Newsmakers

Highlighting the professional and academic accomplishments of College of Computing and Information Sciences students, faculty, and staff.

Newsmakers are a quick and easy way to acknowledge the professional and academic accomplishments of RIT students, faculty, and staff, such as publishing an article in a scholarly journal, presenting research at a conference, serving on a panel discussion, earning a scholarship, or winning an award. Newsmakers appear in News and Events as well as the "In the News" section on faculty/staff directory profile pages.

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March 2025

  • March 26, 2025

    Qi Yu, professor in the School of Information, received a new award from the Department of Defense for his project, Dynamic Scene Graphs for Extracting Activity-Based Intelligence. The project will develop a dynamic learning framework to extract Activity-Based Intelligence in complex military operations.

  • March 26, 2025

    Michael Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, hosted a half-day short course on cleanroom basics for seven employees of Optimax on March 13.

  • March 24, 2025

    A delegation from RIT’s AWARE-AI program attended the second NRT+ Summit at Clemson ICAR, March 10-12. The event focused on technology transfer, interdisciplinary science communication, and career development. Ph.D. students Calvin Nau and Cedric Bone received top honors: Best Three Minute Research Presentation, Best Team Commercialization Pitch, respectively.

  • March 24, 2025

    Yinxi Liu, assistant professor in the Department of Cybersecurity, co-authored a paper accepted at the ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering in Norway. Collaborating with researchers from Southern University of Science and Technology and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Liu’s paper, “Enhancing the Detection of Smart Contract State-Inconsistency Bugs via Flow Divergence and Multiplex Symbolic Execution,” introduces DivertScan, a tool that detects vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts.

  • March 21, 2025

    Rajendra K. Raj, professor of computer science, led three sessions at the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2025 in Pittsburgh. The sessions focused on key areas in computer science education, including integrating security into the curriculum, revising undergraduate programs to align with the Computer Science Curricula 2023 guidelines, and discussing the evolving landscape of ABET accreditation criteria for computing programs. His sessions provided educators with insights into best practices for modernizing computer science education.

  • March 4, 2025

    Reynold Bailey, professor of computer science, presented “International Mobility for Ph.D. Students: Key Learnings” at SIGCSE 2025 in Pittsburgh. The work, co-authored by Cecilia Alm, Esa Rantanen, and Ferat Sahin, explores key insights and strategies for enhancing global mobility opportunities for Ph.D. students.

February 2025

  • February 26, 2025

    Justin Pelletier, director of RIT’s ESL GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, is presenting “The New Manhattan Project = Militarized AI” for the UMBC Cyber Defense Lab. The talk delves into the transformative integration of AI with autonomous combat units, juxtaposing historical analogs with the contemporary role of AI in warfare. To watch the talk remotely via WebEx from noon to 1 p.m. on Feb. 28, go to umbc.webex.com/meet/sherman.

  • February 12, 2025

    Olivia Gallucci, a fourth-year cybersecurity and computer science double major, ran an 8-mile Valentine’s race on Feb. 8, raising $1,000 in 24 hours for her scholarship program, Miles for Mac Security. The program funds student winners to attend Objective by the Sea, a world-renowned, Apple-focused, open-source cybersecurity conference hosted by the Objective-See Foundation in Spain and Hawaii.

January 2025

  • January 24, 2025

    Xueling Zhang, assistant professor of software engineering, secured NSF funding for her project “Toward Automated Testing of Augmented Reality Apps.” This research addresses the challenges of testing AR applications, which rely heavily on interactions with uncontrolled real-world environments. Zhang’s framework aims to streamline and automate AR app testing, enhancing safety and quality assurance for these innovative technologies.