The Center for Cyber Defense

The Center for Cyber Defense at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) was designed to educate and prepare students to serve the Unites States as professionals in the field of Cybersecurity. The primary goal towards meeting this objective is to develop its integrated education and interdisciplinary research program in Cybersecurity.

The Center for Cyber Defense at NCA&T is designated as the National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE).

The Center for Cyber Defense at NCA&T is designated as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R). 

 

Affiliated Faculty:

  • Kelvin Bryant 
  • Mahmoud Abdelsalam 
  • Albert Esterline 
  • Hamidreza Moradi
  • Letu Qingge 
  • Mohd Anwar
  • Sajad Khorsandroo 
  • Olusola T Odeyomi 
  • Madhuri Siddula 
  • Jinsheng Xu 
  • Huiming A Yu 
  • Xiaohong Yuan 
  • Kaushik Roy 

Related Grants:  

  1. DoD Office of Naval Research, Trustworthy Cyber physical defense systems via Artificial Intelligence and Shared Autonomy,$9M, Sept 2022-Aug 2027. PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
  2. NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Cyber Defender Program, $4M, 2022-2027. PI: Dr. Xiaohong Yuan
  3. NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAEC) NCAE-C Grants: NCAE-C-001-2021 Cybersecurity Education Innovation on Cyberinfrastructure, $2M for 2 years, Aug 2021-Dec 2023, Site PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
  4. NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAEC)Cybersecurity Research Innovation Grant on Secure and Trustworthy AI for Cyber Physical Systems, $494K, Aug 2021-Dec 2024,PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
  5. CISCO Funding, Year 1 and Year 2, Total Amount: $155k, PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
    • Year 2: Building Secure AI Models and Analyzing Threats using Ensemble Techniques for  loT Devices
    • Year 1: Data science enabled and secure framework for connected IoT devices
  6. NSF Collaborative Research: Computational Framework and Data Science for Identification, Aug 2019- Sept 2024, $1.3M (NCAT Portion $1M), PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 

News:

CAE in Cybersecurity Community News: Please visit the following page for CAE news:  https://www.caecommunity.org/news 

  • 2023 DoD UC2 Workshop Hosted by CIC   December 6, 2023 9:00am - 4:00pm EST. The College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University *The event has both virtual and in-person options. 

     2023 DoD UC2 Workshop Hosted by CIC > College of Information and Cyberspace >     Article View (ndu.edu):

     https://cic.ndu.edu/Events/Cyber-Beacon/Article-View/Article/3546495/2023-dod-uc2-workshop-hosted-by-cic/

Contact Information:


Center Director and NCAT POC: Dr. Kaushik Roy Email: kroy@ncat.edu

Center Associate Director and NCAT Alternate POC: Dr. Xiaohong Yuan Email: xhyuan@ncat.edu