Cyber Education, Research and Infrastructure (CERI) Center
Outreach
Cognitive Internet of Things – Industry Supported Consortium
The goal of this Cognitive Internet of Things (CIoT) consortium is to work with industries of both IoT hardware and software solution providers and users to explore recent advances and disseminate state-of-the-artresearch conducted in MU. CIoT focus will include designing, building, and securing novel cognitive computing, services and technologies, to enable smart IoT applications related to: smart healthcare, manufacturing,transportation, and smart buildings.
The CIoT has engaged over 20 industry partners to establish new relations (MOUs), facilitate visits, expert consulting interactions and recruit students and potentially partner on research funding proposals. These efforts recently led to a NSF-funded, which is supportingimmersive virtual reality applications research and development efforts.More information about the Mizzou CAVE project can be found.
Inquiries relating to CIoT-ISC can be directed toProf. Ye Duan, Director andProf. Prasad Calyam, Co-Director.
MASTER: Missouri Advanced Security Training, Education and Research
With a commitment to student success, CSI@MU faculty successfully mentor several doctoral, master’s and post-doctoral students. Prior studentshave joined cybersecurity careers in industry and academia, and have published in highly selective cybersecurity journals.Cybersecurity Centerڲܱٲlead aScholarship for Service (SFS) project titled “MASTER: Missouri Advanced Security Training, Education and Research” sponsored by National Science Foundationthat fundsMS and PhD students specialized in cybersecurity. The scholarship recipientsgo on toserve at a federal agency or national lab upon their graduation.
Mizzou Computing Association (MCA)
Cybersecurity Center faculty mentorstudent teams that have competed and won multiple cyber challenges at the state and national levelsin collaboration with members of the Mizzou Computing Association (MCA). A student group finished in the top 2% in a MITRE organized cyber challenge competition in 2019. Another student group came 2nd place in the SEC Academic Conference cyber challenge sponsored by Equifax in 2018. Additional student engagement activities on cybersecurity are being organized by working with MU Central IT Group, MCA and the Information Technology Program at MU to attract students to engage in future student-led cyber challenge training and competing activities.
Midwest Verification Days
Cybersecurity Center facultyrecentlyorganized the NSF-funded workshop, Midwest Verification Day(s), at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Midwest Verification Day(s), is a workshop for the Midwest regionfocusing on hardware and software verification. The workshop provides aforum for students and early career researchers to present early stages oftheir research in an informal setting enabling exchange of ideas. The workshop aims to encourage collaboration and strengthen the formal methodsand verification community in the Midwest region.
Industrial Assessment Center (IAC)
Cybersecurity Center facultyare involvedinthe US Department of Energy’s Industrial Assessment Center(IAC)project to “Assist Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to increasetheir Energy Efficiency, Cyber Security and Competitiveness”. As part of the IAC activities, workshops are organized on thetopic of “Cybersecurity in the Manufacturing Enterprise” to train studentsand industry partners (e.g., utility companies, manufacturing companies)regarding cyber security best practices, risk assessment and technology solutions for cyber defense.
Network Forensics of HackerTrackeres
Cybersecurity Center faculty organize and serveasmentorsfor the Summers@Mizzou ‘Network Forensics for HackerTrackers’ camp, at the University of Missouri, Columbiafor the last several years. This campfocuses on teaching high school students principles of cybersecurity, and provides them with hands-on experience in working with cloud computing andnetwork forensics. The students complete the camp with a group project tolearn and apply cyber defense research concepts through a rigorous exchangeof ideas and collaborative work. The camp aims to influence high school students to choose studies in computer science and get excited about pursuinga cyber security profession to increase the pipeline of high school studentspursuing related careers in the Midwest region.