What Has Made Lewis “Lewis”
This is a place where the student has always come first. If a student has needed a course to graduate, we have offered it without blinking an eye. If a group of students has an…
Author Archives: Ray Klump
You Never Know When You’re About to Change the World
Fifty years ago, on October 29, the Internet was born. Computer Scientists at UCLA, the University of California-Santa Barbara, the Stanford Research Institute, and the University of Utah established the first computer-to-computer link. This connection…
October Is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
This year marks the sixteenth annual observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The commemoration, which is sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, promotes the idea that protecting…
IT Professionals: The Nerds You’ve Been Looking For
September 17 is National IT Professionals Day. The third Tuesday in September annually celebrates the contributions of the often unsung heroes of any enterprise: the people who keep the organization’s systems collecting, processing, and communicating…
A Leadership Checklist
I’m not God’s gift to leadership. I have many shortcomings. I have good days, however, and I’ve learned, over time, how to string more good days together than bad ones. These are the values I…
Believe Half of What You See? Maybe not.
In an era of rampant cries of fake news, the aphorism that instructs us to “believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear” has engendered an appropriate amount of healthy skepticism.…
Advice for Graduates
Here is some completely unsolicited advice in no particular order from someone who is rapidly approaching his get-off-my-lawn stage. Respect your elders, kids. Do not procrastinate. No good ever comes from leaving something to the…
Data Scientists and Their Secret Stew
People misuse the word “literally” all the time, and that’s literally one of my biggest pet peeves. But I could make an exception when it comes to describing what we’re doing with data. We’re literally…
Don’t Phall Phor Phishing
It’s funny. It takes years of highly technical training to become a cybersecurity expert. For example, at Lewis, Computer Science students take 53 credit hours of rigorous coursework to prepare for jobs as cybersecurity engineers…
Computing Careers Panel Inspires Students
Four technology executives presented their perspectives on what students can do to position themselves for successful careers in today’s booming tech economy. The event, which was sponsored by the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences…