Join CCNY President, Vince Boudreau in a conversation about cyber-security with Dr. Tarek Saadawi, Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School. 

Lunch: 12:00 PM | Program: 1:00 PM 
(For Virtual Attendees: Program Will Webcast at 1:00 PM)  
RSVP Required by 3.23.22 
This event is by invitation only.

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ABOUT DR. TAREK N. SAADAWI:

Dr. Tarek N. Saadawi received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Cairo University Egypt in 1973 and 1975 respectively and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 (all in Electrical Engineering).  Since 1980, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Department, at the Grove School of Engineering, where he currently directs the Center of Information Networking and Telecommunications (CINT) and is a Professor teaching courses in network security, computer networks, local area network, communications systems and information theory. His current interests are telecommunications networks security, high-speed networks, multimedia networks, mobile ad-hoc networks and transport layer protocols. He has published extensively in the area of telecommunications networks. He is a co-editor of the book Cyber Infrastructure Protection, Strategic Study Institute, volume 1, May 2011, and Volume 2, August 2013, and co-author of the book, Fundamentals of Telecommunication Networks, John Wiley & Sons, 1994 (which has been translated into Chinese).

In 2013, Dr. Saadawi was co-chair and co-organizer of Egypt's NSF Workshop on Cyber Security and from 1996 to 2011, he was a member of the Consortium Management Committee for the Army Research Lab (ARL) Consortium on communications and networks. He is a senior member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), former technical editor of IEEE Communications, and former chairman of IEEE Computer Society of New York City (1986-87). Dr. Saadawi has received awards from IEEE Region 1 and from the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) of America for conducting research on Broadband Telecommunication Networks. Dr Saadawi is a co-founder of IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, now in its 18th series.

Dr. Saadawi has worked with the US Department of Commerce Delegation to the Government of Algeria to address rural communications. He also led a group of US experts to provide a telecommunications master plan for the Government of Egypt under USAID funding. 

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION:

Dr. Saawadi and President Boudreau will discuss the Manhattan District Attorney’s alliance with the NYC government, industry and universities to tackle issues linked to cybersecurity including strategy, policy, development, training and awareness. 

This newly-formed alliance is the Manhattan DA's main cybersecurity defense strategy, which resulted from a collective realization that in order to create a strong defense, it was essential for all parties involved to actively cooperate and share information.

Dr. Saawadi will also talk about the Grove School’s National Science Foundation grants and their involvement with the Next Generation Internet program, which focuses on security, resilience, and the ability to accommodate massive new applications including virtual reality, augmented reality, mobile edge computing, AI, internet of things, blockchain and more.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

This is a hybrid event which will be held in-person at limited capacity and online via a webstreaming service. Please note, for guests attending virtually, the event will start at 1:00 PM. 

For guests attending in person, a box lunch will be served at this event. All guests will need to show their vaccination cards or Excelsior Pass upon arrival. Unvaccinated guests will need to get a test within 72 hours prior to the event and show their negative test results before being admitted to the lecture. Masks are required. All attendees will be seated six feet apart from one another, as we follow Covid-19 social distancing guidelines. We will notify guests of any changes to campus safety protocols before the event date.

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