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School professor Shuangbao (Paul) Wang has been named the inaugural holder
of the newly-established TSYS Endowed Chair in Cybersecurity. The appointment of Wang to this prestigious
position was announced by Turner College Dean Linda Hadley on October 30,
2017, during the “grand opening” of the Turner College’s TSYS Center for
Cybersecurity. Wang joined the Turner
College in August of 2016 from the University of Maryland’s University College,
where he assisted in delivering the institution’s graduate program in
cybersecurity. Wang earned a PhD in
computer science in 2004 from George Mason University, and he was the 2004
recipient of the Link Foundation Advanced Simulation and Training Award. The recipient of more than $2 million in
grant funding, Wang’s recent research appears in the Journal of Learning Analytics, Journal
for the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, and Sensors & Transducers. Prior to joining the TSYS faculty, Wang’s
research appeared in Computerized Medical
Imaging & Graphics and Computing
in Science & Engineering. Wang’s
appointment marks the sixth endowed faculty position in the Turner
College. The others are the Bill Heard
Chair of Business Administration (est. 1986), the Edwin and Florette Rothschild
Chair of Business Administration and Leadership (est. 1998), the Sarah Turner
Butler Distinguished University Chair of Business and Finance (est. 2003), the
Ray and Evelyn Crowley Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship (est. 2005), and
the Violet Litchfield and Thomas Bryant Buck, Jr. Faculty Chair in Real Estate
(est. 2008). Wang will hold the new TSYS
endowed professorship through May of 2019.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...
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