UNLV’s “GenCyber” Camp impressed by Squid Video games

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The UNLV Faculty of Engineering has formally launched its seventh annual “GenCyber” camp.

This yr’s camp has drawn its largest group but, with 70 college students registered for the week-long expertise. For the primary time, the College of Nevada, Las Vegas, is introducing VR actions, and this yr’s theme is impressed by the hit TV present “Squid Game.”

“It’s fun, it’s really engaging, really hands-on, interactive,” Benjamin Guerrera stated. “It’s making me want to pursue a career in cybersecurity and get my bachelor’s here at UNLV.”

The camp is free to college students, attributable to a grant from the Nationwide Safety Company and the Nationwide Science Basis.  

“What they’re learning during the lessons, they’re actually putting into use for the challenges throughout the week,” Cybersecurity program administrator Cheryl Bella stated.“We had a wait checklist of over 25 folks for this camp, and that is why we all know it is so necessary that we proceed it sooner or later.”

Nonetheless, Bellas instructed 8 Information Now that funding has run out, and they’re now actively searching for particular person sponsors.

For these , please contact Juyeon Jo, professor of laptop science at UNLV at 702-895-5873 or [email protected].

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