General News
Quarter-Century Milestone: UNC Charlotte’s Cybersecurity Symposium Celebrates 25th Year
UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) hosted the annual Cybersecurity Symposium on Oct. 22-23 on the University’s campus, marking the event’s 25th anniversary. The annual gathering once again provided a forum for students, researchers and industry professionals to interact, sharing best practices and career advice while looking forward into the next quarter-century of cybersecurity. A […]
DOE Cyberforce Competition 2024
The 49th Security Division team competes in the U. S. Department of Energy Sponsored annual Cyberforce competition in St. Charles IL Nov 7-10 2024. From left: Connor Drake, Wesley Greeter, Matthew De La Rosa, Lukas Taylor, Austin Stitz, Diego Lopez, Bill Chu (faculty sponsor).
UNC Charlotte 49th Security Division Team Qualifies for Prestigious Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is proud to announce that its 49th Security Division Cyber Defense Team has qualified for the highly competitive Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (SECCDC), scheduled for March 23-24 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This marks a significant achievement for the team, as they are one of […]
CCI LAUNCHES CYBERSECURITY OUTREACH, SEEKS PILOT PARTNER
The College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) is launching a new Cybersecurity initiative which will support area resource-constrained partner organizations based on the college’s decades of award-winning, nationally recognized leadership in the field. Led by Bill Chu, Managing Director of the CCI’s CyberDNA Center, Professor Cori Faklaris and Vinicius Da Costa, adjunct faculty in cybersecurity, this new clinic will […]
Dr. Meera Sridhar leads new NC Research Initiative on Power Grid Security
Drs. Meera Sridha, Badrul Chowdhury, Robert Cox, Chenglong Fu, Michael Mazzola, William Tolone, Weichao Wang was awarded by the UNC System a $1.5M competitive research initiation grant on Research Capacity Building for a Secure & Reliable Power Grid 2050.
UNC Charlotte renews NSF REU Site Grant
Dr. Lipford and Sridhar renews NSF funding for undergraduate research “REU Site: Smart and Secure Future computing”
24th ANNUAL CYBER SECURITY SYMPOSIUM, 2023
Event Date:October 18, 2022 (All day) to October 19, 2022 (All day) Cybersecurity is a top-of-mind concern for businesses of all sizes. This symposium will continue our tradition of bringing world-class speakers to discuss cutting-edge security issues and best practices for businesses to mitigate security risks.
UNC Charlotte to host Gencyber Teacher Summer Institute in 2023
The GenCyber Teacher Institute at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will be a multifaceted educator experience encompassing cybersecurity content, hands-on activities, exploration of careers, programming activities, and opportunities for networking with university and secondary educators, and cybersecurity professionals.
Professors Bill Chu and Dongsong Zhang are general co-Chairs of the 20th Annual IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI)
The conference will be held in Charlotte October 2-3, 2023
Dr. Aidan Browne Renews the Research Program on Manufacturing Security
Dr. Browne’s project, “Securing American Manufacturing GFY23” was renewed by the Los Alamos National Labs.