Sat 21 Feb 2026 13:53 - 14:06 at Meeting Room 274 - Nifty Assignments

This assignment explores password security by engaging students in implementing Python functions related to generating secure passwords, enforcing strong password requirements, calculating password combinations, estimating password cracking times, and simulating dictionary attacks. Aimed at CS1 students, it reinforces Python programming skills within the context of cybersecurity, encouraging critical thinking about security implications in the digital age.

Sat 21 Feb

Displayed time zone: Central Time (US & Canada) change

13:40 - 15:00
13:40
13m
Talk
Image Compression / Decompression (The OK Text Image Format)In-Person & OnlineGlobal
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Ben Stephenson University of Calgary
13:53
13m
Talk
Password SecurityIn-Person & Online
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Luis Bravo UCSB, Yekaterina Kharitonova University of California, Santa Barbara
14:06
13m
Talk
Nifty Assignments: Tone MatrixIn-Person & Online
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Keith Schwarz Stanford University
14:20
13m
Talk
AI in Orbit: Intelligent Classification of Space Weather Events with Machine LearningIn-Person & Online
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John Brown Passaic Schools, James Liporace Rockland County Community College, Katherine G. Herbert Montclair State University, Thomas Marlowe Seton Hall University, Rebecca Goldstein Montclair State University
14:33
13m
Talk
Local LLM chatbotIn-Person & OnlineGlobal
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Jason Madar Langara College, Vancouver BC; Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC
14:46
13m
Talk
Nifty: DNA Sequence MatchingIn-Person & Online
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Brian R. King Bucknell University, Edward Talmage Bucknell University