Springer's Most-Read Engineering Paper of 2016? Research on 3D-Printing's Security Flaws.

We interviewed the paper's co-author when it came out. Here's what he said.

Partnership Propels 5G Development

NYU WIRELESS and National Instruments (NI) are teaming up to develop the advanced solutions needed to bring 5G to fruition.

Popular Science names two Brooklyn technologies among top 100 inventions of 2017

Cybersecurity from NYU's Uptane and decentralized cell network goTenna make the list.

When Everyone Is an Expert

In an era of instant feedback and crowdsourcing, the government misses out when it relies solely on authorized voices.

Leaders of World’s Intelligent Communities to Speak in New York

May 13, 2010

Thought Leaders from Award-Winning Communities in 12 Nations Discuss Future of 21st Century Communities at Building the Broadband Economy Summit at NYU-Poly

Brooklyn Atlantis citizen science project uses robot boats in Gowanus

Part of the citizen science movement that crowdsources field research, a team at NYU-Poly is working on Brooklyn Atlantis, which is using robotic boats to monitor and record data about the Gowanus…

MM-Wave Radio Spectrum Becomes Tangible 5G Path

NYU WIRELESS researchers are designing and validating technologies necessary for the millimeter-wave radio spectrum to create 5G wireless systems.

How worried should we be about artificial intelligence? I asked 17 experts.

“We should take seriously the possibility that things could go radically wrong.”

Open Data Kids Camp

August 4, 2016

Tandon’s Governance Lab partners with the United States Department of Agriculture to teach kids data science skills by doing projects to benefit Agriculture, Food Safety, and More

IBM Watson To Fight Cybercrime

After Watson beat human players on the TV game show Jeopardy!, its cognitive might was put to work in a variety of fields, including healthcare and finance. Now IBM Security is dispatching the…

Single virus sensing strikes gold

A hybrid whispering gallery mode/plasmonic biosensor can detect and size the smallest known virus, so that no viral particle can evade detection.

NYU Tandon Professor Named a Rising Star of Chemical Engineering

March 15, 2016

Jin Kim Montclare Is Honored by the American Chemical Society for Her Development of Engineered Proteins that Can Fight Disease, Mitigate Environmental Damage and More

Where 5G technology is headed and when

The 5G technology standard is under development as the Internet of Things and an increasing number of mobile users create demand for next-generation wireless infrastructure.

Millburn Ed Foundation Ready For Rocktoberfest 2017 Event

On October 1, the Education Foundation of Millburn-Short Hills will hold their 2nd Annual Rocktoberfest event.

NYU Tandon Doctoral Student's Cochlear Implant Technology Banishes Ambient Babble

Algorithmic Solution for Hearing Aids and Implants Tunes Out Talkers, Tunes in the Person the Wearer Wants to Hear.

GovLab’s 8 Takeaways for Handling Data Responsibly

The devil's in the data. A new report from NYU Tandon's Governance Lab attempts to define guidelines for its deployment.

Wow, This Haunting VR Game by NYU Game Center Devs and… Viacom?

The NYC Media Lab's Summit showcased scores of projects, including many developed by students and industry partners like Verizon and Viacom.

Apple Plans to Step Up Security as Congress Debates Encryption

The tech company could continue to move more security features into its iPhone processors and has hired a secure messaging specialist

NYU-Poly Cyber War Games Find Top Collegiate Sleuths

October 13, 2009

10 Teams Advance to Finals in Digital Challenges Designed to Discover the Next Generation of Cyber-Security Stars; Other Contests Remain Open for High School and College Students

NYU Tandon School of Engineering Expands Online Learning Program in Technology Management

September 28, 2016

New Online Master of Science Degree in Management of Technology Prepares Managers to Thrive in the Digital Age

Suneris found its biomedical manufacturing facility on Craigslist

The buzzy company behind Veti-Gel is adding staff, pursuing venture funding and getting acclimated to its renovated Sunset Park digs.

