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About the Dual-Degree Program between University of Hyogo and Carnegie Mellon University |
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The Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo will establish the High Confidence Informatics Course in April 2011. This course offers the Dual-Degree Program in coalition with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the US. Through this program, students can obtain two master’s degrees from University of Hyogo and CMU over the course of two years by taking the master’s course of CMU while at University of Hyogo.
[Degrees to be obtained]
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Master of Applied Informatics |
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MSIT-IS (Master of Science in Information Technology — Information Security) |
Click here for the relevant website of Carnegie Mellon University. |
The progress of information networks in recent years has required that companies, private organizations, and governments alike, implement effective information security measures in order to enhance their credibility and competitiveness.
However, there is a significant shortage of experts in information security worldwide, and there is an urgent need for institutions that can train professionals in the information security field.
Since 2005, Hyogo Prefecture has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University, a leader in information technology education and research in the United States, to educate and train researchers at Carnegie Mellon CyLab Japan, which has become a center for information security education and research in Asia.
Inheriting the fruits after its cessation in 2010, the new Dual-Degree Program to train researchers in the field of information security will start in 2011 as a collaboration between University of Hyogo and Carnegie Mellon University. |
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About Carnegie Mellon University |
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The university was founded in 1900 in Pittsburgh by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie as Carnegie Technical Schools. When the school was renamed Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912, it took another important step in its transition into one of the nation's leading private research universities. In 1967, Carnegie Tech merged with the Mellon Institute to form Carnegie Mellon University.
The university today consists of seven colleges and schools, the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), the College of Fine Arts, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mellon College of Science, the David A. Tepper School of Business, the School of Computer Science and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management.
And it has become a national leader in technological fields such as computer science, robotics and engineering.
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Number of Faculty members : 1,368 |
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Number of Undergraduate students: 5,951 |
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Number of Graduate students: 5,420 |
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Ranking among Graduate Schools in the US (excerpt)
Computer Science (1st), Information & Technology Management (1st)
(Source: “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2010”) |
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A world-class degree program: Striving to be at the forefront of information security
The program is taught by experts with vast knowledge in the research and application of information security technology in Japan and abroad. Therefore, instead of simply memorizing facts and theories, students learn the basics of information security and methodology, and learn how to design and apply security measures in a systematic manner, all within a hands-on setting. |
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Information Security Research at Carnegie Mellon University
Issues and problems concerning information security involve many different disciplines thereby demanding a new interdisciplinary field of study. In order to promote research activities that cross-cut underlying traditional boundaries in academia, Carnegie Mellon CyLab (http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/), one of the largest university-based cybersecurity education and research centers in the U.S., gathers researchers from various disciplines across the university (e.g. engineering, computer science, public policy, and business) and institutes (e.g. Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC)) in order to confront challenges of information security that are crucial for our societies. |
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Hyogo Institute of Information Education Foundation |
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The Hyogo Institute of Information Education Foundation was established in 2005 to promote information security research and education. Until 2010, it served as the administrative body of Carnegie Mellon CyLab Japan, which has closed.
Toward the commencement of the Dual-Degree Program between University of Hyogo and Carnegie Mellon University, the Foundation decided to support the program that inherits the preceding accomplishments. The operation of this website is a link in the chain of such support.
The following gives a brief profile of the Hyogo Institute of Information Education Foundation:
· Form of organization: Judicial foundation approved by Hyogo Prefecture
· Date of establishment: March 22, 2005
· Chairman: Toshizo Ido — Governor, Hyogo Prefecture
· President: Tomoyuki Yoshimoto — Vice Governor, Hyogo Prefecture |
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