Media Coverage
NSF Grant Highlighted in CompositesWorld
Jul 26, 2019
NYIT's National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop novel imaging techniques that will enhance testing of non-metallic cylinders such as composite oil-and-gas pipelines is featured in CompositesWorld.
Reza Khalaj Amineh and Maryam Ravan, assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering, will work with graduate and undergraduate students in NYIT College of Engineering and Computing Sciences to adapt existing holographic imaging techniques to carry out volumetric imaging designed specifically for cylindrical objects such as pipes, according to the article.
Amineh and Ravan have been working on this project since 2017 with support from internal NYIT grants, which paid for the launch of their Applied Electromagnetics Research Lab (AEMRL), the article notes.
“We are excited about expanding NYIT’s reach to include microwave imaging. Both Dr. Ravan and I have extensive experience in nondestructive testing and near-field microwave imaging, and the AEMRL will show our students how to develop a low-cost, compact, fast, and robust microwave NDT method,” says Amineh.
Technology and Processes are Cyber Risks: MultiBriefs
Jul 16, 2019
While people pose one of the greatest cybersecurity risks, technology and processes are close behind, according to a report in MultiBriefs.
"The six components required to establish an information system are hardware, software, data, networks, people, and processes," says Michael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of computer science and ETIC director. "If a procedure or process established by the organization places either system users, system data, or system appliances at risk, then that procedure has violated one or more of the security policies established by the organization’s security leader and must be revised for conformity."
CNN Publishes Op-ed About AI That Can Read Emotions
Jul 15, 2019
As technology advances, consumers will grow to appreciate how artificial intelligence that can read emotions will make our lives easier, “with experiences that are more personalized, convenient and attuned to our emotions,” writes Houwei Cao, assistant professor of computer science, in a CNN op-ed.
A data scientist, Cao writes “I'm currently developing a comprehensive machine-learning model that learns over time and could eventually make machines perform better than a typical store attendant or call center employee. That may seem hard to believe, but machines don't have common human vulnerabilities like being tired, hungry or overworked.”
In fact, she writes, “My AI model will take into account different visual, audio and language cues simultaneously — like tone of voice, body language and rhetoric — to perform an in-depth analysis of people's emotional states.”
School of Management's Hartman in U.S. News and World Report
Jul 11, 2019
Stephen Hartman, Ph.D., professor of management, offered his professional insight for an article in U.S. News and World Report about investors’ “FOMO” (fear of missing out) and the desire for a big payoff in the stock market.
"Investors are always on the blockbuster hunt," he says. "Each uses their own methodology to find their prey. Enormous resources are available in these searches. Most are moderately successful at best. Those who use a proven methodology are more successful than those who have not developed a suitable strategy," he concludes.
Nizich Discusses Companies’ Biggest Cybersecurity Risks
Jul 10, 2019
A MultiBriefs report explores various reasons why security professionals believe that people represent the biggest risk to cybersecurity.
"The hardware, software, and security solutions we have available to us today as IT professionals to secure private networks from malicious attackers and minimize outsider threats and vulnerabilities are actually amazingly powerful and really quite strong and quite difficult to circumnavigate by cyber criminals," says Michael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor in the department of computer science and ETIC director. But he notes, "The human implementers of security solutions are naturally prone to mistakes and oversights as in any other profession."
Another risk that Nizich points out in the article is that cybercriminals have found that the most natural and easiest way into a network is now through its users. "The rapid advancement of security technology has placed more information at risk because the system users have now become the target of cybercriminals instead of the systems themselves."
Gibb Describes Research in Contagion Magazine
Jul 05, 2019
Assistant Professor Bryan Gibb, Ph.D., is the principal source of a story in Contagion, a specialty publication for those who fight infectious diseases. Gibb describes research he carried out with several NYIT undergraduates who found potentially dangerous bacteria in used kitchen sponges. Their findings highlight both the ubiquity of these bacteria and the ways bacteriophages (or simply “phages”) can help defeat them.
“Phages are the most abundant biological entities on the planet,” Gibb says. “Discoveries can be found in any corner, or in this case, hiding in a lowly, dirty kitchen sponge.”
The bigger issue, according to Gibb, is the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. “We need to accelerate efforts to find good novel antimicrobials and fully explore novel alternative therapeutics,” he says. His research into phages is one of those efforts.
Anid Honored as Advocate for Women in Security
Jul 03, 2019
SC Magazine has featured Nada Marie Anid, vice president, Strategic Communications and External Affairs, among the five women honored in the July-August issue as advocates for women in security.
“Anid has been a prominent advocate for the school’s efforts to build a robust cybersecurity discipline and establish thought leadership,” the article reads, further noting that she has long supported women pursuing STEM careers and has called for academia to fuel U.S. dominance in cybersecurity, AI and machine learning.
NYITCOM’s Riley Featured as EDS Expert on TheMighty.com
Jun 25, 2019
Bernadette Riley, D.O., associate professor and Director of the Ehlers Danlos Center, is a featured expert in a just-published guide by TheMighty.com intended to help people living with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) get accurate, easy-to-read information for a better overall healthcare journey. Dr. Riley provides expertise regarding symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and resources for people living with EDS.
Nowak Cited on Company Perks and Productivity
Jun 25, 2019
Assistant Professor of Human Resource Studies Radoslaw Nowak, J.D., Ph.D., is cited in a MultiBriefs discussion about productivity, company culture, and employee incentives. In “Don’t confuse perks with company culture,” Nowak explains that while organizations like Google may offer benefits such as free food and haircuts on-site, their productivity is actually due to their management practices.
Nowak notes three influential factors in Google’s managerial practices: 1) a strict hiring process which carefully screens for skilled, motivated workers; 2) the autonomy Google employees enjoy, which stimulates innovation; and 3) preparing and developing managers for a coaching, mentoring role rather than a management style based on “exercising power and control to implement the company’s goals.” These elements combine to create the conditions for a highly productive workplace, whether or not people take a break to play ping-pong.
Undergraduate Microbiology Research in News Outlets Worldwide
Jun 25, 2019
Research conducted by students of Assistant Professor Bryan Gibb, Ph.D., has been featured in media worldwide because of a recent presentation by Brianna Weiss (Class of 2020) at ASM Microbe, one of the largest microbiology conferences in the world. News outlets in the United States (MSN and others), India (The Times of India and others), the Spanish-speaking world (Madrid’s El Mundo and others), and other countries have carried the story about how bacteriophages found in kitchen sponges can help in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.