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The Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT) based at Queen’s University Belfast has launched an AI Security Research Partnership with Rapid7.
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Dr Stephen McCabe has been appointed Interim Executive Director of Momentum One Zero, a £70m innovation centre being delivered by Queen’s University under Belfast Region City Deal.
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Dr. Okan Yurduseven of Queen’s University Belfast has been honoured with the prestigious IET Fellowship for his significant achievements in engineering and technology.
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Queen’s is one of two academic leads on a highly prestigious, £8 million, UK initiative to train an expert workforce to deliver secure networks in the AI era.
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The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) is delighted to welcome Minister Baker and Viscount Camrose as part of their visit to Belfast for CyberNI Week celebrations.
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Professor Máire O’Neill has been awarded a Gold Medal in Engineering Sciences from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
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CSIT's Mark Megarry wins Best Student Paper at INISCOM 2024 for his work on O-RAN security, highlighting CSIT & Queen's University's cutting-edge cybersecurity research.
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Queen’s and Purdue University have signed an MoU, initiating a strategic collaboration focused on research and academic exchange. This partnership aims to enhance learning and technological advancements in various key sectors.
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A new report into the future of the Metaverse in the UK was launched today by Queen’s University Belfast.
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Professor Máire O’Neill has been awarded a Gold Medal in Engineering Sciences from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
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2023 Northern Ireland Cybersecurity Snapshot report released by CSIT, presents the region as a global cyber security hotspot, boasting 2700 roles contributing £230m GVA. Ambitions aim to achieve UK Govt’s target of 5000 cyber security jobs by 2030.
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Queen’s, in collaboration with University of Lincoln, University of Aberdeen and University of Strathclyde, has secured £10.6M in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to establish SUSTAIN, a transformative Centre for Doctoral Training.
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NCSC has approved funding for RISE Phase 2 from 2023-2026, which is hosted under Professor Máire O’Neill at CSIT within EEECS. 3 new RISE research projects have also been funded by EPSRC, bolstering hardware & embedded systems security research.
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