As the global landscape shifts towards harnessing the power of AI, Adelphi’s new program equips students with the skills necessary for careers in developing and improving groundbreaking technology that promises to have a profound impact on every industry and area of life.

Hands-On Learning Meets Innovative Thinking

Students who enroll in Adelphi’s BS in AI program will:

• learn to design, build and improve artificial intelligence algorithms from a multidisciplinary array of areas, including mathematics, statistics and computer science.
• benefit from Adelphi’s long-held commitment to student success and the accessibility and AI expertise of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science faculty.
• receive extensive support in foundational AI degree courses, thanks to small class sizes that average fewer than 25 students.
• be able to apply for a 3-credit internship experience, allowing them to make valuable industry connections and expand their r茅sum茅s.

“Opportunities are abundant and growing for software engineers who can extend AI’s vast potential and use its algorithms responsibly in new applications,” said Anil Venkatesh, PhD, associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Adelphi. “The Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence has just the right blend of theory and project-based work, enabling students not only to enter the industry with mastery of today’s cutting-edge tools but also to envision and develop the algorithms of tomorrow.”

Learn more and apply for Adelphi’s Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence.

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Dylan Jaipersaud, who earned his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in Adelphi鈥檚 accelerated Computer Science 4+1 program, was instrumental in the online schedule鈥檚 development鈥攆rom its beginnings to production release鈥攁s a student employee.

The Digital Design and User Experience (DDUX) team which is now led by Director of Digital Development and User Experience Courtney Scala 鈥�06 in the Office of Information Technology began to work on the schedule project in 2021 with the University鈥檚 Department of Public Safety and Transportation when Jaipersaud joined the team as a student employee after participating in a hackathon at Adelphi.

From Hackathon Winner to Pivotal Member of the IT Team

Dylan Jaipersaud 鈥�23, MS 鈥�24, who graduated with his master鈥檚 degree in December 2024, earned both his BS and MS in Adelphi鈥檚 accelerated Computer Science 4+1 program

鈥淭he topic for the hackathon was to develop a product to improve student life at Adelphi,鈥� he said. 鈥淧anther Pathfinder,鈥� his first place- winning project, was a web application to help new students navigate the campus as well as show them shuttle schedules. Impressed, the hackathon judge and former Adelphi IT DDUX director introduced Jaipersaud to the shuttle project team and hired him for the job he was to hold for the remainder of his time at Adelphi.

Jaipersaud was, he said, ultimately responsible for developing 鈥渁 management tool that allows members of the public safety team to dynamically create and update online schedules and provide service alerts.鈥�

The Adelphi IT team is dedicated to giving students personalized, hands-on experiences with experts in the technology field, helping students to build their resumes and launch their careers in this growing field. So they actively encouraged and supported Jaipersaud throughout the project.

鈥淒ylan played a pivotal role in the platform鈥檚 development, building its back-end infrastructure and ensuring seamless functionality,鈥� recalled Christine Katz 鈥�10, senior user experience designer. 鈥淗e worked closely with both public safety and IT teams to address technical and logistical challenges, helping to create a transformative tool for our community.鈥�

Adelphi web and mobile app developer Ryan Lin, who developed the Adelphi website interface for riders and helped Jaipersaud troubleshoot issues with the management tool, echoed Katz鈥檚 praise. 鈥淒ylan took on responsibilities ranging from new feature development to bug fixes, ensuring the tool鈥檚 reliable performance,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his has been a long-term, collaborative project where every team member鈥檚 input has mattered. Dylan鈥檚 work was critical to its success.鈥�

A Transformative Tool for Commuters 鈥攁nd a Career Win

The new interactive schedule for the Panther Express Shuttle is helping Adelphi reach goals set by its Momentum 2 strategic plan. 鈥淚t supports Goal 3: Smart Growth and Infrastructure by improving campus operations and enhancing user access to critical transportation services,鈥� Scala explained.

Additionally, she noted the new schedule has burnished Adelphi鈥檚 reputation for innovation by establishing the University as 鈥渁 pioneer among higher education institutions in adopting advanced tools for transportation communication.鈥�

For Jaipersaud, who plans to continue to make his way up the 鈥渃omputer science ladder鈥� and eventually become a professor, his four years working on the platform were personally transformative. 鈥淭he experience of working with Adelphi IT was one of the best a student can get in a university,鈥� he recalled. 鈥淏eing in control of my side of the project and working as a real web developer in college was a special opportunity.

