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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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