Office of Research
Cybersecurity, healthcare innovation take center stage at KSU Symposium
KENNESAW, Ga. | Nov 26, 2024
The Kennesaw State University Office of Undergraduate Research hosted the Fall Symposium of Student Scholars November 20-22, 2024 on the Marietta campus, featuring 235 projects.
The Symposium occurs twice a year to offer both undergraduate and graduate researchers the opportunity to showcase their work to different audiences of various disciplines.
“The Fall 2024 Symposium was an overwhelming success,” said Director of Undergraduate Research Amy Buddie. “The students and their mentors should be proud; the presentations are professional, and the work is high caliber.”
The top undergraduate presentation was awarded to Anh Duong and John Oakley for their project: "Promoting Inclusion in Cybersecurity and Empowering the Next Generation: Lessons from KSU's GenCyber Camp."
In 2023, Kennesaw State University hosted its first GenCyber student camp, a National Security Agency and National Science Foundation-sponsored program aimed at promoting diversity in cybersecurity by providing underrepresented high school students with exposure to cybersecurity and cyber-related degree programs and KSU and other schools..
El Arbi Belfarsi received the top presentation in the graduate division for "An Algorithmic Approach for Optimizing Blood Transactions in Regions with Scarce Donation Rates."
This study worked on a software solution designed to optimize blood management systems in regions with low donation rates, using a user-friendly application and a NoSQL Cassandra database to efficiently manage blood resources, track expiration dates, and match donors with donation centers.
Click here to see a full list of past winners.
view the symposium program
