry Berenson discusses the technology that’s driving robotic hands advancements.
New system can detect fake news better than humans
EECS-CSE professor Rada Mihalcea and her fake news detector research are highlighted in New Indian Express.
Michigan is making tech tiny … very tiny
David Blaauw explains the newest and smallest dust-sized computing system developed by a team of electrical and computer engineers.
Alumna Darlene Phillips appointed to U.S. DOE Advisory Committee
Phillips (BSE EE 1993; MBA 1998 Ross School of Business Business Administration) has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee by Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.Algorithm beats humans for sniffing out fake news
Futurity shares the fake news detector research story done in collaboration with Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor Rada Mihalcea.
This fake news detection algorithm outperforms humans
The Next Web delves into the fake news detector research done in collaboration with Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor Rada Mihalcea.
Researchers claim new algorithm beats humans at spotting fake news
Research led by EECS-CSE Rada Mihalcea highlights a new method for detecting fake news.
Appier Strengthens AI Team with New Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist
Alumnus Dr. (PhD EE:S) Dr. Min Sun has been appointed Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist of Appier, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company.Fake news detector algorithm works better than a human
Tech Xplore highlights the fake news detecting algorithm developed my Michigan Engineering researchers.
Fake news detector algorithm works better than a human
University of Michigan develops fake news detector to fight misinformation
Why election security experts really like paper records
EECS-CSE professor Alex Halderman talks election security with Marketplace Tech host host Tracey Samuelson.
Microsoft: Here’s how to limit ‘Foreshadow’ attack impact
Your PC might need an update to fight ‘Foreshadow’
‘Foreshadow’ attack affects Intel chips
EECS-CSE professor Thomas Wenisch explains how Foreshadow was discovered and the implications of the security risk.
Three more data-leaking security holes found in Intel chips as designers swap security for speed
Spectre-like flaw undermines intel processors’ most secure element
University of Michigan professors are quoted in Wired.
University of Michigan team creates an even smaller world’s smallest ‘computer
Sounding the alarm on the dangers of electronic voting
EECS-CSE professor J. Alex Halderman discusses electronic voting and hacking vulnerabilities with Bloomberg News.
Memory-processing unit could bring memristors to the masses
Research conducted by ECE professor Wei Lu is featured.
Computer the size of a speck of dust created at University of Michigan
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester and Jamie Phillips and BE professor Gary Luker discuss the world’s smallest computer.
University of Michigan’s $10M funding program aims to encourage big, daring ideas
The Blue Sky Initiative is part of the University of Michigan College of Engineering’s new internal research funding approach that’s based on a startup investment model.
Michigan researchers demonstrate memristor-based PDE solver
EECS-ECE professor Wei Lu is featured in HPCwire.
Memristor setup could make computer chips more efficient
People are bad at spotting fake news. Can computer programs do better?
EECS-CSE professor Verónica Pérez-Rosas and colleagues studied real and fake news with the hopes of building programs that can spot it more effectively.
Drone dreams engineered into reality
AERO and EECS professor Ella Atkins discusses the benefits of U-M’s M-Air facility in North Campus.
Visa restrictions for Chinese students alarm academia
AERO and EECS professor Ella Atkins is quoted.
Michigan Engineering researchers receive $16.7M for advanced computing projects
Michigan Engineering’s research efforts are shared by HPC Wire.
Beyond silicon: $1.5 billion U.S. program aims to spur new types of computer chips
EECS professor Valeria Bertacco discusses innovation in the computer innovation industry.
Safety in Numbers: Computer Scientist Races to Develop Unhackable Code to Protect Everyone’s Data
Tap into Newark profiles alumnus Dr. Kurt Rohloff (PhD EE) and his data security company, Duality.University of Michigan to launch new website to help people navigate social media
ECE alumnus Garlin Gilchrist serves as executive director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility.Rick Bergman sees that Synaptics stays in touch
ECE alumnus Rick Bergman is CEO of Synaptics, a company dedicated to “human interface technology.”The Smallest Computer in the World Fits On a Grain of Rice
The University of Michigan just defeated IBM in creating this tiny computing device designed by ECE Professors David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester.The Smallest Computer in the World Fits On a Grain of Rice
The University of Michigan just defeated IBM in creating this tiny computing device.Simple self-driving shuttles become first robot rides in Detroit
Edwin Olson, associate EECS professor, is the CEO of May Mobility.
Sonic attacks: How a medical mystery can sow distrust in foreign governments
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team were able to recreate the disturbing sounds heard by personnel.
The world’s smallest computer can fit on the tip of a grain of rice
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips led the development of the system. VICE reports.
The world’s smallest computer can fit on the tip of a grain of rice
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips led the development of the system.
The world’s smallest computer is so tiny that it makes a grain of rice look gigantic
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips led the development of the system.
University of Michigan outdoes IBM with world’s smallest ‘computer’
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips led the development of the system.
May Mobility is deploying self-driving vehicles block by block, starting in Detroit
Edwin Olson, associate EECS professor, is the CEO of May Mobility
Researchers create world’s smallest ‘computer’
David Blaauw, EECS-ECE professor, led the development of the new system together with EECS-ECE professor Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of ECE.
A mystery illness is still affecting diplomats in Cuba and China
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team showed how ultrasonic signals can combine to produce audible and potentially dangerous tones similar to the ones that the diplomats described.
The world’s smallest computer revealed: Incredible image shows tiny machine dwarfed by a grain of rice
David Blaauw, EECS-ECE professor, led the research with fellows EECS-ECE professors Jamie Phillips and Dennis Sylvester.
