Computer Science News

2009-07-16 13:21:23

Orr, Zou, other IUPUI Researchers Receive Cybersecurity Grants

As part of the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR), Dr. Xukai Zou and Scott Orr have received part of $230,000 in internal grant money to pursue research along with Dr. Eliza Du in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at IUPUI. Their work is entitled, "A Novel Approach to Robust, Secured, and Cancellable Biometrics."

Funding for the internal grant program was provided by a gift from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., of Indianapolis. Fred Cate, CACR Director and Distinguished Professor at Indiana University Bloomington, made the announcement on June 19, 2009. The seed grants are expected to enhance the competitiveness of IU and IUPUI researchers in this area for competitive national grants from such agencies as the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security.

In addition, Zou and Orr were named as two of seventeen CACR Fellows for 2009-10, as researchers whose work in the field of cybersecurity "warrants special recognition."

The full press release from Indiana University is available at http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11196.html.