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Beyond
Mason:
Army.mil:
The website for the U.S. armed forces announces the
private-public partnership
with Mason and five other universities to create cybersecurity
professionals.
Left
to
right: Mason student Caitlin Johnson, Guatemalan engineer Juan
Manuel Moreno
Sandoval, Marquette student Becca Avena, Mason student Mohamed
Ali, David
Kovacs from Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, and student Shanyce
Rovon Stewart
from Rochester Institute of Technology all worked at Roosevelt
Hospital in
Guatemala in partnership with Engineering World Health.
Title:
How
to Market your Business Idea Date:Tuesday, February 24th, 1 pm Location:
Room 4801 Speaker:Jeff Fissel, KZO Innovations
Abstract Having a
solid business idea is a good start, but, in order to be
successful,
entrepreneurs must be able to effectively market their new
products or
services. In a world where people are constantly bombarded with
new ideas, inventions,
and a myriad of new products and services, this skill is critical
to stand out
from the crowd and convince people to buy into you and from you.
Mr. Fissel
will provide an overview of the most effective strategies and
practices to
successfully market your business and achieve long-term success.
Biosketch
Jeff
Fissel
co-founded KZO Innovations, Inc. in 2007 and serves as its Vice
President of Solutions.Mr.
Fissel plays
a key role in select strategic accounts and corporate development
activities at
KZO Innovations.He helped
the team take
their video content management software to market and build the
customer base
to include companies like PNC bank, Audi/VW, Michelin, and
Comcast.He is an expert
with interactive streaming
media technologies and was a member of the development team for
the KZO
technology.KZO
Innovations successfully
raised venture capital and was sold to a 1.4 Billion dollar
private equity fund
in 2013.Prior to KZO
Innovations, he
founded KZO Webcasting and over five years produced hundreds of
global webcasts
ranging from events in the White House to film festivals in
Hollywood.Mr. Fissel has
a B.S. in Information
Technology with a concentration in Information Security and
Network
Administration from George Mason University.
When:
Thursday – February 26th, 2015 @
1:30 -2:30 PM Location:
ENGR 3507 Speaker:
Jamal Zweit, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
Professor of Radiology, and Director of Center for Molecular
Imaging, Virginia
Commonwealth University Title:
Molecular Imaging and
Nanotechnology in Cancer Biology and Therapeutics
Biography: Dr.
Zweit is a professor of Radiology, and affiliate professor of
Radiation
Oncology, Molecular Pathology, Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology and
Chemistry at VCU. He is the Director of the Center for Molecular
Imaging and a
senior member of the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth
University
Medical Center. He leads an inter-disciplinary and
inter-collaborative
molecular imaging research program that emphasizes multi-modality
approaches to
study biochemical and biological pathways in vivo. Professor
Zweit’s research
interests include the development of paradigms for molecular
imaging, targeted
therapeutics and nanotechnology strategies for preclinical and
clinical translational
research. His current research interests include
radiopharmaceutical
developments, Multi-modal probes, nanotechnology platforms, Tumor
microenvironment, hybrid molecular imaging, and theranostic
anti-cancer agents.
He
is
internationally recognized for his work in molecular imaging of
cancer drug
development, and conducted the “world’s first” Molecular PET
Imaging clinical
trial of Anti-angiogenic therapy in cancer patients (Journal
National Cancer
Institute 2002).
He
serves
on the review body of a number of funding organizations, both in
Europe
and North America. He has supervised more than 25 MSc, MD and PhD
theses. He
has published more than 100 peer reviewed articles, over 250
conference
abstracts, and several review articles and book chapters, as well
as a few
patents.
Abstract:
Molecular
Imaging
is concerned with the study of underlying biological pathways
associated with disease processes and the working of therapies
within the
intact in vivo environment.Molecular
nanotechnology
deals with the applications of nano-materials in cell biology,
drug delivery, targeted therapy and diagnostics. Combining
molecular imaging
with nanotechnology offers a powerful platform to specifically
image and study
multifunctional pathways associated with cancer biology and
therapeutics. The
Center for Molecular Imaging (CMI) at VCU, is a state-of-the-art
multi-modality
research facility, with expertise in molecular imaging Science
(PET/SPECT/CT;
MRI/MRS, Optical and Photoaccoustic imaging). The imaging
technologies are
underpinned by developments of targeted agents, including
multi-modal hybrid
nano-probes. Within the context of cancer biology and therapy, the
combination
of molecular imaging and nanotechnology offers real time
investigations of
tumor progression, the role of tumor micro-environment, and the
interrogation
of therapeutic interventions, all within the intact tumor and
normal tissue
environments. This presentation will highlight CMI research in
these areas;
which include i) image-guided chemotherapy, ii) radio-nanoparticle
imaging and
therapy; iii) dual-modal PET/MR imaging; iv) tumor associated
microenvironment
and v) image-guided normal tissue radioprotection. These research
platforms
highlight the use of combined technologies to enhance research in
cancer
biology and therapy within intact live subjects.
