Marcus Rogers, professor and associate dean for faculty at Purdue Polytechnic, has been elected treasurer of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). This position puts Rogers onto AAFS’ board of directors, where he joins an accomplished group of 12 directors plus six officers.
Ananth Grama, the Samuel D. Conte Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, has been appointed as director of the Purdue Institute for Physical AI (IPAI).
Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue’s vice president for global partnerships and programs, director of semiconductor education, and a professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed as an inaugural member of the Workforce Advisory Board for the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC).
Santiago Torres-Arias, assistant professor in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently took center stage at KubeCon 2024 as a keynote speaker. The conference, a cornerstone event for the cloud-native community, showcased insights and innovations shaping the future of open-source technologies. Torres-Arias’ keynote, titled “Open Source Security is Not a Spectator Sport,” underscored the collaborative nature and critical importance of proactive security measures in open source software development.