NSF awards $10 million to study cybercrime
09/24/12 International Computer Science Institute — Vern Paxson, EECS professor and researcher at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), will help lead cybercrime research funded by a $10-million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation. Researchers from ICSI, UC San Diego and George Mason University will investigate the roles played by such human factors as social media and market incentives in providing opportunities for attacks and manipulation.