Master’s Defense: Ann Ciesla, Computer Science

Computer Science graduate student Ann Ciesla will present her master’s defense on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The presentation is titled, “Digital Skills Assessment: A Tool for Assessing the Digital Literacy of Older Adults.” Ciesla is advised by Associate Professor Charles Wallace, Computer Science. Attend the defense virtually here.

Sidike Paheding Lecture is Dec. 11, 3 pm

Assistant Professor Sidike Paheding, Applied Computing, will present his lecture, “Deep Neural Networks for UAV and Satellite Remote Sensing Image Analysis,” on Dec. 11, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. via online meeting. Paheding’s research focuses on the areas of computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, image/video processing, and remote sensing. The lecture is presented by the . . .

Research Excellence Fund Awards Announced

by Vice President for Research Office The Vice President for Research Office announces the Fall 2020 REF awards. Thanks to the individual REF reviewers and the REF review panelists, as well as the deans and department chairs, for their time spent on this important internal research award process. Research Seed Grants: Sajjad Bigham, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering . . .

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

Bo Chen, CS, Wins REF Grant for Decentralized Cloud Storage Project

Bo Chen, Computer Science, has been awarded a Fall 2020 REF Research Seed Grant (REF-RS) for his project, “Towards Secure and Reliable Decentralized Cloud Storage.” Funding for the 12-month, $25,800 award begins on January 1, 2021. “This grant will provide significant help to advance my current research,” says Chen. “This is really exciting news for . . .

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, . . .