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  • Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, “Digital Forensics at the Intersection of Public Policy and Civil Rights”

    Co-sponsored by Dept. of Computer Science & Software Engineering (CSSE) and the New Jersey Coast Section of IEEE

    Tuesday, November 10, 2015

    7 – 9 p.m.

    Bey Hall 113 (Young Auditorium)

    RSVP Information: Not required, though you may register at Technical Talk – Digital Forensics at the Intersection of Public Policy and Civil Rights.

    This event will feature networking and refreshments, guest speaker, and Q & A.

    Digital forensics is a rapidly expanding field where practitioners apply scientific techniques in order to investigate and draw conclusions about evidence, with the goal of presenting findings in courtroom settings. The manner in which the forensics expert is required to perform their work is greatly influenced by prior court rulings and government laws, both recent and older ones dating back to the Nation’s founding. Some public policy and civil rights issues related to computers and digital data will be explored using examples from the speaker’s casework, as well as newsworthy current events.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

    Dr. Rebecca Mercuri is the owner of Notable Software, Inc. where she provides digital forensics investigations and expert witness services for criminal and civil matters, along with computer security and certification compliance evaluations.

    Education includes a B.S. in Computer Science from Penn State, M.S. in Computer Science from Drexel University, as well as an M.S. in Engineering and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. During 2003-2005 she was a fellow at Harvard University, performing research on computer security topics, and has testified to local, state and federal government agencies on the many inherent problems with electronic voting systems. Her sworn testimony in Bush v. Gore was cited in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Dr. Mercuri’s publications include a book chapter on Digital Image Forensics, and numerous Security Watch and Inside Risks articles for the Communications of the ACM magazine, where she also served as a Contributing Editor. Rebecca has held leadership roles with the Association of Computing Machinery, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Audio Engineering Society, and is a frequent presenter at conferences and events promoting STEM education. Current hobbies include guitar and vocal music, droning, 3D printing, and amateur/Ham radio.

    For more information, please contact Rebecca Hanly, CSSE Secretary at x7501 or rhanly@monmouth.edu.

  • The Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series

    In 2004, the first public exhumation of a mass grave in Andalucía, Spain took place in the province of Cádiz, bringing to light the buried history of repression under the Franco dictatorship. Professor Cate-Arries’ lecture focuses on the oral testimonies she has recorded with family members of the civilian victims who were “disappeared” by the regime in 1936. She examines how private mourning practices, personal objects of memory, and stories once told behind closed doors preserved a collective memory of the losers of a civil war who decades ago fought for the democratic ideals embraced by today’s Spain.

  • What Lies Beneath: Barnegat Bay

    The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute will host a symposium exploring the results of a three-year comprehensive study of the health of Barnegat Bay on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. The event, titled “What Lies Beneath: Barnegat Bay,” will feature presentations by three groups of researchers who worked on the study.

    The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) initiated the study to determine the sources and extent of environmental problems in the bay, and identify actions that could be taken to slow and ultimately reverse the bay’s decline. Ten independent research projects were launched to determine the bay’s needs, three of which will be presented at the symposium.

    Members of the public are welcome to attend.

    For more information, contact James Nickles at 732-263-5686 or jnickles@monmouth.edu.

  • Guest Lecture with Dr. Cesar Gonzalez: “Big Data: Practice and Applications”

    The “Big Data” phenomenon has given rise to the emerging discipline of “Data Science.” Data science combines areas from computer science, artificial intelligence, and statistics among others, with the goal of extracting useful information and hidden patterns from large volumes of structured and unstructured data sources.

    The applications of big data are numerous and go beyond their use in search engines and recommendation systems. In fact, big data techniques are being applied in science, health, and even in what were traditionally considered “soft” sciences, such as anthropology, journalism, etc.

    After defining “big data” and “data science,” Dr. Cesar Gonzalez will present a number of examples that demonstrate the impact of big data in a number of disciplines. In the talk he also reviews the most popular computational and mathematical tools commonly used in this trade.

    Dr. Gonzales, who retired from IBM in 2012 after 29 years of service, is currently an independent technology consultant working on topics that include Big Data. At IBM Cesar became an IBM Fellow, an executive position and the highest technical distinction that IBM confers. His technical expertise spans the areas of wireless communications and the development of video compression algorithms and systems. Early in his IBM career, he contributed to the development of the ubiquitous MPEG standard for digital video compression. He then led the research and development in IBM’s Digital Video Products group. His work included the development of ASICs and systems-on-a-chip for MPEG-2 encoders, set-top boxes, and other digital video consumer products. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the recipient of multiple awards from IBM as well as other external professional organizations.

    This event is co-sponsored by the MU Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the New Jersey Coast Section of IEEE.

    This event will be held at Magill Commons, Rooms 107-108-109. For more information, please contact Rebecca Hanly, CSSE Secretary, at 732-571-7501 or rhanly@monmouth.edu.

