Southeastern Computer Science Department to present Industry Connect Lecture
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
by: Tonya Lowentritt 
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT TO HOST INDUSTRY CONNECT LECTURE - Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Computer Science is hosting the first of the spring Industry Connect Distinguished Lectures Feb. 29, at 4 p.m. Professor of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at Louisiana State University and founder of the BiT Lab Abe Baggili will serve as guest speaker and present “Tales from the BiT Lab: From Roomba Revelations to Mixed Reality Mysteries.”
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Computer Science
is hosting the first of the spring Industry Connect Distinguished Lectures Feb. 29,
at 4 p.m. Scheduled in the Envoc Innovation Lab, located in room 2026 in the Computer
Science and Technology Building, the free lecture is titled “Tales from the BiT Lab:
From Roomba Revelations to Mixed Reality Mysteries.”
Abe Baggili, professor of computer science and cybersecurity at Louisiana State
University and founder of the BiT Lab, will serve as guest speaker. He holds a joint
appointment between the Division of Computer Science and Engineering and the Center
for Computation and Technology.
Baggili has won numerous awards, including the CT Civil Medal of Merit, the Medal
of Thor from the Military Cyber Professional Association, CT 40 under 40, and is a
fellow of the European Alliance for Innovation.
Previously he was the director of the Connecticut Institute of Technology and
Elder Family Endowed Chair of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at the Tagliatela
College of Engineering at the University of New Haven. He received his BSc, MSc and
PhD all from Purdue University, where he worked as a researcher in CERIAS.
Baggili’s work with his students has uncovered vulnerabilities that impact over
a billion people worldwide and has been featured in news and TV outlets in over 20
languages. He has also published extensively in the domain of digital forensics.
Guests are welcome to attend in person at the Computer Science and Technology
building or virtually via Google Meet. To be added to the RSVP list and receive all
event details, email industryconnect@southeastern.edu.
For more information, contact the Department of Computer Science at 985-549-5740.