鈥淚t was honestly a gift that I cherish and value highly,鈥� he continued. 鈥淚t changed the way I saw the industry and improved my skills, both technical and interpersonal. Without the real-world experience I gained from this, I wouldn鈥檛 be in the position I鈥檓 in today. I鈥檝e left Adelphi IT as an experienced, professional software developer with a big project to back it up.鈥�

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Hanieh Sardashti, PhD, assistant professor of marketing, noted that such instruction has to start with defining the terms clearly.

鈥淎I refers to the broad goal of enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making,鈥� she said. 鈥淢achine learning, a subset of AI, focuses on algorithms and statistical models that allow systems to improve their performance on tasks through experience and data analysis.鈥�

Although AI has been used to enhance specific tasks for years in fields such as security and pricing optimization, today鈥檚 generative AI is different because it produces content.

鈥淚n my undergraduate marketing classes, I primarily focus on generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT or Gemini,鈥� Dr. Sardashti said. 鈥淭hese tools have gained significant traction in marketing due to their ability to handle creative, repetitive and relatively low-risk tasks like generating email templates, ad copy for A/B testing or social media content.鈥�

Dr. Sardasti said she has two primary goals: 鈥淔irst, to teach students essential concepts, theories and technical skills, and, second, to demonstrate how these concepts apply in real-world business scenarios.鈥�

In her marketing class final project, creating ad campaigns for website promotion, she encourages students to explore AI tools for video, image and audio generation. 鈥淚 even developed a custom AI-powered marketing assistant using ChatGPT, which was integrated with the course content,鈥� she said. 鈥淪tudents used it for brainstorming, idea generation and crafting ad copy, fostering what I call a ‘substantive use of AI,’ which is using it not merely as a productivity tool but as a creative collaborator.鈥�

Collaborating With Generative AI

In his course in Advanced Business Analytics, Yifan Xie, PhD, assistant professor of decision sciences and marketing, focuses on fundamental concepts and key algorithms to give students strong AI foundations. In addition, he familiarizes students with such tools and concepts as, in one example, principal component analysis, which is used to identify key patterns in data. He also teaches students how to apply what they are learning to professional demands, particularly as businesses rely more heavily on AI for decision-making, organization and prediction modeling.

鈥淪tudents with these skills can meet the evolving job market and contribute more,鈥� Dr. Xie said. But, he added, 鈥淯nderstanding the fundamentals of AI and machine learning is just a starting point. I also emphasize to students the importance of lifelong learning.鈥�

Timo M. Partanen, PhD, assistant professor of management, said he works with AI on a couple of levels. 鈥淚n some of my classes, we are just users of AI,鈥� he explained. 鈥淲e utilize generative AI tools to develop ideas, communication material, etc. However, in some other classes, for example, in my Technology Management class, we look inside of the AI, what it is, what it can do and how companies are utilizing AI solutions in their business processes.鈥�

The Business of Ethics

A key consideration in education in AI for business is ethics, and it鈥檚 vital to the Adelphi approach to the technology.

Dr. Xie noted that students must have an understanding of ethics and the implications of using AI in business so they can address the kind of dilemmas they will confront professionally, such as those involving data privacy and transparency, topics that, he said, 鈥渁re integral to my classroom.鈥�

Dr. Sardashti said that AI ethics can be a sensitive topic, 鈥渆specially in fields like marketing, where algorithms influence content creation, advertising strategies and consumer interactions. I emphasize to students that ethical considerations are not just social responsibilities but also foundational to building trustworthy and effective AI systems.鈥�

鈥淕enerally speaking, I consider teaching ethics very important,鈥� Dr. Partanen said. However, he explained that every technological advancement throughout history has been questioned regarding its use and impact on society, and he鈥檇 prefer to see ethical concerns taught in a general business course in which the principles could be applied to such areas as data algorithms, marketing and finance.

AI as a Partner

AI can enhance productivity and creativity, but students must come to grips with how the tools operate and their limitations. In application, AI tools must get clear instructions that are focused specifically on the task at hand, which means learning effective practices in creating prompts and how to weed out their own human predispositions.

