Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences News
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October 20, 2026
RIT cybersecurity expert explains French grocery store hack
NewsRadio WHAM 1180 talks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer of cybersecurity at RIT, about the cyber hacking of French grocery store freezers. (Interview starts at 1 minutes, 42 seconds.)
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October 19, 2026
Can you pick which face is 'gay' or 'criminal'? Professor sounds alarm over creepy way Google assigns characteristics
Daily Mail interviews RIT software engineering professor Ashique KhudaBukhsh about AI safety vulnerabilities and how image-generation models can reproduce stereotypes associated with sexual orientation, race, and criminality.
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October 16, 2026
RIT club connects students with growing geospatial field
Tigers of Geographic Information and Research is more than a geography club, although its members do love maps. Geographic information systems technology is used to analyze and visualize location-based data, with applications varying from urban planning and environmental management to crime analysis.
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October 16, 2026
As issues persist with GIANT’s online services, cybersecurity expert weighs in on attack
ABC27 speaks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer of cybersecurity at RIT, about the cyberattack disrupting GIANT Food Stores’ online services, the challenges of restoring complex retail systems, and the potential role of AI in cyberattacks.
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October 14, 2026
Upstate university students, faculty address the issues they're facing with AI
Spectrum News speaks with Garret Arcoraci, principal lecturer in the School of Information, and students in RIT's artificial intelligence program about AI ethics, potential risks, government oversight, and preparing students to develop and use the technology responsibly.
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October 14, 2026
Korn having a blast with Space Raccoons card game
The Mercer Island Reporter interviews 2025 RIT game design and development graduate Brandon Korn about Space Raccoons: Raccoons in Space, a game he and fellow RIT students developed while at RIT.
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October 9, 2026
‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features
The Conversation features an essay by RIT software engineering professor Ashique KhudaBukhsh examining research revealing how generative AI models reinforce stereotypes about sexual orientation, race, and criminality when altering images, raising concerns about bias and algorithmic profiling.
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October 6, 2026
'We're chasing a moving target,' water plant cybersecurity experts say
Spectrum News speaks with Matthew Wright, professor and chair of cybersecurity at RIT, about growing cyber threats to public water systems and the importance of stronger cybersecurity protections for critical infrastructure.
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October 1, 2026
RIT student wins HackMIT with low-cost medicine testing device
An RIT student and his team took home the first-place grand prize at HackMIT 2026, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hackathon. The team developed a low-cost testing device so anyone can check whether their medicine is real.
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September 24, 2026
RIT faculty, staff, and students come together to turn a Rochester teen’s Make-A-Wish dream into a playable game
19-year-old Caleb Pixley worked with RIT community members and Rochester-based ROC Game Dev over six months to bring his vision for "The MAW" to life.
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September 24, 2026
RIT students across disciplines create peacebuilding video game
Small choices can have big consequences. That’s the idea at the heart of Peaceland: Choose Your Memory, a new video game being developed by students and faculty at RIT.
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September 24, 2026
Dice in Mind podcast: Dr. José Zagal on Games Research
José Zagal, director of the School of Interactive Games and Media, joined an episode of the Dice in Mind podcast where he discusses his path to academia, publishing a book about Dungeons & Dragons, and game scholarship advice.