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Newswise: FAU Receives State Grant for Cybersecurity, IT Training
Released: 18-Jul-2022 9:40 AM EDT
FAU Receives State Grant for Cybersecurity, IT Training
Florida Atlantic University

FAU was awarded more than $800,000 by the state of Florida as part of a $15.6 million initiative to prepare students and mid-career professionals for jobs in the burgeoning fields of cybersecurity and information technology.

Released: 14-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
NYU Tandon School of Engineering launches new Chief Information Officer (CIO) Program
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

The New York University Tandon School of Engineering is launching its inaugural Chief Information Officer (CIO) Program to provide senior technology leaders and CIOs with the tools, frameworks, and insights needed to advance their careers into executive leadership roles. The program is being launched in collaboration with Emeritus, the global leader in making world-class professional education accessible and affordable, and enrollment is now open for a September 2022 start.

Released: 7-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
UAlbany Launches New Graduate Program in Emergency Management and Homeland Security; Information Sciences Minors in Machine Learning and Game Design
University at Albany, State University of New York

The new academic programs will help shape future leaders in emergency management, homeland security and emerging technologies.

Newswise: Free ice cream: Clemson researchers team up with teachers to show middle-school students how misinformation spreads
Released: 24-Jun-2022 10:05 PM EDT
Free ice cream: Clemson researchers team up with teachers to show middle-school students how misinformation spreads
Clemson University

The rumor flying around Ware Shoals Middle School was that an ice cream truck would be selling treats for $1 when students gathered for field day a few days before the end of the academic year.

   
Newswise: A Simple Tool to Protect Websites From Cyber Hacking
Released: 22-Jun-2022 12:05 AM EDT
A Simple Tool to Protect Websites From Cyber Hacking
University of South Australia

Cybercrime cost the world $6 trillion in 2021, in many cases due to website vulnerabilities. Now, engineers from Australia, Pakistan and the UAE have developed a new tool to curb hacking and make websites more secure.

Newswise: Engineers Develop Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Solar, Wind Power on the Grid
Released: 16-Jun-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Engineers Develop Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Solar, Wind Power on the Grid
Iowa State University

Iowa State engineers are leading a team developing cybersecurity systems that prevent, detect and mitigate attacks on renewable sources sending power to the grid. The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting the project with a $2 million grant.

Newswise: Georgia Tech Researcher Finds that Military Cannot Rely on AI for Strategy or Judgment
Released: 14-Jun-2022 4:25 PM EDT
Georgia Tech Researcher Finds that Military Cannot Rely on AI for Strategy or Judgment
Georgia Institute of Technology

Although AI can automate everything from commerce to transit, judgment is where humans must intervene, Lindsay and University of Toronto Professor Avi Goldfarb wrote in the paper, “Prediction and Judgment: Why Artificial Intelligence Increases the Importance of Humans in War,” published in International Security.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded zhang-lab-takes-on-cyber-physical-system-hackers
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Released: 1-Jun-2022 3:35 PM EDT
Zhang Lab Takes on Cyber-Physical System Hackers
Washington University in St. Louis

Research from the lab of Ning Zhang at the McKelvey School of Engineering shows a new way to keep people safe when a hacker attacks

Released: 1-Jun-2022 2:15 PM EDT
Cybersickness Variability by Race: Findings From 6 Studies and a Mini Meta-analysis
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: With the influx of medical virtual reality (VR) technologies, cybersickness has transitioned from a nuisance experienced during leisure activities to a potential safety and efficacy concern for patients and clinicians. To...

Newswise: How randomly moving electrons can improve cyber security
Released: 27-May-2022 3:05 PM EDT
How randomly moving electrons can improve cyber security
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore IISC

In October 2017, tech giant Yahoo! disclosed a data breach that had leaked sensitive information of over 3 billion user accounts, exposing them to identity theft.

Released: 26-May-2022 3:00 PM EDT
Forecast of Food Cyber Attacks
Flinders University

Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind – cybersecurity attacks.

Newswise: NSF Tags FAU Researcher for Post-quantum 
Cryptography in NextG Networks
Released: 26-May-2022 8:30 AM EDT
NSF Tags FAU Researcher for Post-quantum Cryptography in NextG Networks
Florida Atlantic University

FAU's Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D., was among 34 investigators nationwide selected by the NSF for RINGS, which is short for Resilient and Intelligent Next-Generation Systems. His project is the only one working on taking post-quantum cryptography to next generation systems.

Newswise: A Quarter of World's Internet Users Rely on Infrastructure at High Risk of Attack
Released: 26-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
A Quarter of World's Internet Users Rely on Infrastructure at High Risk of Attack
University of California San Diego

About a quarter of the world’s Internet users live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their Internet infrastructure. Many of the at-risk countries are located in the Global South.

Newswise:Video Embedded beam-me-up-nation-s-first-quantum-drone-provides-unrivaled-security
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Released: 24-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
‘Beam Me Up:’ Nation’s First Quantum Drone Provides Unrivaled Security
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers are developing the nation’s first drone-based, mobile quantum network for unhackable wireless communication. The network includes drones, a ground station, lasers and fiber optics. In war, these drones would provide one-time crypto-keys to exchange critical information, which spies and enemies would not be able to intercept. Quantum protects information using the laws of nature and not just by a clever manmade code.

