Center for Cybersecurity
Pioneering Interdisciplinary Research and Workforce-Ready Education
The mission of the University of Michigan-Flint Center for Cybersecurity is to serve our deep need for workforce-ready cybersecurity experts equipped to solve essential technical and ethical problems in an ever-changing field that touches all parts of our digital lives. The center is committed to serving these needs through pioneering excellence in:
- Cutting-edge interdisciplinary cybersecurity research that delivers tangible answers to problems in the community, nation, and beyond.
- A rigorous cybersecurity educational curriculum is enriched with accessible hands-on training, certifications, and practical experiences in partnership with industry leaders.
- Promoting and executing both formal and informal workshops and trainings for youth, charitable and economic organizations, employers and professionals, governments and judicial bodies to promote engagement and understanding of the complexities and importance of cybersecurity in our daily lives.
As a part of UM-Flint’s College of Innovation and Technology, the Cybersecurity Center is a dynamic hub that fully embraces the polytechnic model of the CIT to drive innovation in the field through interdisciplinary scholarly and research activity, experiential learning opportunities through dynamic project-based instruction and internships that empower students to begin applying their skills to deliver innovative solutions to community and industry collaborators, and opportunities to develop the soft skills and ethical understanding required to advocate for cybersecurity tools that may promote long-range human flourishing, even in the midst of uncertain times.
Fostering Innovative Education for Holistic Solutions
Through flipped classroom experiences and other active learning methods, the center aims to make cybersecurity education accessible and engaging. The center utilizes a broad range of expertise from its faculty team, ranging from AI, computer science and information systems, software development, sociology, philosophy, economics, human-centered design and both general and automotive cybersecurity to ensure it is poised to respond to needs presented:
- From a broader range of fields.
- With a more holistic understanding and approach.
This approach will help the center achieve its intrinsic broader impacts research goals, but its inclusion in classroom experiences will also inspire the next generation of cybersecurity students to recognize that the most innovative solutions to rapid change often come from places we least expect. The Cybersecurity Center fosters an environment that encourages and supports this collaboration on campus and beyond.