Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill Giving $611,000 to Iowa State's Internet Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment

 

Contact:
Doug Jacobson, professor, (515) 294-8307, dougjiastate.edu

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would give $611,000 to Iowa State University's and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Internet Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE), a program that facilitates virtual cyber attacks for research and education purposes. Several other Iowa State and Ames, Iowa-based programs also could receive millions of dollars of funding from this bill. The bill must now be passed by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Bush.

For the full story, see the article in the Ames Tribune.

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