鈥淭he combination of human and machine intelligence will do better than either of those alone,鈥� Dr. Partanen said. 鈥淎n accountant who uses AI tools for auditing will be more effective than an accountant who does not. A marketing manager who uses AI to generate data-driven insights will spend the marketing budget more wisely than a marketing manager who does not use AI. An HR professional who utilizes AI in recruiting can screen more applicants and will be less biased than a colleague who does not.鈥�

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These were just a few of the inspiring lessons delivered to about 350 attendees by 24 industry leaders, including noted alumni and members of the听麻豆直播 Board of Trustees. In the audience were women at varying stages of their careers and students from Adelphi as well as from 15 area high schools.

According to President Christine M. Riordan, the goal of the popular conference was to 鈥渄iscuss how women can use education to break down barriers, inspire each other to strive for greatness and maximize our value in every career field. Higher education is uniquely positioned to develop solutions to today’s workforce trends, from the rise of AI to remote work and a stronger emphasis on diversity initiatives.”

The day opened with keynote speaker听, founder and CEO of BrainTrust and author of听听(Wiley, 2024). She spoke about the importance of cultivating relationships and urged the audience to develop what she calls a brain trust: a group of people who advise a leader.

Adapting to variations in the business world was the theme during the panels that followed, focusing on building diverse workplaces, philanthropy, success stories of women of color, flexibility in career choices, and building allies and mentors.

Artificial Intelligence, Inclusivity

One of the breakout sessions that drew a crowd was 鈥淭ech Trailblazers: Leading in the AI Age.” It was moderated by Anita D’Amico, PhD ’84, founder and CEO of Code Dx, and the panelists included Linda Chan, vice president of information technology at Amphenol Corporation; Kees Leune, PhD, Adelphi associate professor and chair of the听mathematics听补苍诲 computer science听department; and Kevin Goodman ’00, MBA ’03, an Adelphi trustee and global director of Go To Market at LinkedIn. They addressed how AI will change the workplace and the importance of learning not only the technology, but also its limitations.

Dr. Leune emphasized that AI is only as smart as the information it’s fed, saying, 鈥淎I makes mistakes. AI does not make decisions. It’s the job of the human operator to know what they’re doing to catch those mistakes.”

The 鈥淟eading Inclusively: Building Diverse and Equitable Workplaces” panel addressed best practices for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB).

鈥淎 2023 article by McKinsey & Company cites that the global market investment in workplace DEIB-related efforts was estimated to be $7.5 million in 2020,”

Cassandra Alvarez ’09, chief of staff and chief diversity officer for the New York City Department of Veterans’ Services, said in her opening. 鈥淎nd as Kendra [Bracken-Ferguson] said earlier, each of us has unique value that we bring to the table, so that is why DEIB is so incredibly important鈥攂ecause of the unique perspectives and values that we all bring to the organizational settings where we find ourselves.”

There were opportunities throughout the day to network or get a professional headshot taken. New this year were the Career Support Hub, where career counselors reviewed attendees’ r茅sum茅s or LinkedIn profiles and provided general career guidance, and the听Career Closet听pop-up collection site, which offers donated professional business attire to students free of charge. More than 160 items were collected at the conference.

Relentless Resistance

Trends and women’s value in the workplace were key messages during the onstage conversation between Anna Zinko, assistant vice president for student affairs at Adelphi, and keynote speaker Jennifer Hyman, co-founder and CEO of听, a service that allows customers to rent designer clothing and accessories for a fraction of the retail price.

鈥淪o much about the journey is about failing, learning, putting one step in front of the other and trying again,” Hyman said. 鈥淚 think the only reason why I’m up here today is that I have the resilience to just keep on moving, [and] that your positivity and your forward momentum [are what keep] you in the game.”

[Pull quote] 鈥淵our positivity and your forward momentum [are what keep] you in the game.” 鈥擩ennifer Hyman, Co-Founder and CEO of Rent the Runway

The Women’s Giving Circle and Women’s Leadership Conference Endowed Fund Support Future Leaders

罢丑别听Women’s Giving Circle听is a powerhouse group of women philanthropists who recognize Adelphi students, alumnae and friends, and enhance the community through collective giving. Victoria Rodriguez received the third annual Women’s Giving Circle Endowed Scholarship, and Alyssa Rashid ’24 and Jonay Jackson ’23 were the recipients of the respective 11th Annual Women’s Giving Circle 鈥淐ourage to Inspire, Strength to Empower” undergraduate and graduate essay contests.

