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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Olivia Wu Becomes the First INI Student to be Named a Swartz Fellow

Master of Information Technology in Information Security (MSIT-IS) student Qinyuan (Olivia) Wu has been named one of the 2023-2025 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows. Olivia is the first INI student to be a part of this highly selective program that helps passionate students start their entrepreneurial journey in the technology arena.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

INI Student Joins the US Cyber Team

INI student Rohan Viswanathan (MS35) has been drafted on to the US Cyber Team for Season III of the international cybersecurity competition. This is the second season Rohan has taken part in the competition. After returning from Norway for the final part of Season II, Rohan stopped by to talk about his experience on the team and how the INI impacted it. 
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Devika Yeragudipati Devarakond Named CMU Alumni Award Honoree

The CMU Alumni Awards are presented to alumni who have made great strides in their field and made major impacts on the CMU community. In 2023 another INI alum was presented with this prestigious honor. Devika Yeragudipati Devarakond graduated in 2012 and was named 2023 Recent Alumni Service Award honoree.
Monday, August 14, 2023

INI Students and Alumni Secure 7th DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title with Carnegie Mellon's Hacking Team

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), was back at it again, as the team defended its title, earning its seventh victory in the past eleven years. This year's team was joined by Erye Hernandez (INI Alum), Carolina Zarate (INI Alum), Jenish Rakholiya (INI Alum), Palash Oswal (INI Alum), Dillon Wu (INI Alum), Kevin Stephens (MSIS 33), Luke Rindels (INI Alum).
Wednesday, August 02, 2023

INI Alumna Inês Oliveira (MS18) Publishes Her First Children’s Book, Calvin and the Sugar Apples

Everyone’s journey after graduation is unique and INI students are well equipped with skills and experience that can be applied anywhere. Inês Oliveira (’08, MSIN) has drawn from her experience in a surprising way. After spending some time in the tech industry, Inês decided to write a children’s book to impart some valuable life lessons about life and loss. With her first book about to be published, Inês took some time to share her journey and filled us in on how her time at CMU and the INI inspired her to pursue writing.
Wednesday, June 07, 2023

INI Diploma Ceremony 2023 Celebrates Resilience and Achievements of Newest Graduates

On May 14, 2023, the INI held its annual graduation ceremony, a time-honored tradition that brings together graduates and their families from around the world to celebrate their hard-earned master’s degrees from Carnegie Mellon University.
Monday, June 05, 2023

Practicum Insider: Transactive Energy Systems (TESS)

Six CMU master’s students from the Information Networking Institute (INI), sponsored by members of SLAC (Stanford’s National Accelerator Laboratory), worked on the lab’s Transactive Energy Service System (TESS) as part of their INI curriculum. The students gained real-world experience working in the transactive energy industry, and the project culminated with the presentation of their work at the annual INI practicum showcase in December 2022.
Friday, April 28, 2023

INI Students Defend CMU Hacking Team's Title at MITRE Cybersecurity Competition

For the second year in a row, Carnegie Mellon’s competitive hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), has taken home the top prize at the MITRE Embedded Capture-the-Flag (eCTF) cybersecurity competition. The PPP team is made up of 14 students from across the university, more than half of which were INI students and alumni. INI Associate Teaching Professor Patrick Tague serves as a co-advisor to the team while Assistant Teaching Professor Hanan Hibshi serves as a faculty advisor.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

INI Welcome Tartans on the Rise and Alumni Leadership Council for Carnival Weekend

For more than 100 years, Carnival has been — and continues to be — one the most anticipated weekends of the year for Carnegie Mellon students and alumni, with Tartans around the world coming together to celebrate this CMU tradition.
Thursday, April 20, 2023

