CS department celebrates Grace Hopper
At least 25 Tufts undergraduate and graduate students attended GHC in Houston, listening to keynote speakers, attending career fairs, and meeting other women in engineering fields.
Faculty
Robotics or nothing
Engineering student Zayyad Yunus wrote about student experiences in the first-year Simple Robotics course taught by Research Assistant Professor Ethan Danahy (pictured).
Department of Computer Science forms student council
The Department of Computer Science has instituted a new Tufts CS Student Council to further communications between the students, faculty, and staff. The council first met as an official group with Department Chair Kathleen Fisher this fall.
Computer Science forms external advisory board
The computer science department recognizes its newly constituted External Advisory Board (EAB).
Preventing emerging infectious disease transmission
A group of Tufts researchers studied the efficacy of disinfectants in preventing transmission of Ebola Virus Disease.
A public health emergency hiding in plain sight
In The Conversation, Professor Doug Brugge discusses the importance of regulating air pollution along with Kevin James Lane, an assistant professor at Boston University.
Facilitating extracellular electron transfer
Research from Assistant Professor Xiaocheng Jiang's lab was featured in the Emerging Investigators issue of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
Matson named President of space research association
Associate Professor Douglas Matson is the next president of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR).
Secure development
Professor and Department Chair Kathleen Fisher spoke to the IEEE Center for Secure Design's Thoughts on Secure Development blog about her work in programming languages and security.