UC Santa Cruz named National Center for cyber research
The University of California, Santa Cruz was named as one of the federal government’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research, the school announced Monday.
The designation, provided by the National Security Agency, marks the institution’s commitment to cybersecurity research and practices designed to help protect the nation and respond to critical IT security incidents.
Alvaro Cardenas, a professor of computer science and engineering who led the application process, said the designation reflects the university’s “sustained record of cybersecurity scholarship for the past five years.”
“We showed that, during this period of time, our graduate students have consistently published in top venues and written dissertations on security, while our faculty have continuously secured competitive federal research funding and provided leadership to the field by chairing and organizing major cybersecurity conferences, like the recent 38th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium, organized in Santa Cruz by Associate Professors of CSE Owen Arden and Mohsen Lesanim,” he said in a press release.
According to the university’s announcement, there are fewer than 100 such institutions around the country.
