Escondido students in college

Local woman selected for NSF cybersecurity summer research program

Diana Anguiano, of Escondido was selected for an intensive summer re­search program designed to decrease the tide of cyber-attacks on people using mobile technology and social network­ing sites.

Participants were recruited through a National Science Foundation grant- funded project called: REU Site: CyberSAFE@UALR: Cyber Security and Forensics Research at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Anguiano, a senior majoring in com­puter science at Cal State University San Marcos, conducted research with Mengjun Xie, a faculty mentor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Anguiano’s research project was “Comparison Between Fingerprint Au­thentication and Behavioral Biometric using 2D and 3D Ges­tures.”

More than 130 students applied for 10 spots. Participants included under­graduate college students with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher who are majoring in computer science, comput­er engineering, math, physics, electri­cal engineering, or another computing- related major.

Those selected spent eight weeks conducting research with a faculty mentor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Participants received a $4,000 stipend, on-campus housing, a meal plan, and travel expenses.

The students were honored during a commencement ceremony July 29 at the UALR Engineering and Informa­tion Technology Building.

With about 11,000 students and 100 programs, UALR offers learning, re­search, service, social and career op­portunities that can only be found at a metropolitan university located in Ar­kansas’ capital city.

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UD Students Named to Spring 2016 Dean’s List

More than 400 University of Dal­las students have been named to the Spring 2016 Dean’s List for earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher, including two from Escondido:

Chanel Carter of Escondido

Rachel Sutherlin of Escondido

The University of Dallas, located in a Texas metropolitan area of nearly 7 million people, is a leading Catho­lic university widely recognized for academic excellence by well-known publications, organizations and ac­crediting bodies. It offers distinctive individual undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in the liberal arts, business and ministry that are characterized by an exceptional, en­gaged faculty, a commitment to shap­ing principled, well-skilled leaders and academic rigor in the Catholic in­tellectual tradition. For more informa­tion, visit www.udallas.edu.

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