The National Security Agency has recognized EECS’s excellent PhD programs in cybersecurity, opening UT to new funding, education, and research opportunities.

Assistant professors Scott Ruoti and Jian Liu approach both familiar and emerging technologies from new angles to improve cybersecurity for individual users.

Ran Elgedawy played professional basketball in Egypt. Now, she’s a PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UT.

A new EECS scholarship, the Dibyendu (Dipu) and Anindita (Ann) Mukherjee Endowed Scholarship, will help students who are interested in data science, which comprises but is not limited to the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning. Its first recipient is EECS senior and computer science major Maria Hernandez Rivero.

Max Schuchard and Jared Smith won first place in the Applied Research Competition at CSAW, the largest student-led cybersecurity competition in the world.

Stella Sun, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, discussed cybersecurity with the Knoxville News Sentinel.