罢丑别听听was created in 2022 to support programming, leadership activities and other opportunities to empower Adelphi women. Thomas A. Kline, EdD, vice president of University advancement and external relations, said, 鈥淚 am extremely excited to share that, due to the generous support of our donors, steering committee members, and with leadership gifts from LeeAnn Black and Loretta Cangialosi, we have raised more than $100,000 to support women’s leadership this year, and the endowed fund will soon surpass $500,000! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this cause.”

Save the Date听for the 2025 Women’s Leadership Conference on March 29.

This story was featured in the 2024 Issue of the听麻豆直播 Magazine.

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Saying Goodbye to My Senior Trip to Disney

In the spring of 2020, my senior year of high school, I was looking forward to our senior trip to Disney, our senior send-off boat trip (our version of prom) and saying goodbye to everyone at graduation. Then, in March, everything that I was excited about, everything that was preparing me to begin a new chapter of my life, wasn鈥檛 happening.

Instead of senior celebrations, my classmates and I were home, only seeing one another on computer screens.

Starting College in September 2020

I would describe starting college as lonely and intimidating. Instead of Adelphi鈥檚 previous Orientation鈥攚here you stay on campus for a couple of days, do fun activities, and learn about campus clubs and organizations鈥攐ur Orientation was held online in Zoom sessions.

I only had one in-person class during my first semester. Everyone on campus was required to wear masks both inside and outside, in addition to social distancing. Before entering any building, we had to answer questions on the AU2Go mobile app and show a green screen (meaning we were cleared and without COVID-19) to someone stationed at the door. Vaccinations were also required, with some exceptions, to ensure the campus was a safe place for all students.

The Ruth S. Harley University Center was still under construction, but it hardly mattered, as there was barely anyone on campus (which made for great parking). There were really no events besides the occasional tabling event with free stuff.

It was hard to make friends and even harder to enjoy my time on campus when there were hardly any activities or people to talk to. It was a time of isolation for our class, a first-year experience that we鈥檒l never get a chance to do over again.

But in my first semester as a communications major, I joined The Delphian. It was fully online at this point, with only Zoom meetings once in a while. I continued the next semester, this time having all my classes online. I think I was on campus a total of three times the entirety of the spring semester. In fall of 2022, the paper was finally brought back to print, which was so exciting to me. I was able to hold a newspaper that I wrote for and give copies to family, friends and teachers. This was particularly rewarding to me being that I was a journalism concentration.

The Ups鈥攁nd Downs鈥攐f Online Classes

The past couple of years have made up for it, with Adelphi going to all lengths to provide on-campus activities and promote togetherness, and I have never felt more welcome.

Even though we are a generation that is used to technology, I definitely think that the transition to online classes and spending our days in little boxes on bright computer screens had a direct effect on my class. It became draining and easy to lose patience or become distracted. Asynchronous classes made it difficult for me to connect with the professor and classmates, but they also taught me to use my time management skills more effectively. I think that having hybrid classes, which are combined in-person and online, was the most effective for me. But at the end of the day, I prefer the in-person experience to Zoom.

The mask wearing continued until March of 2022, when I was a sophomore. This is when the campus truly started to open back up, as the cherry blossoms bloomed a bright pink all over campus鈥攕omething I didn鈥檛 get to see during the previous spring semester.

Reshaping Education Through AI

But another big change was coming鈥攁rtificial intelligence large language models like ChatGPT launched in the fall of 2022. Professors and students are still grappling with how to use AI. While AI type formats are meant to help humans, they offer a frightening suggestion of what鈥檚 to come. AI can be very useful in regard to giving background information, brainstorming ideas or just being quick with information release. However, we live in a world where it is up to us how we want to use it, and that may not always be for the right reasons.

I think we live in a scary and unique time. Scary, in that we can鈥檛 predict how AI will impact jobs and careers.