World’s tiniest ‘computer’ makes a grain of rice seem massive
David Blaauw, EECS-ECE professor, led the development of the new system together with EECS-ECE professor Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of ECE.
World’s smallest computer is dwarfed by a grain of rice
David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips, EECS professors, led the development of the new system together. Interesting Engineering reports.
Tiny device forces us to rethink ‘What is a computer’?
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips led the development of the system. Futurity reports.
World’s smallest computer makes a grain of rice look like a giant jellyfish
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips, led the development of the system together. TechRadar reports.
Researchers create world’s smallest ‘computer’
EECS professors David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, and Jamie Phillips led the development of the system. TechXplore reports.
New memories seek embedded use
Wei Lu, EECS professor, is co-founder and Chief Scientist of Crossbar Inc, a Silicon Valley semiconductor company.
Chip designer Ambiq Micro raises $11M of planned $20M offering
Ambiq Micro is a U-M startup based on microchip technology co-founded in 2009 by Scott Hanson (BSE MSE PhD EE ’04 ’06 ’09) and his thesis advisors, Prof. Dennis Sylvester and Prof. David Blaauw.Can ultrasonic noise make you sick?
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team showed how ultrasonic signals can combine to produce audible and potentially dangerous tones similar to the ones that the diplomats described.
Net Neutrality is officially dead. Here’s how the changes could affect you, according to experts
Florian Schaub, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.
Could connected cars pose a new threat to smart cities?
Z Morley Mao, EECS professor, co-wrote the article with EECS PhD candidate Qi Alfred Chen.
Here’s why scientists are questioning whether ‘sonic attacks’ are real
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, has some of the only experimental evidence to suggest what might have happened in Cuba.
Mysterious brain injuries at embassies may be linked to common ultrasonic devices
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team were able to recreate the ear-shredding screech reported by embassy workers.
The “sonic attack” in China was probably clumsy ultrasonic eavesdropping
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team showed how ultrasonic signals can combine to produce audible and potentially dangerous tones. Quartz reports.
Uber’s fatal crash revealed a self-driving blind spot: Night vision
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.
Smart locks raise property insurer concerns over hacking
Atul Prakash, EECS professor, and his team found that they were able to hack into a smart lock by programming a new PIN code.
U.S. Spy Agencies Seek Tech to Identify Deadly Chemicals From 30 Meters Away
Mohammed Islam, electrical engineering and computer science professor, and his team’s research into chemical sensing is profiled in IEEE Spectrum.
Lasers Could Make Computers 1 Million Times Faster
Researchers from Germany and the University of Michigan created a new computing technique that uses laser-light pulses to make a prototype of the fundamental unit of computing, called a bit, that could switch between its on and off, or “1” and “0” states, 1 quadrillion times per second.
15 of The Greatest Minds in Automobile Engineering Today
Interesting Engineering highlights ECE alumnus Andrew Farah, who’s spearheading GM’s move into autonomous cars.Startup Maps AI into Flash Array
EE Times profiles Mythic, an AI accelerator chip startup founded in 2012 at U-M by EECS alumnus Mike Henry and Dave Fick mentored by Professors David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester.From accident prevention to bike parking, Ann Arbor’s 100 mobility companies cover plenty of ground
Read about the Jason Corso’s company Voxel51, Ed Olson’s company May Mobility, alumnus Ansgar Strother’s company Movatic, and many more.
Crossbar pushes resisted RAM into embedded AI
The company, co-founded by Wei Lu, EECS professor, hopes to move artificial intelligence systems into mobile devices.
Lasers Could Make Computers 1 Million Times Faster
Researchers from Germany and University of Michigan pulsed infrared laser light on honeycomb-shaped lattices of tungsten and selenium, allowing the silicon chip to switch from “1” to “0” states just like a normal computer processor — only a million times faster.
Russians had ability to change voter data but didn’t, report says
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum
A team of researchers in Germany and at the University of Michigan have demonstrated how infrared laser pulses can shift electrons between two different states, the classic 1 and 0, in a thin sheet of semiconductor.
This Michigan-developed material is a solar power breakthrough
Stephen Forrest, EECS and MSE professor, led the work.
Watch robot casually strut its stuff through fire
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, sent bipedal robot Cassie Blue through fire.
Here’s how hackers could cause chaos in this year’s midterm election
J Alex Halderman, EECS professor, staged a mock election to demonstrate security flaws in voting machines.
Video Friday: Cassie on Fire
If you’ve ever wondered why Cassie continually takes steps like she’s walking across something hot, this video will make sense to you.
The lab making robots walk through fire and ride segways
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, and his lab are teaching bipedal robot Cassie to navigate all kinds of environments.
Stacked organic solar cells reach record 15% efficiency
Stephen Forrest, EECS professor, led the research.
The US has fallen silent over its sonic attack theory in Cuba
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, reverse-engineered the cyber attacks in his lab to better understand them.
Canada makes Cuba posting a solitary one for diplomats
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, reverse-engineered the cyber attacks in his lab to learn more about them.
Our democracy is broken. Why can’t technology fix it?
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, proved that voting software was vulnerable to security threats.
Duo Security: Upstarts
A company founded by two CSE alumni and headquartered in Ann Arbor recently sold for $2.35 billion. (Yes, billion.) What did they do right?
Professor Stephen Forrest elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University of Michigan faculty members have been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for their significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields.Cassie Blue robot at capitol building
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, is quoted. WILX reports.
