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NPS Professor’s DURIP Award Will Take Quantum Research to New Heights
Aug 23, 2023
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Professor Dr. Frank Narducci, Chair of the Department of Physics, received a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award to build what could becom... Read More

Empowering Student Ideas: NPS Introduces the Naval Innovation Exchange
Jul 11, 2023
The Naval Innovation Center (NIC) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif., is part of the Secretary of the Navy’s initiative to leverage the power of American innovation for nationa... Read More

Marine Corps Ph.D. Graduate Explores Uncertainty in Machine Learning
Jun 15, 2023
As battlespace sensors proliferate and data increases, commanders can easily find themselves in an information paradox: drowning in data, but starving for knowledge. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Pedro ... Read More

Chief of Navy Reserve Encourages NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
Mar 24, 2023
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) honored its 2023 Winter Quarter graduates during a commencement ceremony held in King Hall Auditorium, March 24. NPS alumnus Vice Adm. John Mustin, Chief of Navy R... Read More

NPS Student Recognized for IW Excellence with 2023 Copernicus Award
Feb 15, 2023
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Thomas Schmitt, a computer science student at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), was honored as a recipient of the 2023 Copernicus Award during this year’s WEST 2... Read More

Qualcomm and Naval Postgraduate School Announce Collaboration to Advance Technological Solutions
Feb 13, 2023
Two well-known California institutions of research and innovation – the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. – are joining forces in a strategic partnership focused on emerg... Read More

Artificial Intelligence Summit at NPS Accelerates Critical Capabilities
Jan 19, 2023
The fourth quarterly Naval Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit took place December 5-9 at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). More than 160 participants from the eight Navy AI Task Forces, Warfare an... Read More

NPS Meteorology Professor Awarded Buchan Prize for Seminal Work in Hurricane Prediction
Oct 14, 2022
Expanding the theoretical knowledge of hurricanes and tropical cyclones is essential to improving early warning systems, especially in a changing climate with increasing potential to fuel the severity... Read More

Students Explore Use of Persistent Augmented Reality to Advance Decision Cycle
Sep 15, 2022
Decision advantage, one of six “Force Design Imperatives” in Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday’s NAVPLAN 2022, places a high priority on the naval forces’ ability to “out-sense, out-decide,... Read More

NPS, Partners Develop Executive Course on AI/ML Foundations for Senior Leaders
Sep 2, 2022
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), in partnership with Stanford University and the Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley, developed an intensive three-day course specifically for senior defens... Read More

NPS Showcases Latest Cohort of Summer STEM Interns
Aug 8, 2022
The Department of the Navy has been a strong advocate for the development of a world-class science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce, and for good reason. For the Navy and Mari... Read More

NPS Students “Hack The Port” at Maritime Cybersecurity Conference
May 19, 2022
Five students from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and their faculty advisor recently attended the inaugural Maritime and Control Systems Cybersecurity Conference, known as “Hack the Port 22,” whi... Read More

Discovery Day at NPS Opens Campus to Central Coast Students
May 13, 2022
In a sight not seen for more than two years, nearly 2,000 students, teachers and parent chaperones from throughout the Central Coast descended upon the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for the return o... Read More

Partnerships Support Science, Research Exchange Between NPS, Norway
May 10, 2022
Through the Department of Defense’s Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Permanent Military Professor (PMP) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thor Martinsen worked with respected cry... Read More

NPS Faculty Recognized for Interdisciplinary Work with Annual Hamming Award
Apr 7, 2022
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized two outstanding faculty members for interdisciplinary scholarship with the presentation of the 2022 Richard W. Hamming Faculty Award for Interdisciplinar... Read More

NPS Conducts Comprehensive Study Bridging Cyber and Electronic Warfare
Feb 24, 2022
In a way that only the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) can, researchers are in the final stages of a study exploring the convergence of electronic and cyber warfare. Identifying a roadmap to meet the... Read More

NPS, U.S. Pacific Fleet Launch Nimitz Research Group
Feb 16, 2022
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) are joining forces to establish the Nimitz Research Group, an organization which will leverage NPS’ educational and resea... Read More

NPS Student, Professor Win 2021 USNI Information Warfare Essay Contest
Feb 15, 2022
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Edgar Jatho, a doctoral student in the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of Computer Science, and his advisor Assistant Professor Joshua A. Kroll have been named the winners o... Read More

NPS Joins USCYBERCOM Academic Engagement Network
Feb 4, 2022
The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has selected the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to join its Academic Engagement Network (AEN), a select partnership of more than 80 colleges and universities throu... Read More

“HAI 2.0” – NPS Releases Updated Artificial Intelligence Course, Video Series
Feb 3, 2022
From its beginnings in 1956, the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been on a quest to build computers that perform intelligent tasks, and possibly computers that are intelligent. Early AI bega... Read More

NPS Gains Access to Joint Information Operations Range
Dec 13, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has added a new capability to the university’s technological toolbelt with a node connecting NPS to the Joint Information Operations Range (JIOR). This advanced cap... Read More

NPS’ Modeling, Virtual Reality Center Reimagines Navy Training
Dec 8, 2021
Before making offensive or defensive maneuvers, it’s important to run through all the scenarios of what might happen. But when those moves involve massive aircraft carriers and multi-thousand-person c... Read More

NPS Student-Professor Team Connects Research to Marines in the Field
Dec 1, 2021
This past Summer, a Marine infantry officer and a cryptographer from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) journeyed to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, where I Marine Expeditionary Force (... Read More

National Security Agency Turns to NPS to Support Cyber Summer Internship Program
Oct 12, 2021
As cyber operations gained prevalence as a national security imperative, the National Security Agency (NSA) organized the National Center of Academic Excellence (NCAE) in Cybersecurity program to deve... Read More

New LP-CRADA Between NPS, TMGcore Focused on High-Density Computing
Oct 5, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and TMGcore, a company specializing in the development and commercialization of emerging technologies, signed a five-month Limited Purpose Cooperative Research and ... Read More

NPS Collaboration Keeps NATO Up To Speed in Cyber Security
Sep 7, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) initiated a relationship in 2004, with NPS serving as a United States' Partnership for Peace Training and Educatio... Read More

NPS Develops Custom Curriculum for Navy’s Cyber Warfare Engineer
Aug 31, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has launched an all-new, customized track within the existing Electronic Systems Engineering curriculum in response to an ever-changing and increasing need within c... Read More

NPS Cybersecurity Expert Explores ‘Weapons of Mass Disruption’ in New Book
Jul 30, 2021
The German War Machine of World War II utilized a military tactic, known as Blitzkrieg, to create psychological shock and disorganization of enemy forces through surprise, speed and superiority in fir... Read More

NPS Launches New Certificate Program in Implementing Technological Change
Jul 30, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) just took a big step forward in cultivating leaders’ ability to bring emerging technologies to the Fleet. The university launched a new certificate program called ... Read More

NPS Launches “Cyberspace and Military Operations” Course Open to all Students
Jun 29, 2021
Understanding the role of cyberspace in military operations is not limited to just the cyber experts and practitioners, especially in this modern era of Great Power Competition. With this in mind, the... Read More

NPS’ Peter Denning Adds Computer Pioneer Award to Long List of Honors
Apr 27, 2021
The list of accolades and awards for Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor Peter Denning continues to get longer. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), w... Read More

Naval Postgraduate School and Xerox Collaborate to Advance Additive Manufacturing Solutions
Mar 1, 2021
In January 2021, the Department of Defense published its first-ever Additive Manufacturing Strategy to “provide a shared set of guiding principles and a framework for [additive manufacturing] technolo... Read More

MCSC, MCTSSA Utilize NPS graduates
Feb 23, 2021
Many of the officer billets at Marine Corps Systems Command and Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity are filled with Marines who recently graduated with a master’s degree from Naval Postgrad... Read More

NPS-Led Research Reveals Greater Abundance of Life Under Arctic Ice Than Previously Thought
Feb 4, 2021
For the longest time, scientists have written off there being much life below the Arctic sea ice. Surely not enough sunlight would be able to get through the snow and ice to sustain an abundance of li... Read More

NPS Creating Virtual Undersea Environments to Advance Underwater Autonomy
Dec 9, 2020
With undersea warfare remaining a key domain for U.S. defense strategies, the ability to map and navigate the depths of the world’s oceans becomes increasingly essential to maintaining an advantage. R... Read More

NPS, Open Robotics Hosting Virtual Ocean Robotics Challenge
Nov 19, 2020
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has once again partnered with the robotics research and development company Open Robotics to host a virtual competition on autonomy with the 2020 Virtual Ocean Robo... Read More

Computing Pioneer Leads NPS into the Cognitive Era
Nov 17, 2020
It has been said that technology advances at an extraordinary speed … What, then, would be said about a mind that has been innovating in the field of technology, always a step ahead, for more than hal... Read More

NPS Intelligent Systems Consortium Links Field Experts and Research Opportunities
Oct 22, 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely recognized as a critical and decisive capability in future warfare and national defense. It is featured prominently as a technology that must be mastered by high... Read More

Leidos LIVE Immersive Technology Lab makes first national stop at NPS
Feb 21, 2020
Housed in an 18-wheeled tractor trailer, the Leidos LIVE mobile technology display consisting of virtual and interactive workstations showing the Leidos Corporation’s current developments in various d... Read More

Privacy Act Lead Details Latest DOD Policy With PII Team
Sep 13, 2019
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Operations Chris Gaucher serves as NPS’ Privacy Act Coordinator, ensuring the management of personally-identifiable information (PII) remains in compliance in all ... Read More

Defense industry execs talk innovation with future program managers
Aug 27, 2019
The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Graduate School of Business and Public Policy brought together two captains of industry for a panel discussion titled “Challenges of Innovation in Defense Acquisi... Read More

Alumnus honors legacy of iconic NPS Professor Richard W. Hamming
Aug 1, 2019
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) alumnus Dr. Martin Mandelberg has embarked on an effort to honor one of the 20th century’s greatest minds, esteemed computer scientist and mentor NPS Distinguished Prof... Read More

Big Ideas Exchange seeks tactical edge to address Marine Corps challenges
May 21, 2019
The U.S. Marine Corps at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted the university’s latest Big Idea Exchange (BIX) presenting and discussing their cutting-edge research and ideas with a greater Navy ... Read More

Distinguished Faculty Awarded Top Spot in Prestigious Essay Contest
Apr 22, 2019
Two leading Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) professors have just won a prestigious essay competition for a co-authored article challenging the United States Navy to fully lean into the coming ascenden... Read More

Big Ideas Exchange highlights struggle for cyber advantage
Jan 25, 2019
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) faculty and students researching the cutting-edge of how the U.S. can gain an advantage in cyberspace shared their game-changing research during the latest Big Ideas Ex... Read More

MACO Graduate Commissioned to Warrant Officer
Dec 7, 2018
Chief Cryptologic Technician (Networks) Kurt Myers was commissioned to Chief Warrant Officer 2 in a ceremony held on the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) campus, Nov. 30. Myers, a recent graduate of NP... Read More

Marine Cyber Chief Stresses the Role of Humans, Not Hardware, in the Fight
Dec 3, 2018
Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, took the opportunity to candidly address Marines attending the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) during a visit to the un... Read More

SFS Grad Turns Opportunity into Award-Winning Research
Oct 9, 2018
For the past 17 years, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has offered a Scholarship for Service (SFS) program for its master’s degree in computer science with a specialization in cybersecurity and cy... Read More

NPS Students, Faculty and Alumni Well Represented in SECNAV Innovation Awards
Jul 25, 2018
In early 2018 during his first visit to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Richard V. Spencer offered his vision for the future of the university, callin... Read More

NPS-Developed Software Detects System Design Errors Early
Jul 17, 2018
A small group of Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) faculty has teamed up with NPS’ Center for Educational Design, Development and Distribution (CED3) to develop a software-based tool which has the power... Read More

NPS’ MOVES Institute Reflects on 30 Years of Virtual Reality
Apr 11, 2018
For the past 30 years, virtual reality has proven to be a foundational technology, one that has completely changed the way humans interact with machines, opening new doors and possibilities that are s... Read More

