Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Discoveries

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		Data Mining Pinpoints Network Intrusions Vipin Kumar and colleagues at the University of Minnesota are developing data-mining techniques to detect rare events, such as computer break-ins, that are difficult to detect using methods that recognize attacks only through pre-defined patterns. Released  April 19, 2004
		Graduate Student Invents'Printer' for Low-Cost Eyeglasses MIT doctoral student Saul Griffith is an old-fashioned inventor with high-tech style. His inventions include a 'printer' for low-cost eyeglass lenses and electronic goggles to diagnose a person's eyeglass prescription. Released  April 5, 2004
		An Automatic System for Matching Dental Records By matching bicuspid to bicuspid and filling to filling, forensic investigators use dental records to give a John Doe a real name. Researchers are combining advanced image-processing techniques with elements of logic to get accurate matches faster. Released  March 29, 2004
		Researcher Founds a Robot Soccer Dynasty Since receiving her doctorate in 1992, Manuela Veloso's research interests in artificial intelligence have focused on duplicating the success with which humans plan, learn and execute tasks. Founding a robot soccer dynasty was purely coincidental. Released  March 24, 2004
		Shoebox-sized Robots Deployed in Rescue Effort at Ground Zero Graduate students and the experimental robots they helped to develop were among the early responders who joined the search and rescue efforts shortly after the Sept. 11 collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Released  March 24, 2004
		NSF Researchers Improve Barcode Scanners; Advances Lead to Widespread Use of the Technology From tracking the sale of chewing gum to following the movements of penguins in one of the world's harshest environments, barcode systems automatically capture all kinds of data, thanks in part to NSF-supported improvements in scanner technology. Released  July 18, 2003