Released: 18-May-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Professor Creates App to Secure Virtual Assistants from Hacking
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Before virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant became ubiquitous household technology, thieves needed to gain physical access into a home to inflict harm. Now all they need is their voice.

Newswise: UA Little Rock Awarded $165K Grant to Support Research Efforts to Monitor Cyber Warfare Tactics on Social Media
Released: 18-May-2022 10:05 AM EDT
UA Little Rock Awarded $165K Grant to Support Research Efforts to Monitor Cyber Warfare Tactics on Social Media
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy endowed chair and distinguished professor of information science at UA Little Rock, has received a grant for $165,540 that will support research efforts to monitor cyber warfare tactics through social media.

Released: 16-May-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Technique protects privacy when making online recommendations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Algorithms recommend products while we shop online or suggest songs we might like as we listen to music on streaming apps.

Released: 11-May-2022 2:15 PM EDT
Three NYU Tandon teams win $2.5 million from an NSF partnership to ensure resiliency is part of next-G wireless telecommunications
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

A new NSF initiative has awarded three teams of researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering a combined $2.5 million to study and develop solutions for security vulnerabilities in wireless network hardware and software.

Released: 3-May-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Continuing the Mission to Democratize ACCESS to Cyberinfrastructure
University of California San Diego

The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego partners on a multimillion-dollar NSF grant to provide structures and services to the national research community.

Newswise: WVU students prepare for cyberspace attacks with Operation Locked Shields
Released: 3-May-2022 10:05 AM EDT
WVU students prepare for cyberspace attacks with Operation Locked Shields
West Virginia University

Armed with keyboards, ones and zeros, a squad of West Virginia University students were recently among the 2,000 participants who competed in Operation Locked Shields, an international cyber defense exercise run by NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia.

Newswise:Video Embedded a-consortium-to-create-the-next-generation-of-innovation-and-talent-for-the-electric-vehicle-industry
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Released: 28-Apr-2022 9:55 AM EDT
A Consortium to Create the Next-Generation of Innovation and Talent for the Electric Vehicle Industry
Clemson University

The consortium, named “Collaborative Research: REVVED,” short for Revolutionizing Electric Vehicle Education, is receiving $2.83 million from the National Science Foundation to fund the project.

Released: 27-Apr-2022 11:05 AM EDT
University of Chicago Named in National Science Foundation’s $20 Million CONECT Award under the Forthcoming ACCESS Program
Globus

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $20 million over five years to the CONECT project, one of the projects under the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem Services and Support (ACCESS) program announced in 2021.

Newswise: The University of Kentucky to Collaborate on $10 Million NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
Released: 25-Apr-2022 11:45 AM EDT
The University of Kentucky to Collaborate on $10 Million NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky will collaborate on a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative, led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), to reimagine cyberinfrastructure user support services and delivery to keep pace with the evolving needs of academic scientific researchers.

Released: 21-Apr-2022 11:55 AM EDT
Real-time flood sensors, urban farms, autonomous cars, dancing drones and more at NYU Tandon’s Research Excellence Exhibit
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

The NYU Tandon School of Engineering will showcase over 40 innovative and future-forward research projects by faculty and students, along with interactive, family-friendly tech activities, at its 2022 Research Excellence Exhibit.The annual expo, in its ninth year, takes place on Friday, April 29, 1:00 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Released: 8-Apr-2022 1:10 PM EDT
True or false: studying work practices of professional fact-checkers
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Online misinformation has developed into a critical societal threat that can lead to disastrous societal consequences. Researchers at NYU Tandon and NYU Abu Dhabi interviewed professional fact-checkers from 19 countries to gather information about the fact-checking profession, fact-checking processes and methods, the use of computation tools for fact-checking, and challenges and barriers to fact-checking.  The study, "True or False: Studying the Work Practices of Professional Fact-Checkers," found that most of the fact-checkers felt they have a social responsibility of correcting harmful information to provide “a service to the public,” emphasizing that they want the outcome of their work to both educate and inform the public. Some fact-checkers mentioned that they hope to contribute to an information ecosystem providing a “balanced battlefield” for the discussion of an issue, particularly during elections.

Released: 6-Apr-2022 5:05 PM EDT
UCI experts available to discuss invasion of Ukraine
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine, has several members from a variety of fields of study that are available to comment on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Their names and areas of expertise are found below.   Matthew Beckmann, associate professor, political science. Beckman studies the organizational structures and operational strategies presidents can use to pick their team, invest their time, focus their attention, channel their effort, discipline their thinking, coordinate their subordinates, and, most importantly, make decisions.

Released: 5-Apr-2022 9:00 AM EDT
UAlbany, FIU Researchers Team Up to Launch $1.5 Million Virtual Cybersecurity Institute
University at Albany, State University of New York

The institute will help train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals for future military and civilian leadership positions.

