In the News
Sep '08
NCSU Moving Forward with $180M Engineering Buildings, provides insight into the CoE's plans to migrate to Centennial Campus, and the impact of new facilities on departmental and college rankings; Triangle Business Journal , by James Gallagher, Sep. 19VCL Smarter Than the Average Computer Lab, profiles how the Virtual Computing Lab gives students access to hundreds of programs like Maple, MATLAB from personal computers; The Technician Online , by Daniel Marcus, Sep. 18
SAS Teaches Local High Schoolers to Slice and Dice Data, profiles a pilot program that is an extension of company's efforts to integrate SAS skills at the university level through such programs as NC State's master degree in analytics; The News & Observer, by David Ranii, Sep. 15
NC State Computer Science Embraces FOSS Into Its Curriculum, Red Hat blog entry details collaborative effort to launch graduate-level course, Open Source Software Communications, as part of the initiative of the NC State Center for Open Software Engineering; RedHat.com, by Fedora Team, Sep. 08
Aug '08
N.C. State, Local School Test Computer Games as Teaching Tool, profiles work of Dr. James Lester and recent $2.5M research grant from NSF to study the use of computer games as a teaching tool; WRAL.com, by staff writer, Aug. 11Jul '08
Women Leading in Technology and Politics or Policy, lists Dr. Annie Antón among the nation's female movers and shakers working in areas related to technology and government ; The Political Voices of Women, by Sarah Granger, Jul. 22Bill for State's Burgeoning Video Game Industry Gutted in Legislature, mentions strong base for local employment including schools which have instituted game-based programs such as N.C. State's Digital Games Research Center; INDYWeek.com, by Zack Smith, Jul. 16
Three Engineers, Hundreds of Robots, One Warehouse, profiles Kiva Systems, a company co-founded by former faculty member, Dr. Peter Wurman, and its efforts to use robots to revolutionize distribution centers; IEEE Spectrum Online, by Erico Guizzo, Jul. 03
Jun '08
County Profile: Wake County, profiles the collaborative work of Dr. Michael Young and the Wake County Economic Development office to expose Serious Games as serious business in Wake County ; Business Leader Magazine, by staff writer, Jun. 30Another Successful Capitol Hill Science Fair, Dr. Michael Young visits Capitol Hill to man CRA booth to demonstrate his work in serious games; Computing Research Policy Blog, by Melissa Norr, Jun. 26
Lessons Learned from NCSU FOSS Class, Red Hat engineer, Will Cohen, discusses lessons learned from teaching NC State's first graduate course in free and open source software; Linux.com, by Bruce Byfield, Jun. 18
May '08
A Computer Lab That Students Use but Never See, profiles NC State's Virtual Computer Lab technology; The Chronicle of Higher Education, by Jeffrey Young, May. 30Digital Leaks Plugged, Dr. Annie Antón comments on Wake County's actions to protect personal data; News and Observer, by Michael Biesecker, May. 08
Apr '08
Tough Cookies for Web Surfers Seeking Privacy, more exposure for the report co-authored by Dr. Annie Antón, submitted to the FTC encouraging the agency to create a public "white list" of allowable opt-out cookies; Los Angeles Times, by Jim Puzzanghera, Apr. 19Ex-girlfriend Invaded Wake Official's e-mail, contains quote from faculty member and privacy expert, Dr. Annie Antón on how county officials should respond to threat; News and Observer, by Michael Biesecker and Thomasi McDonald, Apr. 17
Online Behavioral Advertising: Technical Steps Needed to Ensure Consumer Control, report co-authored by Dr. Annie Antón submitted to the FTC on the technical steps that need be taken to ensure consumer control within the context of online behavioral advertising; Center for American Progress, by Drs. Peter Swire & Annie Antón, Apr. 10
Tekelec's Buy a Future Play, quotes Dr. Injong Rhee; Triangle Business Journal, by Frank Vinluan, Apr. 04
Feb '08
IBM Partners with UCLA, NC State on Web Development, details how NC State graduate students working with Professor Munindar Singh will be among the first developers to get their hands on Project Zero; CampusTechnology.com, by David Nagel, Feb. 19Defense Incubator to Set Up Shop on NCSU Campus, quotes Dennis Kekas, director of NCSU's Networking Technology Institute and Defense & Security Technology Accelerator board member; Triangle Business Journal, by Frank Vinluan, Feb. 15
4,600 May Face ID Theft in Laptop Case, associate professor Dr. Annie Antón quoted on actions which should have been taken to protect personal data.; News and Observer, by Sam Lagrone, Feb. 08
Jan '08
EMS Loses Laptop with Sensitive Info, associate professor Dr. Annie Antón appears on camera discussing related privacy concerns; News 14 Carolina, by Heather Moore, Jan. 29Wake EMS Laptop is Missing, associate professor Dr. Annie Antón speaks to the risks of lost patient data because of the delay in reporting the missing laptop; News and Observer, by Sam Lagrone, Jan. 29
Middle Schoolers Dream Up Cities of the Future, quotes from *Dean Martin-Vega* about NC State's efforts to make the "e" in engineering stand for "excitement"; News and Observer, by Jane Stancill, Jan. 27
UNC System Schools Would Share $26M in Federal Cash, mentions the work done by Dennis Kekas in securing $4M to establish a "Secure Open Systems Institute" on Centennial Campus; Triangle Business Journal, by Adam Linker, Jan. 11
Dec '07
Wake Students Win Second Place in Science Competitions; News & Observer, by T. Keung Hui, Dec. 03Oct '07
Blueprint for success - It takes teamwork to build a car that can drive itself, features the Insight Racing Team and their DARPA Urban Challenge efforts. ; Machine Design Magazine, by Stephen J. Mraz, Oct. 25Net giants test web health, another feature that mentions on Dr. Annie Anton's position on Microsoft's HealthVault.; BBC , by Cristina Jimenes, Oct. 24
Does Microsoft's HealthVault really protect your privacy?, a Life Sciences piece on Dr. Annie Anton's blog posting about Microsoft's HealthVault.; VentureBeat.com, by David P. Hamilton, Oct. 14
PrivacyPlace fisks HealthVault, interesting blog on ZDNet Healthcare referencing Dr. Annie Anton and her PrivacyPlace.org position on Microsoft's HealthVault.; ZDNet.com, by Dana Blankenhorn, Oct. 09
Closing the Digital Divide, feature story about the NC State sponsored Geek-a-Thon event.; News & Observer, by Ruth Sheehan, Oct. 05
NC State Professor has Winning Formula; Features Dr. Vincent Freeh and the , Oct. 03
Aug '07
A Race Where No One's Driving, NCSU robot car moves ahead in a competition sponsored by the Defense Department; News & Observer, by Bruce Siceloff, Aug. 10