NPS Students Teach CyberOps Fundamentals Through Gaming
Apr 3, 2018
Two Naval Postgraduate School students have created a way to bridge a training gap in U.S. military cyber operations … through a game. For their master’s thesis, U.S. Army Master Sgt. David “Ty” Long... Read More

Hamming Award Recipient Recognized for Interdisciplinary Studies in Big Data
Mar 14, 2018
Dr. James Scrofani, Associate Professor in the NPS Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the university’s Center for Multi-INT Studies (CMIS), is the winner of the... Read More

Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Shares Insights with NPS
Mar 9, 2018
It’s not every day that an individual considered to be a ‘Father of the Internet’ comes to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), but when he does, he is met with an electrifying intimacy and candid dis... Read More

Junior Cyber Ops Officer Recognized with Top Army Student Award
Sep 19, 2017
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Richard Shmel was presented with the Association of U.S. Army (AUSA) Stilwell Chapter Award for Top Army Student during the quarterly Student Awards Ceremony in Herrmann Hall, Sept. ... Read More

NPS Cyber Graduate Detects Active Vulnerability Through His Thesis Research
Aug 8, 2017
The mission of the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Department of Computer Science is to advance the combat effectiveness of the U.S. and allied armed forces through unique graduate education program... Read More

NPS Faculty, Students Develop Innovative Cyber Defense for Front Line Operators
Jun 21, 2017
In the realm of cyber defense, timing is critical ... An immediate, structured response to a cyber incident can make a critical difference in mitigating an attack. In order to meet this challenge, fac... Read More

Former NPS Professor and Personal Computing Pioneer Memorialized on Campus
May 24, 2017
Dr. Gary A. Kildall is not a household name, but he should be. Kildall’s contributions to personal computing could easily place him on equal billing with modern day tech moguls like Steve Jobs and Bi... Read More

NPS Professor Brings ‘Elementary’ Lessons in Coding to Regional School
Dec 8, 2016
In support of National Computer Science Education Week, NPS Department of Applied Mathematics Associate Professor Dr. Ralucca Gera helped plan a series of educational events for 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade... Read More

Big Ideas Exchange Details Game-Changing Ideas Percolating Across Campus
Dec 7, 2016
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) held its latest Big Ideas Exchange (BIX) on the university campus, Dec. 2, showcasing some of the grand ideas explored across the institution. This edition featured... Read More

Cyber Endeavor Focuses on Internet of Everything
Jul 8, 2016
Cyber experts and technology leaders congregated at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, June 21-23, for Cyber Endeavour. Focused on the theme, “The Internet of everything and ... Read More

Navy, DOD Dare Top Coders to #HacktheSky
Jun 27, 2016
Last year, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) set a world record by flying a swarm of 50 autonomous drones all controlled by a single operator. Now, NPS and the Department of the Navy Office of Strat... Read More

NPS IT Secures $1 Million Grant to Expand HPC Capabilities
Mar 10, 2016
A team of researchers and information technology experts at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has secured nearly $1 million in funding from the High-Performance Computing (HPC) Modernization Program... Read More

Big Ideas Exchange Highlights Cyber Security, Innovation
Dec 21, 2015
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor and Cebrowski Institute Director Dr. Peter Denning welcomed attendees to NPS’ Big Ideas Exchange in Ingersoll Hall, Dec. 4. Inspired by the huge... Read More

Leadership Gets to Know NPS’ Summer STEM Interns
Jul 8, 2015
There are nearly 100 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) interns on the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) campus this summer, and NPS President retired Vice Adm. Ronald A. Route and ... Read More

CORE Lab Helps Law Enforcement Explore Social Network Analysis
May 5, 2015
A diverse group of law enforcement officials recently converged on the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in order to learn about and collaborate on the burgeoning field of Social Network Analysis (SNA).... Read More

NPS Information Technology Leads Successful .EDU Accreditation
Feb 6, 2015
It was an all-hands effort, but thanks to the Naval Postgraduate School’s Information Technology and Communications Services (ITACS) department, the university has successfully completed network accre... Read More

