The University of Rhode Island will receive $795,000 in federal funding to improve its secure computing and data infrastructure capabilities.
The funding, which was announced by U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner, will be used to upgrade high-performance computing (HPC) for researchers, scientists, professors, and students.
The upgrades are expected to help advance research in undersea vehicle technology and other research areas across URI’s departments.
“In an effort to ensure that researchers, scientists, professors, and students at the University of Rhode Island (URI) have the tools they need to keep up with an ever-evolving digital research landscape in a wide range of academic disciplines, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner are delivering a $795,000 federal earmark to boost secure computing and data infrastructure capabilities, capacity, and storage through high-performance computing (HPC) upgrades that will advance research in undersea vehicle technology as well as research focus areas across URI’s departments,” said a news release.
The funding will also be used to hire new IT security staff to strengthen the National Institute of Undersea Vehicle Technology’s cyber security posture.
The NIUVT is a federal, public, and private partnership that supports research and technical support for advancing current and future undersea vehicle technologies.
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