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Summer Research, Conference, Internship, and Beyond

March 27, 2017

Last summer in 2016, after just completing her freshman year, Josephine Chow worked at Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute (JHUISI) as a research assistant with Dr. Xiangyang Li. She analyzed the randomness in different network data sets in order to flag anomalies in traffic, likely caused by secret messages hidden in such traffic. The […]

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JHUISI Capstones at a Glance

February 9, 2017

Conducting research is the signature of the Master of Science in Security Informatics (MSSI) program experience at Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute (JHUISI). Students present their research as capstone projects. Students pursue independent research on a question or problem of their choice, engage with the scholarly debates in the relevant disciplines, and – with […]

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JHUISI Offers Cybersecurity Courses at Local Community College

February 9, 2017

In August 2015, Johns Hopkins University (JHUISI) launched its academic program partnership with Hagerstown Community College (HCC) in Hagerstown, Maryland. During the fall semester, JHUISI delivered a series of seminar lectures on selected topics in cybersecurity.  This is the second year that JHUISI has partnered with HCC. “We’re very pleased with our partnership with HCC.  […]

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ZeroCash System Solves Bitcoin Privacy Issue

February 9, 2017

In 2009, an anonymous software developer named Satoshi Nakamoto developed Bitcoin. Run by a network of volunteer computers, Bitcoin has seen explosive growth over the past seven years: going from pennies to nearly $1,000 per coin in the fall of 2016. Yet for all its success, Bitcoin has a key limitation: payments made on the […]

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