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KESHAV PINGALI SELECTED TO RECEIVE ACM-IEEE CS KEN KENNEDY AWARD

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) have named Keshav Pingali, a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, as the recipient of the 2023 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award. One of the IEEE CS's highest awards, the Ken Kennedy Award honors individuals with outstanding achievements in programmability or productivity in high-performance computing, together with significant community service or mentoring contributions. Pingali is cited for "contributions to programmability of high-performance parallel computing on irregular algorithms and graph algorithms."

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  • LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) have named Keshav Pingali, a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, as the recipient of the 2023 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award.
  • One of the IEEE CS's highest awards, the Ken Kennedy Award honors individuals with outstanding achievements in programmability or productivity in high-performance computing, together with significant community service or mentoring contributions.
  • Pingali is cited for "contributions to programmability of high-performance parallel computing on irregular algorithms and graph algorithms."
  • Pingali has made important contributions to software theory and practice in the areas of compilers, tools and programming languages for parallelism and memory management.

FitStack, a new solution for code and container risk management, launches with support from Varsity Venture Studio

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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MADISON, Wis., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Varsity Venture Studio – a collaborative venture studio between the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and venture builder High Alpha Innovation – announced the public launch of FitStack (www.fitstack.dev), a proactive risk management solution for application development teams to address the ongoing challenges in managing software supply chain security.

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  • "Roger and Mohannad's solution to such a pressing problem is the perfect fit for building a startup via Varsity Venture Studio."
  • Varsity Venture Studio, a University of Wisconsin-Madison-wide venture studio, turns ideas into funded software businesses.
  • Varsity Venture Studio is a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and venture builder High Alpha Innovation, and is the first university venture studio of its kind.
  • Learn more about Varsity Venture Studio at varsityventurestudio.com , High Alpha Innovation at highalphainno.com , and about WARF at warf.org .

2022 Wolfram Innovator Award Winners Announced at the Wolfram Technology Conference

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Friday, October 21, 2022
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Wolfram technologies have long been a major force in many areas of industry and research. Leaders in many top organizations and institutions have played a major role in using computational intelligence and pushing the boundaries of how the Wolfram technology stack is leveraged for innovation across fields and disciplines.

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  • The annual Wolfram Technology Conference returned to an in-person gathering in 2022.
  • We are pleased to introduce and congratulate the 2022 Wolfram Innovator Award winners.
  • CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Wolfram technologies have long been a major force in many areas of industry and research.
  • We are pleased to introduce and congratulate the 2022 Wolfram Innovator Award winners:
    Paul R. Garvey is a distinguished chief engineer/scientist at the MITRE Corporation , a not-for-profit organization operating federally funded research and development centers for the US government.

NTT Research Names Brent Waters as CIS Lab Director

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Monday, June 27, 2022
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NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that it has named Dr. Brent Waters as Director of its Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab.

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  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that it has named Dr. Brent Waters as Director of its Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab.
  • Waters joined NTT Research in 2019 as Distinguished Scientist and has been instrumental in building the CIS Lab into one of the worlds premier cryptography organizations.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220627005109/en/
    Dr. Brent Waters, Director, NTT Research Cryptography & Information Security Lab (Photo: Business Wire)
    One of Dr. Okamotos first decisions in 2019 was to ask Brent Waters to join NTT Research and help him recruit top talent, NTT Research President and CEO Kazuhiro Gomi said.
  • Currently, three labs are housed at NTT Research facilities in Sunnyvale: the Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab, the Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab, and the Medical and Health Informatics (MEI) Lab.

MEGA Security Update

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).

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  • Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).
  • While all MEGA client products use permanent sessions by default, some third-party clients such as Rclone do not, so their users may be exposed.
  • We also invite vendors of third-party client software to upgrade to the latest MEGA SDK, and those who maintain their own MEGA API client implementation, to add an equivalent fix.
  • MEGA has made a significant vulnerability payment to the researchers and welcomes reports from any other party.

MEGA Security Update

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).

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  • Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).
  • While all MEGA client products use permanent sessions by default, some third-party clients such as Rclone do not, so their users may be exposed.
  • We also invite vendors of third-party client software to upgrade to the latest MEGA SDK, and those who maintain their own MEGA API client implementation, to add an equivalent fix.
  • MEGA has made a significant vulnerability payment to the researchers and welcomes reports from any other party.

Generation USA Partners With University of Missouri-St. Louis to Offer, Through Verizon Skill Forward, Free Access to the Junior Full Stack Java Developer Program

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Monday, April 25, 2022
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ST. LOUIS, April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Generation USA has partnered with the University of Missouri-St. Louis to bring tuition-free access to career training tech bootcamps in the St. Louis community.

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  • ST. LOUIS, April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Generation USA has partnered with the University of Missouri-St. Louis to bring tuition-free access to career training tech bootcamps in the St. Louis community.
  • The Junior Full Stack Developer Program, which opens its first cohort on May 18, is made possible by the Verizon Skill Forward Initiative , a workforce development program designed in partnership with Generation USA.
  • The program provides free online training and assists workers who are unemployed, underemployed, facing job displacement due to automation or further challenged by the pandemic.
  • Verizon Skill Forward is a key initiative of Citizen Verizon, the company's responsible business plan.

VisiSonics Partners with University of Maryland to Pioneer 3D Audiogram Technology

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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We are honored to collaborate with our peers and neighbors at the University of Maryland, leading experts in the field of audiology, to bring this technology to life.

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  • We are honored to collaborate with our peers and neighbors at the University of Maryland, leading experts in the field of audiology, to bring this technology to life.
  • VisiSonics RealSpace 3D spatial audio solutions and packages are easy to integrate into a variety of platforms and form factors.
  • VisiSonics is a 3D spatial audio technology company with a complete suite of products that enhance end-users performance and experience.
  • VisiSonics physics-based RealSpace 3D audio technology is licensed by consumer electronics brands, semiconductor manufacturers, game developers and the military.

Datometry welcomes Chris Ré to Advisory Board

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Monday, October 4, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Datometry , the pioneer in database virtualization , is pleased to announce that it has added Chris R, founder of innovative technology startups, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, and data management expert, to its advisory board.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Datometry , the pioneer in database virtualization , is pleased to announce that it has added Chris R, founder of innovative technology startups, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, and data management expert, to its advisory board.
  • Prof. R joins Datometry with a deep understanding of technology and market dynamics around data management.
  • Chris R joins a group of distinguished advisors at Datometry, including Amy Chang, Sanjay Krishnamurthi of Microsoft, and Prof. Joe Hellerstein of UC Berkeley.
  • "Chris's wealth of experience in both database research and commercialization of advanced technology are an incredibly valuable addition to our advisory team," said Mike Waas, CEO of Datometry.