{"id":6,"date":"2017-08-21T20:06:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/siccs\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:32:57","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems<\/h1>\n<p>The School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) integrates a range of educational programs and interdisciplinary research. Our programs integrate computational and data sciences with engineering, natural and social sciences, arts, and business.<\/p>\n<div>Our faculty and academic programs combine expertise in environmental and ecological informatics, health and bioinformatics, computer science, cyber-security\/cyber-<wbr \/>engineering, and electrical engineering.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!-- shortcode-image-caption -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-caption shortcode-image-caption--center\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/faculty\/#\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__container\">\n                <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__caption\">\n            <span>\nWho We Are\n\n<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-tall-banner-image wp-image-25\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sankey_group-960x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2017\/08\/sankey_group-960x384.jpg 960w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2017\/08\/sankey_group-464x186.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\n    <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Our Degrees<\/h2>\n<p>We offer undergraduate and graduate programs in Informatics, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science. Our students are involved in a broad range of research and applied experiences. Explore our programs below!<\/p>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<!-- shortcode-image-caption -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-caption shortcode-image-caption--center\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/undergraduate\/\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__container\">\n                <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__caption\">\n            <span>\nUndergraduate\n\n<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3689 size-tall-banner-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_09_13_NAU_ED_TECH_169-465x186.jpeg\" alt=\"girl virtual reality technology mobile\" width=\"465\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2018_09_13_NAU_ED_TECH_169-465x186.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2018_09_13_NAU_ED_TECH_169-960x384.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2018_09_13_NAU_ED_TECH_169-1440x576.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>\n    <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<!-- shortcode-image-caption -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-caption shortcode-image-caption--center\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/graduate\/\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__container\">\n                <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__caption\">\n            <span>\nGraduate\n\n<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4326 size-tall-banner-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/wp-content\/uploads\/gradDegree-465x186.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/gradDegree-465x186.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/gradDegree-600x240.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>\n    <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><a id=\"research-emphasis\" class=\"#research-emphasis\"><\/a>Research &amp; Emphasis Areas<\/h4>\n<p>Our school\u2019s faculty, students, and staff bring interdisciplinary expertise to bear on applied and basic research problems in several emphasis areas, and in partnership with a variety of local and global partners. SICCS currently emphasizes five major areas of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- shortcode-tab -->\n<div class='shortcode-tab-container tab-count-4'>\n    <ul class='tabs'>\n                <li class=\"tab\">\n            <a class=\"shortcode-tab__trigger\" href=\"#\" data-header=\"Research Emphasis Areas_1\">\n                <div class=\"shortcode-tab-header selected\">\n                    <h4>\n                        Research Emphasis Areas <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tab Open<\/span>\n                    <\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"tab\">\n            <a class=\"shortcode-tab__trigger\" href=\"#\" data-header=\"Highlighted Research Projects_2\">\n                <div class=\"shortcode-tab-header \">\n                    <h4>\n                        Highlighted Research Projects <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tab Closed<\/span>\n                    <\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        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Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/graduate-health-and-bio-informatics\/\">Health and Bioinformatics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Highlighted Research Projects_2\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Highlighted Research Projects <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a 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class=\"anchor-tag\" name=\"#research-publications\"><\/a>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Dubayah, R., Blair, J.B., <strong>Goetz, S.<\/strong>, Fatoyinbo, L., Hansen, M., Healey, S., Hofton, M., Hurtt, G., Kellner, J., Luthcke, S., Armston, J., Tang, H., Duncanson, L., Hancock, S., Jantz, P., Marselis, S., Patterson, P., Qi, W., Silva, C. (2020).