Dr. Gupta’s Message to Students
Graduate student Sachin Rajan (MS/ Information Systems ’12) sat down with our new Dean to discuss his transition as the Seidenberg Dean. To view the interview please click the link below.
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Helsinki Again! Seidenberg School Launches Year Two of
the Product Design Project Research Initiative
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Extending last year’s acclaimed partnership with Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, the Seidenberg School is collaborating for a second year in the Product Design Project (PDP) Based at Aalto University, PDP brings together students from more than a dozen universities around the globe to develop real products for companies including Ericsson, UNICEF, ABB and ExerBlast who are searching for innovative cooperation with the next generation of IT experts. At the start, much attention is directed to the formation of highly motivated interdisciplinary teams. A project typically includes all phases of planning, requirements gathering, the creative process, software design, usability and marketing.
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Seidenberg AHRC Partnership Continues to Thrive
Under the auspices of Dr. James Lawler, DPS, the partnership between the Seidenberg School and New York-based (AHRC) continues to thrive, providing developmentally disabled young adults with multiple opportunities to leverage technology and gain exposure to the college experience. Through the longstanding service learning course CIS 102W, Web Design for Non-Profits, Dr. Lawler continues to engage undergraduate students from throughout Pace University in a myriad of meaningful projects to assist this organization.
As part of an ambitious schedule of co-sponsored events to benefit AHRC, on February 14, AHRC will team with Carnegie Hall to present a concert at Pace University’s Downtown campus. For further details on this and other AHRC programs, please contact Dr. Lawler at jlawler@pace.edu
Faculty Spotlight, Dr. Sung-Hyuk Cha
Computer science has had an enormous impact on the forensic science field, ranging from court case information retrieval to Fingerprint, Handwriting, Speaker detection, Lie detection, etc. Among many sub-fields of computer science, artificial intelligence, computer vision, pattern recognition, and robotics have received great attention in Forensic Science. These interests gave a birth to a new emerging interdisciplinary field in Computational Forensics. Professor Sung-Hyuk Cha at Seidenberg has been a faculty member of Computer Science department at Pace University since 2001. His main interests include computer vision, data mining, pattern matching & recognition. Prof Cha was involved in a challenging project, “Handwriting Verification and Identification”, which was granted a U.S. Patent in 2009. He is teaching in both graduate and undergraduate levels in fields of computational mathematics, Data structure, programming languages.
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Seidenberg School Expands its Research Offerings
During 2012 the Seidenberg School received more than two million dollars of grant funding from Federal agencies and foundations. Pace Faculty are teaming up with colleagues in other disciplines at Pace, other U.S. universities and universities in Senegal, Britain, Cambodia and other countries around the world. To see the process, the funding opportunities and some of the key projects, please visit the following links:
The New Career Experience @ Seidenberg
Meghan Makarczuk will be the acting Career Services Relationship Manager for Seidenberg. “As a Career Counselor, I work with students in career exploration, development of life-long career management skills and resources to obtain internships and full-time employment. By getting to know you, we can find a match between who you are and an environment that suits you based on your values, skills, interests and personality.”
Career Services is a student centered program that provides individual career counseling to meet the specific needs of each person. Through individualized attention, workshops, presentations and fairs students are able to learn more about who they are and the world of work. We also offer resume development, practice interviews, targeted job/internship search assistance, connections with professionals and alumni and much more! I will have open hours at 163 William Street, 2nd Floor on Mondays from 2-5pm from January-April and Mondays and Wednesdays 2-5pm in May. Additional times and appointments can be made by calling 212-346-1950 or you can email me with questions at mmakarczuk@pace.edu.
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Congratulations to our Newest Information Assurance Scholars
This fall, three outstanding Seidenberg undergraduates were awarded highly coveted scholarships to prepare for careers in the evolving field of cybersecurity.
Douglas Kandl (BS/ Information Technology ’14) joined the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP ). Current IASP scholars also include John “Vinnie” Monaco (MS/Computer Science’14), Max Wagner (MS/Computer Science ’14) and Christopher Kibble (MS/Information Systems’13).
Marc Kowtko and Luke Babak (BS/ Information Technology ’14) joined the CyberCorps©: Scholarship for Service (SFS), a program funded by the National Science Foundation. Current SFS scholars also include Christopher White, Chris Holowiak (BS/Information Technology ’13) and Allison Llewelyn (BS/Computer Science’13).
These awards are given to highly qualified students interested in pursuing fields of study related to information assurance. In addition to covering tuition, fees and books, the scholarships provide a generous stipend for living expenses, and opportunities for internships and full-time employment. For program information and eligibility visit: http://seidenberg.pace.edu/ia
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