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USDOT Tier 1 UTC Transportation Cybersecurity Center for Advanced Research and Education (CYBER-CARE)

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Empowering Transportation Cybersecurity Through Research and Education

ABOUT CYBER-CARE

  • Mission

    Our mission encompasses fostering interdisciplinary research and education, bridging the fields of transportation and cybersecurity. We aim to create a collaborative environment where expertise from both domains can merge. This synergy will drive innovations and advancements, ensuring a secure and efficient transportation future.

  • Vision

    To develop the world’s leading innovative, healthy, and intelligent transportation cybersecurity system and protect the American people, supply chains, public transit systems, and the economy through the safe, resilient, and reliable movement of people and goods.

  • Values

    • Security and Safety
    • Resilience
    • Excellence
    • Innovation
    • Education and Empowerment
    • Ethical Conduct
       

SIGNIFICANCE

Cybersecurity is crucial in transportation to protect people and goods, prevent economic and security risks, and combat threats like car hacking, as shown in the video.

Consortium

AREA OF EXPERTISE

 

Area of Expertise
University of Houston Blockchain Technology to Improve the Security and Safety
Impacts of Cyber-attacks on All Road Users
Embry-Riddle  Aeronautical University Testing and Evaluation of CAV
Secure and Trustworthy Transportation Cyber Physical Systems
RICE University Scalable, Interpretable and Flexible Al and MIL
Intrusion and Misinformation Detection in Transportation Sys.
Texas A&M University -
Corpus Christi		 Access Mediation Technologies
Education and Workforce Development
University of Cincinnati Vehicle - driver Complex Behaviours
CPS - based Cyber-attack and Detection
University of Hawaii Discovery of data-driven TCMS attack pattern
Hacking knowledge for cyber-security enhancement

KEY PERSONNEL TEAM

The team includes a diverse group of professors from various universities, each bringing unique expertise to key roles, from Center Director to Associate Director. Their collaborative efforts are essential in advancing innovation in transportation and cybersecurity.

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RESEARCH

 

LEADING RESEARCH

Cybersecurity is a rapidly evolving field, and it is essential for organizations to stay up-to-date on the latest research and trends. The Research page on our website provides a central location for our team to share their research findings with the wider cybersecurity community.
The CYBER-CARE is dedicated to conducting research that tackles critical policy inquiries and ensuring that our research outcomes are integrated into the policymaking process

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LATEST NEWS

  • AI-Empowered Cybersecurity Enhancement for Connected, Automated, Energy-Efficient Multimodal Transportation Systems

    On behalf of CYBER-CARE, the University Transportation Center, we are pleased to announce the 2nd CYBER-CARE Symposium will be held from December 3-5, 2025 at the University of Hawaii & Ko‘olau Conference Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. This symposium aims to bring together leading researchers, professionals, policymakers, and students to discuss AI-powered cybersecurity solutions for the next generation of connected, automated, and energy-efficient multimodal transportation systems. 

     

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  • ISE’s Wang and Team Awarded $400K Grants to Advance Cybersecurity in Public Transportation


    Kailai Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) to lead a transformative project, “An Assessment of Cybersecurity at Public Transportation Agencies.”

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  • CYBER-CARE and NSF Lead National Workshop on Data Science and Cybersecurity Education

    From August 4 to 8, 2025, the University of New Haven hosted a nationwide "Train the Trainers" workshop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation Tier-1 University Transportation Center for Transportation Cybersecurity (CYBER-CARE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The event brought together around 20 university faculty members and researchers from across the country, aiming to promote innovation and collaboration in data science and artificial intelligence (AI) education, and to establish a Structured Cyberinfrastructure Training (SCT) model to help academia and industry jointly develop unbiased and effective data-driven solutions.

     

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