Syntactic Foam and Carbon Fabric Sandwich Satisfies Hunger for Lightweight Yet Strong Materials

July 16, 2015

NYU School of Engineering’s Nikhil Gupta and Collaborators Discover a Way to Expand the Applications of Metal Matrix Syntactic Foams to Autos, Ships, Trains, and More

200 Student Sleuths Vie Tonight in NYU-Poly Cyber War Games

More than 80 International Teams Compete in Opening Round of Cyber Security Awareness Week Games in Search of the Next Generation of Computer Stars

NYU entrepreneurship program puts military veterans back in basic training

The Veteran Entrepreneur Training (VET) Program at NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering concluded this month with a “nerve-wracking” demo day.

Wireless Communications Pioneer Ted Rappaport heading to NYU

The University of Texas at Austin in losing a wireless communications Guru to New York University and Polytechnic of New York University

Student cybersecurity hacking and education weekend at NYU-Poly

Poly's Cyber Security Awareness Week featured a Capture The Flag competition, testing students ability to test website's vulnerability, that has doubled in size every year for four years.

NYU is Building a Real-Life Holodeck

For what? All sorts of stuff. A $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation will get things going.

Mayor Bloomberg Launches NYC Media Lab

Partnership of the City, Polytechnic Institute of NYU and Columbia University Will Connect Media Companies with Academic Institutions and Drive Independent Technology Research

OPPO Advances 5G Research and Development

Smartphone brand partners with NYU to speed up the development of 5G mobile technology

Game Changer: Game Maker & UX Designer Catt Small talks Multifaceted Skill-sets, Interactive Technology and Diverse Industries

Israel is 5th Nation to Host Student Cyber Security Contest

Final hacking competition in world’s largest student-led cybersecurity games will be available this year at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Hands-on training for tomorrow's Internet engineers

NYU researchers give students around the world real-world networking experiences through NSF-supported GENI wireless resources

FCC Chief Lays Out Aggressive Timetable for Moving US Toward 5G

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined an aggressive timetable for moving the U.S. toward 5G, in a major policy address at the National Press Club Monday, saying he plans to circulate an order Thursday…

FCC OKs sweeping Spectrum Frontiers rules to open up nearly 11 GHz of spectrum

Decision may be most important one the agency makes all year, Wheeler says

NYU startup labs added $4B to city's economy

New York University's Future Labs help get tech startups off the ground, which has benefited New York City's economy, according to a new report.

Cyber Crime Fighters!

The teens hacking away at NYU’s CSAW competition are quite possibly our next line of cyber defense.

Q&A with CFN User Davood Shahrjerdi

Combining the unique properties of emerging nanomaterials with advanced silicon-based electronics, NYU's Shahrjerdi engineers nano-bioelectronics

AI Is Dreaming Up New Kinds of Video Games

AI programs that imagine new games show how the creative arts may evolve.

$15 Million Project Underway to Overhaul Storm Sewer System

The existing combined sewer system will then be converted into a sanitary sewer system and joined with an additional 2,900 feet of new sanitary sewer lines being installed under the project.

NYU: New York's other engineering school

As the buzz builds for Cornell Tech's long-awaited Roosevelt Island campus, NYU Tandon is undertaking a major expansion in Downtown Brooklyn

Push to Tackle Online 'Booter' Services

Teenagers are behind many of the web attacks that cripple websites and knock people offline, suggests an FBI study.

5 Cool Media Projects that Just got Money to Become Real

NYC Media Lab and Verizon teamed up to fund promising innovations coming out of the city's universities.

Corporate Social Responsibility for a Data Age

Proprietary data can help improve and save lives, but fully harnessing its potential will require a cultural transformation in the way companies, governments, and other organizations treat and act on…

World's Biggest Student Cyber Security Games Expand to India, Middle East, and North Africa

NYU Tandon, NYU Abu Dhabi, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Will Lure Best Young Hackers and Protectors to a Vital Field of Study

No More Ransom saves ransomware victims £6.5 million

The scheme unlocks 28,000 devices in its first year

NYU Tandon Student Team Advances in SpaceX Hyperloop Competition

The team of undergrads, grad students and one recent alum will return to California this summer.

Silicon Alley 2.0: Emerging Shape, Impact and Future Directions

February 26, 2007

The Partnership for New York City and Polytechnic University

McAfee exec pitches NYU-Poly women on cybersecurity careers

A 14-year veteran of product management at McAfee lays out the six types of people the cybersecurity industry needs.