Can AI really solve Facebook’s problems?
Florian Schaub, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.
University of Michigan breaks ground on $75M Ford Robotics Building
MLive highlights the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Robotics Building.Tech startup sues Apple over Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor
Mohammed Islam, EECS professor, is the founder of OmniMedSci.
Under a millimeter wide and powered by light, these tiny cameras could hide almost anywhere
Euisik Yoon, EECS professor, and his team built a prototype sensor that is less than a square millimeter, and fully self-powered in sunlight.
Michigan engineers develop solar-powered imaging sensor
This device developed by Sung-Yun Park, Kyuseok Lee, Hyunsoo Song and Professor Euisik Yoon can simultaneously capture an image and harvest energy.
University of Michigan launches outdoor lab for autonomous drones
Jessy Grizzle, ME and EECS professor, is the director for Michigan Robotics.
University of Michigan helping mold the future of drones
Ella Atkins, AERO professor, is quoted.
University of Michigan unveils outdoor drone lab
Jessy Grizzle, ME and EECS professor, is the director for Michigan Robotics.
University of Michigan’s outdoor drone lab takes flight
Jessy Grizzle, ME and EECS professor, is the director for Michigan Robotics.
University of Michigan’s outdoor drone lab takes flight
Ella Atkins, AERO professor, is quoted.
Drones fly in new University of Michigan outdoor test lab
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, is the director of Michigan Robotics.
M-Air drone lab opens with eyes on the skies
Ella Atkins, AERO professor, said the outdoor facility will allow researchers and students to push algorithms to the limit while staying safe.
University of Michigan’s outdoor drone lab takes flight
Jessy Grizzle, ME and EECS professor, is the director for Michigan Robotics. AERO professor Ella Atkins is also quoted.
Despite cash from Congress, key election security issue may not get fixed
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted. WEMU reports.
Self-driving car industry confronts trust issues after Uber crash
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.
The self-driving Uber in fatal crash didn’t have a vision problem
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.
How May Mobility is spearheading autonomous driving in the form of shuttle services
Edwin Olson, associate EECS professor, is the CEO of May Mobility.
Mythic snags $40 million to advance AI chips
Mythic is an AI accelerator chip startup founded in 2012 at U-M by EECS alumnus Mike Henry and Dave Fick mentored by Professors David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester.What’s Next In Neuromorphic Computing
Wei Lu, EECS professor, has his work mentioned in a discussion of how the commercialization of neuromorphic computing will require improved devices and architectures in Semiconductor Engineering.
Faulty bugging devices may have caused mysterious diplomat illness in Cuba
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, analyzed an Associated Press video of a high-pitched sound that an embassy victim had recorded.
U of M computer scientists might have solved mystery behind Cuba ‘sonic attacks’
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, does research on the use of ultrasonic waves to interfere with computer devices.
Study: Malfunctioning surveillance gear, not sonic weapons, could explain Cuba embassy ‘attack’
Kevin Fu, EECS assistant professor, believes that the sounds could have been caused by improperly placed Cuban spy gear.
UM prof floats new Cuban sonic attack theory
Kevin Fu, EECS assistant professor, does research on the use of ultrasonic waves to interfere with computer devices.
Finally, a likely explanation for the “sonic weapon” used at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba
Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, specializes in analyzing the cybersecurity of devices connected to the Internet of Things.
Comcast offers 1-gigabit service in SE Mich.
Mosharaf Chowdhury, EECS assistant professor, is quoted.
BMW, Toyota back a driverless startup that wants to start small
Edwin Olson, associate EECS professor, is the CEO of May Mobility.
BMW and Toyota are investing in a start-up that makes self-driving shuttles
Edwin Olson, EECS associate professor, is May Mobility’s founder and CEO.
How artificial intelligence is going to affect the financial industry in 2018
Jason Mars, assistant EECS professor and CEO of Clinc, has developed a conversational AI platform for financial institutions.
The myth of the hacker-proof voting machine
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
Howard University College Of Arts And Sciences Appoints Three Distinguished Faculty To New RolesE
ECE Alumna Dr. Kim Michelle Lewis (MS EE; PhD Applied Physics), has been appointed as associate dean for Research and Graduate Programs and full professor in the Department of Physics.Pacemakers, defibrillators are potentially hackable
Kevin Fu, Associate EECS professor, is quoted.
Toyota Prius software fix may reduce fuel efficiency, experts say
Heath Hofmann, EECS professor, is quoted.
Toyota failed to fix defect that can cause Prius to overheat and lose power, dealer claims in lawsuit
Heath Hofmann, Electrical Engineering professor, adds his expertise on a 2016 Toyota Prius recall in the Los Angeles Times.
SRC’s new R&D centers
The new $32 million center will develop new ideas in computing frontiers, such as autonomous control, robotics and machine-learning. Semiconductor Engineering reports.
Could algorithmic accelerators spur a hardware startup revival?
Valeria Bertacco, EECS professor, directs the ADA center. TheNextPlatform reports.
DARPA funds six centers working on computer design alternatives
Valeria Bertacco, EECS professor, leads the project. TechRepublic reports.
May Mobility steers to market with new tech licenses, plans to double workforce
Edwin Olson, May Mobility’s founder and CEO, is an associate professor of computer science and engineering.
6 months in business, autonomous vehicles on the road: Meet Ann Arbor’s May Mobility
Edwin Olson, May Mobility’s founder and CEO, is an associate professor of computer science and engineering. Benzinga reports.
