ICSI in Phys.org
“Grant to Help Computer Scientists Understand the World of Cybercrime"
September 25, 2012 | Phys.org
excerpt:
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, the International Computer Science Institute at Berkeley and George Mason University have received a $10 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to map out the illicit activities taking place in the cybersecurity underworld and to understand how the mind of a cybercriminal works.
article-date:
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
recap:
Networking researcher Vern Paxson leads ICSI’s share of the project, a collaboration with UC San Diego and George Mason University to study the role played by economics and social interactions in cybercrime
