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The mission of the Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security (RISCS) is to promote and coordinate research and education in system reliability and information security by emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach that includes fields as diverse as reliable and secure computations, engineering, economics, ethics, and law. The Center draws on the expertise of 22 faculty and over 100 graduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, the School of Management, and Metropolitan College, and provides opportunities for faculty and students from diverse fields to collaborate on interdisciplinary research problems, create new knowledge, and develop innovative multidisciplinary curricula. Current research areas include cryptology, network and software security, software safety, economic and game-theoretic approaches to Internet computing, data base security, robust monitoring, fair and secure file sharing, among others. Through RISCS, BU is recognized as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research. RISCS reaches out to industry, government, and the community and has established partnerships that aim at increasing knowledge, awareness, and education in trustworthy, safe, and secure systems and networks.
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National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research
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News
8-12 June 2009, TIW 2009: Trusted Infrastructure Workshop: Summer school on
Architectures for Trustworthy Computing - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA more-->
May 7, 2009 Louis Pouzin, CS Distinguished Lecture Series. The Internet - Coming of Age more-->
May 7, 2009 , Nikos Triandopoulos, Privacy-aware auctions using rational cryptography. more-->
March 26, 2009 Sarah Zatko, CAS CS, Wins Best Student Paper Award at MIT’s Spam Conference. more-->
April 6-7, 2009 Mr. Richard Marshall, NSA Senior Executive Liaison visiting RISCS Center
Event Date: Monday, April 6
Time: 3 – 4 p.m. and 5 - 6 p.m. EST. more-->
March 5, 2009 NSA special Virtual Career Fair
Register today at www.NSA.gov/Careers
Event Date: Thursday, March 5
Time: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. EST. more-->
January 23, 2009 Washington Post
Obama Administration Outlines Cyber Security Strategy - Security Fix (Washington Post 1/23/09). more--> January 31, 2009 DoD scholarship
Student who are interested in programs in Information assurance at Boston University are eligible to apply for full scholarships. more--> |
National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education
designated by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security |