May Mobility is a self-driving startup with a decade of experience
Edwin Olson, May Mobility’s founder and CEO, is an associate professor of computer science and engineering.
Bedrock to test May Mobility autonomous shuttle this week
Edwin Olson, May Mobility’s founder and CEO, is an associate professor of computer science and engineering.
May Mobility steers itself to $11.6M
Edwin Olson, May Mobility’s founder and CEO, is an associate professor of computer science and engineering. Global University Venturing reports.
Ask AI: How not to kill online conversations
Qiaozhu Mei, EECS professor, and colleagues trained a machine-learning program on about 63,000 Reddit threads to learn what dialog-ending responses look like.
U of M team developing ‘unhackable’ computer
Todd Austin, CSE professor, led the research.
How to create the unhackable computer
Todd Austin, CSE professor, led the research. Healthcare News Analytics reports.
DARPA takes chip route to ‘unhackable’ computers
Todd Austin, CSE professor, led the research.
A new type of computer could render many software hacks obsolete
Todd Austin, CSE professor, led the research.
US military backs project to create unhackable ‘Morpheus’ computer that can thwart hackers ‘like a Rubik’s cube’
Todd Austin, CSE professor, led the research.
US military wants to create an unhackable computer that works like a Rubik’s Cube that gets rearranged
Todd Austin, EECS professor, led the research.
DARPA backs development of “unhackable” Morpheus computer system
Todd Austin, EECS professor, lead the research. New Atlas reports.
Here’s how you can fight for net neutrality even after the FCC vote
Florian Schaub, EECS assistant professor, is quoted.
New Program in Advanced Water Splitting Materials
Prof. Zetian Mi is Director of a US DOE program on solar hydrogen fuel production (2017 to 2021), titled “Monolithically Integrated Thin-Film/Silicon Tandem Photoelectrodes for High Efficiency and Stable Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting,” which consists of 8 research groups in four universities and three national labs to develop solar water splitting devices and systems for hydrogen fuel production.Too late to upgrade election defenses?
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
Local experts weigh in on net neutrality as FCC considers new regulations
Harsha Madhyastha, EECS associate professor, is quoted.
The time to hack-proof the 2018 election is expiring — and Congress is way behind
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
An afternoon with U-M Robotics’ newest robot
ClickonDetroit spends time in Jessy Grizzle’s lab to witness his latest two-legged robot, known as Cassie Blue.
Jeff Sessions admits he has no idea what DOJ is doing to prevent election hacking
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
Securing the vote: How ‘paper’ can protect US elections from foreign invaders
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, spoke on cybersecurity during a recent panel discussion in Washington.
Ann Arbor cements its status as a tech hub to watch with first unicorn
Dug Song, Michigan Engineering alum, is CEO and co-founder of Duo Security, an Ann Arbor-based startup.
U. of Michigan expert puts bird-like robot through its paces
Jessy Grizzle, EECS professor and director of Michigan Robotics, is quoted.
Could Estonia be the first ‘digital’ country?
In 2014, Michigan Engineering conducted a study that identified “major risks in the security of Estonia’s internet voting system” and recommended “its immediate withdrawal”.
Tony Fadell’s next act? Taking on Silicon Valley—from Paris
Alumni Tony Fadell (BSE CE 1991) searches for investments with his venture firm Future Shape while he continues to build roots in Paris.
DeepMind computer teaches itself to become world’s best Go player
Satinder Singh, EECS professor, is quoted.
Why the Krack Wi-Fi mess will take decades to clean up
Kevin Fu, EECS associate professor, is quoted.
VAuth tech feels your voice in your skin
Kang Shin, EECS professor, has developed a wearable device that can take the form of a necklace, ear buds or a small attachment to eyeglasses. New Atlas reports.
Self-flying planes may arrive sooner than you think. Here’s why
Ella Atkins, AERO and EECS professor, is quoted.
Hacking North Korea is easy. Its nukes? Not so much
Will Scott, EECS research fellow, spent several months-long stints in North Korea teaching at one of its universities.
The U.S. Navy is developing artificial limbs that are intelligent
Jerome Lynch, CEE and EECS professor, is overseeing the sensor array’s development. Futurism reports.
U-M to study flexible STEM classrooms
NSF funding will help EECS associate professor Cindy Finelli and AERO research fellow Aaron Johnson continue their research.
Polaris Industries’ electric vehicles go driverless to ferry downtown Detroit workers
Edwin Olson, EECS associate professor, is the CEO of May Mobility.
Using truly secure passwords: 6 essential reads
Florian Schaub, EECS assistant professor, recently found that including emojis in passwords may increase security. Courtesy of The Conversation.
Ultrafast lasers catch electrons relaxing after brief excitement
Mackillo Kira, EECS professor, says the results are exciting.
The Internet of Things: From Hype to Reality
The web of connected objects has so far failed to live up to its billing. But that should change.
May Mobility is a self-driving startup with a decade of experience
Edwin Olson, EECS associate professor, is CEO and co-founder of May Mobility.
There’s a pizza delivery in Ford’s future, by driverless car
Mcity is a vast pilot project to develop connected-car technologies, and self-driving Ford Fusions or Lexus sedans can often be seen navigating downtown streets.
Self-driving pizza delivery cars to be tested in the US
The process has already had a preliminary, self-driven, test at Mcity.
Phone browsing could become faster, may use less data with smart code
Harsha Madhyastha, EECS assistant professor, is one of Vroom’s developers.
Smart code helps your phone browse the web twice as quickly
U-M researchers have found a way to boost performance without security compromises.
