UPE at UWTECH

Nearly two dozen students, alumni and faculty at the Institute of Technology were recently inducted into the new UW Tacoma chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the international honor society for computing science, engineering and technology.

“Joining UPE is an honor,” said Associate Professor George Mobus, a longtime member of the organization. “Having UPE here at UW Tacoma is a recognition of the quality of our program and of our students.”

UPE’s mission is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the computing and information disciplines. A member of the Association of College Honor Societies, UPE is the only international honor society in the computing and information field.

The charter’s first initiates are: Students Amelia Annest, Alan Boulet, Craig Deitering, Alan Fowler, Pat Kuhlman, Randy McCoy, Michael Munsey, Craig Niyama, Kyle Shanafelt, Erik Sherbon, Ruslan Slobodyanik, Michael Spiz and Jonathan Veilleux. Also initiated were alumni Iyad Alaqrabawi, Daniel Blair, Robert Bunge and Kristen Shinohara, Assistant Professor Dan Zimmerman and Institute of Technology Director Orlando Baiocchi.

The Institute of Technology was launched in 2001 to cultivate a highly educated and knowledgeable workforce to support the state's high-tech sector and spur economic development in the South Sound region. The Institute offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Engineering and Systems and Computing and Software Systems. To learn more about the Institute of Technology, visit www.insttech.washington.edu.

Security Workshop Tomorrow

This Saturday, February 2, at 11:00 in CP105, The Grey Hat Group is putting on a workshop entitled

"Passwords and Bump Keys--How Safe Are You, Really?"

There will be some demos of password auditing/recovery tools (I didn't say
cracking!), as well as a demo of the strength of a physical security device.

All interested people are welcome.

The GreyHat Group at UWT is a student organization at the University of Washington, Tacoma, organized by Computing and Software Systems students, whose mission is to research all aspects of computer security, including network security and information assurance and share that information with the regional community.

Membership is open to any UWT Student who has an interest in computer security regardless of major. Prior knowledge of computers is NOT required for membership. Knowledge is gained through attending meetings and events, talking to other members, and trying things out for yourself.