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Faculty Feature: Dr. Ashish Amresh

Posted by jnb436 on September 3, 2026

Dr. Ashish Amresh
Dr. Ashish Amresh is an Associate Professor conducting research in the development of Serious Games.

A brief overview of Dr. Amresh’s Research.

Dr. Amresh conducts research in the development of Serious Games and previously he led the Computer Gaming curriculum initiatives at Arizona State University, where he founded the Computer Gaming Certificate, Camp Game and UTBC summer programs. He was the founding program chair for the… Read more

Student Feature: Liam Joseph Milinazzo

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Liam Joseph Milinazzo headshot
Liam is a Junior studying Immersive Media and Game Dev.

Tell us a little about yourself.

Hello, my name is Liam Joseph Milinazzo. I grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. My biggest passions right now are soccer and audio engineering, which I have been teaching myself for my own personal projects. That has… Read more

Cancer Discovery publishes research examining cancer dictations across vertebrate species

Posted by Rachel on October 25, 2024

Assistant professor Marc Tollis of Northern Arizona University’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) worked staunchly with researchers to explore potential factors that dictate why some species are more prone to cancer than others, including adult mass and gestational time. Results of the study suggest that higher adult mass and longer gestation time may contribute to an increased risk of developing cancer among vertebrates. It is also thought that the insights of the study may help… Read more

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Bianca Trinkenreich receives 2024 ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Dissertation Award

Posted by Bernadette on January 19, 2024

Congratulations Bianca Trinkenreich for receiving the 2024 ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Dissertation Award for the work she performed during her PhD here at SICCS!

Now at Oregon State University, Bianca Trinkenreich received the award for her Ph.D. thesis “Understanding and Supporting Women’s Participation in Open Source Software” (Northern Arizona University, advised by Igor Steinmacher and Marco Aurelio Gerosa).

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Disease ecologist awarded $3.5 million to build revolutionary epidemiological platform

Posted by admin on July 6, 2022

Mathematical modeling—which combines math, statistics, computing and data—is a critical tool for public health professionals, who use it to study how diseases spread, predict the future course of outbreaks and evaluate strategies for controlling epidemics. Assistant professor Joe Mihaljevic of Northern Arizona University’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) has been working with public health partners across the state and the country to share computer models mapping the spread of the coronavirus. Mihaljevic, a disease ecologist who applies… Read more

Filed Under: Awards, Grant, Research, Scholarly

Congratulations John Hardy for receiving the NAU/NASA space grant!

Posted by admin on April 26, 2022

Congratulations John Hardy for receiving the NAU/NASA space grant (Fall 2022-Spring 2023).

John Hardy is the third-year Electrical Engineering undergraduate student in Dr. Ying-Chen (Daphne) Chen’s research lab, who has been showing a great interests and potential in conducting cutting-edge research on next-generation microelectronics.

The project being funded will be focused on the oxide-based memory for neural network implementations towards the computing challenges.

Filed Under: Grant, Scholarly

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