The Institute for Information Sciences

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The mission of I2S is to sustain and grow national leadership in the creation, dissemination, and commercialization of new technologies in computer systems, communication systems, and radar systems.

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I2S Director Perry Alexander speaks about Securing Our Worlds: Physical, Digital, and Social, an interdisciplinary approach to solving problems related cybersecurity.

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CCSD Advancing Fairness in Machine Learning Workshop

KU’s Center for Cyber-Social Dynamics Invites Participants for Spring Workshop on Advancing Fairness in Machine Learning

The Center for Cyber-Social Dynamics (CCSD), part of KU’s Institute of Information Sciences (I2S), studies the interaction between internet technology and society. The research organization brings together expertise from the humanities and social sciences to collaborate on work with computer engineers and technology developers. ...

Ahmet Soyyigit receives first place his oral presentation at the 2025 I2S ISO Research Symposium

Oral and Poster Presentation Awards Announced from 2025 Student Research Symposium

Recently, KU’s Institute for Information Sciences’ (I2S) Student Organization (ISO) held their annual Student Research Symposium, Jan. 23-24, at the Kansas Memorial Union. The two-day event featured more than dozen oral presentations on a wide range of research topics, including machine learning, high-performance computing, and AI and machine learning. I2S congratulates the winners of the oral and poster presentations.

KU's cohort at the Federal CyberCorps Scholarship for Services job fair in Washington, D.C.

KU’s Institute for Information Sciences Brings Record Cohort to Federal Scholarship Program

Students and faculty from KU’s Institute for Information Sciences (I2S) participated in the Federal CyberCorps Scholarship for Services (SFS) job fair in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7-9, 2025. The SFS program is designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of federal information assurance professionals that protect the government’s critical information infrastructure.

Institute for Information Sciences Faculty and Students Represent KU at Annual Computer Security Conference

The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) brings together leading researchers and practitioners, along with a diverse group of security professionals drawn from academia, industry, and government, gathered to present and discuss the latest cybersecurity results and topics. Remarkably, four papers from KU were accepted and presented at ACSAC 2024. Only Virginia Tech had more papers accepted, which had five.

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