Security Informatics

Ph.D. Track

Students in the doctoral program become well-versed in the recognition and understanding of seminal work, research, innovation and literature that constitutes the core of security engineering. Students will acquire the technical skills to make effective use of current and emerging security technologies. Students will also develop an appreciation for the insights of economics and organizational informatics and understand the socioeconomic ramifications of security and privacy-enhancing technologies. The research will cultivate the students’ understanding of security in practice and how it functions in organizations, as well as in systems and network administration.

Human Computer Interaction/Security track

Doctoral students pursing the HCI/Security track explore the connection among technology, theory, social analysis, and application domains in a diverse and multidisciplinary curriculum. This curriculum includes core courses and seminars in informatics; courses in methodology and theory; and electives in related disciplines inside and outside of the School. Students in the HCI/Security track combine design space experience with hands-on security training. This combination enables our graduates to design highly usable systems which can be experimentally verified.