Category: Applied Computing

Master’s Defense: Rukayat Bukola Adeosun, Health Informatics

Rukayat Bukola Adeosun, Health Informatics, will present a master’s defense, “Hierarchical Clustering to Predict the Response of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure,” on Monday, November 30, 2020, at 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.Adeosun is advised by Weihua Zhou. Attend Virtually: michigantech.zoom.us/j/81436804550

Minerick Appointed Interim Dean of Pavlis Honors College

Jacqueline Huntoon, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, announced that Adrienne Minerick, dean of the College of Computing, has agreed to serve as the interim dean of the Pavlis Honors College beginning February 1, 2021. Minerick will be the successor to Lorelle Meadows, who will retire at the end of January. Dennis Livesay, . . .

RedTeam NCL CyberLeague Rankings in Top 2%

Of the 27 Michigan Tech RedTeam students who successfully completed the individual games in National CyberLeague games this fall, seven students ranked in the top 100, out of 6,011 participants. And in team play, two teams ranked in the top 100, out of 957 teams. RedTeam exists to promote a security-driven mindset among the student . . .

You’ve got #tenacity. Tell us about it.

It has definitely been a memorable semester! You’re on the home stretch now and you will get it done. After all, you’re a Husky … and you’ve got #tenacity. Tell us about it. Share by email. Email computing@mtu.edu Share a few words about your Fall 2020 Husky #tenacity Send us a photograph (or two) We’ll . . .

Sidike Paheding Publishes Paper in Expert Systems and Applications Journal

A research paper by Assistant Professor Sidike Paheding, Applied Computing, is to be published in the November 2020 issue of the journal, Expert Systems and Applications. An in-press version of the paper, “Binary Chemical Reaction Optimization based Feature Selection Techniques for Machine Learning Classification Problems,” is available online. Paheding is a member of the ICC’s . . .

GSG to Host 3MT Competition Nov. 5

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, hosted by the Graduate Student Government, will take place virtually tomorrow (Nov. 5). Come join us on an eventful day where research meets fun. Participants are judged on their communication and presentation skills, while delivering content in just three minutes with one static PowerPoint slide. You can watch the participants’ . . .