2010-03-04T11:54:41+00:00

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the creation of the Red Hat Research Centre at Newcastle University. The new Centre builds on more than two decades of research into distributed systems at the School of Computing Science.

The Centre is a new initiative which aims to strengthen investment in research on leading-edge enterprise technologies such as grid and cloud computing, virtualization and middleware technology. Students are also expected to benefit from Red Hat-sponsored PhD scholarships, MSc placements and undergraduate project support.

2010-02-21T07:22:42+00:00

BBC Look North broadcast a news item on the Safer Internet Day, which was part of the launch of the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security, 9th and 10th February 2010, held at St. James' Park. See also the local newspaper coverage or the University's press release.

Safer Internet Day. This half day on Feb 9 was aimed at helping to protect young children from the dangers of the internet. We brought together over 100 children and young people, parents, grandparents and carers, teachers and trainers, to increase their awareness of grooming, cyberbullying, offender behaviour etc. An interactive and fun Xbox Challenge was held where parents, grandparents and their children competed against each other. One lucky pupil with the highest Xbox challenge score won their very own Xbox.

CCCS Launch Event: Threats and Opportunities. The official launch of the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security was on Feb 10. It consisted of a full day event with an international group of invited speakers who gave presentations on topics such as Counterfeiting, Internet Grooming, Gambling Websites and Security etc. The very successful conference had well over 100 participants, from law enforcement, small and large enterprises, councils and academia.

Copies of the programmes are available at CCCS Launch Event

Any Queries? Visit the CCCS web pages, or contact us at cccs@ncl.ac.uk.

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