12
Oct
Cyber Professor Awarded $1.5 Million in Grants
Continuing his work on Internet of Things (IoT) and critical infrastructure security, Elias Bou-Harb, associate professor of cyber security in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation for two grants focused on related research, development, operations and training. These grants include collaborations with researchers… Read more »
11
Oct
Roadrunner Spotlight: Online Cyber Student Jacob Luevanos
Only one of 326 students in the online cyber security program here in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, Jacob Luevanos first chose UTSA to experience life outside of his hometown, but later appreciated UTSA’s flexible modality. When deciding upon his major, Luevanos considered what he was interested in outside of academics, his… Read more »
5
Oct
Roadrunner Spotlight: Cyber Student Christopher Placencio
After almost eight years of working on his degree and beginning at a community college, cyber security transfer student Christopher Placencio is ready to finish his degree at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA. Transferring from one institution to another is never easy, especially taking the leap during a pandemic. Placencio originally came… Read more »
9
Sep
Roadrunner Spotlight: Graduate Student Joshua Speshock
Playing an active role in student organizations and having the passion to invariably learn has helped Joshua Speshock succeed in his graduate student journey. With an impressive Technical Marketing Engineer internship with XSOAR under his belt, Joshua shares his knowledge as a leader of several study groups within the university while pursuing a M.S. in… Read more »
7
Sep
College Launches New Applied Cyber Analytics Program
Leading the way in cyber security education once again, the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA has launched a new B.S. in Applied Cyber Analytics program that is the first degree program of its kind and scale in the country. “This is a next generation degree program,” said Nicole Beebe, chair of the Department… Read more »
13
Jul
Faculty Member H. R. Rao Named a Fulbright Scholar
H. R. Rao, the AT&T Distinguished Chair in Infrastructure Assurance and Security in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, was named a recipient of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar award. He is spending this summer at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in Bangalore, India, one of the top three management schools in the… Read more »
16
Jun
Anthony Rios Awarded NSF Grant to Conduct AI Research
Anthony Rios, assistant professor of information systems and cyber security in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, received a $550,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to study natural language processing (NLP) within artificial intelligence. The five-year award is part of their Faculty Early Career Development Program. CAREER is the NSF’s most prestigious award… Read more »
2
Jun
Two Students Selected to Join Alvarez Fellows Research Program
The Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA has selected two business students to join the Alvarez Fellows Undergraduate Research Program for spring 2022. The new fellows are Shawn Marchand, a junior information systems major, and Luis Nino, a junior economics and finance major. Established in fall 2021, the Alvarez Fellows Program is a two-and-a-half… Read more »
6
May
Lisa Cortinas Lands Her Dream Job with the U.S. Census Bureau
As Lisa Cortinas prepares to receive her second degree from the UTSA Carlos Alvarez College of Business this May—a Master’s in Science in Information Technology with a Cyber Security concentration—she can’t remember why she originally doubted her abilities. Growing up on the south side of San Antonio, she noted that most people from her community… Read more »
6
Apr
UTSA Business School Earns AACSB Reaccreditation
The UTSA Carlos Alvarez College of Business earned reaccreditation in business and accounting from AACSB International, the longest-serving global business accrediting agency. With only 926 accredited business schools and 189 accredited accounting programs, AACSB accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. “The renewal of our accreditation is a testament to the… Read more »
1
Mar
Professor H. R. Rao Named AIS Fellow
A leader in the field of information systems, H. Raghav Rao, the AT&T Distinguished Chair in Infrastructure Assurance and Security in the UTSA Carlos Alvarez College of Business, was named a fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). “I am humbled and enthralled to receive this award,” said Rao. “Being recognized by this elite… Read more »
26
Jan
Business Researcher Protecting EV Charging Stations from Cyberattacks
As the number of electric cars on the road grows, so does the need for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and the Internet-based managing systems within those stations. However, these managing systems face their own issues: cybersecurity attacks. Elias Bou-Harb, director of the UTSA Cyber Center for Security and Analytics, and his colleagues—Claud Fachkha of the… Read more »
