Two NSF Scholarship for Service (NSF-SFS) students, Reese Martin and Robby Pava, presented their research project at the NEDSI conference this month. The Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) is one of five regions in the Americas Division of the professional society, the Decision Sciences Institute. This region encompasses the Northeastern United States. NEDSI holds an annual regional meeting each spring.
Their paper was presented in poster format and was titled, “Comparing Machine Learning Algorithms in the Context of Antiviruses: A Content Analysis of Decision Tree, Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks Research.” Authors were Reese Martin, Robby Pava, and Dr. Sushma Mishra (advisor).
Their paper presents a comparative study of three major machine learning algorithms and the impact they can have on antivirus detection and response. The three algorithms reviewed in this study were decision trees, support vector machines, and neural networks. They analyzed how these ML approaches effectively impact antivirus’s ability to locate and adequately block incoming malware. Implications are drawn, and future research directions are discussed.
Are you a student interested in using innovative media tools to realize your personal or professional objectives? Do you want to take your content, experience design, leadership, strategic communication or technology skills to the next level? Robert Morris University’ s Academic Media Center would like to invite you to apply for a student media experience scholarship. Join one or more of our innovative campus media programs, imagine new ways of sharing your story, and help make media learning experiences more accessible to learners across our community.
The 8 student media innovation scholarships are intended for students who desire to be: > Change makers in the media environments that shape how we live, work and play > Leaders in shaping the tools we use to make, distribute and consume the arts, news, information, and stories > Both mentors and mentees working with others to imagine an ever more vibrant, dynamic and inclusive media environment.
The scholarships include: > $1000.00 tuition scholarship for one academic year. > Professional mentorship and coaching. > Skills workshops, competitions, screenings and exhibitions. > Access to the AMC studios and labs. > Support in devising, completing and documenting a project in their chosen area of media – to be shared with the campus community: Advertising and Public Relations, Film and TV, Experience Design, Game Design, Graphic Design, Journalism (Entertainment, News and Sports), Media Leadership, Media Technology, Photography, Podcasting, and Social Media.
Application Components: Personal Statement (300 words) Resume (including 2 academic, personal or professional references) Sample of audio, written, or visual media work (up to 100mb)
We look forward to reviewing your application! If short-listed, you will be contacted for an interview during the AMC Retreat in August. If you have any questions, please email Dr. Timothy Jones at jonest@rmu.edu. Thank you!
This month, SIHSS held the annual Student Recognition Awards ceremony. A number of students in the CIS department were honored at this ceremony with award, including:
Dean’s Scholar Award Austin Martin
School of Informatics, Humanities, and Social Sciences Endowment Award Kelson Bowman
Outstanding Student in Computer Information Systems Award William Challingsworth
Outstanding Student in Cybersecurity Award Evan Brooks Anthony Guerrero Megan Ledgerwood Austin Martin
Outstanding Student in Data Analytics Award Joshua Knapp
Outstanding Graduate Student in Computer Information Systems Award Allena Carmody Austin Martin Alexander Morrison
Congratulations to all of these students on their excellent academic achievements!
The Alpha Iota Mu honor society inducted its newest members for 2024 this past weekend. The induction ceremony was held in the Wheatley Center on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Dr. G. Alan Davis, advisor for the honor society, presided over the ceremony. Alpha Iota Mu is the honor society specifically for Information Systems majors and minors who meet a high level GPA requirement, in the top 10% of their class.
Three Professors Emeriti participated in the ceremony, Dr. David Wood, Dr. Robert Skovira, and Dr. Paul Kovacs, to help welcome the newest members of the chapter. The guest speaker for the event was Dr. Parul Yadav, Rooney Scholar, who was also inducted as an honorary member.
Twenty students were honored at the event, including:
Sai Kiran Yadav Battula Cyrus Bruce William Challingsworth Warren Corbett Shawn Donnelly Ivan Stephen D’Souza Catherine Allgeier Eck Colin Glynn Curtis M. Haschak Emily Grace Kerry Lavanya Kusampudi Brian Muchwing’i Makhulo Reese Martin Rylie Milanovich Jesse Powers Olivia Schultheis Jasmine Arabasomua Thompson Liji Varghese Xinh Vu
Congratulations to all of the new members of Alpha Iota Mu! They will be wearing their white and blue honor cords at graduation with pride.
Join the Top Secret Colonials (TSC) for a lab and demonstration of the Flipper Zero, a handheld pentester-like tool that can read, write, and emulate NFC and RFID tags, analyze and produce signals, use and read infrared data, and much more that can be installed onto the device through forums like GitHub.
