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Friday, June 07, 2024

INI Alum Sears Schulz Places Third in President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition

Information Networking Institute (INI) alum Sears Schulz (’22) has secured a third-place finish in the fifth President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition. Hosted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the President’s Cup highlights and awards the technical prowess of the federal workforce through a competition based on real-world challenges faced by those in the field. Schulz currently serves as a Captain in the Air Force on a Cyber Protection Team, which conducts defensive cyber operations.  
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

INI Alumnus Siddharth Dhar Receives Top Honors for His Startup Leadership

Information Networking Institute (INI) alumnus Siddharth Dhar has been named one of Amplitude’s Most Innovative People in Product for 2024. Amplitude is a digital analytics platform that acknowledges leaders in product innovation with their annual Product50 awards. Dhar was named Best Product Leader at a startup or small company for his work with Innowatts, a data analytics company. 
Friday, May 31, 2024

INI Diploma Ceremony 2024 Reflects on Past Achievements and Looks Towards the Future

Family and friends gathered on Sunday, May 12, at the Information Networking Institute (INI) diploma ceremony to celebrate the culmination of the hard work and dedication of the 2024 graduating class. 113 students gathered with loved ones and supporters at Rodef Shalom for the ceremony.  
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

INI Students Present Novel Research on Topics from Generative AI-Enhanced Cyberdefense to Deep Learning in Master's Thesis Projects

The programs offered by the Information Networking Institute (INI) provide flexible, interdisciplinary curricula, allowing students to build skills while working with our expert faculty and leading industry partners. For students interested in pursuing rigorous academic research, completing a Master's thesis can produce publishable work and demonstrate advanced technical knowledge. Each of the INI’s programs allow for an advanced option that concludes with a thesis. 
Thursday, May 02, 2024

Carnegie Mellon University Hacking Team Secures Third Consecutive Win at MITRE eCTF

Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)’s hacking team, continued their winning streak by securing their third win at the 2024 MITRE Embedded Capture-the-flag (eCTF) cybersecurity competition. Information Networking Institute (INI) professor Patrick Tague served as a faculty advisor for a team of 13 CMU students, including five INI students, as they took on this year's challenge.
Friday, April 26, 2024

INI Alumni Karan Dwivedi and Raaghav Srinivasan Publish "Kickstart Your Engineering Career"

Starting on the path to a new career can be a challenge for anyone. To help, Information Networking Institute (INI) alumni, Karan Dwivedi (’16) and Raaghav Srinivasan (’16) gathered their experience in their new book, “Kickstart Your Security Engineer Career” and shared that wisdom at their first book signing event at CMU-SV.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Alumna Neha Gautam on Curiosity, Representation and Her Rewarding CMU-SV Experience

Solving complex technical problems has always been a passion of recent Information Networking Institute (INI) graduate Neha Gautam. As she prepared for the 2024 Women in Cyber Security Conference (WiCyS) to share the results of her research applying large language models to detect fake reviews in e-commerce, Gautam reflected on how her experience at the INI led to this point.
Tuesday, April 09, 2024

How INI Alumni Harshvardhan Chunawala and Hunter Wodzenski Helped Send the Iris Rover to Space

In a groundbreaking endeavor that harmonizes innovation with exploration, Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Iris Lunar Rover embarked on Peregrine Mission One on January 8, 2024, at 2:18 a.m. from Cape Canaveral SLC-41 that transcended beyond the confines of our world. The initiation of the Iris Rover Space Mission was a deeply emotional moment for the team, who gathered in Florida to witness the rocket launch at Cape Canaveral.
Monday, April 08, 2024

Scholarship for Service Alumnus Samuel Edoho-Eket Named 2024 Keynote Speaker

The Information Networking Institute (INI) is proud to welcome Samuel Edoho-Eket, a graduate and alumnus, as keynote speaker at the 2024 Diploma Ceremony on May 12. The ceremony will take place during Carnegie Mellon University’s Commencement Weekend and will honor the most recent class of INI graduates.
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

INI Alumnus Hao-Wei Chen named 2024 Tartan on the Rise

Information Networking Institute (INI) alumnus Hao-Wei Chen (’13) was named one of Carnegie Mellon University’s 2024 Tartans on the Rise, joining INI alumni Rohyt Belani ('02) and Hooman Radfar ('04) in this honor. This award recognizes alumni whose leadership and innovation have left an undeniable mark on their industries. 
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Innovate in the Wild: Partner with the INI as a 2024 Practicum Project Sponsor

Through this capstone experience at CMU, sponsors work with brilliant and creative students to develop and improve ideas. The INI Practicum is a cornerstone of our two bicoastal programs: the M.S. in Information Technology – Information Security (MSIT-IS) and the M.S. in Mobile and IoT Engineering (MSMITE).
Monday, February 19, 2024

INI Alumnus Karthik Suresh’s AI-Powered Startup Streamlines Go-to-Market Operations

The world of technical startups can be thrilling and challenging; for Information Networking Institute (INI) alumnus Karthik Suresh, it was a passion that kept calling. Suresh began his startup, Ignition, to bridge the gap between engineering a product and marketing it. After only two and a half years, Ignition has raised $8 million in funding from Altman Capital, Audacious Ventures and other venture capitalists.
Nancy Doyle honored with Continuous Excellence Award
Monday, February 19, 2024

Nancy Doyle honored with Continuous Excellence Award

It is an annual tradition for the College of Engineering to come together to celebrate the dedication and hard work of staff at the Staff Recognition Awards. Those who have gone above and beyond in their work receive special acknowledgment. Four Information Networking Institute (INI) staff members were recognized at the awards celebration on January 18.
INI Director Dena Haritos Tsamitis Named to Pittsburgh Smart 50
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

INI Director Dena Haritos Tsamitis Named to Pittsburgh Smart 50

On November 29, the most innovative leaders and entrepreneurs from 50 of the region’s most brilliant organizations gathered at The Westin Pittsburgh for induction into the Smart Business Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards Class of 2023. INI Director and Barbara Lazarus Professor in Information Networking, Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamitis is among the honorees and joins an esteemed list of presidents and CEOs.
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