Many county election officials still lack cybersecurity training
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
U.S. elections are an easier target for Russian hackers than once thought
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
You’d never have to plug in this battery-free cell phone
David Blaauw, EECS professor, comments.
Digital ballots, outdated machinery leave us exposed to Russian hack round two
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, has voiced concerns over election security.
World’s most high-tech voting system to get new hacking defenses
In 2014, EECS Professor Alex Halderman recommended the “immediate withdrawal” of Estonian internet voting, citing “major” security risks.
Here’s exactly how Russia can hack the 2018 elections
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, testified in June before the Senate Intelligence Committee about voting machine security. VICE news reports.
Tencent dominates in China. Next challenge is rest of the world
EECS alumnus Martin Lau is the lead strategist and steward of day-to-day operations, as well as the one who fields questions during Tencent’s quarterly conference calls with investors and analysts.
How to prevent Russian hackers from attacking the 2018 election
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, wants to improve election security.
Clever RDMA technique delivers distributed memory pooling
Mosharaf Chowdhury, EECS assistant professor, think they can resolve the issue of creating a large pool of memory for applications without making big changes to hardware or software. The Next Platform reports.
An invitation for more hacks
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is quoted.
Were 2016 vote counts in Michigan and Wisconsin hacked? We double-checked.
Matthew Bernhard, EECS Graduate Student Research Assistant, co-authored the article.
Report: Russia launched cyberattack on voting vendor ahead of election
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, is among those who have been sounding the alarm for years.
Memristor image processor uses sparse coding to see
Wei Lu, EECS professor, and his team have designed hardware specifically to run brain-like “sparse coding” algorithms.
Neuromorphic chips offer neural networks that actually work like the brain
Wei Lu, EECS professor, co-authored the study.
New computer chips that ‘see’ data will enable energy-efficient supercomputers
Wei Lu, EECS professor, and his team just published a paper in Nature Nanotechnology describing the new circuit and algorithm, which is based on a principle from neuroscience called sparse coding. Seeker reports.
Neuromorphic chips offer neural networks that actually work like the brain
Wei Lu, EECS professor, co-authored the study.
Apple just acquired this little-known artificial intelligence startup
Michael Cafarella, EECS associate professor, co-founded Lattice.
Teaching robots to teach robots
Dmitry Berenson, EECS assistant professor, is quoted.
North Korean university draws U.S. Evangelicals despite risks
Will Scott, EECS research fellow, taught at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) in 2013 and 2015.
An obscure app flaw creates backdoors in millions of smartphones
Yunhan Jia, EECS Graduate Student Research Assistant, is one of the Michigan researchers who reported their findings at the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy.
Hacking with sound waves
Kevin Fu, EECS Associate Professor, has found security flaws in devices containing accelerometers.
An obscure app flaw creates backdoors in millions of smartphones
Yunhan Jia, EECS Graduate Student Research Assistant, reported his group’s findings at the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy.
Is this tiny European nation a preview of our tech future?
J Alex Halderman, EECS professor, and his team revealed flaws in the electronic voting systems that can change the results.
A neural network helped researchers crack smartphone PINs using built-in motion sensors
Kevin Fu, EECS associate professor, demonstrated that accelerometers in devices can be manipulated and compromise security.
Five maps that will change how you see the world
Mark Newman, EECS associate professor, contributed to a voter turnout cartogram.
Why India needs a paper trail for free and fair elections
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, led a group of scientists in hacking an electronic voting machine to reveal vulnerabilities.
What you should know about Atlanta’s fiery bridge collapse
Jerome Lynch, CEE and EECS professor, comments on the fiery collapse of the bridge in Atlanta.
Where halls of ivy meet silicon dreams, a new city rises
Martha E. Pollack, EECS professor, the provost at the University of Michigan and Cornell’s incoming president to oversee campus building project in New York City.
University presidents: Prepare for global economy
Mark S. Schlissel, U-of-M president and other university presidents in Michigan: “Our ability to attract top international students and professors is crucial to our future success.”
Seizure-inducing tweet leads to a new kind of prosecution
Kevin Fu, EECS associate professor, said that a more common problem is malicious computer code, circulating online or on portable drives, that can end up in hospitals’ systems.
Tech Time: Software developed to help the blind
U-M students work with groups of children or individuals with disabilities to engineer a variety of assistive technologies tailored to meet their needs.
It’s possible to hack a phone with sound waves, researchers show
Kevin Fu, EECS Associate Professor, authored the research paper.
Computers could get 100,000 times faster thanks to laser light pulses
Quantum computers get a step closer
Laser pulse study could lead to ultrafast computers
We’re talking about computers 100,000 times faster than current machines.
Lasers Could Lead To Computers That Are 100,000 Times Faster Than Today
When you consider what today’s computers are capable of, it’s fairly mind-boggling to imagine what a computer would be like that’s 100,000 times faster.
Laser breakthrough could make computers 100,000 times faster
The result is a step towards lightwave electronics which could eventually lead to a breakthrough in quantum computing
WikiLeaks documents on Samsung smart TVs pose risks for an embattled tech giant
Atul Prakash, EECS professor, comments on the Wikileaks documents that purportedly described Central Intelligence Agency hacking tools in the Wall Street Journal.
On the road to self-driving cars, Toyota’s first stop is crash-free Camrys
Ryan Eustice, NAME, EECS, and ME associate professor, told Forbes that “[w]ith a Guardian vehicle the palette of things the car can do would be way more than just using the steering wheel and stepping on the brake.”
