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the School of Graduate Studies and Entrepreneurship

(SGSRE), supplemented by funding through the Center

for Education and Research in Information Assurance

(CERIAS) accredited Security Labs in the Department

of Computer Science at UNC.

The grant was awarded to Dr Sean Thorpe, Senior

Lecturer in Computer Security and Digital Forensics,

School of Computing and Information Technology

(SCIT) and Mr Kedrian James, Lecturer, SCIT, to

develop new research competencies at the graduate

level in Information Security. Mr Kedrian James

commenced his research activities at UNC on January

30, 2015.

SCIT Graduate Student wins American National

Science Foundation Travel Grant for Women in

Cyber-Security

Mrs. Delane Wallace - Robinson, first year MSc

Information Systems Management graduate student

was awarded the American National Science

Foundation (NFS) Travel Grant to attend the 2nd

National Women in Cyber-security conference held

March 27 – 28, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The

award supports exposure for talented female graduate

student researchers in cyber-security worldwide.

UTech, Jamaica/SCIT Sapna Team Placed 2nd in

Software Development Competition at UWI

On March 6, 2015, the UTech, Jamaica Sapna Initiative,

a student professional development unit in the School of

Computing and Information Technology (SCIT), placed

second in the Developing the Caribbean hackathon.

The duration of the hackathon was 24 hours. UTech,

Jamaica/Sapna entered two teams competing against

teams from UWI, NCU and professional software

developers. Both teams developed very innovative

apps. The UTech, Jamaica/SCIT team dubbed “Sapna

Excalibur” placed 2nd in the competition and won a

prize of $50,000.They were the only University team

that placed in the competition.

FENC students shine at IEEE Southeastern

Conference 2015

The Faculty of Engineering and Computing student

team represented the University at the Annual IEEE

SoutheastCon 2015 conference in Florida, USA. They

won first place in Webpage competition and were

finalists in the Ethics and Software Competitions.

ICT Seminar

The SCIT graduate office hosted its annual ICT Seminar

at the Technology Innovation Centre on December 2,

2014 under the theme “Regulating the ICT Industry

and its Effects on Growth and Development”. The

opening address was given by Hon. Phillip Paulwell,

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining.

Other speakers included Mr Cecil McCain, Director,

Post and Telecommunications, Ministry of Science,

Technology, Energy and Mining, Dr Andrew Wheatley,

Opposition Spokesperson on Science, ICT and Digital

Society Development, Mr Ronald Sutherland, General

Manager - FYAH 105. Ms. Ingrid Riley, Executive

Director, ConnectiMass and Mr Arnett Campbell, Head,

SCIT, UTech, Jamaica.

Hon. Phillip Paulwell, MP (2nd left) accepts a gift from Prof. Rosalea Hamilton,

Vice President, Community Service and Development, UTech,Ja. following

his keynote address at a public seminar on Regulating the ICT Industry

hosted by the School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT) at

UTech, Ja. on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Sharing in the pleasant moment

(from left) are Mr. Arnett Campbell, Head, SCIT and Dr. Felix Akinladejo,

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Research and Entrepreneurship, Faculty

of Engineering and Computing, UTech, Ja.

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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING

CONT’D