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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is hiring in Computing Security & Computer Engineering
Now hiring tenure track faculty
RIT is hiring tenure track positions in Cybersecurity, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Data Science and more.
At RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, we educate and train cybersecurity professionals; develop new cybersecurity and AI-based knowledge for industry, academia, and government; and provide systems and network security services for critical infrastructure and small- and mid-sized organizations.
Home to BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in cybersecurity as well as groundbreaking research and major cybersecurity events like the Global Finals of the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute is a nexus of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence research and education.
Learn
BS, MS, and PhD degrees, Corporate Team Trainings, and more
Secure
Secure your networks and critical infrastructure with our professional security services including Penetration Testing and Security Audits
Discover
Partner with us in leading research in AI and Cybersecurity
Engage
Support student clubs like RITSEC and competitions like the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition; Recruit top cyber talent
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We provide both traditional and non-traditional academic offerings, including BS and MS degrees in computing security.
Latest News
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November 27, 2023
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Students find community through RITSEC cybersecurity club
RIT students can unlock a community through the university’s cybersecurity club, RITSEC. As one of the largest collegiate cybersecurity clubs of its kind, RITSEC helps make RIT a top place for cybersecurity education, training, and research.
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November 17, 2023
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Billy Brumley named new Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity
Billy Brumley has been named the Kevin O’Sullivan Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity at RIT. As part of RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute and Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Brumley will contribute to the university’s growing cybersecurity research profile and lead expertise in side-channel attack analysis.
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October 31, 2023
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AI Research Team at RIT Publish Findings on Generative Harmful Content
In a recent preprint paper, faculty and Ph.D. students in RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, identified issues surrounding generative hate speech in Google’s PaLM2 Large Language Model (LLM), which powers Bard, Google’s answer to ChatGPT. Google was informed about the toxic content generated by PaLM2, and thanks to their responsible approach, have since rectified issues identified by the team in their initial study.
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October 6, 2023
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RIT becomes one of the first universities to receive support from Google’s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund
RIT is receiving $500,000 from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to train new cybersecurity professionals, while providing services for public good at the same time. The funding from Google.org, the company’s philanthropic arm, is part of a $20 million collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics that Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced in June.
Help support groundbreaking research and train the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.