These four tech teams just won $12 million in the ERA carbon Grand Challenge
Zetian Mi is a member of a team initiated at McGill University in Canada that will receive up to $3M by reaching the second round of the Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses.Time to fold, humans: Poker-playing AI beats pros at Texas Hold’em
Michael Wellman, EECS professor, considers the programs “significant milestone[s] in game computation.”
Our voting system is hackable by foreign powers
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, says that he and his students could have changed the results of the November election.
Professor who urged an election recount thinks Trump won, but voting integrity still concerns him
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, continues to seek data from the states — Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — that could help him determine if anything improper affected the election results. Story in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Clinc raises venture capital round of $6.3 million
Jason Mars and Lingjia Tang, EECS research professors, co-founded Clinc. The company whose open-source intelligent assistant and machine learning research platform is involved in research programs with Intel Corp., IBM Corp. and the National Science Foundation.
Why some apps use fake progress bars
Eytan Adar, EECS professor, describes this “benevolent deception” used by sites and apps. In a paper he published in 2013 with a pair of Microsoft researchers, Adar described a wide range of design decisions that trick their users—but end up leaving them better off.
Memristor research highlights neuromorphic device future
Wei Lu, EECS professor, is working on neuromorphic processor technology. The Next Platform reports.
Will artificial intelligence ever actually match up to the human brain?
John Laird, EECS professor, discusses the evolution of artificial intelligence.
Not the time to make voting less secure
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, and other computer scientists have demonstrated repeatedly that voting machines are susceptible to hacking. He has also expressed doubt in the security of elections.
How powerful AI technology can lead to unforeseen disasters
Benjamin Kuipers, EECS professor, explains that although humans typically program AI-powered robots to accomplish a particular goal, these robots will typically make decisions on their own to reach the goal.
Johnson: Michigan may boost post-election audits
Alex Halderman, EECS professor, said routine audits of the state’s paper ballots would help ensure the results are accurate and safe from hackers.
Five things that got broken at the oddest hacking event in the world
J Alex Halderman, EECS professor, and Matt Bernhard, EECS graduate student, discuss attempts to prove that the U.S. election wasn’t hacked.
Vesper grabs $15M to build a durable low-power mic that listens forever
Vesper’s technology, which emerged in part from U-M, is constantly listening, but it is doing so with an incredibly low-power draw as it seeks out the frequencies characteristic of a human voice.
U-M researchers create helpful tool for Flint residents during ongoing water crisis
University of Michigan researchers have developed a new app aimed at helping Flint residents during the ongoing water crisis in the city.
Blaming Russia to overturn the election
Exhibit A in Stein’s petition is an affidavit from Professor J. Alex Halderman, a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, who alleges that Russia hacked the election.
Trump allowed to join fight against Pennsylvania recount
According to an affidavit in the earlier state case filed by J. Alex Halderman, a professor of computer science at U-M, hackers could have easily infected Pennsylvania’s voting machines with malware designed to lay dormant for weeks.
Tech advances leave society open to mass-murdering computer geeks
Dr. Kevin Fu, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, said hackers could target multiple hospitals and cause a “massive, nation-wide healthcare outage.”
GOP files federal appeal but Mich. recount continues
Alex Halderman, a computer science professor from the University of Michigan explains how a Michigan recount filed by Jill Stein’s campaign could reveal tampering with voting machines.
Russia weaponized social media in U.S. election, FireEye Says
Alex Halderman, a professor of Computer Science at U-M, said hackers could have infected Pennsylvania’s voting machines with malware designed to lay dormant for weeks, pop up on Election Day and then erase itself without a trace.
Vote recount push advances, but reversing Trump’s win is unlikely
The Stein campaign is seeking to answer the question of whether the vote was hacked by introducing malicious software into voting machines. The possibility was raised by J. Alex Halderman, a computer science professor at U-M.
The future of electronics is light
UM PhD Student Arnab Hazari: Today’s transistors are about 70 silicon atoms wide, so the possibility of making them even smaller is itself shrinking. We’re getting very close to the limit of how small we can make a transistor.
The election probably wasn’t hacked. But Clinton should request recounts just in case.
“Were this year’s deviations from pre-election polls the results of a cyberattack? Probably not,” Halderman writes. “I believe the most likely explanation is that the polls were systematically wrong, rather than that the election was hacked.”
Alex Halderman: we will never know if the Wisconsin vote was hacked unless we check now
Alex Halderman, professor of Computer Science at UM has clarified his earlier remarks about the integrity of the Wisconsin election: in a nutshell: voting machine security sucks, hackers played an unprecedented role in this election.
Hacked or not, audit this election (And all future ones)
On Wednesday, University of Michigan computer security researcher Alex Halderman published a blog post arguing that Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania should perform recounts due to risks that the election was hacked.
Jill Stein is asking for donations to fund a recount in states key to Hillary Clinton’s loss
J. Alex Halderman, a computer scientist at the University of Michigan, details in a Medium post that states that count ballots with machines rather than paper ballots are liable to be hacked with malware.
Trump election: Activists call for recount in battleground states
According to a CNN report, a group of scientists including J Alex Halderman, director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, has privately told the Clinton campaign it believes there was a “questionable trend”.
Want to know if the election was hacked? Look at the ballots
UM Computer Science Professor Alex Halderman: a skilled attacker’s work might leave no visible signs–though the country might be surprised when results in several close states were off from pre-election polls.
Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results
The scientists, among them J. Alex Halderman, the director of the U-M Center for Computer Security and Society, told the Clinton campaign they believe there is a questionable trend of Clinton performing worse in counties that relied on electronic voting machines.
Experts urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results in 3 swing states
The group, which includes voting-rights attorney John Bonifaz and J. Alex Halderman, the director of the U-M Center for Computer Security and Society, believes they’ve found persuasive evidence that results may have been manipulated or hacked.
Vulnerable connected devices a matter of ‘homeland security’
“In the short term, consumers are pretty much up a creek without a paddle,” says Kevin Fu, associate professor in the electrical engineering and computer science department at the University of Michigan.
Regulate cybersecurity or expect a disaster, experts warn Congress
“I fear for the day every hospital system is down,” Kevin Fu, who teaches computer security at the University of Michigan, told the hearing. “This will require some kind of governmental mandate.”
How you speak to Siri & Alexa matters more than you think — here’s why
“If we want the computers to behave differently, we have to actually pay attention to how we build them so we don’t just create mirrors of what society does,” says Rada Milhacea, a professor of computer science at U-M.
Evolving technologies pose challenge for medical device security
“A Brief Chronology of Medical Device Security” is the result of THaW, which is funded by the NSF. A.J. Burns, professor at UT–Tyler, and P. Honeyman, research professor of CS at U-M, collaborated on the article.
How safe is your smart home?
Atul Prakash is a computer science professor at the University of Michigan. He specializes in computer security. “I would be cautious, overall,” Prakash advises. “The technology is relatively new.
The network standard used in cars is wide open to attack
According to research presented last month at the ACM Conference, courtesy of computer scientists at U-M, the (CAN) protocol implemented by in-vehicle networks has a new and potentially quite dangerous vulnerability.
A lot of voting machines are broken across America (but it’s totally normal)
And this year is no different, as voting machines have always been vulnerable, said Matt Bernhard, computer science Ph.D. student at U-M and an expert on the security of electoral systems.
US election: Experts keep watch over ‘hack states’
“Unless the election is extraordinarily close, it is unlikely that an attack will result in the wrong candidate getting elected,” suggest Matt Bernhard and Professor J Alex Halderman, security experts from U-M.
The security challenges of online voting have not gone away
Matthew Bernhard, second-year computer science Ph.D student at U-M, and J. Alex Halderman, director of U-M’s Center for Computer Security and Society, emphasize online voting’s longstanding security challenges and setbacks.
Forget rigged polls: Internet voting is the real election threat
It was the office of Alex Halderman, a computer science professor at U-M. The hackers were graduate students, proving a point about Washington, D.C.’s fledgling voting system: that internet voting is vulnerable.
This is why we still can’t vote online
J. Alex Halderman, professor of CS at U-M, welcomed the opportunity to try to legally break into government software with his students. Within 36 hours, they found a tiny error that gave them full control of the system.
Notion raises $9.5M for a smarter email app, now live on mobile and soon, Alexa
“We have focused on building a great engineering team and also tapped the resources in our network, like U-M’s Artificial Intelligence Lab, and Computer Science professor Jason Mars as an advisor.”
Rigging the election
Alex Halderman a CS professor at U-M once hacked an open test of Washington D.C.’s online voting system by leaving a unique calling card. Anytime someone cast a vote, the online system would play Michigan’s fight song.
Experts: State should audit election results
“It should be done routinely in order to provide a strong degree of confidence,” said U-M cyber-security expert Alex Halderman. “That’s an opportunity for Michigan to improve its election procedures. You should audit every election.”
Even bugs will be bugged
An engineer at Berkeley, and David Blaauw, an engineer at U-M, are developing “smart dust” and “micro motes,” respectively: tiny computers mere millimeters wide that can be equipped with cameras and other sensors.
Why can’t we vote online?
J. Alex Halderman, CS professor, and his students took on the challenge of trying to hack a pilot online voting system. After 36 hours they successfully changed the names of the votes and made it so the Michigan fight song played after someone voted. Story from Capital Public Radio.
Why can’t we vote online?
During the pilot, folks were invited to try and hack the system. At U-M, Professor J. Alex Halderman and his students took up the challenge. It took them about 36 hours to change votes.
Far more Flint homes have lead lines than expected, report shows
Jacob Abernethy, EECS professor, and colleagues discuss how more than half of Flint’s homes could be connected to the city’s water system through a lead service line, a figure much higher than originally estimated.
A hot new app is hoping to change the way you manage your money
Jason Mars, CS assistant professor, and colleagues are trying to change the way we manage money. Clinc, a startup they created was one of the companies to win “Best in Show” at Finovate.
An experimental policing tool is gaining traction across the country — and there are major civil-liberties concerns
H.V. Jagadish, EECS Professor, discusses how with predictive policing we can have significant civil-liberties issues that arise very quickly.
U-M Solar Car Team seeking sixth-straight American Solar Challenge win
Shihaab Punia, CE student and team leader, discusses how the University of Michigan Solar Car Team members are hoping to bring back its sixth consecutive victory in the American Solar Challenge, an 8-day, 1,900-mile race that started on July 30 at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.
The Mr. Robot hack report: Ransomware and owning the smart home
U-M researchers have found vulnerabilities in Samsung’s SmartThings platform that let them set off smoke alarms or even unlock doors.
Video Friday: RoboCup finals, crowdsourced robotics, and growing drones in vats
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, along with U-M engineers teach a robot to walk on a deliberately difficult terrain.