Join us in Wheatley 110 this Wednesday, 4/24, at 4:30 as we demonstrate what the Flipper Zero can do.
Dr. Karen Paullet is the recipient of the 2024 Legacy Award for the Center for Veterans and Military Families (CVMF). All candidates for this award must be student-nominated, and Dr. Paullet was nominated for the CVMF Legacy Award by Lauren Holswade, senior CIS major. The award is given to recognize lasting impact on RMU’s military-connected students.
In Lauren’s speech at the award ceremony, she noted that she nominated Dr. Paullet “due to her unwavering support and understanding of our military-connected students at RMU. Dr. Paullet’s dedication to accommodating the unique challenges faced by military personnel balancing both their service commitments and academic responsibilities is truly commendable.”
She went on to say, “I vividly recall instances where Dr. Paullet’s support went above and beyond expectations. Her efforts to ensure military students are not overlooked, such as announcing their temporary absence from class and recognizing their service publicly, highlight her dedication to our community.”
Congratulations, Dr. Paullet! This award showcases your outstanding commitment to student success and support of our military-connected students.
Dr. Karen Paullet was recently asked to be a guest on the Hub Cast podcast for The Cyber Social Hub with Kevin DeLong! Check out the episode where Kevin talks with Dr. Paullet about the latest trends in education for the digital forensics field:
On April 5, 2024, 10 teams of RMU students competed in the first ever AWS DeepRacer Competition at RMU!
Student teams spent more than a month learning how to code algorithms in Python to drive AWS DeepRacers (mini autonomous vehicles) using machine learning. The teams trained their models and got to test them out on the AWS DeepRacer League race track in the UPMC Events Center for the competition. All of the winners are pictured below receiving their awards with Dean Frank Hartle and Amazon’s DeepRacer League Pit Crew Leader, Nicole Murray.
The First Place team (pictured below) in the undergraduate bracket was the “Top Secret Racers” team, Kelson Bowman, Anthony Guerrero, and Evan Brooks, whose car finished with a lap time of 00:09.133 seconds. Each of the team members won a $1,000 scholarship!
The Runner-Up team (pictured below) in the undergraduate bracket was the “Track Knights” team, Isaac Arnold and Lipika Ratakonda. Their car finished with a lap time of 00:09.166 seconds. Each team member won a $250 scholarship award.
The First Place team (pictured below) in the graduate bracket was the “Tigers” team, Linfeng Hao, Koushik ReddyDonthireddy, and Koyi Raghavamma (not pictured), whose car finished with a lap time of 00:07.757 seconds. This was an extremely competitive lap time and the team was encouraged to submit their model to the national AWS DeepRacer League! Each of the team members won a $1,000 scholarship.
The Runner-Up team (pictured below) in the graduate bracket was the “Vihan” team, Jason Gao, Deepthi Sri Kommagani, and Ravi Sri Sankar Nukavarapu. Their car finished with a lap time of 00:09.391 seconds. Each team member won a $250 scholarship award.
Congratulations to the winning teams! Overall, the competition was a great way for students to get involved with AI and machine learning, and get some hands-on experience with reinforcement learning models.
A huge thank you to our faculty mentors for all of your support in helping our teams through the coding and training phases of the competition: Dr. Natalya Bromall, Dr. Steve Mancini, Dr. Noory Etezady, Dr. Peter Draus, Dr. Parul Yadav (Rooney Scholar), and Phill Miller (CIO)!
Thank you also to our student helpers, our Announcer, Dakota Rideout and our Track Boss, Harry Lyons! Another thanks to our student PR team who were instrumental in securing sponsors for our raffle prizes: Elise Spath, Ella Donovan, Megan McGinnis, Kennedi Randolph, and Jesse Fitch.
We’d also like to send out a special thank you to our IT Team for such amazing support: Phill Miller, Paul Dewey, Dylan McKenna, and Ian Connolly.
Our sponsors for the raffle prizes were very much appreciated! These included:
M&S Consulting
Eat’n Park
Dunkin’ Donuts
Kendra Scott
The Sewickley Spa
Condado
Piada
Sam’s Club
RMU Colonial Cupboard
And a special thank you to our Amazon AWS Account Team and Pit Crew: Nicole Murray, Justin Marks, Eric Pierson, Brent Everman, Jacob Dishler, Jeremy McGriff, and Ope Usman.
We are so proud of all of our students, and hope that everyone had a great experience at the competition!
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