Houwei Cao, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, co-authored "Improving Cold Music Recommendation through Hierarchical Audio Alignment," which was presented at IEEE ISM 2016 (The IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia) in San Jose, Calif., in December.

Ahmed Awad, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, co-edited Information Security Practices, Emerging Threats and Perspectives, a book that features "contributions by prominent global researchers and practitioners," as well as the work of two of NYIT's Information, Network, and Computer Security (INCS) alumni, Anoop Chowdary Atluri and Vinh Tran.

Azhar Ilyas, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, published a book chapter, "Surface Modifications and Surface Characterization of Biomaterials Used in Bone Healing," in Materials and Devices for Bone Disorders, in November 2016.

Paolo Gasti, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program for his research, "Towards Energy-Efficient Privacy-Preserving Active Authentication of Smartphone Users." In November, Gasti published his article, "On Inferring Browsing Activity on Smartphones via USB Power Analysis Side-Channel," co-authored by Farajidavar, in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (T-IFS).

Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D., dean of NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, co-authored two papers with Marta Panero and Sarah McPherson, adjunct associate professor of instructional technology, "Pathways to Cleaner Production in the Americas II: Application of a Competency Model to Experiential Learning for Sustainable Education" and "Pathways to Cleaner Production in the Americas I: Bridging Industry-Academia Gaps in the Transition to Sustainability," in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

Xun Yu, Ph.D., chair of mechanical engineering, presented "Piezoelectric-Based Viscosity Probe for Early-Age Concrete Curing Process Monitoring" at the 2016 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2016) conference in Phoenix, AZ in November.

Robert Amundsen, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Energy Management, served as a panelist at the 2016 PSEG Long Island Energy Efficiency Conference on November 2, 2016. Amundsen gave an overview of credentials and training requirements for careers in sustainability and renewable energy.

Jonathan Voris, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, presented "You Are What You Use: An Initial Study of Authenticating Mobile Users via Application Usage" in the proceedings of the 8th EAI International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services (MobiCASE). In addition, his abstract, "Utilizing Behind-the-Wheel Behavior for Driver Authentication," was accepted and presented at the 2016 Transportation Technology Summit: Innovative Mobility Solutions.

Jonathan Voris, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, co-authored and presented "Driver Identification and Authentication with Active Behavior Modeling" in the proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Green ICT and Smart Networking (GISN) co-located with the 12th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), in 2016. He attended both events to present this research.

Azhar Ilyas, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-authored a conference paper, "In Vivo Evaluation of Novel Amorphous Silicon Oxynitrophosphide Implant Coatings for Rapid Bone Healing," for the Materials Science & Technology 2016 Conference & Exhibition, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also presented his research work, "Electromechanical Fingerprinting of Cells for Tagless Identification of Cancer," at the 13th Key Symposium: Bioelectronic Medicine Technology Targeting Molecular Mechanisms at The New York Academy of Sciences in September 2016.