Iconic Researcher, Teacher Richard Hamming Maintains Lasting Legacy on Campus
Jan 6, 2015
“The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers,” once noted renowned mathematician and former Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Professor Richard W. Hamming. For the man who set aside a lifetime of g... Read More

NPS Researchers Challenge Citizen Scientists to "Change the Game”
Sep 9, 2014
Despite its lengthy title and awkward acronym, the Massive Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet, or MMOWGLI, has garnered increased attention in recent day as policy makers have leverage... Read More

Navy Strategist Applies Expertise to Development of Stronger Communities
Jul 31, 2014
U.S. Navy Capt. Wayne Porter twice served as Adm. Mike Mullen’s “deep thinker” in strategic systems. Until recently, he served as the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Chair of Systemic Strategy and C... Read More

NPS Student’s National Cyber Professionals Association Garners High-Level Attention
Dec 13, 2013
In the critical field of cyber operations, the work of an Army officer with little background in computer science has garnered considerable attention from several of the nation’s most respected cyberw... Read More

Naval Studies Program Pits NPS Student Expertise Against Navy’s Challenges
Dec 3, 2013
The Office of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) has turned to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and its core of operationally-experienced students and expert faculty to directly address some of the... Read More

NPS Professors Awarded Prestigious Grant to Explore Ethics of Cyberwarfare
Nov 8, 2013
The National Science Foundation has awarded NPS Department of Defense Analysis Assistant Professor Dr. Bradley “BJ” Strawser and Department of Computer Science Professor Dr. Neil C. Rowe with a three-... Read More

U.S. Cyber Command Chief Inducted Into NPS Hall of Fame
Jun 21, 2013
U.S. Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Hall o... Read More

Midshipmen Intern, Mentor with NPS Cyber Academic Group Faculty
Jun 14, 2013
A small cadre of midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis are wrapping-up a weeks-long internship with Naval Postgraduate School Cyber Academic Group (CAG) faculty, June 18. Sponsored by th... Read More

Cyber Security Hall of Famer Dorothy Denning Discusses the Ethics of Cyber Warfare
Jun 4, 2013
The United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force by one state against another. But in the cyber world, where are the borders and what constitutes force? Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Defense An... Read More

NPS’ First Cyber Systems Graduates Honored for Thesis Research
May 23, 2013
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has graduated its first cohort of students through the Master of Cyber Systems and Operations (CSO) degree program, and student-driven research is already showing p... Read More

Vice Chief Ferguson Holds All-Hands Call at Naval Postgraduate School
Apr 26, 2013
Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson addressed Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, faculty and staff during an all-hands call on the university campus, April 25. During the ... Read More

Cyber Warriors Professional Association Another Sign of Evolving Battlefield
Apr 8, 2013
A Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) student, U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Billingsley of Stamford, Conn., is building the military’s first cyber warfare professionals association. The Military Cyber Professi... Read More

NPS Student Uses Social Science Background to Promote Change
Dec 19, 2012
When Naval Postgraduate School Mechanical Engineering student Lt. Ryan Hilger sees a need for change, he turns to his background in social science to engage people in conversation around the issue. It... Read More

Defense Analysis Professor Selected for Inaugural Cyber Security Hall of Fame Class
Oct 17, 2012
In a nod to the dedication and influence of one of the Naval Postgraduate School’s exceptional faculty, NPS Department of Defense Analysis (DA) Distinguished Professor, Dr. Dorothy Denning, has been i... Read More

NPS Interns Pay It Forward to Local Middle School Students
Aug 27, 2012
While the Naval Postgraduate School’s mission is to provide education and research that enhances our national security, one of the by-products has long included opportunities for young people through ... Read More

Computer Science Alumnus Keynotes Spring Quarter Graduation
Jun 25, 2012
A day of perfect weather welcomed family and friends of this quarter’s graduates to the NPS campus for the Spring 2012 Graduation ceremony in King Auditorium, June 15.  NPS President Dan Oliver i... Read More

