Ali Ebnenasir, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, will present a Computer Science Colloquium on Friday, November 8, 2024, at 3 pm in Rekhi 214. The title of the talk is, “Making Headway on the Simplest Unsolved Math Problem Through the Specification and Generation of Convergence Stairs.” Talk Abstract: The focus of this . . .
It was August 15, 2003. A software bug invoked a blackout spanning the Northeast, Midwest, and parts of Canada. Subways shut down. Hospital patients suffered in stifling heat. And police evacuated people trapped in elevators. What should have been a manageable, local blackout cascaded into widespread distress on the electric grid. A lack of alarm . . .