Accomplishments: Department of Computer Science

Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their students Nelson Appiah-Agyei, Farzana Mahamud Rini, Lauren Bredesky, Jonathan Chavez, and Rawa Mohammed, published “Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: Protocol for a Scoping Review” in…
An internationally collaborative and interdisciplinary research paper by Mingon Kang (Computer Science), titled "Explainable Integrative Bipartite Graph Convolutional Neural Network for Predicting Ejection Fraction in Echocardiography," has been accepted in 28th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer…
A paper by Daniel Ogenrwot and John Businge (both Computer Science), titled "Refactoring-Aware Patch Integration Across Structurally Divergent Java Forks," has been accepted for presentation at the 25th IEEE International Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM).
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article, "An Overview of Generative AI Acceptable Use Policies by Universities With Top 25 Computer Science Programs," in the current issue of IEEE Computer.  Berghel contrasts the institutional acceptable use policies of leading universities regarding the use of Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) in…
A paper authored by graduate student Daniel Ogenrwot and faculty members John Businge and Shaikh Arifuzzaman (both Computer Science) was accepted to the 34th International Conference on Software & Data Engineering. Daniel Ogenrwot, John Businge, and Shaikh Arifuzzaman's "Structural and Connectivity Patterns in the Maven Central Software…
Bianca Ionescu (Computer Science and Management Entrepreneurship, and Technology), a UNLV CyberCorps SFS Scholar, was selected to speak at The Diana Initiative 2025 that recently took place at UNLV. The Diana Initiative is a diversity-driven conference committed to helping underrepresented people in Information Security. The Diana Initiative…
Graduate students Garrett Prentice (Computer Science) and Anubhab Mahapatra (Computer Science and Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology) recently presented on the UNLV Cyber Clinic at the United Way of Southern Nevada’s Nonprofit Connection meeting. Nonprofit Connection is a monthly gathering that serves as a vital space for nonprofit…
Professor Yoohwan Kim and Cheryl Bella (both Computer Science) recently presented on the UNLV Cyber Clinic to the Clark County Board of Commissioners at their meeting on June 17, 2025. The Clinic was invited by Commissioner William McCurdy II, representing District D. The Clinic and Commissioner McCurdy have worked together previously including…
Jemin Ahn, Zuobin Xiong, Junggab Son (all Computer Science), Homook Cho, and Kyungtae Kang's paper "Efficient Phishing Website Detection via HTML Tag Sequence Analysis Using Encoder Models," was accepted in the 34th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2025). 
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article in the current issue of IEEE Computer titled: "Cyberdidacticism: The New Epistemic Paradigm for Cognitive Minimalism and Generative Artificial Intellitence." In this critical article Berghel advances the Cyberdidact Hypothesis: To the extent that it makes sense to correlate personality traits…
Congratulations to the UNLV racquetball team who competed in Corporate Challenge on Thursday, April 10. They won 1st overall and 10 points for UNLV. Competitors were Adam Koebke (Mathematics) who won gold in men's singles, Venki Muthukumar (Electrical Engineering) and Sai Parsa (Computer Science) who won gold in men's doubles, and Erica Marti…
Bianca Ionescu, (Computer Science and Management Entrepreneurship, and Technology) a UNLV CyberCorps SFS Scholar, was invited to present on the UNLV Cyber Clinic at the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference that recently took place in Dallas, Texas. WiCyS’ mission is to recruit, retain and advance women in cybersecurity to build a robust…