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Outlines the Future Navy During SGL
Feb 27, 2012
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson visited his alma mater to offer a Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL), Feb. 16 to students, faculty and staff at the Naval Postgraduate School (... Read More

NPS Establishes Interdisciplinary Cyber Academic Group
Feb 15, 2012
In the January 2012 “Priorities for the 21st Century Defense” report, the Department of Defense listed cyberspace operations as one of the 10 primary missions for the armed forces. The growing threats... Read More

Navy’s Cyber Commander Participates in NPS’ Information Dominance Symposium
Feb 3, 2012
Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, Commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and the U.S. 10th Fleet, visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to present at the university’s Information Dominance Senior Leader ... Read More

Security Solutions Lecture Presented by NSA Technical Director Neal Ziring
Feb 1, 2012
Neal Ziring, Technical Director in the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency (NSA), provided a lecture titled “Building Robust Security Solutions Using Layering and Indepen... Read More

NPS Team Wins MILCOM Best Paper Award for Plan to Secure Networks From Compromised Devices
Dec 6, 2011
NPS Computer Science Professor Geoffrey Xie, recent NPS graduate Lt. Scott Huchton, and Assistant Professor Robert Beverly were awarded the 2011 Fred W. Ellersick Military Communications (MILCOM) Awar... Read More

NPS Faculty, Researchers Promote Computer Science in, Beyond Local Community
Nov 10, 2011
With computer technology well entrenched in every aspect of life, and cybersecurity a critical component of national security, the demand for computer science professionals has grown dramatically. Unf... Read More

Workshop Explores Multidisciplinary Approaches to Today’s Cyber Threats
Oct 11, 2011
The Department of Defense’s Information Operations Center for Excellence, located at the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Army Reserve Information Operations Command joined together as co-chairs for... Read More

Jordan Embraces Education Amidst Neighbors in Turmoil
Jun 16, 2011
In recent months, many North African and Middle Eastern countries, including U.S. allies, have experienced substantial unrest and internal conflict in a period that has become known as ‘Arab Spring.’ ... Read More

NPS Launches Online Wargame Focused on Countering Piracy
Jun 2, 2011
Researchers from the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) Institute, in coordination with the San Francisco Bay-area based Institute for the Future (... Read More

NPS Team Participates in NSA’s Annual Cyber Defense Exercise
May 18, 2011
A team from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) again participated in the 11th annual National Security Agency (NSA)-sponsored Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX) in late April. The CDX takes place annually... Read More

Oracle Corp. Security Chief Lectures at NPS
Mar 21, 2011
In today’s technology-driven world, the importance of cybersecurity has never been greater. To help push this point forward, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted a Secretary of the Navy Guest Le... Read More

Military Robotics Revolution Expert Gives SGL as Supercomputer Beats Its Human Creators
Feb 28, 2011
Just one day before “Watson,” the IBM Supercomputer, made history by defeating its human creators, one of the nation’s top robotics experts held NPS students and faculty spell bound with his fast-pace... Read More

Exploring Robotics and Autonomous Capabilities with Dr. George Bekey
Dec 3, 2010
A captivated audience of NPS students, faculty and staff attended a lecture on Autonomous Systems, presented by George Bekey, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern Calif... Read More

NIST Computer Scientist and Researcher Dr. Ron Ross Discusses Cybersecurity During Latest SGL
Sep 21, 2010
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) senior computer scientist and information security researcher Dr. Ron Ross presented a lecture to students, staff and faculty on the new challenge... Read More

Mids Get the Trophy, but NPS Wins Cyber Defense Exercise
May 7, 2010
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) took top honors in the 10th annual National Security Agency (NSA) sponsored Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX) conducted April 20-23. Although NPS was ineligible to recei... Read More

Faculty Across Campus Share Expertise During Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Nov 10, 2009
As part of its ongoing Centennial Year celebrations, the Naval Postgraduate School’s Information Technology and Communications Services (ITACS) hosted a rich spectrum of educational events throughout ... Read More

Professor Honored for His Role in Creating the Modern Internet
Aug 31, 2009
It all started as an effort to provide affordable network resources to research universities. Four professors from different universities, including NPS computer science department Chair Peter Denning... Read More