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| November 2008 | Peer networks can help female IT leaders succeed in their career and boost job satisfaction, according to a Purdue University expert, Gail Farnsley.
Farnsley recommends creating a peer network of women in IT, whether it is within your own company or a larger network that brings together women from different firms and regions. It may be as simple as a weekly lunch. |  | Gail Farnsley |  |
| November 2008 | CIT student on Purdue Cluster Challenge team aiming to take technology to limits
Paul Willmann, a senior in computer technology from Carmel, Ind, belongs to a group of Purdue University students and staff who will compete in events aimed at pushing the limits of technology to meet the needs of the scientific community. | | Jeff Evans | |
| November 2008 | CIT student, Zhanibek Datbayev, on team that finished 4th in ACM East Central North America Regional Programming Contest.
The ACM Programming Contest is a five hour event in which teams of three students work together to solve eight programming puzzles. | | Zhanibek Datbayev | |
| September 2008 | Former CIO says creating peer networks is the key to helping women stay in IT jobs
Gail Farnsley, a visiting professor in CIT and former CIO at Cummins Inc., will serve on a panel called "Powerful Peer Networks" during the Women in Technology International's Women and Technology Summit, held Oct. 12-15 in Santa Clara, CA. | | Gail Farnsley | |
| September 2008 | Purdue researcher transforms VW Beetle into green machine
Kane wanted a VW without an engine and found one online for $1,500. He then installed an electric motor, contacts, a shunt and other electronics in the rear engine compartment. His total cost was $4,500.
| | Mike Kane | |
| September 2008 | Sleeping computers and peripherals waste energy, Purdue CIO says.
Users can save energy, and money, by simply using an electrical power strip, says Gerry McCartney, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Purdue University. | | Gerry McCartney | |
| August 2008 | HPC Wire article on new HPC Lab.
| | Thomas Hacker | |
| August 2008 | The Purdue Exponent published an article on the new CIT HPC Laboratory and Collaboratory.
| | Thomas Hacker | |
| August 2008 | Purdue University has opened a research and learning laboratory for students in the College of Technology's growing specialization in high-performance computing.
High-performance computers are essentially standard computers linked together in a way that harnesses all the computers' power to solve complex problems, such as weather modeling or automobile design. | | Tom Hacker | |
| July 2008 | Video of SPIRIT program from 7/14-7/18
Includes interviews with one teacher and two student participants | | Alka Harriger | |
| July 2008 | Girls, computers make spirited combination at Purdue camp
The SPIRIT computer camp is aimed at getting girls more interested in computer-related fields. Harriger said. "They can do some pretty amazing things if you have this knowledge."
| | Alka Harriger | |
| July 2008 | Tech jobs rise, but graduates are on decline
Universities working hard to attract students into IT, computer sciences...the summer program at Purdue involves 13 school guidance counselors, 24 teachers and 76 high school students. | | Alka Harriger | |
| July 2008 | Purdue's SPIRIT effort promotes women in technology
The Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized Through Information Technology, or SPIRIT, program is designed to increase the number of students who are pursuing jobs in the field, particularly women. | | Alka Harriger | |
| July 2008 | Teachers, counselors visiting Purdue to learn ways to attract students to computer careers
24 teachers, 13 guidance counselors and 76 high school students will participate in SPIRIT, a $1.26 million, three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation. This marks the first year of the program. | | Alka Harriger | |
| June 2008 | Purdue University for the first time will offer an introductory training course for law-enforcement officers on how to examine Macintosh computers for digital forensic evidence.
