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An Analysis of Face Morphing Presentation Attacks Against Facial Recognition Systems
No full textSecurity has been a problem for human society for as long as history has been recorded. The identification of people is an ongoing, ancient battle, with a variety of methods that only become more complex with time. The Romans performed censuses, ciphers have been used for thousands of years in the pursuit of security, and in modern day we own identifications and governments keep track of who lives in their country with citizenship and licenses. The question of ”Who are you?” is vital for society to function, which opens up a massive field of potential for how to ask that question and how to lie to it. Biometrics are a modern method of answering that question, relying upon the natural uniqueness of human individuals themselves to identify a person, from fingerprints to irises to the entire face. These methods of identification only work if these biometrics retain their individuality, and continuous research is done to identify biometrics modalities and how to attack them. One such attack is the morph attack, which in some manner blends biometrics together to become a new identity that can pass as any source involved in the creation, completely violating the concept of uniqueness. In our experiment, a publicly available morphing tool for images of faces is used to create presentation attacks of impersonation against two state-of-the-art facial recognition systems to examine how dangerous these attacks might be. By comparing these morphed images against their sources, we found that for one facial recognition model, the attack completely failed, with no morphed faces passing as either source identity, however in the other model, almost all of the morphed faces succeeded in mimicking their sources, performing better than just raw impersonation attempts between similar-looking individuals. This reveals how unpredictable morphing attacks can be, with radically different results with the same exact images across facial recognition, indicating that they are a present threat with low expertise attackers, and difficult to understand what systems may be vulnerable, and how to possibly defend from the idea of morphs as a whole
Effects & Buffering of AI-Induced Career Insecurity Among University Students
No full textThis research examines how artificial intelligence (AI) development psychologically impacts students\u27 perception of their future careers. Adopting a cross-sectional design, 137 university students were surveyed to investigate the relationship between AI-induced future career insecurity, well-being, work engagement, and career decision-making self- efficacy (CDMSE). AI-induced career insecurity (AICI) was found to be significantly below the neutral midpoint in university students. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the item structure of AICI, finding a hierarchical model incorporating both core and wording factors was best fit. Findings indicate AICI is significantly negatively related to well-being, work engagement, and CDMSE. Though insignificant, resilience showed a trend towards moderating the effect on the relationship between AICI and CDMSE (p = .06). Supplemental mediation analyses revealed that CDMSE partially mediates the relationship between AICI and work engagement, while fully mediating the relationship between AICI and well-being. These findings underline that AICI does have negative relationships to important outcomes, but currently there is very low AICI in the university population. This could reflect either a lack of student awareness of AI advancement or that students deem AI advancement to not be a career threat. The study was expected to highlight the need for changes in policies, educational institutions, and career counseling to prepare for the potential psychological repercussions of an AI-integrated workforce. Hopefully, further research can provide clarity on the unexpectedly low student AICI, AICI’s in other populations, and as AI advancements progress
Oral History Interview with Allyn Saunders - Alumnus on Botanical Gardens
No full textThis interview, conducted by Gordon Patterson on August 5, 2025, features Allyn Saunders, a Florida Institute of Technology alumnus with a long and storied history with the university. Mr. Saunders initially arrived at Florida Tech in 1972 to study oceanography, drawn by the school\u27s location and reputation. After a year, he switched his major to the burgeoning management program, eventually earning three degrees: a B.S. in Management Science, an MBA, and a Master\u27s in Contracts and Acquisition Management.
