Ranysha Ware
speaker
I am a Post doctoral Teaching Fellow in CMU’s Computer Science Department. I did my PhD at CMU also in CSD where I was co-advised by Professor Justine Sherry and Professor Srinivasan Seshan. My thesis was about developing a new methodology for determining if a new congestion control is safe to deploy in the Internet today. I earned my M.S. in Computer Science from University of Massachusetts Amherst where I worked with Professor Charles Weems in the Architecture and Language Implementation Group. I earned my B.S. in Computer Science from The State University of New York at New Paltz. Prior to CMU, I was Associate Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Cyber Analytics and Decision Systems Group. I was a Facebook Emerging Scholar. I am also a two-time receipient of the National GEM Consortium Fellowship and was named one of SUNY New Paltz’s 40 under Forty Alumni in 2017.
Erick Semindu
speaker
For over two years, I had the privilege of working as a tutorial assistant in the field of computer science, where I discovered my deep passion for teaching and research. As an advocate for ICT for All, I am particularly committed to ensuring that people with disabilities are included and represented in the industry, particularly in Africa. My enthusiasm for education, software engineering, and computer network security has led me to pursue a master’s degree in cybersecurity at Carnegie Mellon University in Africa, where I am learning from some of the most brilliant minds in the field. I am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead and remain dedicated to making a positive impact in the tech industry by promoting diversity, inclusivity, and excellence.
Bernard Lamptey
speaker
Highly motivated software engineer with an immense interest in software development and devops. Skilled in backend development using NodeJS, android mobile application in java, application development using Java or JavaScript and agile methodology.
Liz Izhkevich
speaker
I lead UCLA’s Security and Networking (ScaN) Lab! Our research brings a data-driven approach to understanding the Internet’s performance and security. We build systems that learn patterns from and collect data about network, operator, and attacker behaviors. We quantitatively analyze the data our systems collect to surface critical operational challenges and threats.
Matthew Caesar
organizer
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UIUC. I am also an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, an Affiliate Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Affiliate Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, and a member of the Information Trust Institute. I am also Chief Science Officer of Veriflow and I serve as the Director of Education for ACM SIGCOMM. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
My research focuses on the design, analysis, and implementation of networked and distributed systems, with an emphasis on network virtualization, routing, network algorithms, systems security, and cloud services. I like taking a multi-pronged approach to system design, building systems that work well in practice but are grounded in strong theoretical principles. My recent work involves network security, network verification, and Internet of Things.