“People would be shocked about how our trails of breadcrumbs from our mobile devices and other platforms can be used, especially by nation states, and in different ways that can be a threat to national security.”
Anton Dahbura, Computer Science, co-director of the Institute for Assured Autonomy, on increasing concerns over use of Chinese-owned app, TikTok
“Honestly, with the data that I’ve seen on the EPA response site, the answer is no.”
Peter DeCarlo, Environmental Health and Engineering, on whether he thought residents of East Palestine, Ohio, were safe to return home after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed, releasing toxic chemical.
“The brain is the physical object that makes us who we are. This is the landmark first reference that we can use to compare everything else.”
Joshua Vogelstein, Biomedical Engineering, on his team’s successful completion of the connectome of the brain of a larval fruit fly.
“We’re more in the taking-the-cap-off-of-the-toothpaste phase. The toothpaste won’t be out of the tube probably for 10 years.”
Matthew Green, Computer Science, explaining that while advances in encryption and network design could bring further crypto-driven disruption, currently governments have shown they can and will find ways to crack down on networks used for criminal activities.