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2666017220300018?via%3Dihub\"><i>The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: High-resolution laser ranging of the Earth&rsquo;s forests and topography<\/i>.<\/a> Science of Remote Sensing 100002.<\/li>\n<li>Brancalion, P. H. S., Niamir, A., Broadbent, E., Crouzeilles, R., Barros, F. S. M., Almeyda Zambrano, A. M.,&nbsp;&nbsp;Baccini, A.,&nbsp;Aronson, J.,&nbsp;<strong>Goetz, S.J.<\/strong>,&nbsp;Reid, J. L.,&nbsp;Strassburg, B. N.,&nbsp;Wilson, S.,&nbsp;Chazdon, R. L. (2019).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.aav3223\"><i>Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes<\/i>.<\/a>&nbsp;Science&nbsp;Advances,&nbsp;<wbr><\/wbr>5(7), eaav3223.<\/li>\n<li>Walker, X. J., Baltzer, J. L., Cumming, S. G., Day, N. J., Ebert, C., <strong>Goetz, S.J.<\/strong>, Johnstone, J. F., Potter, S., Rogers, B. M., Schuur, E. A. G., Turetsky, M. R., Mack, M. C. (2019).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-019-1474-y\"><i>Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils<\/i>.<\/a> Nature, <i>572<\/i>(7770), 520&ndash;523.<\/li>\n<li>Anderegg, W.R.L., Trugman, A.T., Badgley, G., Anderson, C.M., Bartuska, A., Ciais, P., Cullenward, D., Field, C.B., Freeman, J., <strong>Goetz, S.J.<\/strong>, Hicke, J.A., Huntzinger, D., Jackson, R.B., Nickerson, J., Pacala, S., Randerson, J.T. (2020).&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/lookup\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aaz7005\">Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests<\/a><\/i>, Science 368 (6497)<\/li>\n<li>Walker, X. J., Baltzer, J. L., Cumming, S. G., Day, N. J., Ebert, C., <strong>Goetz, S.J.<\/strong>, Johnstone, J. F., Potter, S., Rogers, B. M., Schuur, E. A. G., Turetsky, M. R., Mack, M. C. (2019).&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-019-1474-y\">Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils<\/a><\/i>. Nature,&nbsp;<i>572<\/i>(7770), 520&ndash;523.<\/li>\n<li>Basu S., S.J. Lehman, J.B. Miller, A.E. Andrews, C. Sweeney, <b>K.R. Gurney<\/b>, X. Xu, J. Southon, P. Tans (2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/117\/24\/13300\">Estimating US Fossil Fuel CO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;Emissions from Measurements of&nbsp;<sup>14<\/sup>C in Atmospheric CO<sub>2<\/sub><\/a>, <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, <\/i>June 16, 2020 117 (24) 13300-13307; first published June 1, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gurney, K.<\/strong>, Shepson, P., &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/35\/e2114115118\">Opinion: The power and promise of improved climate data infrastructure<\/a>&ldquo;. <span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-journal highwire-cite-metadata\">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-date highwire-cite-metadata\">Aug 2021, <\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-volume highwire-cite-metadata\">118&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-issue highwire-cite-metadata\">(35)&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-pages highwire-cite-metadata\">e2114115118<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Gomez, M., A. Mejia, <strong>B.L. Ruddell<\/strong>, and R.R. Rushforth (2021), <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-021-03621-0\">Supply chain diversity buffers cities against food shocks<\/a>, Nature, V.595<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gurney, K.R.<\/strong>, Liang, J., Roest, G.&nbsp;<i>et al.<\/i>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-020-20871-0\">Under-reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. cities<\/a>.&nbsp;<i>Nat Commun<\/i>&nbsp;<b>12,&nbsp;<\/b>553 (2021).<\/li>\n<li>Myers Smith, I.H., Kerby, J.T., ET.AL (2020)&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-019-0688-1\">Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic.<\/a>&rdquo;&nbsp;<i><span lang=\"FR\">Nature Climate Change<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"FR\">,<i> 10<\/i>(2), 106-117.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Berner, L., Massey, R., Jantz, P., Forbes, B. C., Macias Fauria, M., Myers-Smith, I., &hellip; &amp; Burns, P. (2020). &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-18479-5\">Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome<\/a>&ldquo;. <i>Nature Communications<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>O., Watson, J.E.M., Jantz, P., Virnig, A.L.S., Barnett, K., Pillay, R., Atkinson, S., Supples, C., Rodr&iacute;guez-Buritica, S., Armenteras, D. (2020). &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41559-020-1274-7\">A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth&rsquo;s remaining moist tropical forests<\/a>&ldquo;. Nature Ecology and Evolution Evolution, early edition online.<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-1\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\">William R. L. Anderegg,&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"name\">Anna T. Trugman,&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"name\">Scott J. Goetz, et al. &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/368\/6497\/eaaz7005.abstract\">Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests<\/a>&ldquo;. Science 368.6497 (2020).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Enquist, B. J., Abraham, A. J., Harfoot, M. B., Malhi, Y., &amp; Doughty, C. E. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-14369-y\">The megabiota are disproportionately important for biosphere functioning<\/a>.&nbsp;<i>Nature communications<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>11<\/i>(1), 1-11.<\/li>\n<li>Richter, B.D.,&nbsp;<i>et al.