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Students and faculty in the TSYS School's cybersecurity Nexus program had the pleasure this morning of welcoming Fernando Cabello Jr. , Digital Forensics Analyst at TSYS and proud Cohort 4 alumnus, back to the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity.  Fernando met with the new Nexus cohort, opening the floor to address questions and concerns that students have been eager to discuss. As always, he shared valuable insights and practical advice from his professional journey, offering encouragement to those who now sit where he once did.  We deeply appreciate visits from our alumni and industry partners who continue to support and inspire future cybersecurity professionals. It’s these connections that strengthen our community and prepare students for the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity.  

CSU President Stuart Rayfield recently announced that undergraduate  academic advising will be transitioning from CSU faculty to a group of academic success coaches who will be hired and trained per NISS recommendations. Under this plan, there will likely be about 150 students assigned to each coach.  In addition, seven career coaches will be hired and trained to provide career guidance to students. This transition will begin in August, as faculty will continue to advise their current roster of advisees until graduation.  This shift in advising is expected to reduce faculty workload.  Faculty may volunteer to have conversations with these coaches to ensure that these coaches provide accurate information to the students.

A new study by TSYS School computer scientist Riduan Abid  points out that m odern agriculture is facing increasing challenges related to the efficient management of water resources and the optimization of agricultural productivity, both exacerbated by global climate change. As the authors add, these challenges have  motivated the development of an intelligent irrigation system using advanced technologies. In response, Abid et al.'s new study, which appears in the March 2025 issue of Scientific African , develops a real-time smart irrigation system using IoT and embedded technology, achieving efficient water management and supporting sustainable agriculture in Africa. Their system works to improve irrigation management by enabling real-time monitoring of climatic conditions and crop requirements and minimizing excessive water use while maximizing crop yields, taking into account environmental constraints and economic pressures. To achieve this improvement, the authors develop...

Spring 2025 classes have begun and there are some important dates upcoming for Turner College and TSYS School students to mark in their calendars. First, schedule changes including refunds ends tonight, as does the grace period for tuition payment. The reinstatement period begins on Monday and continues through next Friday.

An October 2023 post  at Turner Business  described a new research project by TSYS School computer scientist Riduan Abid and his colleagues at the University of Montreal on Fog computing that sought to  improve the performance of privacy-aware Reinforcement Learning agents (i.e., agents that complete tasks within an uncertain environment) that optimize the execution delay of Internet of Things applications by minimizing waiting delay. We can now report that the study now appears in the February 2025 issue of Computer Communications , an A-level journal that  publishes scientific articles (both theory and practice) and survey papers covering all aspects of future computer communication networks (on all layers, except the physical layer), with a special attention to the evolution of the Internet architecture, protocols, services, and applications. Congratulations to Professor Abid on this accomplishment. A few Turner College and TSYS School faculty are closing in vari...

CSU's administration has released the names of Dean's List students from fall semester 2024. A significant portion of the list includes the names of Turner College and TSYS School students. These names span from Junior Abac-Vicente , a sophomore finance major, to Holden Whatley , a sophomore cybersecurity major, both of whom are from Columbus. The complete list is provided below for your enjoyment.