The core of the interview focuses on Mr. Saunders\u27 experiences working in the university\u27s botanical gardens from 1972 to 1976. As a student employee in the facilities department, he became an understudy to university President Dr. Jerome P. Keuper, who had a deep, personal passion for the gardens. Mr. Saunders recounts numerous anecdotes, including planting seeds from the Palm Society in old cafeteria vegetable cans, the meticulous process of relocating mature palms donated to the university, and the constant challenge of learning the correct Latin botanical names for the plants to satisfy Dr. Keuper. He shares detailed stories about protecting a prized palm with heating blankets during a frost, digging a large hole for a donated tree for two days, and his ambitious project of planting 75 Royal Palms. Mr. Saunders also discusses his ideas for the gardens, such as mapping the collection and placing potted plants in offices, and Dr. Keuper\u27s pragmatic reasons for rejecting them. The interview provides a vivid, firsthand account of the development of the botanical gardens, the hands-on involvement of Dr. Keuper, and the unique campus atmosphere of Florida Tech in the 1970s
Benthic Infaunal Responses to Shoreline Restoration
No full textIn the age of increasing urban coastal sprawl, natural shorelines are being replaced by hard armoring structures, which result in the loss of valuable ecosystem services. Hybrid living shorelines, areas that include limited and less intensive armoring strategies paired with the integration of plants and other natural materials, present an opportunity to marry the need for more aggressive stabilization with the continued preservation of ecosystem functions and biological communities. This project uses benthic infauna to evaluate the success of a living shoreline installation in Palm Bay, Florida. The deployment features experimental treatments of breakwaters and red mangroves to explore how the infaunal community responds to ecological restoration. Results demonstrated the breakwaters’ ability to facilitate sediment accretion, and the community of infauna increased in diversity across all treatment sites. These results support the claim that hybrid and living shorelines can provide stabilization, while also minimizing environmental disturbance, preserving habitat connectivity, and improving local biodiversity. While overall, infaunal diversity increased across every treatment zone, the type of restoration performed (i.e., breakwater only, living shoreline, or hybrid living shoreline) did have a significant effect on the specific species composition of the infaunal community in each area
Oral History Interview with Bino Campanini
No full textThis interview, conducted on June 19, 2025, captures the remarkable life and career of Bino Campanini, a celebrated alumnus and former administrator at the Florida Institute of Technology. Recruited from the Jersey Channel Islands, Campanini arrived in 1986 and became a cornerstone of the university’s legendary men\u27s soccer program, helping lead the team to two national championships. He reflects on his student experience, highlighting the profound influence of humanities professors like Rudy Stoeckel and Bob Shearer, who shaped his worldview beyond the soccer pitch. After a distinguished 17-year career in the private sector with his coach and mentor, Rick Stotler, Campanini returned to Florida Tech, first as a trustee and then for 12 years as a senior administrator. In this role, he was instrumental in championing diversity and inclusion, establishing key campus traditions like the Julius Montgomery Pioneer Award and the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. The interview also touches on his close family ties, enduring friendships, and his courageous, life-affirming response to a recent serious health diagnosis
Exploration, Exploitation, and Financial Performance: The Long-Term Advantages of Ambidextrous Companies
No full textResearchers have advanced ambidexterity as an effective organizational strategy to cope with environmental and technological change. The use of divergent and incompatible core construct conceptualizations, overreliance on cross-sectional and perceptual performance measures, and persistent scarcity of longitudinal examinations have undermined empirical conclusions that ambidexterity works. This study seeks to ascertain whether ambidexterity enhances long-term financial performance under environmental conditions of munificence, dynamism, and external potential slack.
The study deploys a novel operationalization of the ambidexterity concept and develops company portfolios to compare the financial results of ambidextrous firms and their rivals. Based on a 25-year data set, the research finds that ambidextrous businesses outperform on the dimensions of EBIT margin, net income margin, and return on assets. Descriptive statistics analyses of multiple financial performance indicators add to the picture of the ambidextrous companies’ outperformance across time and various outcome measures
Annual bird strike reports per airport operation by different runway configurations in the 11 contiguous western states of the United States
Full text linkThis study examined differences in annual bird strike reports per operation by runway configuration: parallel runway and intersecting runway. Results supported that parallel runways experience higher annual bird strike reports per operation compared to intersecting runways, indicating a configuration-based risk pattern
Student Code Online Review and Evaluation
Full text linkThe goal of the Student Code Online Review and Evaluation (SCORE) application is to provide a more robust code submission platform, and to bring concepts of competitive programming to Florida Tech\u27s Computer Science department
KitchenSync: A Pantry and Recipe Companion
Full text linkWhy KitchenSync?Global household food waste: \u3e 1.3 billion tons per year—home cooks need better visibility on what’s on hand. Fragmented toolchain: recipe apps, grocery lists, and inventory trackers all separateTime‐pressed users: busy families, students, professionals struggle to plan meals efficientl