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LSU CSE Professor Receives NSF Grant for Mobile App Security Research
LSU Computer Science & Engineering Assistant Professor Umar Farooq recently received a nearly $300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) SaTC CORE award for his groundbreaking research project that tackles a critical challenge in today's digital age--helping users find mobile apps that meet their needs without compromising their privacy. This competitive award will allow Farooq and his team to develop a novel genre of privacy-aware recommender systems to guide safer app choices.
LSU Computer Science Professor Receives NSF Grant for Graph Data Research
LSU Computer Science and Engineering Associate Professor Kisung Lee was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, which totals $569,000, to continue his research on efficiently analyzing large-scale graph data in AI.
Four Days, Two Dogs, One Bunny—And a Cybersecurity Dream Job
Cyber competitions, industry connections, and a full-ride scholarship offered through LSU enabled cybersecurity graduate Brennen Calato from Mandeville, Louisiana, to turn a dream internship at Idaho National Laboratory into a dream job.
LSU Student Shares How a Top Cybersecurity Lab Internship Renewed her Passion to Protect America
Foreign adversaries are actively trying to disrupt critical infrastructure—like power grids and water systems—in the United States. Such attacks could endanger hospitals, transportation, public safety, and more.
“Do You Know What It Means…” To Train a Machine Learning Model?
Joining LSU as an assistant professor of computer science and engineering this fall, Keith G. Mills shares his thoughts on LSU and the future of AI. From his point of view, AI is intrinsically good when viewed as a tool, same as a microscope or any other instrument used to magnify human ingenuity and creativity.
The Main Event: LSU Cyber Students Invited to Teach at DEF CON
When the annual hacker convention DEF CON kicks off in Las Vegas, Nevada, in August, an LSU cybersecurity team might be the only university-based team to host a workshop for some of the nation’s foremost cybersecurity experts.
LSU CSE Professor Awarded $300,000 NSF Grant
LSU Division of Computer Science and Engineering Professor Rahul Shah was recently awarded a $300,315 National Science Foundation grant for his research involving parameterized pattern matching and compressed data structures. Shah's research will affect how text data is stored and will balance compression with fast query performance.