INI Practicum Student Insider: NASA

In an effort to improve the safety and efficiency of air transportation, Georgios Ioannides (MSIT-IS ’22) and five fellow peers—all Information Networking Institute students—partnered with NASA Ames Research Center to improve simulation tools for use in U.S. civil airports. These tools are intended to simulate flight itineraries, controller commands, aircraft movements, and uncertainties at the San Francisco International Airport with the aim of improving air traffic control and scheduling.
Saturday, April 15, 2023

INI Diploma Ceremony To Feature 2023 Tartan on the Rise and Alumnus

The Information Networking Institute (INI) will proudly welcome one of its own alumni Rohyt Belani, Chairman and CEO of Cofense Inc., as the keynote speaker of the 2023 INI diploma ceremony during Carnegie Mellon University’s Commencement Weekend.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Among the Stars at SpaceX

Information Networking Institute alumnus Henry Howland (MS34) landed a dream job as a security analyst at SpaceX. Working for the aerospace company had been his goal all along. He had engineered it to happen, starting with enrolling in the INI’s Master of Science in Information Security (MSIS) program.
INI ATTENDS WICYS 2023 AND CELEBRATES ORGANIZATION’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Thursday, March 23, 2023

INI ATTENDS WICYS 2023 AND CELEBRATES ORGANIZATION’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY

INI Students Make Trek to Annual Convention Held in Denver, Colorado. On the heels of WiCyS’s 10th anniversary, the INI returned as a gold sponsor for WiCyS 2023, the organization’s annual conference which was held in Denver, Colorado from March 16-18. Started in 2013, WiCyS has grown into an organization representing a leading alliance between trailblazers from academia, government and industry.
INI Announces Education Partnership with US Cyber Games to Bridge the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap
Thursday, March 23, 2023

INI Announces Education Partnership with US Cyber Games to Bridge the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap

Carnegie Mellon University’s Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamitis, director of the Information Networking Institute (INI) and the Barbara Lazarus Professor of Information Networking, has announced that the INI has signed on as an official education partner of the US Cyber Games®, the nation’s leading program that brings talented cybersecurity athletes, coaches and industry leaders together to build an elite US Cyber Team® for global cybersecurity competition.
Two INI Alumni Named Tartans on the Rise
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Two INI Alumni Named Tartans on the Rise

Carnegie Mellon University has named two alumni from the Information Networking Institute (INI) to Tartans on the Rise. The INI honorees for 2023 are Rohyt Belani ’02 (MS12) and Hooman Radfar ’04 (MS14).
Innovate in the Wild: Partner with the INI as a 2023 Practicum Project Sponsor
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Innovate in the Wild: Partner with the INI as a 2023 Practicum Project Sponsor

Through this capstone experience at CMU, sponsors work with brilliant and creative students to develop and improve ideas. The INI Practicum is a cornerstone of our two bicoastal programs: the M.S. in Information Technology – Information Security (MSIT-IS) and the M.S. in Mobile and IoT Engineering (MSMITE).
INI Staff Recognized at College of Engineering Awards Ceremony
Thursday, February 02, 2023

INI Staff Recognized at College of Engineering Awards Ceremony

Three Information Networking Institute (INI) employees were nominated for Staff Recognition Awards honoring outstanding work: Rachel Amos, director of career services and employer relations, for the Inspirational Leadership Award; Miroslava Angelova, director of business operations, for the Continuous Excellence Award; and Christa Jones, director of marketing and events, for the Spirit award.
Why INI Gives You an Edge: A Talk with Rotem Guttman
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Why INI Gives You an Edge: A Talk with Rotem Guttman

Rotem Guttman ’12 is an engineer at the Software Engineering Institute’s CERT Division and a faculty member for the INI’s Cyber Forensics and Incident Response certificate track. He recently redesigned the curriculum of the CyFIR capstone to immerse students into a realistic scenario in which students conduct a forensic investigation over the course of the semester and present their cases during mock hearings. The new course earned him the CMU Andy Award for Creative Innovations. He is an alumnus of the INI and the Scholarship for Service program.
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