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A team of USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers has created an algorithm that can help policymakers reduce the overall spread of disease.

 

The team consisted of Bryan Wilder, a computer science PhD candidate and other professors. The algorithm made a better use of resources and considered the dynamics of people such as movement, age and death when making this algorithm to help predict those who have not been diagnosed and could unknowingly spread the disease.

 

In the world of infectious disease, the best prevention is prediction. Public outreach campaigns help prevent the spread of infectious disease such as tuberculosis, malaria and gonorrhea. Effectively reaching undiagnosed patients who may spread it is a challenge and the algorithm will help that.

 

 

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Northwestern University researchers develop a novel device called a “memtransistor.” This device operates much like a neuron by performing both memory and information processing.

 

It’s a combination of a memristor and transistor and has multiple terminals that operate like a neural network. The goal of this is take make computers more “brainlike” and energy efficient when it comes to storing and processing data.

 

The team consisted of Mark C. Hersam, Vinod K. Sangwan and Hong-Sub Lee.

 

“I think that would be a big jump in Computer Science, because there is always a race to make computers more efficient,” Said Kym Haywood, Junior CS major.

 

 

 

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University of Plymouth researchers Steven Furnell, Warut Kherm-am-nuai. Rawan Esmael, weining Yang, Ninghui Li conducted a computer security research study to increase computer security.

 

The purpose was to show that users who receive parameters when making a password were 10 times more likely to change it to something secure.

 

In a world of cyber-attacks information like this could be useful in making account privacy better and more efficient especially in the college population.

 

“I think if social media had more guidelines when it came to creating pages, then less accounts would get hacked,” Said Ahshar Menard local Georgia Southern student.

 

The research hopes to improve end-user security and security rights.