Argonne Training Program on
Extreme-Scale Computing
Designed
to
train the next generation of supercomputer users, the Argonne
Training Program
on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) is scheduled for its third
year in the
Chicago area from August 2-14, 2015.
Program Curriculum: Renowned
scientists, HPC experts, and leaders will serve as lecturers and
will guide
hands-on laboratory sessions. The core curriculum will address:
Computer
architectures and their predicted evolution
Programming
methodologies effective across a variety of today’s
supercomputers and that are
expected to be applicable to exascale systems
Approaches
for performance portability among current and future
architectures
Numerical
algorithms and mathematical software
Performance
measurement and debugging tools
Data
analysis, visualization, and methodologies and tools for Big
Data applications
Approaches
to building community codes for HPC systems
Eligibility and Application: Doctoral
students, postdocs, and computational scientists interested in
attending ATPESC
can review eligibility and application details on the event
website.
The
program
is free; domestic airfare, meals, and lodging are provided.
Funding Opportunity: Cyber
Security Research & Innovation Contest (State Department)
The
U.S.
Consulate General Chennai proposes to fund a Cybersecurity
Research and
Innovation Contest for young programmers and students of
Information Technology
(Age limit: 20-35 years only). The preliminary round of the
contest will be
conducted in six cities across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala,
culminating in
a grand finale in Chennai. While building general awareness about
opportunities
and challenges in the field of cybersecurity, this program will
build interest
in research and innovation in this field among young talents in
India. Though
thousands of students graduate with degrees in Information
Technology across
South India, only a small minority specialize in cybersecurity.
The proposed
program will help popularize research and training in Indian
institutions and
complement U.S.-India bilateral cooperation on cybersecurity.
The
Department
of State Public Affairs Section anticipates awarding a grant
ranging
from $15,000 - $20,000, subject to the availability of funding.The awardee is encouraged to
seek and find
additional funding for this project, subject to approval by the
U.S. Consulate General,
Chennai and U.S. Embassy New Delhi.
The
BIGDATA
program seeks novel approaches in computer science, statistics,
computational science, and mathematics, along with innovative
applications in
domain science, including social and behavioral sciences,
geosciences,
education, biology, the physical sciences, and engineering, that
lead towards
the further development of the interdisciplinary field of data
science.The solicitation
invites two types of
proposals: "Foundations" (F): those developing or studying
fundamental theories, techniques, methodologies, technologies of
broad
applicability to Big Data problems; and "Innovative Applications"
(IA): those developing techniques, methodologies and technologies
of key
importance to a Big Data problem directly impacting at least one
specific
application. [...]
In
addition
to approaches such as search, query processing, and analysis,
visualization techniques will also become critical across many
stages of big
data use--to obtain an initial assessment of data as well as
through subsequent
stages of scientific discovery. Research on visualization
techniques and models
will be necessary for serving not only the experts, who are
collecting the
data, but also those who are users of the data, including
"cross-over" scientists who may be working with big data and
analytics for the first time, and those using the data for
teaching at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. The BIGDATA program seeks novel
approaches
related to all of these areas of study.
Title:RFP --AMENDMENT-- Advanced
Software
Engineering Technologies for the Software Producibility Initiative
Sponsor:Department of the Air Force
The
Air Force
Research Laboratory (AFRL) is seeking white papers for Advanced
Software
Engineering TechnologieS (ASETS) as part of the Software
Producibility
Initiative (SWPI). SWPI is an ongoing program with the overallgoal
of improving
the Department of Defense?s (DoD's) ability to design, build,
test, and sustain
software-intensive systems that are large-scale, high complexity,
highly
reliable, and operate in relevant military environments, whichmeet
mission
critical requirements, safety critical requirements as well as
exhibit predictable
behavior. Within SWPI, the ASETS BAA focuses on discovering
andadapting
cutting-edge ideas in computer science, mathematics, and
information science to
the production of military software. ASETS seeks to improve the
producibility
of software-intensive systems that directly support the Warfighter
and operate
in the most demanding military environments. …
William Roeting Receives Funding
from Parsons Govt. Systems Corp. & Dept. of Defense
William
Roeting
of the C4I Center received $125K from Parsons Government Systems
Corp.
and the Department of Defense for his project, “Android Tactical
Assault Kit
(ATAK) - Integrated Automated Intelligence Workflow.”
Jan Allbeck Receives Funding from
Entertainment Software Association
Jan
Allbeck
of the Computer Science Department received $20K from the
Entertainment
Software Association for her project, “ESA Anti-Piracy Game.”
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Stephen G. Nash
Senior Associate Dean
Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2500
Mailstop 5C8
Fairfax, VA 22030
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Phone: (703) 993-1505
Fax: (703) 993-1633
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