The Cyber Forensics Lab will conduct "Introduction to Macintosh Forensics" from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 3-5 in Knoy Hall, Room 228. | | Marc Rogers | |
| May 2008 | CERIAS ranked as top information security program in the nation
Faculty members identified in the report included Melissa Dark, assistant dean, professor of computer and information technology and assistant dean for the College of Technology; and Marcus Rogers, professor of computer and information technology. | | Melissa Dark; Marc Rogers | |
| May 2008 | Cook County prosecutor to speak at Mobile Forensics World conference
Mobile Forensics World is open to federal, state and local forensic specialists; corporate and private forensic examiners; industry leaders; and academic researchers. Rick Mislan serves as the conference director. | | Rick Mislan | |
| April 2008 | Expert: Digital evidence just as important as DNA in solving crimes
Prof. Rick Mislan says new technology is making it possible to retrieve a vast amount of important information from small-scale devices, which can be critical to solving crimes. | | Rick Mislan | |
| April 2008 | Purdue-developed genomics tool could lead to better medicine
Profs. Michael Kane and John Springer were awarded a one-year $100,000 Microsoft Research grant to fund further assessment and testing of the genomics project, as well as train physicians and pharmacists on how to implement the system. | | Michael Kane;John Springer | |
| February 2008 | Melissa Dark, professor of computer and information technology and assistant dean in the College of Technology, has received a Faculty Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline.
The award provides $3,500 per semester to support travel, equipment purchases, and other activities. | | Melissa Dark | |
| February 2008 | Researchers believe DNA of an individual can reveal clues about his or her risk of adverse drug reactions. They have developed technology called pharmacogenetics.
Mike Kane, lead genomics scientist at Bindley Bioscience Center and Assistant Professor of CIT, said he wants to begin implementing the technology in pharmacies later this year. | | Michael Kane | |
| January 2008 | CIT Professor invited to be keynote speaker for International Symposium
Visiting Professor Lorenzo Martin was invited to be the keynote speaker for the International Symposium on Web Services from April 9-10, 2008 in Dubai. His talk will focus on web services security. | | Lorenzo Martino | |
| January 2008 | Federal official to give keynote at Purdue-sponsored cyberforensics conference in Chicago
Mobile Forensics World is open to federal, state and local forensic specialists; corporate and private forensic examiners; industry leaders; and academic researchers. | | Rick Mislan | |
| December 2007 | New specialization will focus on supercomputing
Courses will be crafted for seniors and graduate-level students. Future courses will be dictated by student demand but may include software development, computational biology, molecular pharmacology and data management. | | Thomas Hacker | |
| December 2007 | Purdue holding computer crime workshop in Columbus
The 2-day course, Cyber Investigation 101, for parole officers, detectives and others in the law enforcement community is being taught by Tim Wedge, Visiting Assistant Prof of CIT at West Lafayette. | | Tim Wedge, Dewey Swanson | |
| November 2007 | J&C article: Interdisciplinary study eyes uses of genetic profiles
Toxicity from a person's genetic tolerance is currently the leading cause of drugs being pulled from the market, said Michael D. Kane, an assistant professor in CIT. | | Michael Kane | |
| November 2007 | Students' genomics tool will lead to better medicine
(Michael) Kane said taking genetic information into account when developing new drugs also would lead to a more efficient and specialized drug-development process. | | Michael Kane | |
| November 2007 | Project Lead the Way students to visit College of Technology campus in Anderson
The goal of Project Lead the Way is to increase the number and quality of engineers and engineering technologists in the United States. The program works through collaborations between K-12 education, higher education, state government and industry. | | Gary Randolph | |
| October 2007 | Purdue sponsoring conference on mobile forensics in Chicago
The conference is open to federal, state and local forensic specialists; corporate and private forensic examiners; industry leaders; and academic researchers. | | Rick Mislan | |
| October 2007 | New Purdue research shows steganography, long considered a minor threat, may be on the rise
Preliminary results show that there's a strong correlation between criminal activity and at least the installation of steganography programs on [confiscated] computers | | Jim Goldman | |
| October 2007 | CIT Forensics faculty developed on-scene forensics model to help Indiana State Police win international award
The model was developed by Marc Rogers, Rick Mislan and James Goldman, along with Steve Debrota of the U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern Indiana and Timothy Wedge of the National White Collar Crime Center. | | Marc Rogers | |
| September 2007 | Purdue researchers click nutrition with camera diet study with help from Kyle Lutes
Kyle Lutes, an associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology, will put his experience with hand-held computing devices to work by designing necessary programming.
