The UT Dallas’ Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI) in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science department hosted their 5th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW) 2015. TexSAW 2015 gathered CS students from across Texas who were interested in pursuing computer security and were interested in expanding their knowledge of cyber security. Forty-eight […]
UT Dallas Cyber Security Institute Hosts the 7th Annual Texas Security Awareness
The UT Dallas Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI) in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science Department hosted their 7th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW) last semester. For two days, TexSAW brings together both Computer Science and Software Engineering students from across Texas who are interested in pursuing careers in computer security and expanding […]
UT Dallas Cyber Security Celebrates Its 6th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week
The UT Dallas Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI) in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science Department hosted their 6th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW 2016) in November 2016. More than 50 students participated from nine schools including UT Dallas, Abilene Christian University, North American University, Sam Houston State University, St. Philip’s College, University […]
Q&A Session with 2016 PhD Graduate Dr. Frederico Araujo
From the fall of 2015 to the summer of 2016 the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has seen a number of PhD students graduate and go on to jobs in prestigious universities, top tier research facilities, government, and numerous technology based companies. Dr. Frederico Araujo, who this past May obtained his doctoral degree in Software […]
CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service Program Trains Future Cybersecurity Workforce
Threats to the nation’s information technology infrastructure are real. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to support educational efforts in cybersecurity to produce the workforce that will defend against these threats. UT Dallas is one of 58 institutions […]
Cyber security Institute to Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary with Events
In 2004, to address the increasing attacks to the nation’s computers, communications systems and infrastructure, UT Dallas became proactive in cybersecurity education and research by establishing what has become the Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI). Since then, it has grown into one of the leading research organizations in cybersecurity in the world with […]
$3.9 Million Award Bolsters Cybersecurity Scholarship Program
Dr. Kamil Sarac, associate professor of computer science, is principal investigator and director of UT Dallas’ Scholarship for Service program. A cybersecurity scholarship program in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science has received an award of more than $3.9 million from the National Science Foundation. The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program at […]