School of Technology and Computing
Invited talks are recurring educational forums where industry pioneers, seasoned engineers, and specialized researchers are brought into the academic environment to share their frontline expertise. These sessions serve as a vital link between classroom theory and professional practice, offering students a window into the current state of the global technology landscape. By rotating speakers from diverse niches ranging from Artificial Intelligence to Cybersecurity the program ensures that students are exposed to the newest tools, methodologies, and ethical challenges that are currently shaping the industry.
Speaker: PJ METZ,
Education Evangelist @GitLab
PJ Metz is currently working as Education Evangelist at GitLab. His professional experience brought him to the world of developer relations. As an Education Evangelist, Metz focused on helping educators around the world learn how GitLab can be used to help prepare Computer Science and Information Science students for the working world ahead of them.
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM PDT, Thursday, June 2, 2022
Invited by: Dr. Ali Khamesipour (MSCS, BSACS Program Manager)
Speaker: Joan Ross
CIO at Insight Cyber
Joan is working as CIO @ Insight Cyber. She is a global technologist focused on Cybersecurity, machine learning, AI, threat analysis, secure design, global services, incident response, software defined networking, encryption key management, privacy, infrastructure reliability and successful technical implementation of industry leading cyber security strategy.
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM PDT, Thursday, May 12, 2022
Invited by: Dr. Radana Dvorak (MSAI, BSAI Program Manager)
Speaker: Will Longman
Chief Information Security Officer at Blue Origin LLC
Will Longman is currently working at Blue origin LLC as Chief Information Security Officer. He manages the cybersecurity risk and compliance for data and services supporting the design, manufacture, testing, launch and operation of space vehicle systems. Will leverages more than 25 years of senior cybersecurity and IT leadership experience from across a spectrum of commercial industries and the military to successfully meet these challenges.
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM PDT, Thursday, Apr 21, 2022
Invited by: Dr. Farzin Bahadori (MSCY, BSCY Program Manager)
Speaker: Morteza Sahebkar
Chief Technology Officer at HomeWAV
Sahebkar currently works at HomeWAV as Solutions-oriented Chief Technology Officer. He is highly regarded for more than 8 years of progressive experience implementing and supporting complex infrastructures and technical solutions for leaders in the IT industry. Morteza is an out-of-the-box thinker who thrives in collaborative environments.
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM PDT, Thursday, Mar 3, 2022
Invited by: Dr. Ali Khamesipour (MSCS, BSAPC Program Manager)
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Speaker: Jenifer Clark
Information Security & Compliance Engineer at Costco Wholesale
Jenifer Clark currently works at Costco Wholesale as Information Security & Compliance Engineer. She is an experienced Information Security Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. She strives to find ways information security can enable and support business and operations teams with solutions.
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 PM PDT, Thursday, Feb 17, 2022
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Speaker: PJ Metz
Education Evangelist, GitLab
This week Google DSC CityU is happy to invite PJ from GitLab to discuss the topic of “What is DevOps?” In this lecture, you will learn what DevOps means in the modern world. How does DevOps affect our daily life? Welcome to join us on 2/16.
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM PDT, Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022
Speaker: Kuan Peng
Software Engineer at Google
Kuan Peng currently works at Google as a Software Engineer on the Google Meet Platform focusing on front-end SWE. He strives to create a better user experience so that users can focus on what matters the most. Prior to this, he worked as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon on the Worldwide Ads team.
Speaker: Sung Yun Chung
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Yun Chung works at Microsoft as a Software Engineer on the Teams platform Bot API Team. She is responsible for making the experience of developers and customers productive and engaging on the platform. Prior to this, she worked on the Windows team developing File Explorer that runs on more than 1 billion devices worldwide.
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM PDT, Thursday, Feb 10, 2022
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Speaker: Mayana Pereira
Data Scientist at Microsoft
Mayana’s work focuses on applying machine learning and privacy-preserving techniques to a diverse range of practical problems at Microsoft’s AI for Good Team.
Mayana is also an active collaborator of OpenDP, an open-source project for the differential privacy community to develop general-purpose, vetted, usable, and scalable tools for differential privacy.
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM PDT, Wednesday, Jan 19, 2022
Speaker: Kevin Wang
Software Engineer at Pinterest
Kevin is an AWS Certified Developer who loves technologies and programming. He has one and a half year full-stack web application development experience and helped a company design, build, and deploy its PWA web application from scratch.
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM PDT, Thursday, Oct 28, 2021
Speaker: Phuong Nguyen
IT Recruiter at ManpowerGroup
STC invites Phuong Nguyen to share her expertise and experiences about how to land your dream job. She is a Technical Recruiter with expertise in talent sourcing, talent attraction, recruiting, and career coaching. She demonstrated experience working for a world-leading recruitment agency and leading an in-house recruitment team within a global organization. Join us and find out how you can start your job search journey and nail your next interview.
Event Date: August 25, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Speaker: Colonel Scott Nelson
Senior Army Reserve Advisor (IMA) United States Cyber Command
The United States is engaged in the greatest global power competition in our history. Cyber is the global nervous system, which places many of our US institutions at risk. Successful competition requires a more dynamic, holistic view of information and cybersecurity and a close partnership between government, private industry, and academia. Learn what your role is to strengthen these partnerships.
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM PDT, Wednesday, Aug 11, 2021
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