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We design and advance solutions to the world’s toughest emerging security threatsThe Security Solution LabThe Institute for Security and Technology builds solutions to enhance the security of the global commons. Our goal is to provide tools and insights for companies and governments to outpace emerging global security threats. Our non-traditional approach is biased towards action, as we build trust across domains, provide unprecedented access, and deliver and implement solutions. IST is Hiring!How can industry and government work together to combat ransomware?How can we devise plans, policies and products to counter technological threats to democracy and bolster our resilience?How can experts outside government develop technical tools to decrease nuclear risk?How can you support the Institute for Security and Technology?NEWSThe NatSpecs BlogBack to Blog announcements IST to Partner with Metaculus on Forecasting the AI and Nuclear LandscapeThe Institute for Security and Technology is excited to announce a partnership with Metaculus, a community forecasting platform designed to generate ML-optimized collective intelligence on topics of global importance. Read More crypto Crypto and Web3: Anticipating Security and Regulatory ChallengesCryptocurrency and Web3 operate on many of the same concepts and technologies, including decentralization, peer to peer networking, and the blockchain. As a result, many of the issues identified with cryptocurrency are likely to introduce instability and new security concerns to the Web3 space. Read More crypto Federal Regulation of Cryptocurrency: A Crash CourseAs cryptocurrencies become increasingly popular, so do new efforts to regulate them. This post outlines the challenges that arise in applying existing regulatory approaches to cryptocurrencies. Read More RT @MeganStifel: Looking forward to hearing from our panelists next week: what is the significance of last week?s EO, what comes next, why? 3days Join us to discuss securing data flows and the latest E.O. on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. IST?stwitter.com/i/web/status/1?GVZ6 3days UCF Receives $8.8M for Digital Twin Initiative as Part of Federal Build Back Better Regional ChallengeThe funding is part of the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s $50.8 million award to Osceola County, which is working with preferred partners such as UCF to position Central Florida to help lead the nation in semiconductor research, design and manufacturing. Read More Sep. 03, 2022 UCF Signs Educational Partnership Agreement with U.S. Space ForceUCF, the nation’s Space University, has now entered an agreement with the U.S. Space Force to help develop technology and an agile workforce ready for space. The two organizations recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) after several Space Force officials visited UCF in March. Three members — also known as Guardians — of the Space Force spent a day at UCF learning about some of our space-relevant research and hands-on courses and met with some of UCF’s ROTC cadets. Read More Jun. 17, 2022 UCF Professor Greg Welch Named to the National Academy of InventorsThe Pegasus Professor, who specializes in simulation and modeling, will be inducted as UCF’s 17th NAI fellow on Wednesday, June 15th. The NAI Fellows Program recognizes academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. Election to NAI Fellow is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors, according to the NAI. Read More Jun. 13, 2022 UCF Students Oust Top Teams at 2022 North America Collegiate Programming Contest, Advance to World FinalsUCF computer programming students were among the winners of the prestigious North America Championship round of the 2022 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) at the University of Central Florida over Memorial Day weekend, beating dozens of the top teams on the continent to take seventh place and advance to the World Finals. This is the 11th consecutive year a UCF team has qualified for the World Finals. Read More Jun. 01, 2022 New UCF Project Examines How Teams Will Work Together During Space MissionsCongratulations to SMST faculty members Stephen Fiore, Joe Kider, Shawn Burke, and Florian Jentsch for the recent award by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research! Their research will examine how decreases in cognition — memory, reasoning and problem solving — at the individual level could cascade to the team level and impact team performance, particularly in complex environments relevant to space missions. Read More May. 06, 2022 UCF Graduate Student Heads to Notre Dame for Tenure-track Position After CommencementEven before Karla Badillo-Urquiola collects her third degree from UCF on May 7, the modeling and simulation doctoral student already has a job lined up. She’ll begin her career as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame in the fall — a status shared by less than 1% of Latinas in the computing workforce. As part of the job, she will also serve as a fellow of Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, where she will continue her current research and collaborate with the community to build better futures for youth. Read More May. 05, 2022 UCF Earns National Victory in NSA-Sponsored Pilot Cybersecurity CompetitionThe Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team at the University of Central Florida added another national title to its winning record when it achieved the highest score among 22 colleges and universities competing in a new cyber competition sponsored by the National Security Agency. The inaugural NSA cybersecurity exercise for institutions designated as NSA Centers of Academic Excellence (NCAE-C) in Cybersecurity — held virtually April 11-13 — tested students’ skills and knowledge in five different areas of cybersecurity expertise. Read More Apr. 22, 2022 SMST Director Dr. Grace Bochenek Selected to Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of FloridaUniversity of Central Florida (UCF) School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training (SMST) Director, Dr. Grace Bochenek, was recently elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) for her contributions in modeling and simulation. Read More Apr. 20, 2022 UCF Celebrates New STARBASE Laboratory, Graduates at Ribbon CuttingThe University of Central Florida School of Modeling and Simulation celebrated STARBASE Central Florida by hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 12. The event coincided with the first graduation ceremony for 61 students who completed the program. Read More Apr. 13, 2022 U.S. Cyber Command Selects UCF For Academic Engagement NetworkThe United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) selected the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) School of Modeling, Simulation and Training (SMST) to join its Academic Engagement Network (AEN) with USCYBERCOM. The network is focused on alleviating the nation’s cybersecurity workforce shortages. Read More Apr. 06, 2022 Study Finds Parents’ Social Media Use Is Associated With Parenting StyleMary Jean Amon, an assistant professor in the School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training, is part of a team of researchers who published a study that discovered that parents who share photos of their children regularly have more permissive, confident parenting styles. See what else they learned from the study. Read More Mar. 24, 2022 $1 Million Grant to help Strengthen UCF’s Modeling and Simulation ProgramA national grant helps position UCF as a leader in educating and training the workforce of tomorrow through the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training. Read More Jan. 26, 2022
Research Associate Professor Glenn Martin Awarded Jump Start FundResearch associate professor and lab director of Interactive Realities Laboratory Glenn Martin was awarded for his project to enhance the Stokes High-Performance Computing Cluster, upgrading access to computational science research on campus and supporting
cross-campus general-purpose research computing. Read More Oct. 21, 2021 |