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August 2008HPC Wire article on new HPC Lab.
Thomas Hacker
August 2008The Purdue Exponent published an article on the new CIT HPC Laboratory and Collaboratory.
Thomas Hacker
August 2008Purdue 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 2008Video of SPIRIT program from 7/14-7/18
Includes interviews with one teacher and two student participants
Alka Harriger
July 2008Girls, 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 2008Tech 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 2008Purdue'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 2008Teachers, 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 2008Purdue 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 2008CERIAS 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 2008Cook 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 2008Purdue-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
April 2008Expert: 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
February 2008Melissa 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 2008Researchers 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 2008CIT 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 2008Federal 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 2007New 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 2007Purdue 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 2007J&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 2007Students' 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 2007Project 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 2007Purdue 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 2007New 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 2007CIT 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 2007Purdue 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 2007NSF 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 2007CIT 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 2007Computer 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 2007Prof. Rick Mislan quoted in TIME magazine
Article: What Your Cell Knows About You
Rick Mislan
July 2007A 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 2007Purdue doctoral students take lessons to area middle schools
Melissa Dark
April 2007Expert: Flasher technology digs deeper for digital evidence
Rick Mislan
April 2007Marc Rogers responds to questions regarding permanency of deleted emails in an NPR interview by Alex Cohen.
(Audio interview)
Marc Rogers
April 2007This 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 2007Alka Harriger & Amanda Bennet participate in Devry's HerWorld program.
Alka Harriger
December 2006Second Annual CIT Open House
See class project demonstrations in the second floor CIT lab facilities.
Lance Hassan
November 2006IAB 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 2006Marc 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 2006Two CIT faculty earn Provost's Seeds of Success award
Melissa Dark & Mike Kane
June 2006Professor Marc Rogers and CIT Graduate Student Blair Gillam quoted on USA Today
Marc Rogers, Blair Gillam
May 2006Professors 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 2006Professor Lonnie Bentley honored as Distinguished Alumni of the College of Business at Arkansas State University
Lonnie Bentley
April 2006Jeannine 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 2006CIT Students Place First in Various Competitions at AITP National Collegiate Conference in Dallas Texas
March 2006Professor Marc Rogers quoted on cnn.com
Marc Rogers
March 2006Professor Rick Mislan quoted in Journal and Courier
Rick Mislan
January 2006CIT Graduate Student Drew Davidson wins MYMOTOCHOICE competition
Drew Davidson