2020

Jul 30

CMU and CCDC ARL announce new cooperative agreement

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have entered into a $3.5 million cooperative agreement that supports machine learning-enabled additive manufacturing.

Jul 29

New programming language and tool ensures code will compute as intended

A team of researchers including CyLab's Bryan Parno published a study about a new tool that mathematically proves that concurrent programs will compute correctly.

Jul 24

Three CyLab papers presented at the FTC’s PrivacyCon 2020

Three CyLab papers were presented at this year's PrivacyCon, focusing on privacy and security nutrition labels, making privacy choices easier, and perceptions of advanced video analytics.

Jul 21

Sensing tire wear

Researchers propose how we can we measure and monitor tire wear with tire wear sensors, increasing safety on the road, saving drivers money, and ultimately, saving lives.

Jun 29

The electric future of autonomous vehicles

A team of CMU Engineering researchers has shown that autonomous vehicles can be electric—despite the decreased driving range.

Jun 25

Shedding light (and sound) on hidden IoT devices in your next hotel room

In a new study, a team of CyLab researchers explored different locator designs to make IoT devices seem a little less hidden.

Jun 24

A new platform for neural recording from large brains

A team led by ECE/BME’s Maysam Chamanzar is developing a novel neural interface made from stainless steel for much safer, high-density neural recording.

Jun 18

How much control are people willing to grant to a personal privacy assistant?

In a new study presented at the CHI 2020 conference, CyLab researchers sought to find out how much autonomy people would feel comfortable giving to a personalized privacy assistant.

Jun 16

Molding masks against coronavirus

MechE’s Kenji Shimada and Erica Martelly team up for the America Makes Fit to Face Challenge, creating one of the top two designs in the competition.

Jun 03

Justine Sherry named to ISAT Study Group

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has named CyLab's Justine Sherry to the Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group for a three-year term beginning this summer.

May 27

IoT labels will help consumers figure out which devices are spying on them

A team of CyLab researchers have developed a prototype security and privacy “nutrition label” that performed well in user tests. To develop the label, the team consulted with a diverse group of 22 security and privacy experts across industry, government, and academia.

May 26

After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, and when they do, they’re often weaker

A recent study authored by CyLab researchers shows that only a minority of people change their passwords after a security breach, and those that do often change them to weaker ones.

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