March 2, 2017
Researchers Store Computer Operating System and Short Movie on DNA
In a study in Science, researchers from Columbia University and and the New York Genome Center use a new coding strategy to maximize the data-storage capacity of DNA molecules.
February 19, 2017
Thinking Machines: When Artificial Intelligence Takes the Wheel
Mechanical Engineering Professor Hod Lipson’s latest book gained attention when it came out last fall for its prediction that these autos would become a reality sooner rather than later.
February 13, 2017
‘Habanero’ Spices Up High-Performance Computing at Columbia
Deep in the subbasement of the Jerome L. Greene Science Center there is enough computing power to perform 269 trillion mathematical calculations per second.
November 17, 2016
New Software Continuously Scrambles Code to Foil Cyber Attacks
As long as humans are writing software, there will be coding mistakes for malicious hackers to exploit. Code-shuffling software developed at Columbia effectively eliminates opportunities for hackers to reuse code to take control of a machine.
October 10, 2016
Dangerous Drug Interactions Uncovered with Data Science
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Data Science Institute at Columbia University have uncovered a potentially dangerous drug interaction using data science.