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ShmooCon, an annual East Coast hacker convention, brings together some of the most astute minds in the information security field. At this year's convention, which was held recently in Washington, D.C., members of the Information Assurance (IA) Club at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) made their mark for the second year in a row by triumphing in Hack Fortress, a video game/hacking competition. In addition to bragging rights, the team was awarded the Golden Wrench--a monkey wrench painted gold. (more)
Registration for the Web 2012 Conference at Penn State is now open at http://webconference.psu.edu/. The annual conference, to be held this year on June 11 and 12 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus, brings together Web and marketing professionals to share cutting-edge information on design, applications, content strategies, accessibility and more. (more)
Neelam Dwivedi, instructor in information sciences and technology at Penn State Beaver, will present "Sustaining the Innovative Edge" from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Room 16 of the Student Union Building on campus. The program, which is the first in Beaver's Spring Faculty Speakers Series, is free and open to the public. (more)
Richard L. Tutwiler, a senior research associate at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, has been named as deputy director of the Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF), a research center led by the University's College of Information Sciences and Technology that explores the gap between the collection of reports and data in computer systems and human decision-making. Tutwiler, who assumed the position on Jan. 1, replaces Pete Forster, a senior lecturer at the College of IST. (more)
Dr. Edward Glantz, a professor in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, has a wealth of experience to draw from when it comes to helping students get acclimated at Penn State. In his new book, "A Student Guide to Success at Penn State," he explains to incoming students that getting a degree in a particular major is not the ultimate goal of a college education. Rather, he encourages incoming students to "take advantage of all that college has to offer, including preparing for the first job." (more)
Jack Carroll, Edward M. Frymoyer Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State, was elected a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science in December 2011. He was nominated by a group of his peers for his pioneering research in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). (more)
Researchers in the College of Information Sciences and Technology have been working with directors of the American Cancer Society to gain a better understanding of the dynamics and functioning of online communities for cancer survivors and their families and to eventually develop innovative computing technologies to better support the needs of these communities. (more)
Students at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology recently had an opportunity to jumpstart their careers by networking with representatives from a wide variety of companies and industries. Future Forum, which was held on Feb. 2 in the IST Building, was attended by 236 students majoring in IST and Security and Risk Analysis who met with recruiters from 49 companies in industry sectors such as government, consulting, finance, manufacturing and insurance. (more)
The Penn State Beaver Faculty Speakers Series will launch its spring program with a program by Neelam Dwivedi, instructor in information sciences and technology, from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22. Her talk, titled "Sustaining the Innovative Edge," will be presented in Room 16 of the Student Union Building, and the public is invited to attend. (more)
As the world's most popular drug, caffeine gives mixed side effects to people who can't get through the day without their coffee fix. Frank Ritter, professor of information sciences and technology, along with Martin Yeh, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, have devised an iPhone application that is intended to help people manage their caffeine consumption to suit their lifestyles. (more)
