Cybersecurity is a fast-growing field with severe workforce shortage. Michigan Tech
is one of the strongest contenders in cybersecurity education and research at the
State of Michigan.
The Center for Cybersecurity has two main goals. The first goal is to research in
the highly critical areas of information security and biometrics, privacy protection,
trusted software engineering, security in mobile computing and wireless communications.
The second goal is to advance the practice and public awareness of cybersecurity through
various education and outreach activities.
Michigan Tech is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE–CD) designated by the National Security Agency (NSA). The Center for Cybersecurity serves
as the CAE-CD cyber center. For more information on CAE-CD, visit the following webpage:
Center Resources
- MTU Cybersecurity Colloquium
- Computer Science System Group Labs
- College of Computing System Group Labs
- MTU Security and Privacy Lab
- CIResilience Research Program
- Computing and Cybersecurity for Human Health
- RedTeam
CyberS News
Center Director
Bo Chen
- Associate Professor, Computer Science
- bchen@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3149
- Rekhi 301
Center Members
""My success comes only through Allah. In Him I trust and to Him I turn""
—Surah Hud - 88
—Surah Hud - 88
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- kalkhama@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3619
- Rekhi 310
Areas of Interest
- Machine Learning for Medical Image Processing
- Machine Learning in CyberSecurity
- HTML Parsing and Information Retrieval
- Pattern recognition
- Professor and Associate Chair, Applied Computing
- Program Director, BS in Computer Network and System Administration
- Affiliated Professor, Computational Science and Engineering
- cai@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1471
- Rekhi Hall 110
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Cybersecurity
- Computer Network
- Computing Education
- Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
- Affiliated Research Professor, Computer Science
- sygoldsm@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2619
- MEEM 409
- Associate Professor, Applied Computing
- Graduate Program Director, MS in Health Informatics
- Graduate Program Director, PhD in Computational Science and Engineering
- hembroff@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3248
- Rekhi Hall 105
Research Interests
- Human Health-focused ML/DL and Computer Vision
- Large-scale Cybersecurity architectures
- mHealth
- Biometric development
- Intelligent medical devices
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Cybersecurity
- Medical/Health Informatics
- Data Science
- Network Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- xinyulei@mtu.edu
- Rekhi Hall 306
Links of Interest
Research Focus
-
Machine Learning
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Cybersecurity
- Professor, Computer Science
- Graduate Program Director, Computer Science
- jmayo@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3157
- Rekhi Hall 304
Links of Interest
Area of Expertise
- Distributed Systems
- Operating Systems
- Security
- Computer Science Education
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Affiliated Professor, Applied Computing
- PSERC Site Director and ICC CPS Center Director
- ten@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0397
- EERC 612
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Circuit/graph theory
- Steady-state and dynamics of bulk power systems
- Cyber-informed security engineering
Areas of Research Interest
Discipline: Power systems engineering
- Power grid cybersecurity
- Smart home and robotic technologies
- Attack/defense combinatorics
- Associate Professor of Management Information Systems: Data Analytics, College of Business
- jdwall@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1707
- Academic Office Building G010
Teaching Interests
- Business Process Analysis
- AI and machine learning for business
- Information Security
- Systems analysis and design
Research Interests
- Information security behavior
- Power and control
- Individual and organizational deviance
- Business applications for AI and machine learning
- Assistant Professor, Construction Management
- Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Faculty, College of Business
- boxiao@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2804
- Dillman 301G
Links of Interest
Teaching Experience
- Advanced technologies in construction (e.g., BIM)
- Project management
- Construction methods
- Structural analysis
Research Interests
- Construction informatics
- Computer vision-based site monitoring
- Construction robotics
- Natural language processing in construction
- Blockchain-enabled contract management
- Cybersecurity in construction management
- Assistant Professor, Applied Computing
- Member, ICC Center for Cybersecurity
- ronghuax@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3386
- Rekhi Hall 107
Teaching Interests
- Digital Forensics and Investigations
- Blockchain and Smart Contract Applications
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Network Security
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Machine Learning
- Edge Computing
- NextG Network
- Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- kaicheny@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3116
- EERC 712
Links of Interest
Courses Taught
- EE 4173, Comp Sys Engineering & Perform
- EE 4272, Computer Networks
Research Interests
- Network Security
- Hardware Security
- Cyber-Physical System Security
- Deep Learning
- Assistant Professor, Applied Computing
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- xyyuan@mtu.edu
- 906-487-4303
- Rekhi Hall 111
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Machine Learning
- Security and Privacy
- Cloud Computing
- Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- lanzhang@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1090
- EERC 623
Links of Interest
Teaching
- EE/CS 5821 Computational Intelligence
- EE4723 Network Security
- EE4370 IoT Application and Design
Areas of Interest
- Wireless Communications (e.g., RIS, mmWave, CPS, industrial-IoT)
- Big Data (e.g., machine learning, smart transportation, eHealth)
- Cybersecurity and Privacy (e.g., IoT/CPS, learning pipeline, blockchain)