<\/i>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41893-020-0483-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41893-020-0483-z&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1583445526653000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3mjV3B_0woofp_r6mIIlzlZuH-Q\">Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production.&nbsp;<\/a><i>Nat Sustain<\/i>&nbsp;(2020).<\/li>\n<li>Schmitz, Oswald J., et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/362\/6419\/eaar3213.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&ldquo;Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle.&rdquo;<\/a> Science 362.6419 (2018): eaar3213.<\/li>\n<li>Ogle, Kiona. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-018-05842-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&ldquo;Hyperactive soil microbes might weaken the terrestrial carbon sink.&rdquo;<\/a> Nature (2018): 32.<\/li>\n<li>Richardson, Andrew D., et al.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0399-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> &ldquo;Ecosystem warming extends vegetation activity but heightens vulnerability to cold temperatures.&rdquo;<\/a> Nature 560.7718 (2018): 368.<\/li>\n<li>Buermann, Wolfgang, et al.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0555-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> &ldquo;Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity.&rdquo;<\/a> Nature 562.7725 (2018): 110.<\/li>\n<li>McManamay, Ryan A., et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/114\/36\/9581.short\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&ldquo;US cities can manage national hydrology and biodiversity using local infrastructure policy.&rdquo;<\/a> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114.36 (2017): 9581-9586.<\/li>\n<li>Lu, Xiankai, et al.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/115\/20\/5187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&ldquo;Plant acclimation to long-term high nitrogen deposition in an N-rich tropical forest.&rdquo;<\/a> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115.20 (2018): 5187-5192.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Research Partners_4\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Research Partners <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<a id=\"research-partners\" class=\"#research-partners\"><\/a><br>\n<a style=\"display: block; position: relative; top: -140px; visibility: hidden;\" name=\"research-partners\"><\/a><a id=\"#research-partners\" class=\"anchor-tag\"><\/a>\n\n<p>Our research is supported through collaborations with other university entities such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/\">Pathogen and Microbiome Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecoss.nau.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Ecosystem Science and Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/cefns\/natsci\/seses\/welcome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/merriam-powell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/applied-physics-and-materials-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Physics and Applied Materials Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our regional research partners include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tgen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Translational Genomics Research Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nahealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northern Arizona Healthcare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nahealth.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flagstaff Medical Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/northcountryhealthcare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Country HealthCare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Geological Survey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/napsaconsortium.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northern Arizona Planetary Science Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Take a look at what&#8217;s currently happening in the world of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-post -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-post-container\">\n      <article class=\"post\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n      <h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/cancer-discovery-publishes-research-examining-cancer-dictations-across-vertebrate-species\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cancer Discovery publishes research examining cancer dictations across vertebrate species<\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"entry-meta\">\n                <span>\n          Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/author\/rrs342\/\" style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Rachel<\/a> on \n        <\/span>\n        <time class=\"entry-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"\">October 25, 2024<\/time>\n                      <\/p>\n\n    <\/header>\n    <div style=\"display: block;\">\n      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 uncover mechanisms&hellip;\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n\n    <article class=\"post\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n      <h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/congratulations-bianca-trinkenreich-for-receiving-the-2024-acm-sigsoft-outstanding-dissertation-award-for-the-work-she-performed-during-her-phd-here-at-siccs\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Congratulations Bianca Trinkenreich for receiving the 2024 ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Dissertation Award for the work she performed during her PhD here at SICCS!