  • Blood Drive

  • Career Choices Roundtable – presented by the School of Science Peer Mentoring Program

  • Dr. Paul Shane Annual Policy Symposium

    You are invited to attend the

    Dr. Paul Shane Annual Policy Symposium

    Themes: Race Relations & Environmental Justice

    Friday, February 26, 2016
    9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
    Monmouth University
    Anacon A & B, Student Center
    400 Cedar Avenue
    West Long Branch, NJ 07764

    Registration: 9:30 a.m.
    Program begins 10 a.m.
    The event is FREE

     

    SPONSORS:

     NJ Baccalaureate Social Work Education Association

     Monmouth University School of Social Work

     National Association of Social Workers, New Jersey Chapter

     

    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

     Sanjana Ragudaran
    732-923-4596
    sragudar@monmouth.edu

    Annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy
    Call for Papers

    This year the annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy will be held on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy is sponsored by the New Jersey Baccalaureate Social Work Education Association (NJBSWEA), and the National Association of Social Workers –New Jersey Chapter (NASW-NJ). The focus of this year’s symposium will be on Race Relations and Environmental Justice, and will include a Keynote speaker followed by a series of workshops that explore related policy issues.

    BSW and MSW students are encouraged to participate in this year’s symposium by developing poster presentations. These posters must be related to the policy arena. Student’s posters may involve:

    • a discussion of the policy advocacy efforts students have participated in
    • a discussion of student research findings that have direct relevance to the policy arena
    • a discussion of a practice experience that has direct relevance to the policy arena
    • a theoretical analysis of an ethical dilemmas faced in the policy arena,
    • a discussion of a special events the student has participated in that have direct relevance to the policy arena
    • a policy analysis
    • another focus that is of direct relevance to the topic of social justice in the policy arena

    Students interested in presenting posters should submit a title for their presentation, the names of presenting students, and an abstract to their school’s NJBSWEA representative. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should provide a concise overview of the content of the poster presentation. Proposals will be reviewed based upon their clarity and focus, relevance to the topic of social justice in the policy arena, and strength of design. Students whose poster presentation proposals are accepted will be required to develop a mounted poster, and informally discuss their content with those who visit their poster station during the symposium.

    Abstract Submission Due Date: Feb 12, 2016

  • Shawn Mendes – SOLD OUT

    SOLD OUT
    Parking Fee: $10
    Doors open at 6:30 PM

    With his #1 debut album, #1 single “Stitches”, & now second Pop Radio hit “I Know What You Did Last Summer” extending his momentum at into the new year, Island Records recording artist Shawn Mendes has announced his Shawn Mendes World Tour, opening across Europe with 11 dates in April-May, and then arriving in North America with 26 dates starting on July 15th at Mizner Amphitheater in Boca Raton FL, through the August 21st homecoming date at Air Canada Center in Toronto (Please see full list of dates below).  Preceding these shows, Shawn will play his biggest New York City concert to date, headlining Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, March 5th, which sold-out in under 5 minutes when tickets went on-sale this past fall.

    “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” the RIAA gold single duet by Shawn and Camila Cabello of Fifth Harmony, has gone Top 15 at Pop Radio, Top 10 on iTunes, Top 20 on the U.S. Spotify chart, and Top 30 on Spotify’s Global Top 50. The video for “IKWYDLS” is currently past 35 million YouTube views.  Shawn and Camila wrote the song together backstage in his green room at a Taylor Swift 1989 Tour show last summer, and recorded it secretly in New York and Los Angeles.

    When Handwritten, now double platinum with a total of 2 million adjusted sales, entered Soundscan at #1 last year, it made Shawn the youngest artist in nearly five years to chart a #1 album on the Billboard 200.  “IKWYDLS” follows up Shawn’s run of consecutive hit singles “Life of The Party” (RIAA platinum), “Something Big” (RIAA platinum), and “Stitches” (RIAA 4x-platinum).  “Stitches” went to #1 on US Pop radio, nearing pole position at the Hot AC formats and has become a certifiable airplay and sales smash around the world.  In addition to topping the official singles chart in the UK this week, the single has hit #1 on iTunes in over 20 markets, and reached Top 5 on the Global Spotify chart.  Shawn also took home the MTV EMA for Best New Artist and the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Breakout Artist.

    For more information on the Shawn Mendes World Tour 2016 visit www.ShawnMendesOfficial.com 

  • Celebrated Author Erik Larson To Speak at Monmouth University

    Celebrated author Erik Larson will speak at Monmouth University on Monday, March 28, 2016, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. in Pollak Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.

    Erik Larson has written five books that have appeared on the New York Times‘ bestseller list, including such critically acclaimed works as In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin and The Devil in the White City. Mr. Larson’s most recent book is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, which deals with the implications of the sinking of the Lusitania by German torpedoes in May 1915 and will be the subject of his talk.

    This event is the inaugural lecture in the Department of History and Anthropology’s Charles Mayes World War I Lecture Series.

    Mr. Larson’s talk at Monmouth University will be his first public appearance since the release of Dead Wake in paperback. His books will be on sale before and after his talk, and Mr. Larson will be available to sign books after his talk.

    You can read more about Mr. Larson and his body of work at: eriklarsonbooks.com

    For more information about this event, please contact Ken Campbell at campbell@monmouth.edu or Melissa Ziobro at mziobro@monmouth.edu with any questions.

  • National Student Employment Appreciation Week

    Monmouth University Celebrates National Student Employment Week – April 10 – 16, 2016

    In celebration of National Student Employment Week, the Student Employment Office will sponsor a number of events celebrating the 20th Annual Student Employee Appreciation Week!

    SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
    Tuesday, April 12 – 3rd Annual “Bake Off” – Pozycki Hall Upstairs Patio
    Wednesday , April 13 – Student Employee Appreciation Day – Student Center
    Thursday, April 14 – “Deck Your Door Contest” Winner Announced
    Friday, April 15 – Student Employee of the Year Reception – Wilson Hall