News

WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about how Russian scammers could target people through email or Facebook.

The DiTullio and Moran radio show, on WAIO-FM (95.1), features Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, discussing Russian cyberattacks.

The Conversation highlights an essay by Justin Pelletier, director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center.

Wired interviews RIT assistant professor Ashique KhudaBukhsh about his research studying the AI algorithms that create auto-captions on YouTube and Amazon.

Nature India interviews Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about his research using natural language processing methods to study film dialogues.

The Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences has a new initiative aimed at increasing its emphasis on diversity at all levels in the college. The GCCIS Diversity Initiatives office will support underrepresented populations, Women in Computing, and diversity and inclusion efforts.

Scientific American talks to Justin Pelletier, director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, about cyberattacks and misinformation campaigns.

Midnight Waves, a band formed by RIT students last semester, were named overall winners of Friday’s Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase with its Latin/jazz combo performance of “The Tiger of San Pedro.”

Ersin Uzun, former vice president and head of Global Internet of Things (IoT) Business at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and Xerox, has been named the Katherine Johnson Endowed Executive Director of RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute.

Cecilia Alm, an associate professor in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, was awarded nearly $2 million by the National Science Foundation to lead a team of RIT faculty addressing a lack of diversity in the artificial intelligence research community and gaps in AI curricula.

For RIT students, the learning doesn’t stop when classes end. In 2021, three student teams took what they’re learning and used it to win national and international competitions in cybersecurity, racing, and design.

Three faculty members who chose to start their research careers at RIT received prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards in 2021. Their research aims to advance the foundations of machine intelligence, artificial intelligence, and clean energy.