Help NYU game researchers make fidgeting more productive

The people behind Fidget Widgets think desktop playthings actually serve a purpose. But they need your help: "Upload a photo or video of the doohickey you fiddle with as you work."

Free Online Courses Are Still Falling Short of Their Ultimate Promise

MOOCs were going to revolutionize education—but just because you put a college class online, doesn't mean you've solved the problem with university lectures.

Fort Greene, Clinton Hill Schools Place in LEGO Robot Competition

Local elementary and middle school students competed in the 13th annual FIRST LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier.

BotFactory’s ‘Squink’ brings 3D printing to circuit prototyping [crowdfunding]

With additive manufacturing, the NYU Poly startup wants to "democratize electronics."

Building Lenses: An open-source tool for mobile data viz

Justin Hendrix, executive director of NYC Media Lab, explains the idea behind an upcoming drag-and-drop data viz tool for journalists

Highview enters Liquid Air Energy Storage technology into New York ecosystem

Highview Power Storage, a developer of large-scale energy storage solutions that uses cryogenic liquids, has entered its energy storage system into the New York energy ecosystem.

Stung by Yelp Reviews, Health Providers Spill Patient Secrets

The vast majority of reviews on Yelp are positive. But in trying to respond to critical ones, some doctors, dentists and chiropractors appear to be violating the federal patient privacy law known as…

Developers Unveil 'SimCity' Style Tool For Urban Planning

The new "Betaville" allows anyone to add buildings, bridges and art to a digital replica of New York.

What's New in Civic Tech: U.S. House Approves Email Privacy Protections, Seattle PD Deploys Data Analytics Platform

Plus, DataRescue SF Bay event strives to preserve publicly accessible data resources from the federal government.

In leaked memo, Trump admin considers building national 5G network

Could the Trump White House fast-track a national 5G network? Not so fast.

Why 5G Isn't Aimed at Mobile Phone Users

The applications for 5G wireless target autonomous vehicles, factory floors, and the Internet of Things...not end users.

Taxi line app gets green light

Ride-sharing service BandWagon allows passengers to leap to the head of airport taxi stands. The Taxi and Limousine Commission has given it the go-ahead.

See 9 Projects Out of NYU's Global Hackathon

The event drew more than 1,500 participants across the university's three campuses — and even some hackers from Toronto.

NASA Showcases Virtual Reality for Space Exploration

Microsoft's HoloLens headsets are already aiding astronauts on the International Space Station, and next-generation VR could prove vital for journeys to Mars

IIT-Kanpur Pacts with New York University for Cyber Security

The MoU has been signed for a period of seven years, which could be extended upon review

Cleverness isn’t everything for a gaming artificial intelligence

Buttonmasher is Douglas Heaven's monthly column about video games, and how the way we play is changing

Adjustable Brain Implant Could Identify Seizure Origins, Shut it Down

The electrode array is made of a pliable material that's thickness is that of about a quarter of a human hair

NYU Wireless weighs in on FCC’s 5G future

NYU's multi-disciplinary research center is offering its input to the Federal Communications Commission. At stake: “the ultra-fast future of wireless communications.”

NYU Wireless Drives Next-Generation Technology

Students and faculty at NYU Wireless are fervently working to create the wireless technology of the future.

This NYU prof is trying to forecast 2035’s ‘Meerkat’

Elza Erkip of the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, who studies what's wirelessly possible, previews the topics she'll cover at next month's Brooklyn 5G Summit.

Next Week In NYC: 2 Days Of Non-Stop Animation Events At ANNY Best Of Fest

The fantastically successful screening series Animation Nights New York is having its second annual ANNY Best of Fest, a two-day event of screenings, panel discussions, vr demos, a fine art…

Elon Musk's Tunnel Vision: Why His "Boring Company" Underground Traffic Solution is a Bad Idea

Increasing space for single-occupancy driving is not the future — fewer cars is

Microwave Journal Offers 5G mmWave Communications Course and eBook from Prof Rappaport of NYU WIRELESS

2-Day online course and eBook from the most renowned expert on mmWave Communications

NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress Tackles Bus Reliability, Harmful Landlord Practices, with Data

In a new series called MetroLab's Innovation of the Month, we examine innovative data projects between universities and local governments.

Come Watch Top Cleantech Startups in New York Pitch Investors

If you’re an investor, utility, entrepreneur or established vendor eyeing the future of New York’s energy scene, you can’t miss this event.

