Researcher to lecture on cutting-edge software security
The UNM Human-Centric Security Initiative presents speaker Adrian Chavez from Sandia National Laboratories, with the lecture “Projecting the Integrity and Confidentiality of Security Functions Through Provable Code Obfuscation” Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Centennial Engineering Center, Room 1044.
According to UNM, Chavez helped develop CodeSeal, a Sandia Labs technology that provides a way to securely make software harder to interpret in a mathematically-provable way.
The Human-Centric Security Initiative is a collaboration between the UNM Department of Computer Science, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Anderson School of Management and Sandia National Laboratories. The goal of the initiative is to conduct cutting-edge, human-centric research to establish a problem-driven agenda that educates the next generation of ethical hackers and can facilitate technology transfer to benefit society.
UNM Valencia Campus hosts film festival
The fourth annual New Mexico Film Festival hosted by UNM Valencia Campus is set for Feb. 4-5 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Student Community Center on the south side of the campus.
According to UNM, the film festival is organized and curated by UNM Valencia instructor Bill Nevins and focuses on movies that bear close ties to New Mexico.
There will be a panel discussion on Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. that includes Española-based filmmaker Mateo Frasier; Ann Lerner of the Albuquerque Film Office; Dirk Norris of the New Mexico Film Foundation; UNM Valencia film program professor Justin R. Romine; Jason Sedillo, CEO and president of Dream To Achieve Entertainment, Albuquerque; UNM main campus professor and experimental filmmaker Bryan Konefsky; and best-selling Albuquerque author Alisa Valdes.
An audience feedback and discussion session hosted by Nevins will be held Thursday, Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.
All film screenings and panel discussions are free of charge and open to the public.
For more information visit unm.edu/~unmvc/ or call 925-8970.
Mayan architecture specialist to speak, give seminar
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University of California Riverside Professor of Anthropology Wendy Ashmore will be giving the lecture “What were Maya landscapes really like?” Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNM Anthropology Lecture Hall, Room 163.
Ashmore will also offer a specialized seminar on Feb. 13 at 12 p.m. in Anthropology Room 248.
According to UNM, Ashmore is one of the leading specialists in the archeology of the ancient Maya civilization. Her focus is on Maya settlement systems, spatial organization, landscapes, architecture, households, urban planning and the role of gender in architectural design. Ashmore has published dozens of specialized articles in top journals and chapters in prestigious volumes on the ancient Maya.
Both events are free and open to the public.
~ Compiled by Erika Eddy
