This week, the Michigan Tech Office of Alumni and Engagement shared goods news from a generous donor that expands scholarship opportunities in the College of Computing. The Leinweber Foundation has established a new $30,000 scholarship. The Leinweber Software Scholars program will provide financial awards to students from rural Michigan counties who are majoring in computer . . .
When it comes to red teaming, Michigan Tech Computing Huskies are among the best in the nation. The MTU RedTeam earned an overall Cyber Power Ranking of 22nd in the nation from the National Cyber League (NCL). NCL said the ranking represents the ability of students to perform real-world tasks, including identifying hackers from forensic . . .
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Tech Today and was authored by the Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning. College of Computing Dean Dennis Livesay has selected Nilufer Onder, Ruihong Zhang, and Gorkem Asilioglu as this week’s featured instructors in the Deans’ Teaching Showcase. The trio is being acknowledged for their outstanding work in . . .
The nearly 100 Huskies who graduated with the Michigan Tech College of Computing Class of 2024 at mid-year commencement included cybersecurity major Abby Jurewicz. For her, the milestone is both a personal accomplishment and the continuance of a cherished family tradition. Jurewicz’s parents are both Tech grads. Mom Amy Jurewicz, ’94, earned her bachelor’s in . . .
Graduate student Jiangqiu Shen (PhD in Computer Science) will present their dissertation proposal defense on Monday, December 2, at 11 am in Rekhi 101 and via Zoom. The title of Shen’s proposal defense is, “Efficient Proccessing-in-Memory Accelerator Designs for LLM Generative Inference.”
Art in Silico, an annual computational art exhibition and event series hosted by the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems, invites graduate and undergraduate students to submit designs for an event logo. The designer of the winning logo design will receive a monetary award. The deadline to submit logo designs is December 15, 2024, by 11:59 . . .