Android apps can infer your location through sensors – no permissions needed Android users beware: You might have apps tapping into your whereabouts without your knowledge. Recent research from Northeastern has shown Android apps requiring zero permissions can actually access certain sensors in your phone that enables them to infer your location, past and present. Guevara Noubir, professor at Northeastern’s College of Computer and Information Science, was […]
Boston.com Everything you need to know about norovirus, the illness afflicting Boston College students We asked Thomas Webster, a professor at Northeastern University, to educate us on all things norovirus: what it is, how it’s spread, and what we can do to combat it. How common is it to get norovirus, and how worried should we be? I think it’s pretty common. There’s not many deaths [from it], fortunately. […]
The Christian Science Monitor Want to stop apps from sharing your data? There’s an app for that, too David Choffnes keeps watch over his online privacy more than most – so much so that he designed a program to block apps on his iPhone from hoovering up his personal data. For instance, said the assistant professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, companies that request location data can track his whereabouts whenever that app is open, […]
Yahoo! Death to your lawn! Of the approximately 320 gallons of water that an average household uses every day, 15 percent goes to lawns and gardens, which adds up to about 9 billion gallons per day throughout the country, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Maintaining the lawn is “simply trying to sustain what we know isn’t sustainable,” says Matthias Ruth, professor […]
American Express Open Forum What you should know about using drones for your business A professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University in Boston and a former branch head of the Materials Physics Branch at the Naval Resource Laboratory, Harris claims that while there isn’t much going on in the commercial space right now, there’s a lot of potential. “There are a number of applications that I’m excited […]
How Middle East Studies professors handle bias in the classroom Dov Waxman, a professor of political science and the co-director of Northeastern University’s Middle East Center, remembers his first teaching job in Ankara, Turkey, at the beginning of the Second Intifada. “It was a baptism of fire,” says Waxman, who is Jewish. “When they asked me questions about the Holocaust, because they hadn’t heard about […]
MarketWatch What to do if your pension is frozen Review your annual benefit statements and payout options Besides that, experts also say that you should ask for your annual benefit statement. “If you do not ask, you may not get,” said Nick Paleveda, an adjunct professor in the Graduate Tax Program at Northeastern University and the CEO of National Pension Partners. The employer is […]
Boston Magazine Your iPad (and iPhone) is Covered in Bacteria We all know that iPads (or your favorite tablet of choice) are being used for more than personal reasons. Community tablets and other touchscreen devices have become commonplace, especially in doctor’s offices, where front desk personnel use them to check in patients. And most of us always have our iPhones or smartphones in our hands […]
A Smart Bandage To Let You Know When Your Wounds Are Infected As medical technology continues to advance, the lowly bandage continually gets left behind. Sure, it was exciting when Clear Strips bandages were introduced in 1957. And the Liquid Bandage, unveiled in 2002, is nothing to sniff at. But where are our sensor-filled Band-Aids? They’re coming soon, thanks in part to work being done by Ed Goluch, […]
Politico If AI steers a doctor wrong, who pays? “You really need to tailor the policies to the place that you are, knowing what the socio-demographic of the population is, what the employment in your region is, understand what the feedback effects between different activities are,” said Matteo Chinazzi, one of the study authors and a research associate professor at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute […]
So You Had a Bad Day … Your nervous system is in overload, so it’s no wonder you don’t know what you’re feeling anymore. This is called “experiential blindness,” said Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of “How Emotions are Made.”
Forbes Maintaining Employee Morale In A Remote Work Environment Barbara Larson, a professor of management at Northeastern University in Boston who studies remote working reminds leaders that, “It’s easy to be stressed out or depressed these days. Acknowledge there’s stress and difficulty. Your job is to be a cheerleader for the team.”