A team of UB students got the opportunity to put themselves in the shoes of a penetration tester, breaking into and exploiting different computer systems and software at the annual Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition international finals.
Jun Zhuang, a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Director of the Decision, Risk and Data Laboratory, was honored by SRA with its 2019 Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Analyst Award.
Huamin Li is the tenth faculty member in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to receive a CAREER Award in 2019. Li, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, will investigate a novel transistor concept offering faster switching speeds and less energy consumption.
Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering, received the best paper award at the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems.
Steve Ko, associate professor of computer science and engineering and co-director of undergraduate studies, received a best paper award at MobiCom 2019.
Students in associate professor Andreas Stavridis’ reinforced concrete design class had a chance to experience something most undergraduate students do not: seeing the beams they designed and built put to the test.