Focus Areas

CERI Focus Areas

Cyber Infrastructure

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Community for cloud computing, networking, storage in research and education. Featured Projects:

  • Mizzou Cyber Range to Focus on Cyber Pretense Strategies
    • Armed with new grant funding from the National Security Agency, Prasad Calyam and his team are building the Mizzou Cyber Range through the Mizzou CERI. Read more.
  • Mizzou Engineer Part of Global Team Investigating Blockchain Technologies
    • Mizzou Engineers are part of a new global team investigating how blockchain technology could revolutionize the insurance industry. Read more.
  • NSF Project to Advance Edge Computing
    • Prasad Calyam, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is part of a team working to advance edge computing capabilities. Read more.
  • Team Building Computer ‘Blueprints’
    • A Mizzou Engineering team is investigating a method to prescribe blueprints to match the needs of cloud computing consumers with provider capabilities. Read more.

Cyber Vision

Photo of people in the Mizzou CAVE

Community for research and education in AR/VR, IoT, computer vision, imaging. Featured projects:

  • CAVE to Provide Immersive Virtual Experience
    • The National Science Foundation awarded a team of Mizzou Engineers a grant to purchase and implement a CAVE, the only one of its kind in Missouri and one of few in the Midwest. Read more.
  • Detecting Deepfake Photos, Videos with a Computerized Brain
    • Dan Lin was awarded nearly $1.2 million from the NSF to design an artificially intelligent computer program to provide real-time detection of deepfake threats. Read more.
  • Panacea’s Cloud Ready for Prime Time
    • Panacea’s Cloud allows for informed care in public safety situations where communication systems may be compromised. Read more.
  • Genome Sequences Could be Key to COVID-19
    • Associate Professor Praveen Rao received RAPID funding from NSF to democratize genome sequence analysis. Read more.

Cyber Intelligence

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Community for research and education in artificial intelligence, machine learning. Featured projects:

  • Mizzou Engineering Launches Certificate in AI and Machine Learning
    • Mizzou Engineering has launched a Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Read more.
  • Research Team Training AI to Better Detect Small Objects
    • Engineers have worked for three years to see where AI can improve its vision when it comes to small objects. Read more.
  • Team Uses AI to Grow Carbon Nanotubes
    • Engineers turn to artificial intelligence to help grow mass quantities of carbon nanotubes. Read more.
  • Site Provides COVID-19 Information
    • KnowCOVID-19 allows users to search for specific topics related to the coronavirus. Read more.

Cyber Security

Cybersecurity

Community for research and education in cyber defense, privacy, usability and policy. Featured projects:

  • Mizzou Cybersecurity Center Forms New Industrial Advisory Board
    • Mizzou Cybersecurity Center has assembled an all-star team of industry professionals to guide the future of research and education. Read more.
  • Researchers Aim to Protect Cyber Space in VR Environments
    • A Mizzou Engineering team is beginning to study possible threats with virtual reality and develop ways to combat them. Read more.
  • SFS Scholarship Provides Full Funding
    • The Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program is a $3.6 million project to promote cyber security research and education. Read more.
  • Chadha Protecting Your Data
    • Associate Professor Rohit Chadha is working on a project around verification of differential privacy mechanisms. Read more.
  • MU Engineering Team Sets Cyber Security Paradigm
    • Engineering researchers developed a new approach to defend against cyber attacks. Read more.

Cyber Training

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Community for research and education in artificial intelligence, machine learning. Featured projects:

  • Students Conduct Research Through REU
    • Participants of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program gained a deeper appreciation of research. Read more.
  • Mizzou Offers Cyber Security Camp
    • The Hacker Tracker Cyber Security Virtual Camp gave participants an opportunity to learn coding and cyber defense. Read more.
  • Past Participants Tout Benefits of REU
    • Students who participated in the NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates program say it is life changing. Read more.
  • Neuro Big-Data Symposium Comes Full Circle
    • Students and faculty gave presentations at the third Neuro Big-Data Symposium at Mizzou. Read More.