{"id":25,"date":"2024-01-24T16:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.cs.fiu.edu\/it2\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:42:49","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.cs.fiu.edu\/it2\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Student Alumni Updates<\/h3>\n<p>Congratulations to our outstanding IT<sup>2<\/sup> participants! If you are a current or former participant with news to share, feel free to email Dr. Niki Pissinou at <a href=\"mailto:pissinou@fiu.edu\">pissinou@fiu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t<strong>Our IT<sup>2<\/sup> alumnus, Charles Kamhoua (M.S. &#8217;08, Ph.D. &#8217;11), earned national award for work in blockchain and game theory in cybersecurity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He received the <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-USA) Harry Diamond Memorial Award <\/a> which recognizes U.S.government individuals &#8220;for contribution and leadership in the area of blockchain and gametheory for cybersecurity while in U.S. government service.&#8221; For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.fiu.edu\/2022\/alumnus-earns-national-award-for-work-in-blockchain,-game-theory-in-cybersecurity\">FIU News article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Spring 2022<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p><strong>Our Ph.D. student, Sheila Alemany (M.S. &#8217;22), earned the 2021 NSF Graduate Research\tFellowship for her work in adversarial machine learning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Spring 2021<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Past Conferences held in Miami<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comsoc.org\">IEEE GLOBECOM 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Executive general chair: Dr. Kia Makki<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comsoc.org\">IEEE INFCOM 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technical program committee chair: Dr. Kia Makki<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/stamp\/stamp.jsp?arnumber=1043036\">IEEE ICCCN 2002<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General chair: Dr. Kia Makki<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oig.nsf.gov\">NSF International Workshop on Research Challenges in Security andPrivacy for Mobile and Wireless Networks 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General co-chair: Dr. Kia Makki<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/oig\/sri.jsp\">NSF International Workshop on Theoretical AlgorithmicAspects of Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General co-chair: Dr. Kia Makki<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:10px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-society.org\/2006\/index.htm\">International Conference on InformationSociety (I-Society 2008)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General co-chair: Dr. Kia Makki<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">IT<sup>2 <\/sup> Career<\/h3>\n<p>If you are interested in joining the IT<sup>2<\/sup> team, please contact Dr. Niki Pissinou at <a href=\"mailto:pissinou@fiu.edu\">pissinou@fiu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- you can view the available job posting for post-doctoral researchers \n\t<a href=\"IT2_Jobs.htm\">here\n\t<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Alumni Updates Congratulations to our outstanding IT2 participants! 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