Computer Society Meeting and Presentation on Cyberthreat Detection on Social Media
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Join the Computer Society for its meeting and dinner as we enjoy a fascinating presentation by our special guest, Dr. Praveen Rao on the topic of Cyberthreat Detection on Social Media.
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- Burns & McDonnell
- 9400 Ward Parkway
- Kansas City, Missouri
- United States 64114
- Room Number: 94-341 (Iola Auditorium)
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913-707-1861
- Co-sponsored by The IEEE Computer Society, Kansas City Section. Bill Gottschalk, Chair
- Starts 06 March 2018 02:00 PM UTC
- Ends 19 March 2018 03:00 AM UTC
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Speakers
Praveen Rao PhD
Topic:
Computers in Advancing the Field of Electromagnetics
Dr. Praveen Rao is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering at University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He joined UMKC in 2007 as an assistant professor. His research interests are in the areas of data management and health informatics. His research, teaching, and outreach activities have been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), University of Missouri Research Board, Intel Labs, IBM, Amazon Web Services Education Research Grant, Microsoft Azure Research Award, Headquarters Counseling Center (Kansas), and Kansas City Power and Light (KCP&L). In 2010, he received the IBM Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Award. In 2013, he was one of the 14 professors world-wide to receive the IBM Big Data and Analytics Faculty Award. In 2015 and 2016, he was selected as a fellow in the U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. In 2015, he spent part of his summer as a visiting researcher at the Xerox Research Center India (XRCI). The same year he became a Senior Member of the IEEE. In 2016, he received the prestigious National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Award to conduct research at the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, NY for one year. He also has presented at the local Big Data Summit KC.
At UMKC, Dr. Rao is a collaborating faculty with the Center for Health Insights. He serves as the faculty advisor of the Missouri Epsilon Chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), UMKC. In 2016, he received UMKC's Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers, Scholars, and Artists.
Dr. Rao received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Arizona in 2007 and 2001, respectively. He was supervised by Prof. Bongki Moon. In 2007, he received the Graduate Student Research Award for his dissertation work at the University of Arizona. Dr. Rao received his B.E. degree in Computer Engineering from University of Pune in 1999. During 2001-2002, he worked as a software engineer for Amazon in Seattle.
Please welcome Dr. Rao.
Agenda
Meet, network, and socialize starting at 5:30PM
Dinner is served at 6:00PM (For details, see below)
Networking resumes at 7:00PM
Presentation by our special guest, Dr. Praveen Rao, begins at 7:30PM with Q&A afterword
Stay and mingle until 9PM
For those who choose the dining option, the following menu is planned.
* Deli sandwiches
* Water/Soda Pop