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Cybersecurity in Full Color: Google Invests $1M in LSU Cyber Clinic

With $1 million in new funding from Google.org, LSU is expanding its leadership in cybersecurity research, education, and service. Over the next six years, more than 200 students will be trained and certified to protect critical infrastructure and serve more than 400 companies and organizations in Louisiana—for free.

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LSU Research Insights: Next-Generation AI Aims for Smarter Security With Better Energy Efficiency

It’s become impossible not to associate the future with artificial intelligence. AI and machine learning technologies are poised to make as large an impact on human life as the Industrial Revolution did, if not a larger one In this Q&A, we ask James Ghawaly Jr., an assistant professor in the LSU College of Engineering with a joint appointment in the LSU Center for Computation & Technology (CCT), about his views on the future of AI research.

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Early Research Impacts: Catching Up with the Inaugural Collaboration in Action Teams

Through an inaugural round of funding in 2024-2025, seven collaborative research teams received $1.6 million in support and sprang into action in January. This is where they are now.

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AI @ LSU: Students Shine Showcasing Tech Innovation

Exactly 25 juniors and seniors enrolled in LSU Engineering's capstone-style computer science course, who presented artificial intelligence applications to real-world business problems on Monday night to a standing-room only crowd at Stadium Club South.

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Students with Intellectual Disabilities to Benefit from Collaborative Federal Grant Award

BATON ROUGE, LA — Add an Integrative Community Studies (ICS) program partnership to the growing list of LSU teams that win for Louisiana and the world. For the second year in a row, ICS program faculty and staff have won an influential federal grant competition award. The latest funding - $2.2 million over 5 years – comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID).

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The New Battlefield: Veteran, LSU Student Still Serving Through Cybersecurity

Coming back to LSU felt full circle for Scott Sonnier. He first attended the university in 2001, but after the events of 9/11, he made the life-changing decision to join the Navy.

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LSU Research Bites: Malware-Detecting Large Language Model a Game-Changer for Cybersecurity

To detect, remove, and prevent malware on your devices, cyber experts have to figure out where the code came from and what it’s doing. But dissecting malware’s code and behaviors to understand its mechanisms is becoming a find-a-needle-in-a-haystack problem. Modern malware is complex and adept at “hiding” on your devices.