Women in Cybersecurity at UCI

05/06/2024

We are excited to invite you to an upcoming event hosted by the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) student chapter at UCI. we'll be gathering for our Spring Social, where we'll be celebrating the season with games, a potluck-style picnic with snacks and beverages, music, and plenty of socializing with fellow WiCyS peers! We encourage attendees to contribute by bringing snacks, beverages, or games/activities to share with the group. For more details, please go to https://sites.uci.edu/wicys/ and our click event page.
Snacks and beverages will be provided! Please also feel free to bring snacks/drinks to share.

Welcome to WiCyS at UCI! Welcome! We are a UCI campus registered organization aiming to promote women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity. Our organization is a student chapter of the national Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), which has the following goals: I. To...

05/02/2024

The WiCyS 2024 Conference in Nashville celebrated a decade of the organization's commitment to diversity and inclusion in cybersecurity. Several members of the WiCyS at UCI student chapter, including Olivia Figueira (President), Renascence Tarafder Prapty (Vice President), Yu Duan (Program Coordinator), and Zhoyi (student chapter member), seized the opportunity to attend through scholarships, each bringing back unique experiences and insights. From Olivia's appreciation for hearing WiCyS founder Dr. Ambareen Siraj's journey to Prapty's proactive engagement in networking, and Yu's deep inspiration from keynote speakers, to Zhuoyi's exhilarating first-time experience, the conference showcased the richness and diversity of the WiCyS community. Across these varied perspectives, a common theme emerged: the conference served as a catalyst for empowerment and collaboration among women in cybersecurity. Attendees left with a renewed sense of purpose, carrying with them not just knowledge and connections, but also a commitment to advancing diversity, inclusivity, and collective action in the field. The WiCyS at UCI student chapter extends their gratitude to WiCyS for providing them with such a valuable opportunity and looks forward to future conferences with anticipation and enthusiasm.

04/30/2024

Ismat Jarin, Secretary of the WiCyS student chapter at UCI, was invited to attend the CRA-WP 2024 Grad Cohort for Women (https://lnkd.in/gWX-Rs5S) in Minnesota. Representing both herself and her affiliations with the WiCyS student chapter at UCI (https://lnkd.in/gETMwHDT) and ProperData center (https://lnkd.in/gE3iAj7m), Ismat seized the opportunity to showcase her research and graduate school experiences. One of the highlights of Ismat’s experience was the opportunity to network with leading women from academia and industry. Furthermore, Ismat found immense value in connecting with peers in computing, including PhD and Masters students across the country. Ismat’s journey at the conference was not only an honor but also a testament to the strides being made in fostering diversity and inclusion in the field of computing.

02/13/2024

WiCyS at UCI is thrilled to recap the highlights of our recent Research Seminar featuring Joann Chen, a PhD candidate in the EECS Department at UCI. Joann's presentation, serving as a practice run for her forthcoming job talks, delved into the theory and application of differential privacy. She explored cutting-edge technologies in this domain, including privacy-enhancing techniques and their implications in machine learning. Attendees had the invaluable opportunity to witness firsthand the academic job market process and offer feedback to Joann. We extend our gratitude to Joann for her engaging presentation and to all who attended!

Stay tuned for more exciting events and join our emailing list to receive event announcements: https://sites.uci.edu/wicys/

Welcome to WiCyS at UCI! Welcome! We are a UCI campus registered organization aiming to promote women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity. Our organization is a student chapter of the national Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), which has the following goals: I. To...

11/26/2023

WiCyS at UCI is excited to share key moments from our recent "Research Seminar featuring Habiba Farrukh, Assistant Professor in Computer Science". Her presentation delved into pioneering technologies for analyzing security and privacy threats on emerging computing platforms, leveraging multimodal sensing, computer vision, and machine learning. Additionally, she provided insights into enhancing the security of modern mobile and IoT devices while safeguarding users' privacy. We extend our appreciation to the speaker and everyone who participated!

Stay tuned for more exciting events and join our emailing list to receive event announcements: https://sites.uci.edu/wicys/

Welcome to WiCyS at UCI! Welcome! We are a UCI campus registered organization aiming to promote women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity. Our organization is a student chapter of the national Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), which has the following goals: I. To...

11/04/2023

WiCyS at UCI is thrilled to present the highlights of our recent Security & Privacy Research Mixer. This gathering featured enlightening talks by graduate student researchers who specialize in cybersecurity and privacy research. Following these thought-provoking research talks, we facilitated a networking social, bringing together undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers across research labs at UCI to share about their research projects and interests related to security and privacy. We extend our gratitude to the speakers as well as everyone who joined us!
Stay tuned for more exciting events and join our emailing list to receive event announcements: https://sites.uci.edu/wicys/

Welcome to WiCyS at UCI! Welcome! We are a UCI campus registered organization aiming to promote women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity. Our organization is a student chapter of the national Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), which has the following goals: I. To...

10/18/2023

We are thrilled to recap our first event of the academic year: last week, WiCyS at UCI held a Welcome to WiCyS Social! It was a fantastic opportunity for students to come together, connect with the vibrant WiCyS community, and familiarize themselves with our chapter. Thank you to everyone who attended, and we look forward to seeing you at our next event! Check out our website for future events: https://sites.uci.edu/wicys/

Welcome to WiCyS at UCI! Welcome! We are a UCI campus registered organization aiming to promote women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity. Our organization is a student chapter of the national Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), which has the following goals: I. To...

11/16/2022

Join us for our Fall Alumni Mixer event that we are co-hosting with the UCI Women in Leadership (WIL) group today, Nov 16, at 5:45pm on Zoom! We will hear from 6 wonderful alumni from Business and Computer Science (CS), and two of them are WiCyS alumni who recently earned their PhDs in CS and are now at Microsoft and Google! Hear from our panelists about their journeys and learn about grad school, internships, career paths, and navigating UCI. See the flyer for more information. See you there!

04/20/2022

We're excited to announce our first Spring Social on May 3rd!
Please check out the flyer below and join our event! :)

04/20/2022

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03/03/2022

The deadline is extended to March 18th! Please see below for more information about the workshop.

Undergraduates interested in privacy and security research? Apply to our 2nd Research Exploration Program on IoT and Privacy. Broadening participation in computing , ,
When: June 20-July 1, 9am-3pm PST, 2022
Apply by: 3/18/22
The workshops will introduce you to:
· Cutting-edge research on privacy and IoT.
· Hands-on experience using the Raspberry Pi and python.
· Mentoring from faculty and graduate students (from the ProperData SaTC Center)
For more information, please check out this webpage: https://properdata.eng.uci.edu/2022/02/11/2022-privacy-iot-workshop-application/

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02/24/2022

Undergraduates interested in privacy and security research? Apply to our 2nd Research Exploration Program on IoT and Privacy. Broadening participation in computing , ,
When: June 20-July 1, 2022
Apply by: 3/4/22
For more information, please check out this webpage:

Summer 2022 Privacy and IoT Research Exploration Workshop Publication date February 11, 2022 Categories: Broader Impact News, Events ProperData will be hosting our second Privacy and Research Exploration Workshop this summer from June 20 through July 1st, 2022. Programming will take place at the UCI...