UMKC’s Cybersecurity Center serves as the focal point for coordinating all cybersecurity research, education, and outreach activities at the university. Affiliated with MIDE, the Center is composed of faculty, professional staff members, and students in diverse academic disciplines, including Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, and Physics.
Dr. Dianxiang Xu
Email:dxu@umkc.edu
Phone: 816-235-6218
Professor
Associate Dean of Research and Innovation
Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Director of Computing, Analytics and Mathematics
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Assistant Professor
Assistant Teaching Professor
The Cybersecurity Center conducts research in the following cybersecurity areas:
Access control: Dr. Dianxiang Xu
AI for cybersecurity: Dr. Baek-Young Choi, Dr. Reza Derakhshani, Dr. Yugyung Lee, Dr. Farid Nait-Abdesselam, Dr. Sejun Song, Dr. Dianxiang Xu, Dr. Tianhang Zheng
Biometrics: Dr. Reza Derakhshani, Dr. Sejun Song
Cloud security: Dr. Baek-Young Choi
Data privacy: Dr. Baek-Young Choi, Dr. Yugyung Lee, Dr. Sejun Song, Dr. Tianhang Zheng
Digital forensics: Dr. Dianxiang Xu
Hardware security: Dr. Reza Derakhshani
IoT security: Dr. Sejun Song
Network security: Dr. Baek-Young Choi, Dr. Farid Nait-Abdesselam, Dr. Sejun Song, Dr. Dianxiang Xu, Dr. Tianhang Zheng
Software and application security: Dr. Yugyung Lee, Dr. Dianxiang Xu, Dr. Tianhang Zheng
Trustworthy AI: Dr. Yugyung Lee, Dr. Dianxiang Xu, Dr. Tianhang Zheng
UMKC offers cybersecurity studies at the undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. levels.
The Cybersecurity Center is actively engaging in a range of outreach activities, including: