Capitology Blog
The innovative technological advancements shaping critical infrastructure construction
August 16, 2021Innovation in construction is booming with tons of new technological advancements in critical infrastructure, including sonar and recycling technology that can improve worker and environmental safety in transportation construction.
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The Ongoing Ransomware Crisis: A Cyber Expert's Perspective
August 5, 2021In mid-May 2021, the CEO of Colonial Pipeline, a major gas pipeline that services much of the Eastern Coast of the U.S., admitted that his company paid hackers an estimated $4.5 million in ransom in return for releasing their compute
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New AI systems create false information to mislead adversaries and prevent intellectual property theft
July 29, 2021A new and improved cybersecurity tool, developed by Dartmouth researchers, will mislead hackers trying to steal trade secrets by preventing intellectual property theft with AI, machine learning and natural language processing.
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Biden's Plan to Address America’s Critical Infrastructure Needs
July 26, 2021With the nation’s roads, bridges and high-rises in dire need of upgrades, questions remain as to exactly how Biden’s infrastructure bill addresses America’s needs and how much money Congress will devote to his American Jobs Plan.
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Critical Infrastructure and cybersecurity in food and agriculture industry
July 23, 2021The COVID-19 crisis highlighted many critical infrastructure and supply chain issues in the farming and food industries, but cybersecurity in the agriculture industry is important too. The government plans to address all of this.
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AI & Machine Learning in Social Cognition: Building understanding of subjective notions of human attraction
July 19, 2021By discovering how machine learning can understand human attraction, researchers have found a new use of AI in studies of social cognition that could improve our understanding of issues like implicit bias and decision-making.
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New to Capitol Tech: M.Res. in Aviation Maintenance
July 1, 2021At Capitol Technology University we are delighted to share that beginning in Fall 2021 we will offer a Master’s of Research (M.Res.) in Aviation Maintenance.
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LGBTQ+ Contributions to STEM
June 30, 2021To conclude Pride Month, Capitol Tech is wrapping up our series on influential LGBTQ+ figures in STEM with a summarized compilation of just a few of the contributions the members of the LBGTQ+ community have made to science, technolo
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Rise of digital solutions in the construction industry
June 29, 2021The construction industry has long resisted adopting new technological solutions.
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Questions of ethics arise as Google cybersecurity report exposes US counterterrorism effort
June 28, 2021Google discovered that the US government used hacking as a counterterrorism tool. The decision of how to report this vulnerability presented an ethics challenge in the cybersecurity field that will impact the industry for years.
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