Wanted: White Hat Hackers to Break New Automotive Software Updater Code

Over-the-air software updates for cars is a security risk. Researchers who developed an open source software update framework for cars are asking security experts to help find flaws in its code.

Wow: NYU is Spending More Than $500 Million to Up its Tech Presence in Brooklyn

“NYU’s expanded presence in Downtown Brooklyn will lead to innovative solutions to real challenges facing the world’s urban centers,” NYU President Andrew Hamilton said.

Big companies aren’t as well protected as they think

Experts on enterprise cyber security discuss the Department of Commerce's guidance for keeping data and critical IT infrastructure safe.

Smart students and smart thinking

A cloud-connected sensor system that can warn homeowners of a gas leak was among the smart solutions prototyped

Your Next Car Could Be Made From Coal Waste

If we're burning it, we might as well use the waste. A new option: Make ultra-light car engines out of coal fly ash.

Meet Andrea González: Computer Engineer, Future Lawyer, and Skilled Debater

January 6, 2026

10 critical security skills every IT team needs

Focus on hiring talent with the following security skills and your team will be equipped to prevent, protect and mitigate the damage of cybersecurity attacks — and speed recovery efforts.

20 Most Interesting People on Twitter Who Influence Future of Our Cities

Ever wonder who thinks up some of the tech you see in your city? Discover who's dreaming up tomorrow's cities that you should be following today.

NYU Researchers Find Cybersecurity Risks in 3D Printing

A new report from NYU researchers found that printing orientation and insertion of fine defects could affect the outcome of 3D printed products.

Astronomers Discover Roundest Star

Asteroseismologists delving into the Kepler mission's data trove have found a star that appears to be more spherical than any natural object.

Puerto Rico Looks to Alphabet's X Project Loon Balloons to Restore Cell Service

With much of the U.S. commonwealth’s cellular service and electrical grid down since Hurricane Maria, the parent company of tech giant Google could help restore wireless communication to 3.4 million…

Tot Bot Helps Physically Disabled Toddlers Explore

They'll be cruising around the house in no time thanks to this touchscreen-equipped chair.

Phishing, Hacks, and Better Online Security

The Google email attack, and how to protect yourself from online scammers and identity theft.

Study links phishing vulnerabilities to personality traits

A new report from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University has linked susceptibility to phishing scams to personality traits, noting that women may be more vulnerable to men.

NYU's High-School Hackathon Uncovers Next-Gen Brilliance

The 13th annual NYU Cybersecurity Awareness Week (CSAW) games kicked off today in Brooklyn, bringing together top high school hackers and researchers for a war games contest.

More Female International Students Pursue STEM Degrees at U.S. Universities

Research opportunities in the U.S. are drawing students to the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Why This NYU Tandon Prof Just Won a Prestigious Award for Big Data in Transportation

The lessons of big data could lead to more efficiency and better service. Joseph Chow is trying to optimize our transportation network.

Self-Assembling Photonic Crystals Miniaturize Optical Components and Enhance Laser Efficiency

Colloidal particles that are used in a wide array of technical applications, such as cosmetics, inks, paints, and foods, have the ability to self-assemble into an exceptional range of crystalline…

City Dangles $1 Million to School with Best 'Smart Gun' Design

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is offering $1 million to the school that can come up with the best 'smart gun' technology.

NYU Docs are Using Machine Learning to Stop a Stealthy Disease Before It's Too Late

Lymphedema causes unsightly swelling in the arms and legs. But researchers Mei Fu and Yao Wang have an idea for catching early symptoms sooner.

Nonprofits Use Technology to Empower People with Disabilities

Technology is often talked about as a disruptive force, but it can also be an invaluable assistant for those who need help the most.

What It Takes to Become an Application Security Engineer

Application security engineers earn more money than application engineers and are in high demand, but the job requires additional training in security.

New 'Vertically Integrated Projects' Program Gives Students Experiential Learning Opportunity at NYU

The Tandon School of Engineering offers undergraduates one credit per semester for real-world research

NYU Abu Dhabi Develops ‘Unhackable’ Computer Chip

‘Logic-locked’ security is implemented at the hardware level rather than software or system levels, researchers say