Case in point: I will close this story with a Chat GPT entry. I just gave this prompt: Conclude this article about graduating in 2024 with COVID and AI experiences. Here is what AI created:

As the Class of 2024 steps into the future, we do so with a blend of experiences that uniquely prepare us for the evolving world. The trials of the COVID-19 pandemic have instilled a resilience and adaptability that are invaluable in facing unforeseen challenges. Concurrently, their immersion in an era of rapid AI advancement equips us with the skills and knowledge necessary to harness these technologies for innovation and progress. As we transition from students to professionals, we are poised not only to navigate but to shape the future, using the lessons learned from both the pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence to build a more resilient, connected, and intelligent world.

Impressive鈥攁nd yes, a little scary.

Overall, even though it鈥檚 been a roller coaster of technological adjustments and changes, Adelphi has been a wonderful experience for me, and I wouldn鈥檛 change a thing about it.

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鈥淚 loved it,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he students were terrific鈥攖heir engagement, their curiosity, their questions. They were always hanging around after my lectures, asking questions or seeking career advice. I offered my LinkedIn information, and many took me up on that. Several faculty members sat in, and they had questions, too. They said I promoted their thinking in a different way鈥攖hat I was bringing the real world into the classroom.鈥�

As executive in residence, Zawisza was a lecturer in the School鈥檚 Insights from Experts program, spoke in graduate and undergraduate classes, provided research advice to faculty, mentored students in career planning, and assisted with the Elizabeth and Allen Don Center for Innovative Technology and Decision Sciences.

Paying Adelphi Back for Her Career Growth and Success

鈥淢y education at Adelphi was instrumental in my career growth and success,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 really enjoyed giving back to the students and the Willumstad School of Business. Dean MaryAnne Hyland [PhD] has been very helpful. She strongly encouraged me to share my knowledge of data analytics, so I did a lecture series on how data analytics has reshaped business. I have also spoken about ethics, career planning, leadership and other topics.鈥�

Following her graduation from Adelphi with a degree in management, Zawisza spent the first 18 years of her career on Aetna鈥檚 technology leadership team before moving to PwC Consulting. After two years at PwC, she transitioned back into the insurance field as senior vice president and chief information officer with The Phoenix Companies, then at The Travelers Indemnity Company, where she was senior vice president and chief information officer for its claims services division.

For the past four years, Zawisza has been a leadership team member at Datos Insights, where she currently serves as a senior principal for the firm鈥檚 insurance practice. At Datos, she advises insurance and technology C-suite executives on trends and opportunities.

A data-driven career seemed like a natural for Zawisza鈥攈er father was an accountant for the federal government, and her mother was a supervisor at an insurance company鈥攂ut Adelphi offered more than academics to prepare her to be the confident business leader she is today.

Bonding and Connecting at Adelphi Built Self-Confidence

鈥淚 was a very shy person and terrified of speaking in public,鈥� she said. 鈥淎delphi was so inclusive that it broke down those barriers. Bonding with my professors and connecting with other students was very important to me. It built my self-confidence and helped me explore new areas, such as technology, where there were very few women at the time.鈥�

The connections Zawisza made at Adelphi have remained strong throughout her career.

鈥淚 became president of the Adelphi chapter of Delta Mu Delta, the international business honor society, because the previous president (William Fuessler ’79) who was one year ahead of me, suggested that I succeed him. I never would have had that opportunity at a bigger school. Our paths crossed again during our careers, and today he is on Adelphi鈥檚 board of trustees.鈥�

As she prepared to graduate from Adelphi, Zawisza was offered a job in finance, but in her last semester she had taken a programming class and really liked it. As a result, she took a job as a programmer at Aetna. Always a hard worker, she did well and kept doing well.听

How Hard Work and Mentoring Paid Off

鈥淚 worked there for nine years before being given my first management role; from there on, my responsibilities grew,鈥� she said. 鈥淚nsurance then was still heavily male dominated. It鈥檚 very different now, although it鈥檚 still a struggle for women in STEM leadership鈥攚e鈥檙e not graduating at nearly the rate of our male counterparts.鈥�

Zawisza said one of the most important lessons she has learned is strengthening teams with a shared vision.

鈥淥ne of the leaders I worked for鈥攁nd I think about this often鈥攖old me that I see things that other people don鈥檛 see,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 very good, but as a leader, you must think about what others don鈥檛 see so you can help them move in a certain direction. Understanding that has had a tremendous impact on my career, so I try to pass it along. Lessons liked that from the great people I have worked for have helped me grow and develop and become a better person and better leader myself.鈥�

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Higher Rankings

In one year alone, under her leadership, the College has not only had a successful re-accreditation site visit for the bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 in nursing and programs鈥攚ith new accreditation due for the Clinical Education and Simulation Lab (CESiL)鈥攂ut also seen a huge increase in national accolades. The latter included an unprecedented 19-spot jump to be ranked by听U.S. News & World Report听as the second-best ranked undergrad nursing program on Long Island for 2024.

