Networking and Security Research Center
Because networks have become ingrained in almost every aspect of our lives, the linkage between networking and security is a fundamental issue facing researchers today. Security solutions to protect the ever-expanding number and variety of communications networks and the information they transport are essential.
The Networking and Security Research Center (NSRC) provides a research and education community at Penn State for professors, students, and collaborators from industry interested in networking and security. It also provides a unique avenue for interaction with industry; the members of the NSRC actively consult with industry and participate as partners on funded projects. Member companies enjoy benefits for sponsoring research and having access to the latest results and technical reports from the NSRC.
Hosted in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Penn State, the NSRC is comprised of nine faculty in the College of Engineering, including eight members from CSE and one from Electrical Engineering (EE). Several of the faculty also have joint appointments in EE and the School of Information Sciences and Technology. The NSRC includes approximately 50 Ph.D. and M.S. students and several undergraduate honors thesis are advised through NSRC faculty.
The expertise of the members includes mobile networking, protocol design, performance analysis and simulation, wireless communication, networked applications, and large networking software systems. The NSRC also boasts experts on Internet security, policy, secure operating systems, and access controls. Additionally, members of the NSRC actively collaborate on projects on secure wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, high performance wireless networks, and secure telecommunication systems.
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