Tag: Informational

Why Software Development Methodologies Don’t Matter | November 13, 2020

  Faculty Speaker: Adam Arakelian, Lecturer Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator November 13, 2020 Abstract: Software Development Methodologies don’t matter! That’s right, they don’t matter. In this TECH Byte, Professor Arakelian will talk about development philosophy vs. methodologies and explore methodologies such as scrum development, which are in direct conflict with the […]

Using Unknowns to Reliably Estimate Software Project Duration | October 20, 2020

  Faculty Speaker: John Keklak, Lecturer Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator October 20, 2020 Abstract: In this TECH Byte, Professor Keklak will discuss how to use the “unknowns” concept (presented earlier this summer in the TECH Byte entitled “The Power of Unknowns”) to reliably estimate how much time is required to complete […]

The Power of Unknowns | September 15, 2020

  Faculty Speaker: John Keklak, Lecturer Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator September 15, 2020 Abstract: Identifying and focusing on unknowns is the key to software project success. In this TECH Byte, Professor Keklak will define what he means by “unknowns” and how to use them when communicating with software team members to […]

Healthcare Data Analytics: Medical Expenditures of Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations in the United States | August 4, 2020

  Faculty Speaker: Dr. Guanglan Zhang, Associate Professor of Computer Science Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator August 4, 2020 Abstract: According to the 2017 National Diabetes Statistics Report, over 30 million (9.4%) of Americans have diabetes as of 2015. At the same time, hospital stays involving patients with diabetes contributed almost $83 […]

Antidote Application: An Educational System for Treatment of Common Toxin Overdose | June 3, 2020

  Speaker: Dr. Guanglan Zhang, Associate Professor of Computer Science Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator June 3, 2020 Abstract:Poisonings account for almost 1% of emergency room visits each year. Time is a critical factor in dealing with a toxicologic emergency. Delay in dispensing the first antidote dose can lead to life-threatening sequelae. […]

The Visualization of Evolving Software Design | May 21, 2020

  Speakers: Dr. Eric Braude, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Dr. Michael Huang, Lecturer; Aviral Srivastava, MS in Computer Science graduate student Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator May 21, 2020 Abstract: The visualization of evolving software design is as important as ever, and UML should be an effective means for this; however, […]

Practical Adversarial Attacks Against Speech Recognition Platforms | May 14, 2020

  Faculty Speaker: Dr. Shengzhi Zhang, Associate Professor Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator May 14, 2020 Abstract: The popularity of ASR (automatic speech recognition) systems, like Google Voice, Cortana, Amazon Echo, brings in security concerns, as demonstrated by recent attacks. The impacts of such threats, however, are less clear, since they are either […]