II - Computer Science (Theory)
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Shafi Goldwasser and former graduate student Guy Rosenblum, who is now at Microsoft Research, have conducted a ten year foundational study on computer security that focuses on side-channel attacks, the latest and greatest threat to security as cloud computing becomes the new standard.
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“Of all the ways to be honored, for me education is the one that really means the most,” said Abelson. “That’s how I think of myself at MIT, as a teacher.”
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At the Association for Computing Machinery’s Symposium on Theory of Computing in May, Silvio Micali, and graduate student Pablo Azar will present a new type of mathematical game that they’re calling a rational proof.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) named Scott Aaronson of MIT as one of two recipients of this year’s Alan T. Waterman Award. The honor goes to an outstanding researcher under the age of 35 in any field of science or engineering that is supported by the NSF.

