In This Issue:
- Hackers Trick Facial-Recognition Logins with Photos from Facebook (What Else?)
- Berg receives UNC Hettleman Prize
- Through the Looking Glass - UNC CS research in virtual environments
- Pozefsky featured on UNC Research's Women in Science Wednesday
- Alterovitz is the brains behind robots that advance in-home medical assistance
- 2016-2017 Triangle Computer Science Distinguished Lecturer Series
- Department News
Hackers Trick Facial-Recognition Logins with Photos from Facebook (What Else?)
WIRED profiled security and computer vision research presented at USENIX 2016. Our researchers fooled smartphone facial recognition software using a 3D reconstruction made from Facebook photos.
Berg receives UNC Hettleman Prize
Associate Professor Tamara Berg has been honored with UNC’s Philip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty.
Through the Looking Glass
Endeavors Magazine takes a look at how UNC CS laid the groundwork for 3D computer-generated graphics and continues to push the boundaries of virtual environments today.
Pozefsky featured on UNC Research's Women in Science Wednesday
Research Professor Diane Pozefsky discusses what made her want to be a computer scientist as well as the breadth of opportunities for young women entering the field.
Alterovitz is the brains behind robots that advance in-home medical assistance
The Daily Tar Heel profiled Associate Professor Ron Alterovitz for a series on professors doing interesting things at UNC.
Triangle Computer Science Distinguished Lecturer Series
Many of the speakers for the 2016-2017 TCSDLS have been announced, and the first two lectures are scheduled for October 17 and November 14.
Raymond Mooney
University of Texas at Austin
Generating Natural-Language Video Descriptions using LSTM Recurrent Neural Networks
17 October 2016
011 Sitterson Hall (SN011)
4:00 p.m.
Jim Kurose
University of Massachusetts Amherst
National Science Foundation
An Expanding and Expansive View of Computing
14 November 2016
011 Sitterson Hall (SN011)
4:00 p.m.
Please visit cs.unc.edu/tcsdls for the full calendar of TCSDLS lectures, as well as lecture abstracts, lecturer biographies, location information, and more.
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There, you will find news and updates from your fellow alumni, job listings specifically targeting UNC CS alumni, upcoming alumni events in Chapel Hill or around the country, and other ways to stay connected.
