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Email Privacy: Finding the Balance Between Secure and Usable

May 25, 2016
When it comes to email security, sending an email is more similar to sending a postcard than a letter in a sealed envelope. A team of BYU computer scientists were honored for their research to make encrypting email easier.

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Using Nature to Nurture Robots

April 26, 2016
BYU researchers were inspired by Mother Nature in their quest to design movement patterns for a small army of robots. The computer scientists programmed the robots to mimic flocks of birds and schools of fish.

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BYU researchers improve genome assembly, stumble upon signatures for genetic disorders

January 07, 2016
A team of computer scientists at BYU looking for a better way to assemble DNA sequences was successful in more ways than one. 

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BYU computer scientist earns distinction of being "Highly Cited"

October 14, 2015
Computer science professor Thomas Sederberg has been designated a "Highly Cited Researcher," earning a ranking among the top 1 percent most cited of all publishing scholars in his field.

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