Category: Students

Nathir Rawashdeh Publishes Paper in BioSciences Journal

A paper co-authored by Assistant Professor Nathir Rawashdeh, Applied Computing, on Skin Cancer Image Feature Extraction, has been published this month in the EurAsian Journal of BioSciences. View the open access article, “Visual feature extraction from dermoscopic colour images for classification of melanocytic skin lesions,” here. Additional authors are Walid Al-Zyoud, Athar Abu Helou, and . . .

CS PhD Candidate Ali Jalooli Awarded Finishing Fellowship

The Michigan Tech Graduate School has announced that Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Ali Jalooli is among the graduate students who have received a Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Award. Jalooli’s research studies the optimization of message routing in heterogeneous wireless networks. His dissertation is titled, “Enabling Technologies for Internet of Things: Optimized Networking for Connected and Autonomous . . .

GSG to Present Webinar Series in Computer Programming

The Graduate Student Government (GSG) Professional Development Committee has organized a free webinar series in Computer Programming, which begins Tuesday, July 14, 2020. July 14: “Introduction to Machine Learning with Python,” by Timothy Havens (CC) July 15: “Managing Data” (Data Mining)” by MS Data Science candidate Sneha Nimmagadda July 16: “Introduction to Deep Learning,” by . . .

PART II — Jason Hiebel, The College of Computing’s First Graduate

Part II | A WISE AND SUPPORTIVE NETWORK A Profile of Dr. Jason Hiebel: The College of Computing’s First Graduate By Karen S. Johnson, Communications Director, College of Computing and ICC Read Part I: Jason Hiebel, The College of Computing’s First Graduate Jason Hiebel completed his Ph.D. studies in December 2019, successfully defending his dissertation . . .

Campus Visits to Resume Week of June 22

from the Michigan Tech Office of Admissions Michigan Tech Admissions is excited to welcome back prospective students and their families for campus tours starting Monday, June 22. After months of thoughtful planning, we are looking forward to implementing solutions to create a fun and robust experience for visitors while being extremely mindful of everyone’s health . . .

zombietango Security Expert to Present Penetration Test Lecture

College of Computing Professor Yu Cai, Applied Computing, has arranged for a special guest lecture on penetration testing by security expert Josh Little of zombietango. The free, 60-minute technical lecture will take place on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., via an online Microsoft Team meeting. Join the lecture here. The conference ID: 164 . . .