Newswise: How a physicist aims to reduce the noise in quantum computing
Released: 30-Mar-2022 2:45 PM EDT
How a physicist aims to reduce the noise in quantum computing
Northern Arizona University

Quantum computing can change almost everything about the world we live in, but despite the billions of dollars spent studying it, it’s still too unwieldy for regular use. NAU assistant professor Ryan Behunin is working to change that. He received an NSF CAREER grant to study how to reduce the noise produced in the process of quantum computing, which will make it better and more practical.

Released: 28-Mar-2022 10:15 AM EDT
Researchers protecting solar technologies from cyberattack
University of Georgia

New research from the University of Georgia suggests a novel approach to safeguarding one possible target of a cyberattack – the nation’s solar farms. In a study published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, a team in UGA’s College of Engineering introduced a sensor system that monitors a key electrical component of solar farms for signs of cyber-intrusion in real time.

Newswise: UA Little Rock Awarded $1.96 Million Workforce Development Grant to Support a Regional Cyber Learning Network
Released: 23-Mar-2022 10:05 AM EDT
UA Little Rock Awarded $1.96 Million Workforce Development Grant to Support a Regional Cyber Learning Network
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $1.96 million workforce development grant to fund further development of the Cyber Learning Network (CyberLearN) – a regional cyber-learning partnership with six other schools in the University of Arkansas System to address Arkansas’s talent gap in cybersecurity. The CyberLearN partners include UA Little Rock, UA Pine Bluff, UA – Pulaski Technical College, UA Cossatot, UA Hope-Texarkana, UACC Batesville, and UACC Morrilton.

Newswise: WashU Expert: Americans must prepare for cyber warfare
Released: 22-Mar-2022 3:20 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Americans must prepare for cyber warfare
Washington University in St. Louis

On March 21, President Biden issued an urgent warning to American business leaders to strengthen their companies’ cyber defenses immediately. In recent weeks, experts have been surprised by the lack of full-scale cyberattacks by Russia. But the threat of devastating cyberattacks is still very real and American companies and individuals must remain vigilant, warned Liberty Vittert, professor of practice of data science at Washington University’s Olin Business School.

Released: 22-Mar-2022 12:10 PM EDT
Tiny, cheap solution for quantum-secure encryption
Washington University in St. Louis

Shantanu Chakrabartty at the McKelvey School of Engineering proposes a new kind of encryption to protect data in the age of quantum computers.

Newswise: UB to lead $7.5 million project to improve computer chip reliability and security via revolutionary testing advancements
Released: 21-Mar-2022 10:15 AM EDT
UB to lead $7.5 million project to improve computer chip reliability and security via revolutionary testing advancements
University at Buffalo

Research goals include increasing fundamental understanding of physical processes that could be used to evaluate chip performance and security, and creating new, ultra-sensitive testing strategies that build on this knowledge.

Released: 17-Mar-2022 11:15 AM EDT
Newswire hacker case reveals how traders with private information make choices
University of Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

A group of Russian and Ukrainian cyber-hackers were clearly risk-takers. But their actions after stealing embargoed news releases for publicly-traded companies shows trades based on the lifted information were far from reckless, new research shows.

Released: 10-Mar-2022 1:10 PM EST
Promoting energy security across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne experts create e-learning modules for OSCE to support energy security stakeholders across member states.

Released: 2-Mar-2022 7:05 AM EST
Taking a systems approach to cyber security
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new study proposes a framework featuring a more holistic picture of the cyber security landscape, along with a model that explicitly represents multiple dimensions of the potential impacts of successful cyber attacks.

Newswise: ORNL, TVA partner to drive decarbonization, explore carbon-free technologies
Released: 1-Mar-2022 10:20 AM EST
ORNL, TVA partner to drive decarbonization, explore carbon-free technologies
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, are joining forces to advance decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded exposing-your-identity-simply-by-your-daily-app-use
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16-Feb-2022 4:00 PM EST
Exposing Your identity Simply by Your Daily App Use
Association for Psychological Science

The amount of time you spend each day using different smartphone apps may be enough to reveal your identity, according to new research published in the journal Psychological Science.

Newswise: Arkansas Teachers Learning to Educate Students in Cybersecurity from UA Little Rock and ADE
Released: 15-Feb-2022 6:10 PM EST
Arkansas Teachers Learning to Educate Students in Cybersecurity from UA Little Rock and ADE
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been selected as a co-host for the 2022 Arkansas Computer Science and Computing Educator Academy (CSCEA). A grant in excess of $800,000 from the Arkansas Department of Education will provide tuition and fees for 60 teachers to take 18 graduate-level hours in computer science and cybersecurity

Newswise: Real-world experience in virtual safety gives WVU students cybersecurity skills via Department of Defense partnership
Released: 2-Feb-2022 11:45 AM EST
Real-world experience in virtual safety gives WVU students cybersecurity skills via Department of Defense partnership
West Virginia University

West Virginia University is one of 84 educational institutions that will work closely with CYBERCOM, part of the U.S. Department of Defense. Students will engage in applied research and innovation while gaining valuable cybersecurity workforce training.



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