Research Projects

Interested in Research ?

The Cyber Center faculty and students work with industry, government and academic partners on research and special projects. The center’s current research focus areas include:

  • Emerging Technologies including Big Data, AI and Cloud
  • Social Engineering, Misinformation, Policy and Privacy
  • Cyber Workforce Development and STEM Participation 
  • National Intelligence and Critical Industries 
  • Risk Management & Business Continuity

What are the center’s current research grants ?

  • Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Cybersecurity Impact
  • NCAE-C Cybersecurity Capacity Building
  • NCAE-C Research ‘Maximizing Cybersecurity Training Impact’
  • Intelligence Community (IC) Scholars Grants

What skills and experience can you develop ?

Students involved in research can develop the following skills:

  • Proposal Development and Grant Acquisition
  • Technical Analysis and Writting
  • Industry Expertise
  • Grant Program Management

Contact CERC@howard.edu for more information on Cyber Center research projects.

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NSF/NSA AI Project

As a National Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (NCAE-CD) school, Howard University will be working with the National Science Foundation and the National Security Administration to advance the goals of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) domain expertise into our programs through the CyberAI Project. See the link below for more information.

Recent Research Publications

Bagozzi, B.E., Goel, R., Lugo-De-Fabritz, B., Knickmeier-Cummings, K., & Balasubramanian, K. (2024). A Framework for Enhancing Social Media Misinformation Detection with Topical-Tactics. Digital Threats: Research and Practice.

Bagozzi, Benjamin and Goel, Rajni and Balasubramanian, Karthik and Parker, Chris, State-Linked Misinformation in the Time of Covid-19: A Look at Iran. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4477333 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4477333

Bansal, C., Pandey, K., Goel, R., & Sharma, A. (2024). Analysis of barriers to AI banking chatbot adoption in India: An ISM and MICMAC approach, Issues in Information Systems Volume 25, Issue 4 pp. 417-441.

Verma, I., Kumar, D., & Goel, R. (2024). Testing Strategies for Software Systems using Cognitive Computing. 2024 International Conference on Electrical Electronics and Computing Technologies (ICEECT), 1, 1-9.

Verma, I., Kumar, D., & Goel, R. (2023). Implementation and Comparison of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Software Testing. 2023 6th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Networks (ISCON), 1-9.

Erkan-Barlow, A., Ngo, T., Goel, R., & Streeter, D. W. (2023). An in-depth analysis of the impact of cyberattacks on the profitability of commercial banks in the United States. Journal of Global Business Insights, 8(2), 120-135. https://www.doi.org/10.5038/2640-6489.8.2.1246