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The university’s two newest Ph.D. programs in cognitive science and physics offer diverse research opportunities for students and help them gain the skills and abilities needed to analyze data and grasp complex concepts. The new programs bring RIT’s total doctoral programs to 15.

Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) recently presented a cutting-edge defense mechanism against advanced wireless attacks at the prestigious IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). The paper, authored by Professor Hanif Rahbari and computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Naureen Hoque, was showcased at the top-ranked networking conference held in Vancouver in May.

WVIR highlights Dean Maxwell '24 (information security and forensics), former member of RIT's Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, on a coast-to-coast bicycle journey to bring awareness and raise money for people with disabilities.

The Rochester Business Journal talks to ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute's Sarah Yarger, project and operations manager, and Ersin Uzun, Katherine Johnson Endowed Executive Director, about how pro bono services will impact under-resourced organizations in the Rochester area.

The two-week trip was the culmination of the Japanese Game Industry course, where students learned about the world’s third largest video game market. RIT students immersed themselves in the culture, participated in a game jam with Japanese students, and visited a major Japanese game studio.

RIT student Micheala Stout is fulfilling her first co-op experience this summer by developing an interactive toy that fine tunes the motor skills of children with developmental disabilities.

RIT experts in artificial intelligence, screenwriting, and digital design made their mark on Hollywood this week at one of the world’s foremost conferences on entertainment, media, and technology.

Infosecurity Europe featured CTIBench, an evaluation tool created by a team of RIT cybersecurity researchers. The benchmark suite is designed to assess the performance of AI and large language models in cyber threat intelligence applications.

WHAM-TV talk with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the worldwide Crowdstrike outage.

News Radio WHAM 1180 chats with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the global IT outage hitting industries from travel to finance across the world. (Interview starts at the 15-minute mark.)

Exploding Kittens, the animated series based on the game, premiered on Netflix July 12. The nine-episode first season brings characters from the game to life and introduces new ones. It also coincides with updates to the Netflix Exploding Kittens mobile game and new show-adapted merchandise.

AARP interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about how to prevent criminals from taking over your phone and draining bank accounts. (This content may require a subscription to view.)