Ibtihaj Ahmad (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has published his second peer-reviewed research article, titled “Analyzing Surface Spectral Signature Shifts in Fire-Affected Areas of Elko County Nevada,” in the journal Fire. The study integrates multi-source satellite imagery and advanced spectral analysis techniques to…

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article in the March 2026 issue of IEEE Computer entitled "From Trolls to Edgelords: The Use of Social Media to Support Extreme Ideology" that focuses on sinister, anti-social use of social media platforms to support extremism. Summary data provided by federal law enforcement agencies, the…

A paper authored by Daniel Ogenrwot  and John Businge (Computer Science) titled:  "How AI Coding Agents Modify Code: A Large-Scale Study of GitHub Pull Requests" has been accepted in the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR). MSR is the top-ranked venue for software evolution and repository…

Louis Dumontet and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) have published a research article titled, “Trustworthy prediction of enzyme commission numbers using a hierarchical interpretable transformer" in Nature Communications. This study introduces a cutting-edge AI model that predicts enzyme functions from protein sequences and offers…

The RAPID (Rural Aerial Provision of Intervention & Delivery) initiative has been selected as one of three winning projects in the President’s Interdisciplinary Research Accelerator Challenge, organized by the UNLV Division of Research. RAPID is co-led by principal investigator Kavita Batra and co-PI Dr. Deborah Kuhls (both Medicine). The…

Beomsu Baek and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) published a paper, "Stochastic LASSO: enhanced high-dimensional LASSO for high-throughput genomic data," in Scientific Reports. Stochastic LASSO, a powerful linear-based feature selection method designed for extremely high-dimensional, low-sample-size (EHDLSS) genomic data. Key highlights…

Louis Dumontet and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) have published a research article titled, “Interpretable Kolmogorov-Arnold networks for enzyme commission number prediction," in npj Artificial Intelligence. This study introduces biologically interpretable Kolmogorov-Arnold network strategy, which is known as a next neural network…

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article titled, "Generative AI is Breathing New Life Into the Dead Internet Theory," in the January 2026 issue of IEEE Computer that shows that the Pravda network is the most prominent example of a disinformation superspreader that enhances its efficacy from Generative AI by both LLM grooming and the…

CyberCorps® SFS scholars Hareign Casaclang (Computer Science) and Bianca Ionescu (Computer Science and Information Systems) were selected to present their research on “Self-Hosted Workflow Automation For AI-Based Cybersecurity Operations” at the 2025 Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE™) conference that took place at…

Juyeon Jo and Yoohwan Kim (both Computer Science) have secured the redesignation of Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) for the department’s B.S. in Computer Science, Information Assurance Concentration degree program. Originally secured in 2019, this redesignation is valid through academic year 2030. The National Centers of…

The Brain Injury Translational Research (BITR) lab proudly presented posters at the UMC 8th Annual Poster Symposium help Nov. 5-6, 2025.  Hana Sourjah, Dihini Perera, Ph.D. student Joe Cadiz, and Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (all Nursing) received the 2nd Place Award in the Healthcare Student category for their…

Chris Parker and Shae Deschutter (both Engineering), delivered a virtual presentation at the 2025 Annual NACADA Conference, the global community for academic advising. The conference was held at Caesars Palace from Oct. 26-29, 2025. The virtual presentation was titled "Hitting the Mark: A Holistic Approach to Increasing Retention, Progression and…