The Center for Information and Computer Security (CICS) is an interdisciplinary center, bringing together individuals and organizations with an interest in the areas of information security, computer security, information assurance, and cybercrime. CICS has been recognized by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security as a "Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education".

The mission of the Center for Information and Computer Security is to coordinate and promote educational, research, and service projects in information and computer security, with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary initiatives. In particular, the Center's primary activities will be to:

1. Coordinate educational offerings to ensure that students have available to them quality courses in information and computer security, from a variety of discipline-specific viewpoints;
2. Coordinate joint research projects which advance the knowledge and state of the art in information and computer security;
3. Provide service and expertise in information and computer security to the university and to the North Texas area.

Latest news: Feb 2010: UNT CSE PhD Graduate Joins MIT SENSEable City Lab

Santi Phithakkitnukoon received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at the December 2009 graduation. Santi has defended his dissertation "Inferring Social and Internal Context using a Mobile Phone" in October 2009. His major professor was Ram Dantu, Associate Professor in the UNT Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Santi has joined MIT SENSEable City Lab as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He is currently working with other MIT researchers to create an innovative navigation system with new interactive capabilities that will assist drivers in identifying and planning activities in real-time and determining optimal routes for commuting between destinations.