October 2026
The David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities at WSU is organizing the First-Generation Graduate Student Seminar Series for Fall 2026. The objective of this series is to provide First-Gen grad students and First-Gen international grad students (international students who are first in their families to attend college…
Speaker: Dr. Shereen Ismail, Research Scientist, University of Michigan
Abstract: The rapid growth and increasing complexity of the Internet have created new challenges for understanding large-scale cyber threats and emerging security risks. Network telescopes provide a unique vantage point for observing unsolicited Internet traffic and identifying patterns associated with scanning,…
Anthony Spacciante, director of risk management for Starbucks, will present “The Places You Can Go: Careers in Risk Management and Insurance” as the featured speaker of the annual Walton Lecture, free to the public. Spacciante began his career as an intern in Starbucks’…
Speaker: Dr. Basavesh Ammanaghatta Shivakumar, Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Abstract: Information flow control is a way to reason about where data comes from, where it is allowed to go, and how it can influence a system. These ideas have been used for many years in security to prevent information…