Computer engineering

The Semiconductor School in NYCU: the Pioneer That Creates New Industry Cooperation for the Future

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

HSINCHU, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NYCU has the superior semiconductor research ecosystem with strong faculties, laboratories, industry partners, and a great international reputation that has attracted many international organizations to visit and exchange ideas. "Taiwan is well known for its prominent semiconductor industry, and NYCU has been a pioneer in nurturing semiconductor talents and entrepreneurs for over four decades.  Established in 2015, ICST has also made significant contributions to the industry." said Prof. Edward Chang, The Dean of the International College of Semiconductor Technology (ICST).

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  • "Taiwan is well known for its prominent semiconductor industry, and NYCU has been a pioneer in nurturing semiconductor talents and entrepreneurs for over four decades.
  • Echoes Jack Sun, the dean of the Industry Academia Innovation School (IAIS), and also the former Chief Technology Officer and R&D Vice-President of TSMC.
  • )government institutes, and industry partners with a novel co-creation model to unleash the power of industry-academia co-innovation and accelerate the talent development for the world semiconductor industry.
  • NYCU hopes to open up a new era in Taiwan's semiconductor industry-university ecosystem for a sustainable semiconductor industry in the future.

Keysight Teams with University of Windsor for Automotive Cybersecurity Training

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is teaming with the SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence at the University of Windsor to provide automotive engineering students with advanced cybersecurity training with the Keysight SA8710A Automotive Cybersecurity Penetration Test Platform .

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  • Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is teaming with the SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence at the University of Windsor to provide automotive engineering students with advanced cybersecurity training with the Keysight SA8710A Automotive Cybersecurity Penetration Test Platform .
  • The SHIELD program is dedicated to advancing and developing automotive cybersecurity solutions by training engineering and computer science students to ensure tomorrow’s vehicles are safe and secure.
  • To help build student skills in vehicle-based cybersecurity, Keysight worked with SHEILD to define an affordable automotive cybersecurity platform for research and education.
  • As an automated testing platform supporting industry standards, the SA8710A Automotive Cybersecurity Penetration Test Platform prepares students to meet future cybersecurity challenges with state-of-the-art testing tools.

Entrinsik Appoints Madhavi W. Chandra as Chief Product Officer

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

RALEIGH, N.C., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrinsik ( https://entrinsik.com ), a leading global provider of data analytics and business intelligence solutions, today announced the promotion of Madhavi W. Chandra to the position of Chief Product Officer (CPO).

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  • RALEIGH, N.C., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrinsik ( https://entrinsik.com ), a leading global provider of data analytics and business intelligence solutions, today announced the promotion of Madhavi W. Chandra to the position of Chief Product Officer (CPO).
  • Chandra, a seasoned veteran in product management and technology leadership, has been with Entrinsik for almost ten years, most recently serving as Director of Product Management.
  • "I am truly honored and excited to be taking on this new role as Chief Product Officer," said Chandra.
  • Prior to joining Entrinsik, Chandra held leadership positions at several high-profile technology companies where she gained valuable experience in product management, software development, and business strategy.

OneTrust's Arshdeep Sood is Named in the Top Women in Media & Ad Tech Awards

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

ATLANTA, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OneTrust, the market-defining leader for trust intelligence, is pleased to announce that Arshdeep Sood, Senior Solutions Engineer at OneTrust, has been named one of the 2023 Top Women in Media & Ad Tech by AdExchanger and AdMonsters. The annual awards recognize, celebrate, inspire, and bring together the women who are making an impact in the greater digital media and advertising technology community. Arshdeep, a passionate engineer and privacy expert, was named in the Tech Trailblazers category, which honors tech-focused women who are creating and improving ad tech and media products.

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  • Arshdeep, a passionate engineer and privacy expert, was named in the Tech Trailblazers category, which honors tech-focused women who are creating and improving ad tech and media products.
  • "It's an incredible privilege to be recognized among such talented and inspiring women," said Arshdeep Sood, Senior Solutions Engineer at OneTrust.
  • "Women are still widely underrepresented in STEM roles like engineering, which makes the honor of Tech Trailblazer even more meaningful.
  • "The Top Women in Media and Ad Tech Awards provide a platform to highlight the immense impact of women in the media and ad tech space.

Dr. Ehsan Samei Ph.D. joins Imalogix as Chief Scientific Advisor

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

BRYN MAWR, Pa., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Imalogix, an industry leader in deep learning AI for imaging, announced that world renowned radiology leader and clinical researcher Dr. Ehsan Samei has joined the Imalogix team as its Chief Scientific Advisor.

