Accomplishments: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) recently presented as part of a panel at the “Insight Q3: FinTech in Las Vegas” exclusive event hosted at Switch World Headquarters for key Las Vegas investors and stakeholders leading Southern Nevada’s economy.
The event, organized by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and Cox Business, focused on the strengths…
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) recently presented as part of a panel at the “Insight Q3: FinTech in Las Vegas” exclusive event hosted at Switch World Headquarters for key Las Vegas investors and stakeholders leading Southern Nevada’s economy.
The event, organized by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and Cox Business, focused on the strengths…
Jonathan Lazatin (Engineering) is the recipient of the Excellence in Leadership award at the Battery Workforce Challenge Year One!
The Battery Workforce Challenge collegiate competition is a three-year engineering competition that challenges North American universities and their community college partners to design, build, test and integrate…
A paper authored by graduate student Shubham Joshi and Junggab Son (both Computer Science) was accepted in the SecureComm conference:
Shubham Joshi, Dillion Davidson, Yeonjoon Lee, Homook Cho, and Junggab Son*, "Ensuring Integrity in Online Content Usage and Download Counting with Smart Contracts," accepted in the 20th EAI…
A paper authored by visiting scholar Jemin Ahn, undergraduate student Dorian Akhavan (Computer Science), and Junggab Son (Computer Science) was accepted in the SecureComm 2024 conference:
Jemin Ahn, Dorian Akhavan, Woohwan Jung, Kyungtate Kang, and Junggab Son*, "Encoder-based Multimodal Ensemble Learning for High Compatibility and…
A paper authored by Junggab Son (Computer Science) was accepted in the SecureComm 2024 conference:
Junggab Son, Jeehyung Kim, Jemin Ahn, Doowon Kim, Homook Cho, and Daeyoung Kim, "Anti-EMP: Encrypted Malware Packets Filtering Algorithm Leveraging Ciphertext Patterns under Zero Knowledge Setting," accepted in the 20th EAI International…
Graduate student Daniel Valdes (Engineering) and advisor Ke-Xun [Kevin] Sun (Electrical and Computer Engineering), recently published a paper in the Review of Scientific Instruments titled, "Gallium oxide (Ga2O3) energy dependent scintillation response to fast neutrons and flash gamma-rays." The material is based upon work supported by…
Ju-Yeon Jo and Yoohwan Kim (both Computer Science) have received a seventh year of funding for the UNLV GenCyber Camp sponsored jointly by the National Security Agency and National Science Foundation. GenCyber Camp is a hands-on cybersecurity summer camp for high school and middle school students in Southern Nevada with the goals of helping…
Graduate student Simon Matin (Physics and Astronomy) was recently awarded a fellowship as part of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship program. This award recognizes Matin's accomplishments thus far and the strength of his proposed ongoing research work. The specific proposed project will simulate measurements of galaxies made with the…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article, "A Collapsing Academy: Internal and External Threat Vectors Facing Higher Education," in IEEE Computer. In this article Berghel discusses a few of today's most pressing internal and external threats to higher education including plagiarism, research misconduct, questionable authorship…
The UNLV Cyber Clinic received a notable mention during a congressional hearing and in an Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) report.
The White House ONCD published a report outlining the progress they have made and the work to come implementing the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES).
Facing a large workforce…
Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering) was named chair of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD) for 2024-25 by the American Nuclear Society named. The RPSD is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology, including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and…