October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but at UMass Lowell, cyberscience never goes offline. In the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, faculty are advancing the field of cyberscience, students are engaged in cutting-edge scholarship and gaining career-connected experiences and alumni are putting their UMass Lowell education to work across industry.

Research Shaping Cyberscience

Matthew Harper and Xinwen Fu look at a computer screen with a cybersecurity sign behind them. Image by Brooke Coupal

A Powerhouse in Cyberscience

From developing large language model tools to optimizing wireless networks using artificial intelligence (AI), Miner School faculty are tackling complex challenges across the rapidly evolving field of cyberscience. Advancing Cyberscience...
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Sensitive Data Secured

Assistant Professor Anitha Gollamudi is developing a novel framework developing a novel framework that will help protect sensitive data.
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More Trustworthy AI

Assistant Professor Hadi Amiri is working to make AI systems more reliable through research funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.
Ming Shao stands in front of a Richard A. Miner School sign. Image by Ed Brennen

Improving AI-Generated Results

Through an NSF CAREER award, Assistant Professor Ming Shao aims to improve AI tools that learn from and process multiple forms of data, such as text, images, audio and video.

Career-Connected Experiences

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Addressing Real-World Challenges

Rohan Paranjape and Viktor Akhonen, are taking the cyberscience skills they learn at UMass Lowell and applying them to real-world challenges alongside industry professionals.
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Cyber Defenders

For the second year in a row, UMass Lowell students took first place in the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Advancing Cyberscience...

What's Next

Students work at the new Security Operations Center.

New Security Operation Center

UMass Lowell is officially opening its new Security Operations Center (SOC). An integral part of the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC), the SOC will help fortify area cities, towns and defense industrial base companies against cyber threats. Managed by CyberTrust Massachusetts and supported by SAIC and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s MassCyberCenter and Center for Advanced Manufacturing, the SOC will also provide hands-on training for the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.
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2026 UMass Lowell Cybersecurity Summit

Join UMass Lowell for expert cybersecurity talks, research highlights, a championship team demonstration and networking on Friday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UMass Lowell Cyber Range. Register online for the summit.

Meet Our Students

Samuel Morse.
Samuel Morse '27
Computer Science

Samuel Morse, founder of UML’s Artificial Intelligence Multidisciplinary Society, is exploring AI’s practical applications in business and education while helping students prepare for an AI-shaped future.

My job was created by AI. I got an internship because of it.
Xonyia Vang in a UMass Lowell computer science classroom.
Xonyia Vang '27
Computer Science

First-generation college student Xonyia Vang is pursuing a career in cybersecurity through hands-on coursework, internships and student leadership.

Technology is always advancing, so that means that security measures always have to evolve with it.

Alumni Leading Change

Sylvia Isler.
Sylvia Isler '96 is a distinguished technology leader, investor and mentor whose career reflects both innovation and a deep commitment to supporting others.
William Boag.
Computer science alum William Boag ’16, a senior health care data lead for MassHealth, remains deeply engaged with the Honors College through leadership, mentorship and philanthropy.