The Center for Advanced Information Technologies (CAIT) was created on July 1, 2005.
The Center’s specialization reflects the trends within the broad scope of disciplines known as advanced information technologies and information assurance
Specific areas of CAIT specialization include:
- Information Security Systems
- Steganography and Digital Watermarking
- Cryptology
- Access Control, Authentication, and Authorization
- Information Attack Mitigation
- Intrusion / Malicious Code Detection
- Multi-Agents Systems
- Biologically-inspired methods in Network Security
- Satellite Communication Networks
- Laser Communication
- Biometrics
The governing body of the Center includes Director, Professor Victor Skormin, Deputy Director, Assistant Professor Scott Craver, and Administrative Assistant, Dorothy Weir. The members of the Center’s technical advisory board are:
Timothy Busch, Ph.D., AFRL at Rome, N.Y.
Dipankar Dasgupta, Ph.D., University of Memphis
Michael Elmore, Ph.D., Lockheed Martin – Owego
Vladimir Gorodetski, Ph.D., Sc.D., Russian Academy of Sciences
Carl Herman, Ph.D., Lockheed Martin – Owego
George Klir, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Binghamton University
Donald Nicholson, PhD., AFRL at Rome, N.Y.
Michal Pechoucek, Ph.D., Czech Technical University of Prague
Leonard Popyack, Ph.D., Assured Information Security, Rome, N.Y.
Alexander Volynkin, Ph.D., BitArmor Systems Inc., Pittsburgh, P.A.
The Director of the Center is responsible for tracking trends, opportunities, and new directions in research and in consultation with the technical advisory board and faculty, recommending “rapid retargeting” of research efforts to address new opportunities and directions for the Center to undertake.