They meant it well at our hotel in Bangalore, including the American spelling. But it came across as a threatening command :) I land up from the warm hospitality of here to the near-zero, bone-chilling cold of the Midwest.

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗨𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲" I was in London for all of two and a half days and packed in that, a whirlwind tour of obeisance to the home of Sherlock Holmes, the home of the BBC, the British Museum, and the Lord's

The IEEE Computer Society Juniors program funds events that inspire K-12 students toward Computer Science. We are accepting applications for events this year, up to $10K, all across the globe. Contact me if you have questions about proposing an event. linkedin.com/posts/ieee-com…

The BoilerMake Hackathon was a blast this weekend. With 109 teams comprising 500+ students who designed and hacked together challenging projects over 36 hours, it ended with the final 8 presenting to us judges. Bean bags were aplenty at the massive gyms in our CoRec. Kudos to

A video clip of the room where the BoilerMake Hackathon was going on. This does not fully capture the energy and the excitement in the room, but will have to do. Purdue University #hackathon

Are you one of the 300+ PIs who will be at the NSF CPS PI meeting next week in Vanderbilt? Saman Saman Zonouz and I are organizing a workshop on CPS Resilience there. Here is some fodder for your brain for the breakout. forms.gle/C7HRagmNcy56kE… U.S. National Science Foundation Vanderbilt University We will be

High-tech gear of its time. This one can be switched between 33" and 45". Seen in the heart of Music City. Vanderbilt University Gulch in Nashville

Catapult, Purdue's hackathon on all things at the intersection of AI and startups, just finished. Over a 24-hour sprint, teams of students coded up innovative project ideas that extend AI software packages and that have a business case. It attracted 200 participants, competing in

IEEE/IFIP DSN conference IEEE/IFIP DSN Conference just wrapped up in Naples. The Rising Star award, given to someone less than 10 years from graduation, went to Baris Kasikci Baris Kasikci of University of Washington for his contributions to theory and industrial impact of dependability. I

The IFIP Working Group 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance is meeting now in the pristine island of Ischia on the Gulf of Naples. The theme of the meeting is transportation cybersecurity. I presented some high-level thoughts based on our NSF Center CHORUS at the

IEEE/IFIP DSN conference IEEE/IFIP DSN Conference just wrapped up in Naples. We had chosen three best paper finalists and after voting by the audience in the room, the winning paper is "GnuZero: A Compiler-Based Zeroization Static Detection Tool for the Masses" by folks from the University of

Kudos to Domenico and Marcello, who led the organization of DSN. 277 regular paper submissions, 8 workshops, 308 attendees (with almost 100 students), and significant number of industry colleagues attending. Their warmth made us forget the June heat of Naples. The baton is

How can millions stream or log in at once without crashing the system? It’s all thanks to cloud tech and finite elasticity. Watch the clip and catch the full episode ⬇️ YouTube: bit.ly/ei-bagchi Apple: apple.co/4elSN8f Spotify: spoti.fi/4lh8MXv

The very final event of the final Usenix ATC. Curtains to 50 years+ of a wonderful conference. Let's make sure our wonderful technical community continues. USENIX Association #atc25

Delightfully losing one's way in southern Italy 10 days, great conference (IEEE/IFIP DSN Conference) and IFIP meeting, lots of trekking and ooh-ing over incredible vistas and thick espressos. distantwhispers.blog/2025/07/12/del… #Napoli #Amalfi #academiclife

I am visiting IIT Bombay CSE for a week. Folks have to take the toughest entrance exam in the world, the IIT JEE (I am sorely biased of course), and rank way up there to get in here. Here I am teaching a short course module on big data reliability and security. And here these