Google Finds Quantum Computers Could Break Bitcoin Sooner Than Expected

Google published a paper on March 31 that states that Bitcoin's cryptography could be impacted by quantum computing sooner ...
Ars Technica

Here’s the paper no one read before declaring the demise of modern cryptography

There’s little doubt that some of the most important pillars of modern cryptography will tumble spectacularly once quantum computing, now in its infancy, matures sufficiently. Some experts say that ...
UMass Lowell

Computer Science Majors Present Research at Conference in Sweden

Three computer science majors can add “academic conference presenter” to their résumés following a recent trip to Uppsala, Sweden. Justin Lu, who graduated in May, and seniors Jaelyn Dones and Garima ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

Four Students Receive Honorable Mention in CRA Undergraduate Research Awards

Four Northwestern Computer Science students — Nadharm Dhiantravan, Joel Goh, Marko Veljanovski, and Garrett Weil — received honorable mentions in the Computer Research Association (CRA) 2023-2024 ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Computer science professor Sorin Istrail wins award recognizing algorithms research

The 30th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms awarded its 2021 Test-of-Time Award to Sorin Istrail, professor of computational and mathematical sciences and professor of computer science, and his ...
Nature

How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science

Fifty-four seconds. That’s how long it took Raphael Wimmer to write up an experiment that he did not actually perform, using a new artificial-intelligence tool called Prism, released by OpenAI last ...
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Computer Engineering

Northwestern University’s Computer Engineering program is a joint program between the Department of Computer Science (CS) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and offers ...