The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wisconsin Security Research Consortium hosted research leaders from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on March 12, 2024. NRO develops, acquires, launches, and operates space-based assets and ground systems. NRO systems address the nation's toughest intelligence challenges, providing information and perspectives...
[caption id="attachment_16398" align="alignright" width="387"] Maj Gen (ret) Tim Zadalis[/caption] The Wisconsin Security Research Consortium is pleased to welcome Maj Gen (ret) Tim Zadalis to its Board of Advisors. General Zadalis will support national security initiatives and U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force partnerships at the...
The University of Wisconsin–Madison, for the first time, has topped $1.5 billion in research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. With this accomplishment, UW–Madison is ranked 8th among the nearly 900 public and private universities surveyed by NSF....
Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin has appointed a 17-member search and screen committee to help identify a vice chancellor for research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Currently known as the vice chancellor for research and graduate education, the vice chancellor for research will continue to oversee...
For the second year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) led an exercise — the only of its kind conducted at a university, and focused on students — simulating a ransomware attack against an electric power utility in Wisconsin. Students took on roles of...
A new collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Division of Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will bolster cybersecurity in the state. A memorandum of understanding signed on Sept. 15 by WEM Administrator Greg Engle and UW-Whitewater Chief Research Administration...
Representatives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the United States Department of Defense (DOD) signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday, launching a two-year pilot program to work collaboratively on training, consultation and resources for environmental-related issues for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations...
Recently students in a UW-Madison software security course took part in another first: a cyber tabletop exercise facilitated by the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — the first such exercise run by CISA at an academic institution, focused on...
The U.S. academic community is gearing up for a new effort to convince national policymakers that the benefits of keeping government-funded basic research out in the open—and not stamping it classified—far outweigh any threat to national security from sharing scientific findings....
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences is adding three new degree programs — in data engineering, data science, and information science — to its growing portfolio to meet mounting interest from employers and students and increase access to technology curriculum...