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ICSEG is creating new smart grid technologies, tools, system configurations and techniques to validate the grid.
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Explore the nexus between electrical energy systems and cybersecurity at the school June 17-21.
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Los Alamos researchers demonstrate that quantum cryptography can secure the grid using Illinois test bed facilities.
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UIUC Chancellor Phyllis Wise announced that The Grainger Foundation has pledged $100 million to Engineering at Illinois.
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ITI will develop a new undergraduate curriculum to address a national shortage of trained digital forensics experts.
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Jun 07. 2013
Twenty years ago, most people didn’t own a cell phone, let alone a phone that could connect to the Internet, take photos or memorize voice recordings. The computer chips in these old phones, or other devices such as appliances, cars or even power plants, weren’t attractive targets to cyber intruders; however, as these devices have advanced, they have become a prime target for malicious attacks.
Jun 05. 2013
The series-connected voltage domain—a new structure for data center power delivery being developed by Assistant Professor Robert Pilawa-Podgurski—may curb power inefficiencies in search engine queries, and Google has recently presented Pilawa with a one-year Google Faculty Research Award to develop this system.
May 08. 2013
Jana Diesner, an assistant professor at the iSchool, or Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has joined the Information Trust Institute.
May 08. 2013
The Illinois Center for a Smarter Electric Grid (ICSEG) at ITI is leading the field in creating a smarter and more secure electric grid.
Apr 30. 2013
When the loss of a single power line in Arizona caused the September 2011 blackouts in Southern California and the Southwest, nearly seven million people were left without power for over 11 hours. The outage caused major traffic congestion and sewage pumping station failures, as well as resulting in millions of dollars of losses to restaurants and grocery stores.

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Apr 22. 2013 CISPA: Don’t Toss It - Amend and Pass It

Just like all trailers and taglines, the depictions of CISPA by its opponents paint the most dire and exciting interpretations, designed to draw people to the theater in droves. And just like many movies that have been hyped up beyond recognition by cleverly edited trailers and exciting taglines, the truth is often much less entertaining than the previews promised it to be.

Nov 2. 2012 On the feared "cyber Pearl Harbor" and how well the U.S. can fight back

ITI director David Nicol offers a technical perspective on U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's recent speech threatening to hold cyber-aggressors accountable.

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