UTSA Research News

UTSA forms partnership with Idaho National Laboratory

June 26, 2018

Agreement will advance academics and research related to national security. (June 25, 2018) -- To help safeguard the nation’s energy sector, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have signed a three-year agreement to facilitate collaborative academic and research programs in cyber and critical infrastructure protection. UTSA is widely recognized as the nation’s academic leader in cybersecurity for its range and depth of cyber research and cyber degree programs. Drawing on San Antonio as the second ...
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SURF bridges military and academic biomedical research with clinical best practices

June 25, 2018

(June 25, 2018) -- More than 400 researchers, clinicians, residents and graduate students will gather at UTSA this week for the annual San Antonio Military Health System and Universities Research Forum (SURF). The event, which is free and open to the public, is Thursday, June 28 and Friday, June 29 in the H-E-B Student Union Ballroom (HSU 1.104) on the UTSA Main Campus. For the past four years, the leadership of UTSA, UT Health San Antonio and the San Antonio Military ...
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NSA designates UTSA a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations

June 8, 2018

(June 5, 2018) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has been designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Fundamental (CAE-Cyber Operations) for 2018 through 2023. The designation recognizes UTSA’s ability to thoroughly prepare workforce-ready professionals to protect the nation’s information infrastructure. “The designation of CAE for Cyber Operations is a major accomplishment for the Computer Science program and UTSA’s cyber initiative,” said Rajendra Boppana, professor of the UTSA ...
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Historian and mathematician inducted into the UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers

May 30, 2018

(May 30, 2018) – The UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers (ADR) has inducted two new members: Catherine Clinton, UTSA Department of History and Gelu Popescu, UTSA Department of Mathematics. The UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers was established in 2015 to select and honor outstanding faculty who exemplify excellence in research; to foster the highest quality of research and scholarly activity by UTSA faculty; and to promote the university’s vision as a premier public research university. The Academy is comprised of researchers ...
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UTSA researchers create security framework to stop cyber attacks on internet-connected smart cars

May 29, 2018

(May 29, 2018) -- A new study by Maanak Gupta, doctoral candidate at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Ravi Sandhu, Lutcher Brown Endowed Professor of computer science and founding executive director of the UTSA Institute for Cyber Security (ICS), examines the cybersecurity risks for new generations of smart which includes both autonomous and internet connected cars. “Driverless and connected cars are increasingly becoming a part of our world, where cybersecurity threats are already a reality,” Sandhu said. “It’s ...
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