Overview
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Has the Nation's First Information Networking Graduate Center
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, world-renowned Carnegie Mellon University is home to the Information Networking Institute (INI), the nation's first graduate research and education center exclusively devoted to information networking.
The Institute grew out of Carnegie Mellon's rich tradition as a global research powerhouse. The university is recognized for its world-class technology and arts programs and its progressive collaboration across disciplines. INI's interdisciplinary graduate programs draw faculty members from four distinguished Carnegie Mellon colleges: College of Engineering, School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and H. John Heinz III College.
Juan Jose Cukier, an INI graduate with a Master of Science in Information Networking described his experience in Carnegie Mellon University's interdisciplinary graduate program by saying "The Information Networking Institute, the cradle of flexibility, has taught me to integrate knowledge from different domains that is traditionally separated."
Graduate students at INI choose from a variety of Master of Science degrees including the M.S. in Information Technology (MSIT), M.S. in Information Networking (MSIN) and M.S. in Information Security Technology and Management (MSISTM). Graduate students pursuing a degree in Information Technology can further specialize in three disciplines: mobility, software management, or information security.
When it is time to take a break from studies, INI graduate students enjoy Pittsburgh's rich variety of entertainment, dining, nightlife, shopping, cultural attractions, professional sports, and outdoor recreation. Since the days when it served as the industrial centerpiece of Andrew Carnegie's vast steel empire, the second-largest city in Pennsylvania has re-invented itself as one the most cosmopolitan and vibrant cities in twenty-first century America. Once dominated by belching smokestacks, Pittsburgh's modern skyline is now punctuated with more than 150 gleaming skyscrapers.
Carnegie Mellon University's INI Faculty Works with Graduate Students in Celebrated CyLab Research Facilities
Graduate students at Information Networking Institute are at the forefront of information technology research in the university's extensive research facilities, including the university's celebrated CyLab. Building on CMU's decades of leadership in information technology, CyLab is a university-wide, multidisciplinary research center that involves six Carnegie Mellon colleges, more than 50 faculty members and over 130 graduate students in cutting-edge research. Located in the Collaborative Innovation Center, CyLab runs on the support of public and private funding, predominantly government research funds and the support of its strategic partners.
Founded in 2003, CyLab is one of the largest university-based cybersecurity research and education centers in the U.S. It is affiliated with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a CyberTrust Center and is a key partner in the NSF-funded Center for Team Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology. In addition, it is a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and is connected with the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
The main goal of the CyLab research facilities is to build mutually beneficial public-private partnerships in order to develop new technologies for computing and communications systems that are measurable, available, secure, trustworthy, and sustainable and to educate individuals at all levels.
CyLab focuses its research facilities, resources, and expertise in four areas: technology transfer to and from the public sector, technology transfer to and from the private sector, development of information assurance professionals, and national awareness programs and tools.
Research by CyLab faculty members and graduate students has led to inventions, patents, and spin-off companies focusing on new technologies such as iris and face recognition, Grey Smartphone technology, and advanced bug-finding.
INI Graduate Students Pursue Master's Degrees in Information Networking, Information Security, and Information Technology
Graduate students at Carnegie Mellon's prestigious multidisciplinary Information Networking Institute (INI) are driven to succeed in their chosen profession and are trained to become innovators in the fields of information networking, information security, and information technology. INI's master's degree programs build on a strong foundation and go beyond ordinary computer science and engineering programs to give students a full-bodied range of skills, including management, strategic thinking, and policy-making skills. Graduate students have the added advantage of studying on the world's first wireless campus, which is currently recognized as one of the most technologically sophisticated campuses in the world.
Graduate students studying for their M.S. in Information Technology (MSIT), with a specialty in mobility, information security, or software management have a unique opportunity. They pursue their degree in a bi-coastal setting on two campuses some 3000 miles apart. The students' first two graduate semesters are spent in the rich academic environs of the Carnegie Mellon-Pittsburgh campus taking interdisciplinary classes at the Information Networking Institute and four participating colleges.
For the summer and second fall semester, students specializing in mobility, information security, or software management enjoy project-based course work at the Carnegie Mellon campus in Silicon Valley, California. Students participate as summer interns at a company or organization in the heart of the information technology industry where they have the opportunity to apply their graduate training. For information technology graduate students majoring in the burgeoning trend of mobility, the CyLab Mobility Research Center on the Silicon Valley campus opens up unparalleled, leading-edge research opportunities.
