TECH Talks are an opportunity to hear from industry experts on current trends, challenges, research, and employment opportunities. In this presentation, guest speakers from Veeva Systems will introduce concepts of using React for building the UI of a modern web application. They will also introduce the core concepts of building a scalable server-side API using […]
TECH Talk Event Archive September 15, 2021 Speakers: Dr. Frank Meng, PhD – BD-STEP Program Director Kelly Gaynor, MPH – Program Manager Trevor Michelson, MS – Data Scientist Abstract: The Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program (BD-STEP) is an opportunity offered through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) that uses data science to advance healthcare research and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Faculty Speaker: Dr. Vineet Raghu, Lecturer Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator July 7, 2020 Abstract: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, as it accounts for more cancers than the next three cancer types combined. The primary known cause of lung cancer is cigarette smoking; […]
Faculty Speaker: Dawson Williams, Lecturer Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator June 17, 2020 Abstract:We will go into the history of technology, the current views on technology and finally the impact we can have (and the care we should take) in employing technology.
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]