Professional Development Activities

Year : 2022-2023

Biswajit Biswal

Participated and completed training WHO Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health certificate, 5^th Jan 2024.
Completed training IBM AI Practitioner: Instructor Certificate, Dec 2023.
Completed training on IBM AI Applications certificate, Nov 2023.
Completed training on IBM AI fundamentals certificate, Nov 2023.
Completed training on IBM Data Analytics for Machine Learning certificate, Nov 2023.
Completed training on IBM Machine Learning method and Tools certificate, Nov 2023.
Attended AI and Machine Learning Education Series: South Carolina by MARK-III systems from Aug-Nov, 2023.
Attended Qiskit Global Summer School - Quantum Computing, Summer
Attended Course Hero Education Summit on “Preparing Students for an AI-Enabled Future” and “The Promise and Perils of OpenAI in Higher Education”, Summer 2023.
Attended IBM Cybersecurity Expert Lecture Series, Fall 2022, Spring
Presented and published paper titled "IDARE – Intelligently Denying Authorization of Rogue-drone Entry," SoutheastCon 2023, Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 631-636, doi: 10.1109/SoutheastCon51012.2023.10115125
Completed training IBM Cybersecurity Practitioner - Instructor Certificate, June 2022.
Published paper titled “SSCTrac: AI-Powered Soil Moisture Condition Detection Paper”, presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/41722
Presented and published paper titled "DeepTrac: Applying Artificial Intelligence in Plant Disease Detection," SoutheastCon 2022, 2022, pp. 233-236, doi: 10.1109/SoutheastCon48659.2022.9763917.
Published journal titled “ADA: Advanced Data Analytics Methods for Abnormal Frequent Episodes in the Baseline Data of ISD.” Nuclear Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2022.07.006
Attended mini workshop on Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI) Coalition Program, April 2022.

Stevo Bozinovski

Designation and recognition:IEEE Milestone achievement, designation from IEEE, for the 1988 first control of a robot using brain signals. This designation is given to a work done at least 2 years ago.

Tutorial at international meetings. Self Learning Systems. Tutorial. World Congress of Computational Intelligence, Padova, Italy, July 18-23, 2022

Ceremonial talks. Steps toward an IEEE Milestone, Ceremonial talk, IEEE Milestone dedication ceremony, Skopje, Macedonia, October 2023

Papers :

Bozinovski, S. "The first 20 years of development of computer science in Macedonia, 1968-1988" (in Macedonian); Emiter 204, April 2022
Ackovska N., Bozinovski S., Bozinovska L. "Robotics metaphor in genetics: Ribozymes as bionanorobots" Proc IEEE SoutheastCon, Mobile, AL. p. 661-665, 2022
Bozinovski S., Bozinovski A. "Reasoning about number theory and brain signals" International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems .14(2-3): 154-159, 2022
Bozinovski S., Bozinovski A. "A relation between AND and ", and OR and $", SoutheastCon, Mobile, AL, 2023
Bozinovski A., Bozinovski S. "Controlling an industrial warehouse stacker crane robot using a Raspberry PI" SoutheastCon, Mobile, Al, 2023
Bozinovski S. "IEEE Milestone recognition related to a IEEE CIS member", IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Newsletter, May 2023
Bozinovski, S. "First IEEE Milestone recognition related to a brain-computer interface research" IEEE Region 8 Newsletter, September 2023

Grant. Inclusion of a agriculture course in computer science curriculum at SCSU. Co-PI, With Delaware State University as leading institution

Industry funded grant and industry realization. Realization of a robotized warehouse. With American College in Skopje, Macedonia, as leading institution

Cynthia Davis

The Educator Exchange-HBCUs & E3 Partnering to Recruit More Teachers of Color, New Orleans, LA, January 24 – 26, 2023
IBM Enterprise AI short course, 2023
IBM Zero Trust Principles short course 2022-2023

Young Kim

Automatic Abstraction of Determinants of Disparity From Addresses, Collaborative Project with MUSC, Co-PI, June 2019 ~ August 2022.
Security, Heterogeneity, and Resource-Aware Federated Learning Framework for Smart Farming, 1890 Research Grant /USDA, 1/16/2022 ~12/31/2026.

Xiaomao Liu

College Board AP computer Science A Reading, June 2023
AWS/The Coding School Machine Learning Bootcamp, July – August 2023
IBM Enterprise AI short course, 2023
IBM Zero Trust Principles short course 2022-2023

Professional Development Activities (2022-2023)

Jafar Sadighi

IBM Enterprise AI short course, 2023
IBM Zero Trust Principles short course 2022-2023

Jagruti Sahoo

Regularly attended IBM Cybersecurity Expert Lecture Series, Online, Spring 2023
Attended Faculty Institute, January 6, 2023, SCSU
Research Presentation: “Deep Reinforcement Learning for Securing Fog-based IoT Infrastructure”, Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) Research Computing Exchange, Online, March 30, 2023.
Research Presentation: “Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Moving Target Defense Strategy for a Resilient IoT-based Smart Farm”, STEM Showcase, March 22, 2023, SCSU.
Renewed my CompTIA Security+ Certification, Jan. 2023.
Regularly attended IBM Cybersecurity Expert Lecture Series, Online, Fall 2022
Attended IBM Cyber Security Command Virtual Response Experience Session, Online, November 4, 2022
Received IBM Cloud Computing Practitioner Instructor Certificate, August 2022.

Nikunja Swain

Design and Development of a Degree Apprenticeship Program in IT/ Cybersecurity. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration. February 2022.
Employer Degree Apprenticeship Program - Secure Software Developer – An Industry Academia Collaboration – Software Excellence Alliance (SEA) Virtual Panel Discussion, (Webinar), co-sponsored by SCSU, URBAN Institute and Ishpi, May 2022
Designing and Launching Secure Software Development Degree Apprenticeships Partnering with Historically Black Colleges and Universities. NICE Conference & Expo, June 6-8, 2022. Atlanta, GA
Employer Degree Apprenticeship in Secure Software Development - A Collaborative Approach”, Poster Session, CAE Conference, June 8-10, Atlanta, GA
Cybersecurity for Everybody - A Multi- Tier Approach to Cyber Security Education, Training, and Awareness in the Undergraduate Curriculum. NSF Poster Session, ASEE 2022 Annual Conference, June 26- 29, 2022, Minneapolis, MN.
Skills Matter - Time is Now for HBCU/Employer Partnerships to Solve Cybersecurity Skills Shortage and Increase Workforce Diversity. A virtual Panel Discussion (Webinar), co-sponsored by SCSU and ais2, December 2022
2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Natioal Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, India
CAE Community in Cybersecurity Symposium , Seatle, Washington, 2023
IBM Business Cloud Instructor Practitioner Certificate, 2023
IBM AI Instructor Practitioner Certificate, 2023
IBM Virtual Talks and Meetings – 2022, 2023
Employer Degree Apprenticeship, Presentation, SC Cyber, 2023
ETAC of ABET Program Evaluator, Computer Engineering Technology Program, Capitol College, Maryland, 2023
ETAC of ABET Program Evaluator, Cybersecurity Engineering Technology Program, Idaho State University, Idaho, 2023