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July 9, 2025
Marco Rubio impersonator contacted officials using AI voice deepfakes – computer security experts explain what they are and how to avoid getting fooled
An essay by Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair, and Christopher Schwartz, research scientist in the Department of Cybersecurity, published by The Conversation.
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July 8, 2025
AI Empowers Novices to Launch Cyberattacks
Communications of the ACM speaks to Ersin Uzun, director of the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, and RIT trustee Kevin Surace ’85 (electrical engineering technology) about AI driven attacks.
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July 8, 2025
Game-changer Stephen Jacobs retires after 30 years
After three decades of teaching, mentoring, and pioneering academic and research programs at RIT, Professor Stephen Jacobs is retiring.
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July 2, 2025
Teaching Students to Build Digital Twins with the Help of Video Game Engines
Brian Tomaszewski, professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media, wrote an article about using ArcGIS technology to teach students how to create geospatial digital twins. The story was published in the Spring 2025 ArcUser magazine.
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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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July 1, 2025
RIT students win award for design of game 'Overboard'
WROC-TV showcases Overboard, an award-winning game created by Colby Heaton, recent graduate, and Elia Cohen, both new media interaction development majors.
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June 30, 2025
Delta locks some customer accounts over security concern: What to know
WHTM-TV speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the potential breach.
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June 17, 2025
Rochester-area collaboration drives global scientific progress: LLE and RIT look to unlock the secrets of extreme matter using AI/ML
A collaboration between RIT's Machine Learning and Data Intensive Computing (Mining) Lab and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) was featured in LLE in Focus Issue 6. Qi Yu, professor in RIT's School of Information, and computing and information sciences Ph.D. students are bringing artificial intelligence expertise to research in high-energy density (HED) physics.
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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 29, 2025
RIT student video game creations take top prizes at GameFest 2025
When RIT students create video games, they don’t just mail it in. A team of students recently won the Grand Prize at GameFest 2025 for developing Pelican Post. The game is about a pelican mailman delivering mail to a small town of unique characters.
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May 28, 2025
AI expert: ‘Use common sense’ as generative AI videos become more realistic
WROC-TV talks with Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair of RIT's Department of Cybersecurity, about the capabilities of Google VEO 3 and other generative AI video platforms.