| | Kyle Lutes | |
| September 2007 | NSF awards a team led by Alka Harriger $1.19M to develop programs to reduce the IT gender gap
The SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) program seeks to increase the number of women that pursue computing careers. | | Alka Harriger | |
| September 2007 | CIT students at Anderson campus create web site for veterans on war ship
Students at Purdue University College of Technology at Anderson have developed a Web site for veterans of a destroyer escort ship used from World War II through the Vietnam War to share memories, record history and stay in touch. | | Gary Randolph | |
| August 2007 | Computer and information technology program accredited by ABET
The College of Technology's computer and information technology (CIT) program has received its first accreditation from ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. | | Alka Harriger | |
| August 2007 | Prof. Rick Mislan quoted in TIME magazine
Article: What Your Cell Knows About You
| | Rick Mislan | |
| July 2007 | A half-a-million dollar grant from the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund will help Rest Assured LLC develop a web-based patient monitoring system, complete with cameras and wireless technology.
| | Lonnie Bentley | |
| April 2007 | Purdue doctoral students take lessons to area middle schools
| | Melissa Dark | |
| April 2007 | Expert: Flasher technology digs deeper for digital evidence
| | Rick Mislan | |
| April 2007 | Marc Rogers responds to questions regarding permanency of deleted emails in an NPR interview by Alex Cohen.
(Audio interview) | | Marc Rogers | |
| April 2007 | This year's AITP/NCC was very successful for six CIT student teams. The CIT honorees include two 2nd place, one 3rd place, and three honorable mentions. Congratulations to all of the students on a successful trip!
Next year, NCC will be in Memphis. | | Jeff Brewer | |
| February 2007 | Alka Harriger & Amanda Bennet participate in Devry's HerWorld program.
| | Alka Harriger | |
| December 2006 | Second Annual CIT Open House
See class project demonstrations in the second floor CIT lab facilities. | | Lance Hassan | |
| November 2006 | IAB Student Conference for Future IT Professionals
The CIT Industrial Advisory Board shared their expertise with CIT upperclass students to provide knowledge critical to business success, but not covered in typical college classrooms. | | Alka Harriger | |
| October 2006 | Marc Rogers and Rick Mislan received grants from
the National Institute of Justice for their work in digital forensics
FileHound software was developed by CIT student Blair Gillam working under the direction of Prof. Marc Rogers. | | Marc Rogers & Rick Mislan | |
| September 2006 | Two CIT faculty earn Provost's Seeds of Success award
| | Melissa Dark & Mike Kane | |
| June 2006 | Professor Marc Rogers and
CIT Graduate Student Blair Gillam quoted
on USA Today
| | Marc Rogers, Blair Gillam | |
| May 2006 | Professors Alka Harriger,
Stan Roller & Guity Ravai judge CDW-G IT
Leadership Awards
Select magazine view and go to page 21. | | Alka Harriger, Stan Roller & Guity Ravai | |
| April 2006 | Professor Lonnie Bentley honored as Distinguished Alumni of the College of Business at Arkansas State University
| | Lonnie Bentley | |
| April 2006 | Jeannine Abele (CIT 1984) recognized as College of Technology Distinguished Alumni
Jeannine is the CIO of aviation services for General Electric, where she leads global organization in support of the company's aviation services business. | | Matt Holsapple | |
| March 2006 | CIT Students Place First
in Various Competitions at AITP National
Collegiate Conference in Dallas Texas
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| March 2006 | Professor Marc Rogers
quoted on cnn.com
| | Marc Rogers | |
| March 2006 | Professor Rick Mislan
quoted in Journal and Courier
| | Rick Mislan | |
| January 2006 | CIT Graduate Student Drew
Davidson wins MYMOTOCHOICE competition
| | Drew Davidson | |