Cybersecurity

A minature world with IoT devices emitting waves

Connected New World

Posted: March 8, 2018

The internet of things will soon account for more than half of the world’s connected devices. Georgia Tech researchers are working to ensure IOT security, fuse large IOT data streams, and provide necessary connectivity.

Research Goes Global

Posted: January 11, 2018

Georgia Tech’s research roots extend worldwide, creating international business connections and giving students unique research, education, and work opportunities.

Website Rates Security of Internet-Connected Devices

Posted: September 4, 2019

A new website can help consumers understand the security challenges of internet-connected devices.

Smartphone Apps May Connect to Vulnerable Backend Cloud Servers

Posted: August 12, 2019

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in the backend systems that feed content and advertising to smartphone applications.

Hackers Could Use Connected Cars to Gridlock Whole Cities

Posted: July 29, 2019

Hackers could gridlock whole cities by stalling out a limited percentage of self-driving and other connected vehicles.

Georgia Tech Names Director for Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

Posted: June 27, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology has named James J. Hudgens to be the new director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Georgia Tech’s applied research division.

Signals from Distant Lightning Could Help Secure Electric Substations

Posted: February 26, 2019

A new technique could one day help prevent hackers from sabotaging electric power substations and other critical infrastructure.

Control System Simulator Helps Operators Learn to Fight Hackers

Posted: August 23, 2018

A control system simulator for a chemical processing plant could help train operators on security measures.

Researchers Help Close Security Hole in Popular Encryption Software

Posted: August 9, 2018

Cybersecurity researchers have helped close a side channel security vulnerability in popular encryption software.

Faster Detection, Cleanup of Network Infections are Goals of $12.8 Million Project

Posted: May 14, 2018

Georgia Tech has received a $12.8 contract award to accelerate detection of network infections.

Shape-Shifting Robot Built from “Smarticles” Shows New Locomotion Strategy

Posted: September 18, 2019

Researchers have built a robot entirely from smaller robots known as "smarticles."

Seung Soon Jang, Faisal Alamgir and Ji Il Choi

Platinum-Graphene Atomically-thin Fuel Cell Catalysts Show Superior Stability Over Bulk Platinum

Posted: September 18, 2019

Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

Hyperbolic Paraboloid Origami Harnesses Bistability to Enable New Applications

Posted: September 17, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo are looking at hypar origami with to leverage its structural properties.

Stretchy Plastic Electrolytes Could Enable New Lithium-Ion Battery Design

Posted: September 9, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte.