In Memoriam: Asghar Aghamohammadi (May 30, 1951–November 14, 2020)

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In memoriam –Scott Federhen (October 21, 1952 - May 5, 2016)

Scott (Herbert) Federhen passed away on May 5, 2016, after a short illness. Scott was well known for heading the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI’s) Taxonomy project, which he started in 1991. Under his leadership it became an international standard for nomenclature and classification. Born in 1952, Scott obtained a MS degree in Computer Science, focused on denotational sem...

In memoriam: Esther Thelen, May 20, 1941-December 29, 2004.

Dr. Esther (Stillman) Thelen, a prominent figure in the field of developmental psychology, died on December 29, 2004 after a yearlong battle with recurrent cancer. Professionally, Esther was known for her forward thinking, her elegant and prolific writing, her unapologetic embrace of the complexity of human behavior and its ultimate theoretical grounding in everyday life, and her tireless mento...

Lecture 14 — October 30 , 2012

In the previous lecture, we began our discussion of pseudorandomness. We presented the BlumMicali definition of a pseudorandom generator, which defines pseudorandomness in terms of how hard it is for members of a specific computation class to distinguish between true randomness and generated randomness. We proved Yao’s theorem, which provides a link between the existence of certain pseudorandom...

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Activity sensing in the home has a variety of important applications, including healthcare, entertainment, home automation, energy monitoring and post-occupancy research studies. Many existing systems for detecting occupant activity require large numbers of sensors, invasive vision systems, or extensive installation procedures. Disclosed is an approach that uses a single plug-in sensor to detec...