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  • BRYN MAWR, Pa., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Imalogix, an industry leader in deep learning AI for imaging, announced that world renowned radiology leader and clinical researcher Dr. Ehsan Samei has joined the Imalogix team as its Chief Scientific Advisor.
  • World renowned radiology leader and clinical researcher Dr. Ehsan Samei joins Imalogix team as Chief Scientific Advisor.
  • Dr. Ehsan Samei, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, FAIMBE, FIOMP, FACR is the Reed and Martha Rice Distinguished Professor of Radiology at Duke University, where he holds additional appointments in Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  • Author of over 350 referred papers, his work has aimed to bridge the gap between scientific scholarship and clinical practice through patient-centric imaging and translational research.

ibex Names Preeti Raina U.S. Country Manager

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

WASHINGTON, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ibex (NASDAQ: IBEX), a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer engagement technology solutions, today named Preeti Raina its U.S. Country Manager.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ibex (NASDAQ: IBEX), a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer engagement technology solutions, today named Preeti Raina its U.S. Country Manager.
  • Raina, a seasoned operations leader who joined ibex in 2020, will manage U.S. operations and report to ibex EVP of Operations David Wilkerson.
  • “We are delighted to name Preeti as our U.S. Country Manager,” said David Afdahl, Chief Operations Officer at ibex.
  • “I am thrilled to lead the operations team for ibex in the U.S.,” said Raina.

IEEE Computer Society Emerging Technology Fund Recipient Introduces Machine Learning Cybersecurity Benchmarks

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Friday, May 5, 2023

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the virtual Backdoor Attacks and Defenses in Machine Learning (BANDS) workshop during The Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), participants in the IEEE Trojan Removal Competition presented their findings and success rates at effectively and efficiently mitigating the effects of neural trojans while maintaining high performance. Evaluated on clean accuracy, poisoned accuracy, and attack success rate, the competition's winning team from the Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen, with set HZZQ Defense, formulated a highly effective solution, resulting in a 98.14% poisoned accuracy rate and only a 0.12% attack success rate. This group will be awarded the first-place prize of $5,000 USD.

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  • He also was named the distinguished contributor of IEEE Computer Society in 2021.
  • In 2022, IEEE CS established its Emerging Technology Fund, and for the first time, awarded $25,000 USD to IEEE SCSTC for the "Annual Competition on Emerging Issues of Data Security and Privacy (EDISP)," which yielded the IEEE Trojan Removal Competition (TRC '22).
  • "This is precisely the kind of work we want the Emerging Technology Fund to fuel," said Nita Patel, 2023 IEEE Computer Society President.
  • "It goes a long way toward bolstering iterative developments that will strengthen the security of machine learning and AI platforms as the technologies advance."

 Maryland Tech Council Announces 2023 ICON Award Winners

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Friday, April 28, 2023

Under Mr. Williams’s leadership, JASINT has grown to 80 employees holding prime contracts with numerous federal entities.

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  • Under Mr. Williams’s leadership, JASINT has grown to 80 employees holding prime contracts with numerous federal entities.
  • SYNAPS Dx is a privately held company focused on the research, development and commercialization of a diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
  • She is passionate about women’s equality in tech and serves on the board of ITS America.
  • Kite recently announced the expansion of its global cell therapy supply chain operations in Frederick, Maryland that will create 100 additional jobs in the area.

ServiceNow Appoints Netflix Vice President of Engineering Deborah Black to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the leading digital workflow company making the world work better for everyone, today announced the appointment of Netflix Vice President of Engineering Deborah Black to its board of directors.

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  • ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the leading digital workflow company making the world work better for everyone, today announced the appointment of Netflix Vice President of Engineering Deborah Black to its board of directors.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230426005725/en/
    Deborah Black, vice president of engineering for Netflix and ServiceNow board member (Photo: Business Wire)
    “Deborah’s exceptional business and technology experience make her a great addition to ServiceNow’s board,” said ServiceNow Chairman & CEO Bill McDermott.
  • “ServiceNow is showing incredible momentum and a strong vision for addressing digital transformation imperatives for enterprise companies worldwide,” said Black.
  • The ServiceNow board of directors now has 11 total members.

National Institutes of Health Awards Grant for Pivotal Clinical Trial of gammaCore™ (nVNS) in Patients with Opioid Use Disorders

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Opioid use disorder represents a national crisis with devastating consequences.

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  • Opioid use disorder represents a national crisis with devastating consequences.
  • The primary efficacy endpoint of this study will be peak difference in the Subjective Opioid Withdrawal Score (SOWS) between nVNS and sham treatment on day 2 and 3 of the initial withdrawal period.
  • Dr. Douglas Bremner, Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology at Emory University School of Medicine and a principal investigator for the study commented, “We are pleased to be able to proceed with a pivotal trial to define the role of nVNS as a potential treatment for opioid use disorder.
  • “The personal, family and financial costs of opioid addiction represent an ongoing crisis in America and nVNS could offer a safe, effective and novel way to help patients through the critical initial phase of withdrawal thereby saving them pain and distress while also saving the healthcare system significant expense.”