<\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"entry-meta\">\n                <span>\n          Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/author\/bg242\/\" style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Bernadette<\/a> on \n        <\/span>\n        <time class=\"entry-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"\">January 19, 2024<\/time>\n                      <\/p>\n\n    <\/header>\n    <div style=\"display: block;\">\n      The 2024 award goes to Bianca Trinkenreich (now at Oregon State University) for her Ph.D. thesis \u201cUnderstanding and Supporting Women\u2019s Participation in Open Source Software\u201d (Northern Arizona University, advised by Igor Steinmacher and Marco Aurelio Gerosa).\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n\n    <article class=\"post\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n      <h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/disease-ecologist-awarded-3-5-million-to-build-revolutionary-epidemiological-platform\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Disease ecologist awarded $3.5 million to build revolutionary epidemiological platform<\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"entry-meta\">\n                <span>\n          Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/author\/sjw2\/\" style=\"font-weight: 600;\">sjw2<\/a> on \n        <\/span>\n        <time class=\"entry-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"\">July 06, 2022<\/time>\n                      <\/p>\n\n    <\/header>\n    <div style=\"display: block;\">\n      Mathematical modeling\u2014which combines math, statistics, computing and data\u2014is 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\u00a0of Northern Arizona University\u2019s\u00a0School 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 epidemiological modeling&hellip;\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n\n    <article class=\"post\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n      <h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/congratulations-john-hardy-for-receiving-the-nau-nasa-space-grant\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Congratulations John Hardy for receiving the NAU\/NASA space grant!<\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"entry-meta\">\n                <span>\n          Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/author\/sjw2\/\" style=\"font-weight: 600;\">sjw2<\/a> on \n        <\/span>\n        <time class=\"entry-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"\">April 26, 2022<\/time>\n                      <\/p>\n\n    <\/header>\n    <div style=\"display: block;\">\n      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\u2019s 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.\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n\n    <article class=\"post\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n      <h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/congratulations-to-jasmine-mendez-and-adam-wilson-on-receiving-the-hooper-undergraduate-research-awardhura\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Congratulations to Jasmine Mendez and Adam Wilson on receiving the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award(HURA)<\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"entry-meta\">\n                <span>\n          Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/author\/sjw2\/\" style=\"font-weight: 600;\">sjw2<\/a> on \n        <\/span>\n        <time class=\"entry-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"\">April 05, 2022<\/time>\n                      <\/p>\n\n    <\/header>\n    <div style=\"display: block;\">\n      Jasmine Mendez and Adam Wilson received the prestigious\u00a0Hooper Undergraduate Research Award(HURA) for their project The Selfish Sequences in Squamate Genomes: Evolutionary Dynamics of CR1 and LINE-1 non-LTR Retrotransposons.\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n\n  <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<!-- shortcode-button -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-button shortcode-button--center\">\n      <a class=\"main-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13873647\/\">NAU-SICCS Professional Community<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">By the numbers<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-number -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-number shortcode-number--center\">\n    <div class=\"shortcode-number__container\">\n        <h4>1545<\/h4>\n        <span class=\"number-text-code\">\n\nUndergraduate Students\n\n<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-number -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-number shortcode-number--center\">\n    <div class=\"shortcode-number__container\">\n        <h4>1629<\/h4>\n        <span class=\"number-text-code\">\n\nGraduate Students\n\n<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-number -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-number shortcode-number--center\">\n    <div class=\"shortcode-number__container\">\n        <h4>#13<\/h4>\n        <span class=\"number-text-code\">\n\nRanked Informatics B.S\n\n<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-number -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-number shortcode-number--center\">\n    <div class=\"shortcode-number__container\">\n        <h4>61%<\/h4>\n        <span class=\"number-text-code\">\n\nInternational &amp; Minority Students\n\n<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-number -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-number shortcode-number--center\">\n    <div class=\"shortcode-number__container\">\n        <h4>$31 M<\/h4>\n        <span class=\"number-text-code\">\n\nActive Research Grants\n\n<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems The School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) integrates a range of educational programs and interdisciplinary research. 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