NSF awards $3.8 million grant to NYU/City College/Stanford team to build and implement new methods of cryptographic computing. (09/02/25)
Distinguished Professor Rosario Gennaro (Computer Science) and Assistant Professor Tushar Jois (Electrical Engineering) will collaborate with colleagues from New York University and Stanford University on a project funded by the National Science Foundation that is designed to overcome the performance limitations of current systems and explore the improved security architecture possible with cryptographic computing. This project will implement the infrastructure needed to enable security researchers to develop new hardware designs that can overcome performance limitations of… Read More »
NSF awards $3.8 million grant to NYU/City College/Stanford team to build and implement new methods of cryptographic computing
Distinguished Professor Rosario Gennaro (Computer Science) and Assistant Professor Tushar Jois (Electrical Engineering) will collaborate with colleagues from New York University and Stanford University on a project funded by the National Science Foundation that is designed to overcome the performance limitations of current systems and explore the improved security architecture possible with cryptographic computing. This project will implement the infrastructure needed to enable security researchers to develop new hardware designs that can overcome performance limitations of… Read More »
City College has added a new Cybersecurity course for the 2025-2026 academic year—the AI in Cybersecurity Lab.
AI in Cybersecurity Lab
This lab-based course offers an in-depth exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques in the field of cybersecurity. The course covers essential concepts, methodologies, and tools to enhance cybersecurity capabilities across various domains, including network security, threat detection, vulnerability assessment, and incident response. Students will gain hands-on experience with AI-driven approaches to identify… Read More »
Professor Jois from City College’s Department of Electrical Engineering was recently one of 20 researchers to receive funding for innovative blockchain-related research. Read more at: https://blog.sui.io/academic-research-awards-2024-2/.
City College will be adding several new cybersecurity courses to the curriculum for the 2024-2025 academic year as the program continues to expand. The new courses are: Applied Cryptography, Cryptography & Secure Communications, The Cyber Attack Lifecycle: Threat Intelligence, Digital Forensics, & Incident Response, and Research Topics in Cybersecurity. Course descriptions are below.
Applied Cryptography
An introduction to applied cryptography. The student will develop the ability to reason about cryptography in a variety of practical contexts and will learn… Read More »
The Cybersecurity program at City College will play a crucial role in the execution of the $5 million TREAD grant received from the U.S. Department of Education.
The TREAD project, which stands for Translational Research Excellence Across Disciplines, will further City College’s advancement to the “R1” level of a doctoral university with very high research activity, as defined by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This will require an increase in the number of doctoral students graduating from City College.
TREAD’s activities will include… Read More »
In October 2023 the City College Cybersecurity M.S. Program was awarded its designation as one of the National Security Agency’s Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. This is the first program in the CUNY system to receive such a designation. This designation is a recognition of the rigorous academic standards of the program and demonstrates that the program curriculum was vetted and put through a stringent validation process.
As described by the U.S. Department of Defense, “the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program is… Read More »
The City College Cybersecurity M.S. Program is again partnering with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to build out New York’s cyber ecosystem. City College is collaborating with the NYCEDC to pilot the Cyber NYC Internship Program in Summer 2023 to link students to paid internships offering hands-on training, networking, and real word experience with the goal of converting the opportunities into full-time jobs. For a full writeup on the new opportunity please view the NYCEDC press release: https://edc.nyc/press-release/nycedc-launches-… Read More »
In its debut at the NYU Tandon CSAW AI vs. Humans Challenge, a team from City College came first amongst competitors in the United States – Canada region. The competition is designed to mimic real-world scenarios where an attacker can opt to attempt anything from altering a chip’s functionality to causing denial-of-service attacks, and the finals for the event took place in November 2022.
Read more HERE.
Dr. Rosario Gennaro, Cybersecurity Program Co-Director and Professor of Computer Science, is the recipient of an $850,000 grant to further City College’s contributions to the advancement of blockchain systems over a five-year period. The funding is part of a $5.75 million grant from the Algorand Foundation to a Yale University-led consortium. The Foundation is the charitable arm of blockchain company Algorand, founded in 2017 by Silvio Micali of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Read the full story here.
Last Updated: 10/23/2025 14:35