Computer Science eNewsletter
July 2011
In This Issue
- NC State To Create Video Game Adventure To Boost Science Literacy
- Department Announces Faculty Additions
- Summer Camp 2011 – There Must Be An App for That!
- Losing Sleep: New ‘GoldDream’ Malware Targets Android
- Data-Stealing Apps ID’d, Pulled From Official Android Market
- N.C. Video Game Developers Roundtable: Local Universities and Colleges Supply Workforce
- DroidKungFu Malware Is Evolving
- Martin-Vega Leads Policy Group
- Chancellor on Budget Reduction
- Coastal Healing
- Departmental Gifts & Research
- Faculty / Staff News
- Follow the Department on Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter!
- Personalized Job Search Agent in ePack
NC State To Create Video Game Adventure To Boost Science Literacy
With the help of a $500,000 grant from the Next Generation Learning Challenges program, Dr. James Lester and other researchers from NC State will be creating a game that uses medical mystery to teach scientific literacy. more
Department Announces Faculty Additions
The Computer Science Department will welcome Dr. Randy Avent, professor; Drs. Kristy Boyer and William Enck, assistant professors; and Dr. David Sturgill, teaching assistant professor, to the department in August. more
Summer Camp 2011 – There Must Be An App for That!
This summer dozens of high school students got to exercise their imaginations by creating Android apps during the Computer Science Software Engineering Android Applications Workshop, part of the College of Engineering’s Summer Programs. more
Losing Sleep: New ‘GoldDream’ Malware Targets Android
That’s right, researchers have found yet another malware targeting Android users. Dr. Xuxian Jiang and other computer science researchers at NC State have discovered GoldDream, another variety of malware targeting the Android OS. more
Data-Stealing Apps ID’d, Pulled From Official Android Market
NC State computer science researchers have identified five applications on Google’s official Android Market that upload users’ personal information to a remote server without notifying the users. Google has been notified and pulled the apps from the market July 14. more
N.C. Video Game Developers Roundtable: Local Universities and Colleges Supply Workforce
NC Department of Commerce video features Dr. Michael Young, Director of the N.C. State Digital Games Research Center; Alexander Macris, Publisher of The Escapist in Durham and John Austin of Joystick Labs discussing how the universities and colleges in the Triangle area have supplied the video game development industry with a highly skilled and well-educated workforce. more
DroidKungFu Malware Is Evolving
Dr. Xuxian Jiang, the NC State computer science researcher who first identified the DroidKungFu malware that targets Android users, has now uncovered new variations of the malware, which have been modified in what appears to be an attempt to make them harder to detect. more
Martin-Vega Leads Policy Group
Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega, Dean of the College of Engineering, has been appointed chair of the Public Policy Colloquium of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Engineering Deans Council. He will also serve as vice chair of the Engineering Deans Council executive board during the 2011-13 term. more
Chancellor on Budget Reduction
Chancellor Randy Woodson says planning and realignment efforts across campus will help NC State weather an $80 million reduction in state funding this year, holding academic cuts to 7 percent. more
Coastal Healing
A walk on Bald Head Island inspired an NC State adjunct professor to find a way to provide beach vacations for wounded soldiers and their families. more
Departmental Gifts & Research
Wireless Generation has donated $2,500 to the department in support of the Welcome Back Bash and the ePartners Program.
SAS Institute has donated $25,000 to the department in support of the ePartners Program and the Sr. Design Center.
Tata Consultancy Services has donated $10,000 to the department in support of the ePartners Program.
I-Cubed has donated $10,000 to the department in support of the Sr. Design Center.
Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill has received a Faculty Research and Professional Development (FRPD) Award in the amount of $7,000 to support his research proposal titled “Flexible Restructuring Tools for Flexible Software.” more
Faculty / Staff & Alumni News
Congratulations to alumnus, Jonathan Ellis (BS CSC '03) who was recently selected to be a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice. more
Follow the Department on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter!
Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and corporate partners of the NC State Department of Computer Science, interested in networking to foster collaboration, entrepreneurship, partnerships, career development and professional growth are invited to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Personalized Job Search Agent in ePack
If you are a CSC student or recent graduate (within 12 months post-graduation) and would like to receive email notifications when new jobs are posted on ePack matching your profile, you can set up your own customized job search agent to receive just the postings you desire (intern vs. full time, etc). For a short video tutorial on how to create your own personalized job agent, click here. Experienced alumni looking for career assistance are encouraged to take advantage of NC State's Alumni Career Service.