Dean Hunt met with the leadership team early in the start of the Fall 2023 s

Rising Enrollment

First and foremost, Dr. Hunt is looking forward to continued growth for the College鈥檚 academic programs, including the 14-month Accelerated Bachelor鈥檚 in Nursing degree program. Dr. Hunt noted, 鈥淚 would add our graduate programs, too, which have had an increased interest and enrollment this year.鈥� Dean Hunt recently said, 鈥淓nrollment targets have been met or [are] close to being met in all of our programs.鈥�

Eye on Innovation

Turning to CESiL, Dean Hunt said, 鈥淲e will be working on increasing simulation in all nursing clinical courses in accordance with the new New York state legislation.鈥�

Dean Hunt wants CESiL to be at the cutting edge of the innovative healthcare technologies, such as virtual reality. Anthony Egan, director of CESiL鈥攚hich has high-fidelity and medium-fidelity adult, birthing mother, newborn, infant and child manikins鈥攊s now also piloting virtual reality (VR) tools to simulate nurse-patient interactions.

Through VR, students can maximize hands-on learning by simulating high-risk, low-frequency scenarios that they might not typically encounter when attending in-person clinical rotations, such as a postpartum hemorrhage. This helps to prepare them for their future practice roles.

鈥淵ou put your goggles on and you鈥檙e immediately immersed into a patient鈥檚 room,鈥� Dean Hunt explained.听 鈥淭he avatar of the patient talks to you or grimaces. You pick up a stethoscope and listen to heart sounds. You give medication. It doesn鈥檛 replace clinical training, but it鈥檚 another supplemental learning tool.鈥�

Collaborations Near and Far

Collaboration has long been of paramount importance in all of Dean Hunt鈥檚 strategic initiatives as she seeks expansion of opportunities.

What began in January 2023 as a visit to Mohammad Yunus in Bangladesh led in March to a nursing school partnership agreement between CNPH and the Nobel Prize laureate鈥檚 Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing (GCCN). They agreed to explore exchanging faculty members and staff, sharing academic materials, offering faculty development and jointly participating in seminars.

The CNPH and GCCN partnership agreement continued to expand with Dean Hunt鈥檚 February鈥� March 2024 return to Bangladesh with Clinical Assistant Professor Charles Cal 鈥�95, MS 鈥�01, MBA 鈥�03, and Clinical Associate Professor Ani Jacob, DNP. They offered a faculty development program and student development sessions, and Dean Hunt also hopes 鈥渢o offer a nurse educator certificate course to their faculty.鈥�

This fall, while in India听as part of an international recruitment trip with University-HUB for the healthcare informatics program,听Dean Hunt said, 鈥淲e also visited several universities to begin discussions on future collaborations.鈥�

Closer to home, CNPH has been exploring partnership programs with local colleges and universities.

Going forward, curriculum redesign and alignment with the听American Association of Colleges of Nursing鈥檚 new essentials for undergraduate and graduate programs is another priority, she added.

Future initiatives include the creation of innovative programs, student success, a continued focus on DEI initiatives, faculty development, mentoring, scholarship, expansion of the advisory board and the launch of the CNPH Student-Alumni Advocacy Forum.

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Enter Sung Kim, JD, assistant professor in 麻豆直播鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Kim earned a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, Mathematics and Economics, as well as a Master of Science in Computer Science from Dartmouth College, working on the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Lab on network-based security. He then went on to the NYU School of Law, after which he specialized in patent litigation involving high-tech patents.

Since joining the ranks of Adelphi鈥檚 full-time faculty in 2019, Kim鈥檚 research has largely focused on cybersecurity and human-computer interaction, though he still maintains an interest in data privacy and the intersection of law and policy with technology.

