Forge Institute of Little Rock, the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock announced Tuesday a partnership to advance applied research in areas that support our national defense, including cybersecurity.
Forge Institute said this partnership is a first-of-its-kind opportunity in Arkansas and will lead to competitive research, collaboration opportunities and create a platform for economic growth and job creation.
Professor Philip Huff at UA Little Rock and Chris Farnell with the Fayetteville campus will be involved in the partnership project that will focus on next-generation cybersecurity defensive capabilities for industrial control systems.
A joint team will leverage the capabilities of the National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission testbed in Fayetteville, the UA Little Rock Cyber Gym and the team as well as the capabilities of the Forge Institute.
“By connecting to and building upon the existing cyber and defense sector in the state, we are establishing a foundation to drive innovation that will directly lead to high-paying jobs for Arkansans,” Lee Watson, chairman and CEO of the Forge Institute, said in a news release. “I’m excited about this collaboration and how it will better position our state and country to defend against advanced cyber adversaries and grow the State’s economy.”
“The Emerging Analytics Center at UA Little Rock has been working with the Forge Institute for over a year. We are pleased to extend this collaborative effort to work on some of the nation’s most challenging cybersecurity artificial intelligence problems,” Huff added. “This collaboration will enable access to applied research opportunities for Arkansas students and research faculty.”
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