People

The WSRC Board of Directors and Advisors is comprised of representatives of research and academic institutions in Wisconsin. The board can choose to add members from time to time, per its articles of incorporation and by-laws. WSRC welcomes affiliates and partners. Find out how you can become involved.

Board

Steve Ackerman, PhD, President
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Aaron Olver, Director, Facilities
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Managing Director, University Research Park

Dave Schroeder, Director, Research
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wisconsin Army National Guard
NSA/CSS Mission Liaison

Advisors

Gerald “Jerry” Clusen
Rear Admiral (Ret), United States Navy

Nicholas Davis
University of Wisconsin System
Director of Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Paul DeLuca, PhD
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Provost Emeritus
Professor Emeritus and Board of Visitors Chair, Medical Physics

Tom Erickson
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Founding Director, School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS)

Bruce Maas
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Emeritus Chief Information Officer
Emeritus Vice Provost for Information Technology
Innovation Fellow, Internet2

Bart Miller, PhD
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Amar & Belinder Sohi Professor in Computer Sciences
Chief Scientist, DHS Software Assurance Marketplace Research Facility

News

Ackerman to lead UW–Madison’s research and graduate education
March 2, 2020
Steve Ackerman will serve as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s next vice chancellor for research and graduate education. He was named today by Chancellor Rebecca Blank. “I am extremely happy,” Ackerman says. “Serving as the vice chancellor for research and graduate education is a great opportunity to help support research across campus, nurture graduate students, and contribute to the pursuit of the Wisconsin Idea. One of our primary objectives is to build relationships with industry and the Wisconsin Idea is part of that.”

2019 "Targeting U.S. Technologies" report now available
February 25, 2020
The DCSA Counterintelligence annual report, "Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Report of Foreign Targeting of Cleared Industry," is now available. This product details and enumerates cleared industry's reporting of suspicious contact reports that represent potential foreign intelligence entities attempts to illicitly acquire U.S. technologies resident in cleared industry. Read the report here.

Pentagon focuses on research, cyber in 2021 budget request
February 12, 2020
The Defense Department wants to put more than $106 billion into research and development efforts, according to its 2021 budget request. "Last year's budget was the largest [research, development test and evaluation] request in 70 years. And this year's research request is even larger," Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist said.

American universities are a soft target for China's spies, say U.S. intelligence officials
February 2, 2020
America's world class university system has become a soft target in the global espionage war with China, intelligence officials say — and they are pressing universities to do something about it.

Defense firms cash in on an ‘unprecedented’ wave of classified spending
January 31, 2020
Some of the Washington area’s biggest defense contractors are making more money than ever from classified military and intelligence programs, top executives told investors this week, as competition with China and Russia drives a wave of secret spending one analyst called “unprecedented in recent history.”

Locking the lab: Globalization raises concerns about research data security on campus
May 30, 2018
Universities need to beef up security and lock their laboratories to prevent losses of what is often publicly funded research, said members of subcommittees of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

Science: Shh! Wisconsin seeking to get in on secret cybersecurity research
January 8, 2015
The Wisconsin Information Security Center in Madison brings UW into a select club of U.S. universities affiliated with labs specifically.