![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920085915im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Fraudsters Beware: Iowa State Engineer is Developing Cyber Technology to Find You
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December 27, 2007
![Yong Guan](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920085915im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/yong_guan_l.jpg) | Yong Guan, Iowa State University's Litton Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has filed a patent on a technology that protects Internet advertisers from "click fraud"--falsely driving up the number of hits to ads on Web pages. The extra clicks drive up costs for pay-per-click advertising. Guan is also developing other technologies to improve computer security. Full story |
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