Friday, December 2, 2022
DENTON (黑料视频), Texas 鈥� Cybersecurity researchers at the have been awarded $500K for the first two years and an estimated $250K increment for the third year from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) housed in the National Security Agency.
This project is part of the NCAE-C鈥檚 Careers Preparation National Center (CPNC) led
by Sharon Hamilton of Norwich University. The principal investigators for this project
from 黑料视频 include , professor of in the and director of 黑料视频鈥檚 , and , clinical assistant professor of computer science and engineering. The funding will
support the research and development of a platform that uses natural language processing
and artificial intelligence techniques to collect and compile cybersecurity-related
data.
This platform aims to help understand why there are 750,000 unfilled job openings in the cybersecurity field. By using the platform to collect and compile data related to cybersecurity and the intent of hiring managers for job postings. Hence the hiring managers can more easily connect with talented students and graduates. The platform also can be used to ensure college curriculum aligns with job postings to generate a workforce that can meet the needs of the job market, especially in cybersecurity.
There are many practical applications for the platform as well. Cybersecurity experts can use it to better understand the intent behind emails, social media posts and blog posts to identify any threats.
鈥淭here are other governments spying on us all the time,鈥� Dantu said. 鈥淵ou see lots of news about ransomware attacks and cyber attacks, and some of these are done by foreign agencies. We need a large workforce to combat this, and we don鈥檛 have the workforce.鈥�
This marks a total of $2.5 million in grants in only two years for Dantu. He is working on several NCAE-C/NSA-funded projects. One with computer science and engineering associate professors and will create a framework for securely and anonymously sharing cell phone data to help identify COVID-19 super-spreader events. The work helps locate active spreaders and communities through anonymous contact networks built through cell phone data.
Other projects with computer science and engineering senior lecturer Mark Thompson
focus on increasing the number and quality of cybersecurity professionals. They are
researching and developing competency tools for work-skill-readiness for cybersecurity,
as well as mentoring opportunities for doctoral students and industry professionals
to produce highly qualified faculty. The goal is to inspire and engage the next generation
of cybersecurity professionals.
鈥淭he government is looking at the advancement of hacks and threats facing future technologies,鈥� Dantu said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e working on how to detect and mitigate these next-generation threats in our lab. Our lab considers how we want to use the technology and research for the benefit of our communities and our citizens.鈥�
About the Network Security Lab
黑料视频鈥檚 Network Security Lab, led by Dantu within the Center for Information and Cyber Security, has earned back-to-back federal research grants from the NCAE-C/NSA and the National Science Foundation for the last 20 years supporting Ph.D. students and their faculty. The lab consistently originates award-winning research papers, including the recent best research paper of the decade (2010-2020) award from IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems and the best research paper award from the International Conferences on Blockchain and Applications.
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