Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)

Mason researcher Vijay Shah has joined a $2 million project to develop a system to secure 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture, a collaboration between Mason and Virginia Tech, Penn State University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Two College of Engineering and Computing faculty members, Kai Zeng and Vijay K. Shah, are part of a project awarded $1.7 million by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund.

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) has awarded Gisele Stolz its prestigious Impact Award. Stolz is the senior director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs at Mason.

As plans for Mason Square progress, the Cyber Security Engineering (CYSE) department, the fastest growing department in the College of Engineering and Computing, is eager to leverage the space.

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative's NovaNode funds projects that pair research teams with industry partners with an eye on commercialization.

CCI NoVa Node will sponsor an event designed to share ideas and best practices for attracting diverse talent.

In April, Mason professor Mohamed Gebril took a team of students to Commonwealth Cyber Initiative's BattleDrones Competition.

Corporate partners ComSovereign, Widelity, and OPNT unveiled the latest addition to the Cyber Living Innovation Lab's growing technological capabilities.

Researchers from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative take on projects that expand the contributions of social scientists to cyber security challenges through funding of multidisciplinary projects.