The University of Tennessee has joined a new institute aimed at stopping industrial espionage: the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), a $111-million, US Department of Energy (DOE)-backed, public-private partnership led by the University of Texas at San Antonio.
UT’s lead researcher with CyManII is Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor Mingzhou Jin. Jin will lead efforts from faculty experts in both the Tickle College of Engineering and Haslam College of Business to use their strengths in cybersecurity, supply chain resiliency, automation, and energy efficiency to better secure vital US industries and initiatives.
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