Center for Cybersecurity

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 both Cyber Research (CAE-R) and Cyber Defense (CAE–CD) designated by the National Security Agency (NSA). Michigan Tech is the only institution in Michigan to hold both the CAE-CD and CAE-R designations, underscoring its leadership and academic excellence in cybersecurity research, education, and outreach.

Call for Seed Grant Applicants

From the ICC Centers for Cybersecurity and Computing Eduction

Deadline: November 15

Apply Here


Center Director

Bo Chen

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Director, ICC Center for Cybersecurity

Center Members

Koloud Al Khamaiseh
"My success comes only through Allah. In Him I trust and to Him I turn"
—Surah Hud - 88
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Areas of Interest

  • Machine Learning for Medical Image Processing
  • Machine Learning in CyberSecurity
  • HTML Parsing and Information Retrieval
  • Pattern recognition
  • Associate Dean, College of Computing
  • Professor, Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Professor, Computational Science and Engineering

Areas of Expertise

  • Cybersecurity
  • Computer Network
  • Machine Learning
  • Computing Education
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting Information Systems, College of Business
  • Richard and Joyce Ten Haken Faculty Fellow in Accounting/Finance

Teaching Interests

  • Accounting Systems
  • Accounting Analytical Methods
  • Business Database Management
  • Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  • Business Analytics
  • Business Data Analysis
  • Database Design and Management
  • Management Information Systems

Research Interests

Topics:

  • Healthcare
  • Disaster Management
  • Social Media

Methodology:

  • Machine Learning
  • Text Mining
  • Econometrics
  • LLMs
  • Survey
  • Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Affiliated Research Professor, Computer Science
  • Associate Professor, Applied Computing
  • Graduate Program Director, MS in Health Informatics
  • Graduate Program Director, PhD in Computational Science and Engineering

Research Interests

  • Human Health-focused ML/DL and Computer Vision
  • Large-scale Cybersecurity architectures
  • mHealth
  • Biometric development
  • Intelligent medical devices

Links of Interest

Personal Webpage

Teaching Interests

  • Cybersecurity
  • Medical/Health Informatics
  • Data Science
  • Network Engineering
  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Research Focus

  • Machine Learning
  • Cybersecurity
  • Professor, Computer Science

Area of Expertise

  • Distributed Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Computer Science Education
  • Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Analytics

Teaching Interests

  • Business Analytics (ML,DL, and Text Mining)
  • Generative AI
  • Management Science
  • Social Network Analysis

Research Interests

  • IS Capabilities and Firm Performance
  • Social Media Analytics
  • Econometrics
  • Design Science Research
  • Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Affiliated Professor, Applied Computing
  • PSERC Site Director and ICC CPS Center Director

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
  • Professor of Practice, Applied Computing
  • PhD Student, Computational Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Cybersecurity
  • Penetration testing
  • Security and privacy
  • Student projects

Research Interests

  • Cybersecurity law and policy
  • Generative AI and penetration testing
  • Quantum cryptography
Jie Wu

Jie Wu

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Specialties

  • Software Engineering for AI (SE4AI)
  • AI for Software Engineering (AI4SE)
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Trustworthy AI
  • Assistant Professor, Construction Management
  • Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty, College of Business

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

Teaching Interests

  • Digital Forensics and Investigations
  • Blockchain and Smart Contract Applications
  • Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Network Security
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Machine Learning
  • Edge Computing
  • NextG Network
  • Multimedia Forensics
  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Courses Taught

  • EE 4173, Comp Sys Engineering & Perform
  • EE 4272, Computer Networks

Research Interests

  • Network Security
  • Hardware Security
  • Cyber-Physical System Security
  • Deep Learning