STC Thursday Byte – 14th April 2022 – Center for Cybersecurity Innovation

Message From Leadership

Dr. Sam Chung, Dean of School of Technology and Computing (STC)

Did you have a good break before the start of the Spring quarter? My vacation was productive and provided a meaningful experience.

As everyone is aware, we know how important clear and precise communication is. This quarter, we will streamline communications among students, teaching assistants, instructors, and program managers by replacing 1:1 email communication with Microsoft Private Teams for each course. Whether you are taking an online course or the in-class section, this structure creates a cyber gathering place for all students, TAs, and instructors. Everyone can now communicate freely, ask questions, and build a learning community. Students can help other students, too. It will be a Coffee Talk in cyber for your courses regardless of the delivery methods – ON, IN, or MM.

You can find the link in your course shell. If you click “Syllabus, Schedule, and Course Team,” you can find the “Link to MS Private Teams.” Do not hesitate to join this channel.

Have a wonderful and productive Spring quarter.

Faculty Recognition

Congratulations to Ali Khamesipour, Ph.D. Professor Khamesipour has been promoted to Director of Undergraduate Programs. Ali also attended the SIGCSE TS 2022 53rd Annual Technical Symposium for Computer Science Education held March 2nd – March 5th in Rhode Island. He made connections and got involved in an Open Source Workshop (POSSE), which he will attend in May. In addition to serving as a volunteer judge for ACM Student Research Competition, Ali will be implementing innovative concepts from workshops he attended.

This quarter, Ahreum Ju, Ph.D., was selected to serve as Associate Director of the Center for Cybersecurity Innovation. In her new role, she will Co-Direct the recently awarded NSA STARTALK grant, Korean Innovative Interactive Immersive Culture Cybersecurity Camp (K-I3C3).

Morgan Zantua, Director for the Center for Cybersecurity Innovation, attended the Evidencing Competencies Workgroup in Desert Palms from March 7th – 9th. She is focused on demonstrating the impact of competitions on professional and technical skills development.

Club Announcements

Cybersecurity Club

At this week’s meeting Cybersecurity Club will be reviewing a case study concerning how to best investigate cybercriminals with a group discussion to follow. Click here to join us every Thursday at 5:30 PDT on MS Teams.

STC Tech Club

STC Tech Club meets every Thursday from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM (PDT) via Teams to provide tech-related learning opportunities, skill development, and networking. Students or faculty who would like to share your expertise or project, please contact Yang Ren. Click here to join. Everyone is invited!

Announcements

The STC Tech Club is proud to announce we are providing vouchers for 50% discounts on the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification exam. Please contact Yang Ren if interested.

Career Center
Deirdre Grimes
Resume Building

Virtual Workshops/Conferences/Learning
AWS Skill Builder – Free sources
AWS Free courses – Free sources
Atlassians Developer Day

STC Tech Club Private Cloud Lab

Now HIRING!

Please contact Yang Ren if interested.
President
VP of Marketing
VP of Operations
Web Administrator

Data Science Club

The Data Science Club would like to invite you to our weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 4pm PDT. You can join our meetings using the link here or by scanning the QR code on the right. We will be covering various topics this quarter including Computer Vision, Data Engineering, and NLP! Please reach out to the club president, Amanda Vaughan, with any questions.

Google Developer Student Club

Please join the GDSC virtual information session to learn more about us, our missions, visions, events, and activities. Anyone is welcomed! We look forward to meeting you! Click here RVSP. In the meantime, if you have any questions, feel free to email us at gdsc.cityu@gmail.com