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Cloud Service Outages Explained by Professor Timothy Wood

November 23, 2025

In the Washington Examiner, CS Prof. Timothy Wood explains the reasons for outages, the risks they pose to both providers and consumers, and what can be done to mitigate them.

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Documenting the Untold History of British Computer Systems

November 18, 2025

Adjunct Prof. Stephen Kaisler published two new installments in his “Historical Computing Machine Series,” exploring British Computer Systems developed from the early 1950s through the mid-1990s.

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Inside GW Career Quest San Francisco with Shrey Patel

October 31, 2025

From riding in an autonomous taxi at Zoox to seeing CBS News's behind-the-scenes magic, there was never a dull moment for Shrey Patel, a cybersecurity master’s student.