Channing Smith

Student in Computer Science

Contact Information

Email: smithcs@g.cofc.edu

LinkedIn: Channing Smith

Summary

Aspiring software developer with a passion for creating, learning, and collaborating.

Education

College of Charleston Honors College

Graduation Year: 2024

B.S in Computer Science

Minors in Data Science and Philosophy

GPA: 3.718

Skills

Python, Java, C, React, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NUSMV, Model-Checking, Microsoft PowerBi, Web-Application Scanning, Vulnerability Management, Third-Party Risk Management

Experience

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Architect Intern
Northstar Travel Group - Rutherford, NJ (Hybrid)
May 2023 - Present

• Gained industry experience in the travel industry
• Led and successfully completed many cybersecurity projects
• Managed and ran many web application vulnerability scans and assessed the vulnerabilities.
• Created and dispersed phishing emails.
• Became familiar with cybersecurity policy procedures such as third-party risk management.
• Automated and maintained a reporting workflow for vulnerability management.
• Gained experience with Azure and AWS.
• Researched forensic and gap analysis tools to progress getting ISO 27001 certified.

Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
Department of Defense and National Science Foundation funded.
May 2022 - August 2022

• Conducted research on ways to identity Trojans or side-channel attacks on microcontrollers.
• Collected EM and power traces off microcontrollers and tested results with machine learning code.
• Examined the impacts of instruction rewriting in deep-learning cross-device side channel attacks.
• Technical skills used: Python, Jupyter Notebook, Deep-Learning Neural Networks.

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Clemson University - Clemson, SC (Hybrid)
National Science Foundation Funded - Project Title: AiCyberEd

• Lead interviews on middle school students to understand their current knowledge of cybersecurity.
• Designed ways to incorporate cybersecurity education into current math curriculum.
• Created modules for the students to complete during class and gained data analysis skills.

Leadership Roles

Co-President - Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Department of Computer Science, College of Charleston
February 2022 - Present

• An Honors Society for Computing Professionals.

Peer Advisor
Department of Computer Science, College of Charleston
January 2023 - Present

• Selected by the Department Chair to advise undergraduate students during advising season.
• Individually met with nearly 100 students to help them decide on classes to take the following semester.

Student Ambassador
School of Science and Mathematics, College of Charleston
August 2022 - Present

• Nominated as an ambassador from the School of Science and Math at the College.
• Giving new students and prospective students a student perspective on School of Science and Mathematics

Awards and Honors

• President’s List (Highly Distinguished - 3.80 GPA or higher) - Spring 2023
• Department of Defense SMART Scholarship Semi-Finalist - April 2022
• Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Honor Society for Computing) - October 2022 - Present
• Big Data Health Competition (4th Place – University of South Carolina) - February 2022
• Dean’s List (Distinguished - 3.60 GPA or higher) - Spring 2022
• President’s List (Highly Distinguished - 3.80 GPA or higher) Fall 2020 – Spring 2021

Research

Ethics Aware Artificial Intelligence Software
Honors Bachelor’s Essay – Independent Study with Dr. Kris Ghosh

• Conducting research on ethical decision-making techniques used by search engines, databases, etc.
• Annotating academic articles, researching current models, and designing models to test ethical decision-making on.
• Using deontic logic to explain ethical dilemmas in NUSMV model-checking.

Funded by NASA

References

• Dr. Kris Ghosh
Mentor and Professor
ghoshk@cofc.edu

• Dr. Renee McCauley
Department Chair
mccauleyr@cofc.edu