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ETTRICK - Virginia State University will host a delegation of 20 faculty, administrators and student leaders from the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Nigeria's top ranked university, from June 20- 30. VSU President Keith T. Miller invited the delegation to campus as part of the International Institute for Capacity Building in Higher Education, a professional development program that emerged from a recent partnership between the two universities. With the theme of Globalizing Higher Education: Outreach and Curriculum Enhancement Activities for Capacity Building at VSU and UNILORIN, the 10-day institute will engage the delegates in academic and cultural activities, including participation in conferences and seminars, workshops, guest presentations, outreach activities and networking in t...
... Sustainable Development in Nigeria." VSU computer information systems faculty will share resources f...
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In today's world of computer systems and programs of infinite complexity, almost anything can happen and the results can be dramatic. One of the most infamous incidents of computer breach was first revealed in January 2007 when TJX Cos announced that it was the victim of an unauthorized computer systems intrusion. It had discovered in mid-December of the previous year that its computer systems were compromised and that customer data was stolen. According to a new study by Ponemon Institute, employees routinely engage in activities that put sensitive data at risk: downloading data onto unsecured mobile devices (61%), sharing passwords (47%), losing data-bearing devices (43%), and turning off their mobile devices' security tools (21%). As serious as this risky behavior is in the retail an...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed to amend its energy conservation standards for several classes of commercial heating, air-conditioning, and water-heating equipment and to adopt new energy conservation standards for computer room air conditioners in a January 2012 notice of proposed rulemaking (January 2012 NOPR). The levels that DOE proposed to adopt were equivalent to the efficiency levels contained in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)/Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Standard 90.1-2010 (ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010). In addition, DOE proposed in the January 2012 NOPR to update the current Federal test procedures, or for certain equipment types adopt ne...
... equipment and variable refrigerant flow systems. DOE is also proposing to include with modificatio...
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Chris Smith had every intention of returning to the East Coast within a couple of years of moving to Oregon in 1988 to work for Tektronix. Now, more than two decades later, Smith is one of Oregon's most vocal citizen activists. Smith admits he was smitten by Oregon shortly after he moved here and easily became a permanent transplant, despite his affection for Boston. As the oldest of three kids growing up in Pittsfield, Mass., Smith excelled on his high school Quiz Team. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and a MBA with honors from Boston University.
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LISBON FALLS - Bakerstown Alternative Education Program in Poland and Morse High School/Bath Regional Vocational School in Bath were recently awarded 4-H Community Mapping Program Grants for 2006. Each grant, provided by National 4-H and Environmental Systems Research Institute consists of $40,000 worth of computer software, printed resources and technical support. The school 4-H teams, made up of youth, teachers and adult volunteers, conduct community service projects that involve mapping of economic, social and environmental conditions that need attention in their communities.
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TRENTON Computer scientists at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have found problems with systems meant to provide paper trails for electronic voting machines. Reports posted online by the state Division of Elections listed 33 flaws with printers for three voting machines used in the state: the Sequoia AVC Advantage and Sequoia AVC Edge, both made by California-based Sequoia Voting Systems, and the Vote-Trakker, made by Avante International Technology Inc. of West Windsor.
