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RIC’s cybersecurity institute earns NSA academic excellence designation

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College and its Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies has formally been designated as a U.S. Department of Defense’s National...
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Dr. Fatima Mirza works in an examination room at Rhode Island Hospital. Mirza and her husband, Dr. Rohaid Ali, worked on two significant projects recently involving artificial intelligence, one of which used OpenAI’s Voice Engine to create a clone of the voice of a young patient who lost her voice after surgery to remove a brain tumor. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A higher health care intelligence? In R.I., some believe it’s the...

Like many these days, Severence MacLaughlin foresees a big, bright future for artificial intelligence. Unlike many, the Rhode Island-based data scientist was willing to quit...
WHILE MANY PEOPLE are pointing the finger at Deloitte Consulting LLP over the cyber breach of the state's RIBridges program, Kaustubh Medhe, vice president of research and cyber threat intelligence for California-based Cyble Inc., feels the state should bear some responsibility for what happened. / PBN FILE PHOTO / WILLIAM HAMILTON

Public blame over RIBridges cyber breach points to Deloitte. But what...

PROVIDENCE – For the second year in a row, an infrastructure breakdown has made it a long December for Rhode Islanders. Oddly enough, it involves...

R.I. schools become first in U.S. to sign pledge to implement...

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s public schools will become the first in the U.S. to implement a new federally funded cybersecurity tool to protect data...
JACK R. WARNER was installed Nov. 15 as Rhode Island College's new president. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Warner installed as Rhode Island College’s president

PROVIDENCE – Jack R. Warner on Nov. 15 was officially installed as Rhode Island College’s 11th president during a formal on-campus ceremony, with Warner...
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, former longtime U.S. congressman for Rhode Island, has been appointed as a new visiting scholar for the University of Rhode Island's Department of Political Science. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Are you concerned about the use of artificial intelligence in your...

A new state Artificial Intelligence Task Force held its first meeting on July 15. Gov. Daniel J. McKee created the task force and a Center...
DOUGLAS S. ALEXANDER has been named the inaugural director of Rhode Island College's Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Alexander named RIC cybersecurity institute’s inaugural director

PROVIDENCE – Douglas S. Alexander, the former director of community engagement and government relations at North Kingstown-based internet access provider OSHEAN Inc., has been...
JOHN HOWELL, longtime owner and publisher of Beacon Communications Inc., will soon sell his newspaper company to Joy E. Fox, former U.S. congressional candidate and CEO of Clarendon Group in Jamestown. Fox will also become the company's publisher. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Newspaper company Beacon Communications to be sold to Clarendon Group CEO...

WARWICK – Even after she left Beacon Communications Inc. two decades ago to pursue careers in government and public relations, Joy E. Fox still has...
BIG PLANS: Jack Warner, Rhode Island College’s interim president, says in addition to training for RIC students, the Institute of Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies will do contract work for local businesses, such as offering professional development courses to train staff in ­cybersecurity. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For many, tech institute can’t come fast enough

The alarming notice appeared without warning on the town of North Kingstown’s computer system in April. A message said hackers had taken control of the...
LT. GOV. SABINA MATOS, one of nine confirmed candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives, feels it will take $1 million in fundraising to run a successful campaign for this special election. / AP FILE PHOTO/JOHN LOCHER

Special congressional race campaign spending expected to be lower than normal...

PROVIDENCE – The state’s 2nd Congressional District race between Seth Magaziner and Allan W. Fung had the biggest spotlight during last year’s election cycle,...
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