With this diverse educational background and r茅sum茅, Kim is uniquely prepared to mentor students across the field of tech. 鈥淎s part of my work in law, I worked on understanding the different technology at issue to analyze the products at issue and to explain the material to the court and to the jury,鈥� Kim said. 鈥淭his experience helped inform my teaching style as I had practice getting to the heart of the matter and figuring out key issues that need to be explained and to identify potential areas of confusion.鈥�

Kim teaches subjects from programming and cybersecurity to applied cryptography, but he finds his senior capstone course particularly rewarding because of the variety of creative projects the students develop.

鈥淚 encourage my students to find an idea that resonates with them as they will be working on the project for a full year,鈥� Kim said. 鈥淥ver the years, I鈥檝e seen some really creative applications of what the students have learned during their career at Adelphi, and the opportunity to present their hard work at the research conference is so important to them.鈥�

Computer Science Projects Represent the Wide Range of Tech Paths

Some students who Kim mentored for Scholarship and Creative Works Conference projects applied their personal interests to their endeavors, others developed applications to solve problems and still others sought to develop solutions to technology problems in business.

Kim said, 鈥淥ver the course of a year, I get to oversee as many as 12 projects covering different topics and areas of focus. For me, this allows me to dive into different areas and play around with different areas of technology as well.鈥�

Students Bo Nappie, Martin Genao and Giovanny Joseph developed a mobile app called Woof, which allows users to find pet-friendly accommodations and businesses when traveling.

鈥淲e aim to bridge the gap between pet owners and businesses, making it easy for pet owners to plan pet-friendly trips and excursions, whether it be a local outing or a family vacation, because pets are family too,鈥� Nappie said. 鈥淟everaging data from application programming interfaces, our application establishes a central repository of pet-friendly businesses, events and reviews from fellow pet owners.鈥�

The Woof app was designed with a user-friendly interface and accessibility, and offers the ability to specify location preferences via geolocation services. It also provides local businesses with opportunities to promote their pet-friendly events and locations.

Nappie said that creating and sharing the team鈥檚 project at the conference was a deeply meaningful experience, representing the culmination of their collective creativity, autonomy and collaborative efforts. 鈥淪haring our project with others is a moment of pride, demonstrating our ability to overcome challenges and deliver impactful results,鈥� Nappie said. 鈥淚 feel as though this project fueled an entrepreneurial spark in me.鈥�

Jordan Rivas, Kennie Dion铆sio, Kaleb Gailyard and Derek Feliu developed a 3D tower defense-style game called Eternal Guardian, built using the Unity game development platform, that immerses players into a realm where strategic thinking and resource management are paramount. Players, each with unique abilities, are tasked with strategically defending various types of towers along predetermined pathways to thwart enemy advances. As the game progresses, players must adapt their strategies, utilize power-ups to overcome evolving enemy threats.

Rivas says that Eternal Guardian offers not only entertainment, but also cognitive skill development, problem-solving abilities, critical thinking skills and strategic planning.

鈥淢y team and I see this conference as a significant opportunity to share our accomplishments that we have achieved over the course of our senior year,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e look forward to other curious individuals testing, enjoying and inquiring about our game that we’ve spent countless hours working on. Creating this project helped us realize that we are capable of effectively taking on challenging projects and delivering successful outcomes.鈥�

According to Rivas, Kim was a great help in guiding the team on how to structure their effort and provided crucial feedback on the overall development process. 鈥淚t was super helpful to have a third party review our progress biweekly and give comments on where we succeeded or where we came up short鈥攐verall, he was an amazing help, and without him I don’t think our project would be a fraction of what it is now,鈥� Rivas said.

Matthew Ramnarace and Justin Torres presented a gap analysis that aimed to uncover the areas that information technology organizations struggle with around the field of cybersecurity. The main focus points of their project are cyber threats, compliance, remote work settings and cloud security.

As part of their gap analysis, Ramnarace and Torres reviewed case studies and available data to describe the current state of how organizations deal with cyber threats, and then proposed a best practices approach for organizations to prepare for cyber threats.

Ramnarace says that though he has a background in audio visual integration systems and computer networking, this project allowed him to diversify his skill set within the information technology field.

鈥淐ybersecurity is a growing field and learning about the threats we face and ways to combat these threats promotes our safety in the online world,鈥� Ramnarace said. 鈥淛ustin and I believe that our newfound knowledge will be beneficial to others who are looking to learn more about cybersecurity and the modern threats that we face.鈥�

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