Accomplishments: Department of Computer Science
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) and Douglas Jones from the University of Iowa published an article entitled "Election Integrity in the United States: How Will 2024 compare to 2020" in the current issue of IEEE Computer. This is the latest in their series of articles on election integrity since 2014 that coincide with U.S. presidential…
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) recently presented as part of a panel at the “Insight Q3: FinTech in Las Vegas” exclusive event hosted at Switch World Headquarters for key Las Vegas investors and stakeholders leading Southern Nevada’s economy.
The event, organized by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and Cox Business, focused on the strengths…
A paper authored by graduate student Shubham Joshi and Junggab Son (both Computer Science) was accepted in the SecureComm conference:
Shubham Joshi, Dillion Davidson, Yeonjoon Lee, Homook Cho, and Junggab Son*, "Ensuring Integrity in Online Content Usage and Download Counting with Smart Contracts," accepted in the 20th EAI…
A paper authored by visiting scholar Jemin Ahn, undergraduate student Dorian Akhavan (Computer Science), and Junggab Son (Computer Science) was accepted in the SecureComm 2024 conference:
Jemin Ahn, Dorian Akhavan, Woohwan Jung, Kyungtate Kang, and Junggab Son*, "Encoder-based Multimodal Ensemble Learning for High Compatibility and…
A paper authored by Junggab Son (Computer Science) was accepted in the SecureComm 2024 conference:
Junggab Son, Jeehyung Kim, Jemin Ahn, Doowon Kim, Homook Cho, and Daeyoung Kim, "Anti-EMP: Encrypted Malware Packets Filtering Algorithm Leveraging Ciphertext Patterns under Zero Knowledge Setting," accepted in the 20th EAI International…
Ju-Yeon Jo and Yoohwan Kim (both Computer Science) have received a seventh year of funding for the 51ԹϺ GenCyber Camp sponsored jointly by the National Security Agency and National Science Foundation. GenCyber Camp is a hands-on cybersecurity summer camp for high school and middle school students in Southern Nevada with the goals of helping…
Graduate student Simon Matin (Physics and Astronomy) was recently awarded a fellowship as part of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship program. This award recognizes Matin's accomplishments thus far and the strength of his proposed ongoing research work. The specific proposed project will simulate measurements of galaxies made with the…
Bianca Ionescu, Christian Rodriguez, Arturo Roman, and Ashley Hernandez (all Information Systems and 51ԹϺ Cyber Clinic), had the opportunity to meet with The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) while they were in town for multiple cybersecurity/hacker conferences taking place in Las Vegas. They joined additional 51ԹϺ Cyber…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article, "A Collapsing Academy: Internal and External Threat Vectors Facing Higher Education," in IEEE Computer. In this article Berghel discusses a few of today's most pressing internal and external threats to higher education including plagiarism, research misconduct, questionable authorship…
The 51ԹϺ Cyber Clinic received a notable mention during a congressional hearing and in an Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) report.
The White House ONCD published a report outlining the progress they have made and the work to come implementing the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES).
Facing a large workforce…
Gabe Berrios (Computer Science), Kaitlin Chan (Computer Science), Carlos Dye (Computer Science; Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology), Victor Fearn (Computer Science), Mitchelle Gonzalez (Computer Science), Leo Menchaca (Computer Science), and Amy Wong (Computer Science) were all appointed to the role of intern with 51ԹϺ’s Cyber Clinic.…
Professor Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) and Mehdi Abid (Computer Science) presented “Working with Cyber Clinic Clients” at the Workshop on Building a Sustainable Cybersecurity Clinic in Higher Education.
51ԹϺ’s Cyber Clinic is an active member of The Consortium, a network of academic institutions that collaborate to expand…