List of Announcements (details below):
VSE in the News
Upcoming Events
Research News
Odds and Ends
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VSE in the News
News stories about VSE that have been posted:
Beyond Mason
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Virginia Business Journal: Mason’s
Liza Wilson Durant (Volgenau) comments in a story highlighting the expansion of the Arlington campus thanks to Amazon HQ2. Also in WTOP and ARLnow.
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Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU 88.5): Mason’s
Liza Wilson Durant (Volgenau) comments on educational opportunities available in the DC area to working adults. Durant comes in at 34:30.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch: Mason
President Ángel Cabrera comments on Mason’s part in the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative as a leader in cybersecurity education and research. Also in InsideNoVa.
On the Volgenau News Page (https://volgenau.gmu.edu/news/latest-news)
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Mason Engineering MS AIT Online receives top 10 ranking.
Mason’s online MS in Applied Information Technology recently received an eighth-place ranking from successfulstudent.org.
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Order up: PhD grad helps Grubhub deliver food faster.
Ryan J. O’Neil, who’ll be awarded his PhD in Systems Engineering and Operations Research this month, developed a recipe to speed the pickup and delivery of takeout.
Photo of the Week
View of the original Mason building on the Arlington Campus. The university plans to tear down the building to make room for a 400,000-square-foot replacement to house a research enterprise for
fields like data analytics, cybersecurity and defense. See comments in the
Washington Business Journal.
If you have suggestions for other stories, please submit them to Martha Bushong, [log in to unmask].
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Up-coming Events
Whether you're looking for a specific event or browsing, our calendar lets you know what’s happening at the school. Here is a sample of what’s coming in the next several weeks. For more information
visit our calendar on the web. From this page, you can share the event on social media, get updates, forward to friends, or save
it to your own calendar.
December 13 –
Outstanding Achievement Awards, 10:30 am, Dewberry Hall.
Colin Reagle, assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department is being honored with the Sustainability Hero award.
December 14 –
CASBBI, 1:00 pm, ENGR 4705. The Center for Adaptive Systems for Brain-Body Interactions (CASBBI), led by Siddhartha Sikdar (bioengineering), Jim Thompson (psychology), and Lynn Gerber (health administration and policy), has been selected for base funding
by a team led by the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President S. David Wu. This group meets weekly.
For information about getting your event posted visit: https://volgenau.gmu.edu/events
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Research News
Angelos Stavrou received $86,924 from DARPA for “Enhanced Cyber Defense by Leveraging Involuntary Analog. The anticipated funding is $1,454,051.
Robert Gallo received $25,000 from DARPA for “3D Split of Obfuscation, Authentication and Licensing (3D-SOUL).”
Correction to last week’s entry: Massimiliano Albanese received $32,104 from AFRL for “Configuration Security.” The anticipated funding is $609,611.
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Odds and Ends
Monthly IT Newsletter
To foster awareness of current IT security issues, ITS publishes a monthly newsletter on topics of interest to a general audience. This month’s newsletter discusses questions about how targets
are chosen and the best defenses.
Read the December newsletter at http://itsecurity.gmu.edu/SecurityLiaisons/upload/DECNEWSLTR2018.pdf.
Please contact Jonathan Goldman, the VSE Security Liaison, if you have any questions.
‘Tis the Season
Volgenau School merchandise is now available at the bookstore. If you’re looking for holiday gifts head on over to the Johnson Center or go online.