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Lessons Learned from the Lumper Part three in our e-series for Carnegie Mellon Today's Special Edition: Cybersecurity focuses on the article "Computer Heal Thyself." [.pdf]Believe it or not, the story of the lumper — the hardy, fast growing potato grown in 19th century Ireland — is inspiring one solution to computer security. The lumper became so popular that it was virtually the only potato farmed when a blight wiped out the entire crop, leaving millions starving. The lesson: biodiversity. Turns out, that lesson is just as important when it comes to computing. Mike Reiter and Dawn Song, two Carnegie Mellon professors, are engaged in research they call "cyberdiversity," working to reduce vulnerabilities by changing software configurations in order to make each computer unique. Their research makes up just one of more than 80 ongoing CyLab research projects involving more than 200 of the brightest experts in the world. From working with the federal government to address national threats to helping companies stop spammers from hacking into their systems, the work being done at Carnegie Mellon's CyLab is helping stop attacks. What's more, it's helping computers heal when they face a threat. To learn more, read "Computer Heal Thyself." [.pdf] |
Carnegie Mellon's SEI Since 1984, the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has served the nation as a federally funded research and development center. Working closely with defense and government organizations, industry and academia, the SEI is continually improving software-intensive systems.ReCAPTCHA  "Stop Spam. Read Books." That's the idea behind a new resource developed by Carnegie Mellon's Luis von Ahn (SCS '05 and current professor). An expert in the field of human computation, he's turned a popular spam-blocker into a tool to digitize books. Read more » |
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