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emerging area of web sci- ence, focusing on the World Wide Web and its future use. Faculty in the constellation will explore the research and engineering principles that underlie the Web, enhance the Web’s reach beyond the desktop and laptop comput- er, and develop new tech- nologies and languages.
Syracuse University, L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
a range of information assur- ance management, policy, and systems development positions.
Tennessee State University
with about 200 students. CSIT students work with the department’s faculty on inter- esting research challenges in various areas spanning da- tabases, algorithms, artificial intelligence, networking and security, software engineer- ing, GIS, and informatics.
This October, Syracuse University announced that it had received a two-year $760,000 grant from the National Science Founda- tion to fund U.S. citizens interested in studying cyber security and information assurance. The money will fund six graduate students a year for two years through the Scholarships for Service program. The SFS scholar- ship provides one-year or two-year scholarships that fund 18 credit hours per year of tuition costs and a yearly stipend of $12,000 in return for working for a government agency after graduation.
The program is designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of information security professionals in the federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Since 2003, SU has graduated nearly 50 SFS scholars who are already working in gov- ernment agencies with skills that enable them to work in
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As of January 1, 2010 the Pilot Center for Academic Ex- cellence in Intelligence Stud- ies became The Center for Academic Excellence in Intel- ligence Studies @ Tennessee State University. This marks the successful completion of the pilot phase and entrance in the continuity phase as an Intelligence Community Cen- ter of Academic Excellence.
University of the District Of Columbia
In
October 2009,
the D.C. School of
Engineering & Applied Sciences faculty received a $300K federal competitive grant from the National Science Foundation to develop the Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Educa- tion designation from the National Security Agency. The Computer Science and Information Technology Department at UDC is the only producer of master’s degrees in computer science at an urban land-grant university in the United States.
CSIT is one of the largest computer science and infor- mation technology depart- ments in the D.C. area, and
University of Maryland, College Park
current courses.
University of Maryland, University College
Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing new technologies and securi- ty strategies to help establish broad-based cyber security assurance. The new Maryland Cyber Security Center (MC²) will help “connect the dots” in the region’s burgeoning federal and private cyber sector.
MC² will draw on exten- sive cyber security research already underway at the uni- versity, including wireless and network security, cryptogra- phy, secure programming, ensuring citizens’ privacy in social networks, cyber sup- ply chain research, attacker behavioral analysis, cyber se- curity policy and economics, and multimedia forensics.
The center’s work will also have special relevance for healthcare IT, as well as the utility, telecommunications and banking sectors. Univer- sity of Maryland students will participate in MC² research, which will help prepare them for employment. Graduate and undergraduate programs that emphasize unique, hands-on experience in cyber security systems will augment
The online cyber security programs at UMUC are an expansion of successful infor- mation assurance programs. Earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree in cyber security, a master’s degree in cyber se- curity policy, or one of three new graduate certificates completely online, while keeping your current job.
A cyber security education offers advanced training through courses in informa- tion assurance, network security, and much more. Best of all, you’ll be ready for one of an estimated 30,000 cyber security jobs coming to the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area. Career paths include chief security officers, cyber security analysts, digital forensics experts and many more.
Graduate certificates in foundations of cyber security, cyber security policy and cyber security technology have been added for 2011. Scholarships, loans and an interest-free monthly pay- ment plan are all available.
University of Pittsburgh
To protect the global cy- berspace community, the National Science Foundation wants to ensure that the pool of qualified information assurance (IA) professionals is adequate. To that end, the NSF funded a $1 million scholarship program for the
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