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Umar Farooq Wins NSF CAREER Award to Secure Software for the Quantum Era
When quantum computers hit the market, they'll give users the power to crash through cryptography protecting banks, online businesses, hospital records, the power grid. Upgrading federal systems alone is expected to cost $7.1 billion - with a 2035 deadline.
Google.org Provides $1M in Funding for LSU Cybersecurity Clinic
With $1 million in funding from Google.org, the LSU Cybersecurity Clinic is bringing free education and evaluation services to Louisiana industry and government clients, a major program expansion that will protect critical infrastructure across the state, from water treatment facilities to oil wells and chemical plants.
LSU’s HPX Project Joins Prestigious High Performance Software Foundation
The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF), part of the Linux Foundation, has welcomed HPX, a runtime system and software library developed at LSU, as a new established project.
LSU Launches Louisiana’s First Bachelor’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s first Bachelor of Science degree in artificial intelligence will be offered to Louisiana State University students this fall at the Baton Rouge campus. Backed by the Louisiana Board of Regents on March 24, the new undergraduate degree is aimed at preparing the next generation of AI leaders by giving students a broad and deep understanding of how to design, analyze, and deploy modern AI systems. With AI transforming work in every sector, Interim Provost Troy Blanchard said it’s essential that the state’s land grant institution offer a rigorous and comprehensive academic program in these emerging technologies.
LSU Engineering Gets Louisiana Prepared for Digital Transformation at Work
Artificial intelligence is reshaping business. LSU’s College of Engineering is filling the need by creating courses, certificates, and degrees in AI and digital twin. Engineering faculty have produced an array of educational offerings designed to skill up the state.
LSU Researchers Envision a More Compassionate, Adaptive Future for Dementia Support Technology Using AI
Living with dementia involves constant change, yet the technology designed to help often fails to evolve with the needs of patients and caregivers. In a new paper, two LSU researchers reimagine technology as quiet, evolving support that uses emerging artificial intelligence technologies to help preserve dignity, ease caregiver burden, and help families navigate dementia more safely and compassionately.
LSU and U.S. Army Cyber Command Partner to Develop Technology, Talent to Secure Louisiana, Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — LSU and U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) have entered into a formal agreement on advanced research, prototype development, education and training, and technology transfer to build cyber capabilities for the Army under U.S. Cyber Command. The education partnership agreement (EPA) establishes areas of collaboration and joint research and development from cybersecurity to critical infrastructure to data visualization.