Watch a robot learn how to walk
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, along with U-M engineers are teaching a bipedal robot, MARLO, to walk on uneven terrain.
This walking robot looks extremely drunk
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, along with U-M engineers are teaching robot, MARLO, to walk on uneven terrain. The team will be working on MARLO’s gait algorithms over the summer before it tries out the impromptu course, an art installation called the Wave Field, a second time.
U-M data science projects explore connection between student achievement, well-being
A project led by Prof. Rada Mihalcea seeks to uncover connections between students’ personal attributes such as values, beliefs, interests, behaviors and backgrounds and their success in school or overall sense of well-being.Credit score company FICO buys University of Michigan spinoff
Mingyan Liu, EECS professor, discusses how the cybersecurity company she cofounded, QuadMetrics, has now been bought by FICO.
Just how safe is your home security system?
Atul Prakash, CS professor, discusses how a team of U-M scientists was equipped to hack into prominent smart home security systems — Samsung’s SmartThings — just using malware.
Companion app allows users to keep a digital eye on loved ones
Lexie Ernst, student, discusses how she and fellow students have attempted to modernize the process of safely getting home alone by developing a peer-to-peer app called Companion, which allows users to connect with family, friends, or public safety officials to keep an eye on them virtually as they walk home.
Why can’t we just vote online?
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, says “There are protections in place to make sure the servers aren’t compromised, but if they are, they can output any vote totals they want,” in Pacific Standard.
Batman-inspired software lets you squeeze smartphone to make calls
Kang Shin, EECS professor, and a team of U-of-M engineers have developed pressure-sensitive display technology that can be applied to any smartphone without requiring special built-in sensors.
A simple software update lets any smartphone detect squeezes and forceful touches
EECS engineers have developed software that not only can recreate Apple’s 3D Touch functionality, it can also be added to any smartphone and can detect when the phone is being squeezed.
Apple’s new classroom experiment
Elliot Soloway, School of Education professor, cautioned that “[s]chools always make the mistake of buying computers first and then asking what do we do with them.”
Bipedal robot conquers uneven ground
Jessy Grizzle, EECS professor, and his team said that MARLO has the best walking ability of any robot not equipped with powered ankles. MARLO, an unsupported bipedal robot, can negotiate steep slopes, thin layers of snow, and unstable ground using algorithms.
Sonar may have turned up a long-lost Civil War ship, the Agnes E. Fry
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, NAME assistant professor, works with Nautilus Marine Group International to explore a Civil War-era shipwreck.
Machine learning and the wisdom of the crowd
Jacob Abernethy, EECS assistant professor, uses a market-oriented perspective to connect algorithmic concepts to financial markets.
Toyota teams up with University of Michigan researchers on autonomous driving
Ed Olson, EECS associate professor, and Ryan Eustice, EECS and NAME associate professor, have been hired by Toyota to collaborate on research on fully autonomous cars.
Blue Cross teams with Hygieia to test diabetes insulin delivery product
Security risks in the age of smart homes
Smart homes, an aspect of the Internet of Things, offer the promise of improved energy efficiency and control over home security. But there are also security risks. Smart home systems can leave owners vulnerable to serious threats, such as arson, blackmail, theft and extortion.UM professors, students lead startup with real-world uses for AI technology
Jason Mars and Lingjia Tang, EECS assistant professors, have just closed on $1.2 million in funding for their start-up, Clinc Inc.
PsiKick cracked code for battery-less tech
David Wentzloff, EECS professor and cofounder of PsiKick, has developed self-powered chips that save energy by sleeping when they are not signaled.
The promise – and perils – of predictive policing based on big data
HV Jagadish, EECS professor, discusses the potential consequences of using big data to predict crimes.
Lie-detecting algorithm spots fibbing faces better than humans
Rada Mihalcea, EECS associate professor, discusses how they trained a machine learning algorithm on the faces of defendants in recordings of real trials to detect truth tellers correctly 75% of the time.
University of Michigan joint institute gets $10M gift
John Wu, EECS alum, and his wife, Jane Sun, have given U-M’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute is getting a $10 million donation.
Bright blue PHOLEDs almost ready for TV
Jaesang Lee, EECS grad student and study leader, says the combination of high brightness and deep blue color is quite revolutionary.
This common cryptography method is alarmingly vulnerable
Alex Halderman, EECS professor, discusses new research that reveals that even the mathematics underlying a common protocol for exchanging cryptographic keys may be vulnerable.
Pocket-sized device sees north at forefront of diabetes care
Diabetes: Pocket-sized device to allow control over insulin intake
This is the world’s smallest computer
Computers used to consume whole rooms, but now one computer can fit on the edge of a nickel. At just one millimeter cubed, the Michigan Micro Mote (M^3) is the smallest autonomous computer in the world.Facing the Unknown, with Robots
Shai Revzen presented this talk at the 2015 TEDx at the University of Michigan event.These Energy-Saving, Batteryless Chips Could Soon Power The Internet Of Things
Utah is correct to both be at the front of online voting, and cautiously study security
Prof. J. Alex Halderman is the kind of friend to internet voting Utah needs – one who has the savvy to think and act like someone dedicated to hijacking an election.Southeast Michigan’s Most Innovative Companies
Pixel Perfect
The New Yorker profiles alum Paul Debevec (CE 1992), the engineer who invented the technology that creates an elaborate 3-D digital scan of actors for a variety of special effects applications.Marvell Technology Completes Acquisition of Cavium
Cavium was founded by ECE alumnus Syed Ali. Ali will continue as a member of Marvell’s Board of Directors