Setting up a decoy network may help deflect a hacker's hits
Computer networks may never float like a butterfly, but Penn State information scientists suggest that creating nimble networks that can sense jabs from hackers could help deflect the stinging blows of...
View ArticleIST professor uses NSF CAREER Award to advance malware detection
Dinghao Wu, assistant professor in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, recently was awarded a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. Wu’s area of expertise is in...
View ArticleIST professor receives PNC Professorship to explore online learning, programming
Dinghao Wu, associate professor at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been awarded the PNC Technologies Career Development Professorship. This three-year appointment...
View ArticleDoctoral student earns ACM award for research on security verification
Xiao Liu's research is focused on enhancing regular expressions, or “regex,” a tool that computer programmers often use for security purposes, including virus detection.
View ArticleProfessor receives $3.6 million grant to support cybersecurity retrofitting
Across all sectors and industry, including the government and military, legacy software remains critically important, but increasingly difficult, to maintain. A new grant to support reverse engineering...
View ArticleIST graduate earns two degrees in four years, influences family tradition
Few students can say that they’ve earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in four years. Even fewer can pass the torch on to their younger sibling when they graduate. Lawrence Wu, a 2018 College...
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