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Department of Software Engineering
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February 17, 2026
Honing résumés and mock interviews lead to co-ops
Muhammad Rafikov, a second-year computer science student, is heading to the Spring University-Wide Career Fair on the lookout for his second co-op. During this search, he plans to bring along everything he learned from his first internship last summer at Google.
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December 2, 2025
Move Over, Computer Science. Students Are Flocking to New A.I. Majors.
The New York Times speaks to Andy Meneely, associate professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the popularity of new artificial intelligence undergraduate majors.
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November 24, 2025
Software Engineering faculty and students celebrate newly renovated ‘Classroom of the Future’
Unconventional classroom with modern tech made possible by new gift from Palmers Family of Companies and Corning
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September 2, 2025
AI chatbots are creating more hateful online content
ABC News speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about how AI chatbots can be manipulative.
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July 16, 2025
AI’s antisemitism problem is bigger than Grok
Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, was interviewed by CNN about his research on antisemitism in artificial intelligence models. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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July 1, 2025
What is attack surface management? A guide for organizations
TechTarget speaks to Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about how attack surface management can help address the growth in the number of potential entry points threat actors might exploit.
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June 10, 2025
Researchers develop cybersecurity test for AI being used by Google
A team of RIT experts has created CTIBench, a new tool that evaluates how much a large language model really knows about cybersecurity. CTIBench is the first and most comprehensive benchmark in the Cyber Threat Intelligence space. The tool is already being used by Google, Cisco, and Trend Micro.
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June 3, 2025
Senior project uses AI-powered tools to help local business expand across North America
A team of software engineering students is completing a senior project with KidsOutAndAbout.com, an event curation platform that helps families find local events.
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May 7, 2025
From Stereotype to Slur in Three Clicks: Inside AI’s Mental-Health Hate Machine
Mad in America references a study coauthored by Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, and second-year computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Arka Dutta about how AI language models can swiftly escalate from mild stereotypes to promoting harmful narratives about mental health.
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April 21, 2025
10 tips for early career software engineers, from industry veterans
Business Insider features advice for new engineers from Samuel Malachowsky, principal lecturer in the Department of Software Engineering. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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March 28, 2025
RIT researchers use AI to uncover surprising trends in media coverage of police
A new study from RIT and Carnegie Mellon University experts is challenging a widely held belief about the media—that local news outlets have become more critical of the police in recent years.
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March 7, 2025
Experts don’t think AI is ready to be a ‘co-scientist’
Tech Crunch speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the risks associated with using AI to create hypotheses and research plans.