Life in the TSYS School as Busy as Ever

There is no shortage of good news coming out of the Turner College’s TSYS School of Computer Science. Cybersecurity nexus program student Benjamin Price recently began an internship with TSYS/Global Payments, Inc., as a security operations center (SOC) analyst. “Thank you to Columbus State University for supporting the Cybersecurity Nexus Program and to Patrick Aiken for leading the program that has prepared me for my career . . . [I am] Incredibly blessed to have this opportunity,” Price stated. On Thursday, November 3rd from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Aiken will share basic information about the cybersecurity nexus program at CSU and answer any questions. The session will be held in room 125 of the Synovus Center on CSU’s main campus. The next day, November 4^th, representatives of various companies will again visit the Synovus Center for another round of mock interviews. This time members of Cohort 5 of the cybersecurity nexus program will get to test their interviewing skills in a real-world setting.

Congratulations are due to computer science senior Ryan Zimmerman who took home the 3^rd place prize at 19^th Annual IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems. Ryan’s award-winning paper is titled “Developing a Location-Based IoT Application as a Use Cases for UML-Based Analysis.” The conference was held recently in Denver, Colorado. Next, the TSYS School’s Armando Fernandez was joined by Laurie Aiken on a recent visit with juniors and seniors at Central High School in Phenix City, Alabama, to discuss future education options in computer science and cybersecurity. As Fernandez explained, “It is always a great day when we get the chance to tell our story and represent our university.”

Lastly, visitors to the Synovus Center in the near future will likely see students in Cohort 4 of the cybersecurity nexus program proudly sporting new swag in the form of hooded sweatshirts emblazoned with the program’s logo on the front. Be sure to give them a smile.

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