Read Part I: Briana Bettin: Neopets, HTML, Early Success. Michigan Tech 2020 Ph.D. graduate Briana Bettin, Computer Science, is among six new faculty members the College of Computing welcomed this fall. Bettin is an assistant professor for the Department of Computer Science and the Cognitive and Learning Sciences department. This semester, she is teaching courses . . .
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 . . .
A collaborative innovation in microfluidics reveals graduate excellence and outstanding mentorship as well as the secrets of viruses. Michigan Tech’s Bhakta Rath Research Award honors exceptional work and collaboration between a doctoral student and their advisor. This year, chemical engineering takes the spotlight as Sanaz Habibi and Adrienne Minerick share the honor. Habibi, who graduated . . .
Assistant Professor Junqiao Qiu, Computer Science, will present his lecture, “Speculative Parallelization for FSM-centric Computations,” this Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., via online meeting. Join the Zoom meeting here. Lecture Abstract As a fundamental computation model, finite-state machine (FSM) has been used in a wide range of data-intensive applications, including malware detection, bioinformatics, . . .
As a student or a researcher, a necessary component of your work is applying for a multitude of grants to obtain funding for future projects. Peter Larson, director of research development at Michigan Tech, will conduct a seminar on Grant Writing from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12 via Zoom. Larson specializes in creating . . .
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’ . . .