Computing for social good: Shwetak Patel’s take on how computers can make society better The last day of the 2022 Heidelberg Laureate Forum kicked off with an engaging lecture from ACM Prize in Computing laureate Shwetak Patel, where he presented some of the ways in which computing can help … 06. Oct 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
A ruthless cyber-pandemic: Hospital ransomware has boomed in 2020 “Romanian hospitals haven’t updated their software in 17 years,” tech journalist Andrada Fiscutean, wrote in back June. “There are over 1,300 ‘code red’ vulnerabilities,” she adds. At first glance, you’d be tempted to chalk it … 03. Feb 2021 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
What Role Can Computing Play in Battling the COVID-19 Pandemic? How can computing technology impact global health, particularly with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic? 2018 ACM Prize in Computing winner Shwetak Patel addressed this question on the second day of the Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum … 23. Sep 2020 | By Khari Douglas | 0 comments
