Cybersecurity workforce conference to feature tech leaders and data security experts


Microsoft’s Senior Director of Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy Angela McKay and local Miami tech pioneer Manuel D. Medina are among featured speakers for the NICE Conference and Expo. “We’re honored to have seasoned cyber experts join the growing conversation on the cybersecurity workforce,” said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, who will host a panel at…

FIU in DC update: Constructing the future of urban technology


During Smart Cities Week in Washington, D.C., last week, FIU hosted an intimate roundtable discussion with local, congressional and federal officials in conjunction with the university’s leading researchers in Washington, D.C.  The luncheon focused on immediate opportunities to advance successful deployment of technologies. “This was such a wonderful group of people from…

My internship at MIT Lincoln Lab


Name: Kyle Denney Hometown: Dryden, Michigan What is your major? I am pursuing my master’s degree in computer engineering as a member of the Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab at FIU. Where did you intern? What did you do there? I interned at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Lab where I worked as a summer research…

My internship in cybersecurity at NREL


Name: Aditya Sundararajan Hometown: Hyderabad, Telangana, India What is your major? Electrical and computer engineering Where did you intern? I interned at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)’s South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado. What did you do there? I worked as an electrical and computing engineer in the Security & Resilience (S&R) Group…