Virginia Tech Offers Summer Course Series on Embedded Systems and Security

May 3, 2012 — In collaboration with the Continuing and Professional Education organization at Virginia Tech, CESCA is bringing a series of short, two-and-a-half day courses on contemporary topics in electronic design.

Virginia Tech to host US Cyber Challenge Summer Camp

Apr 6, 2012 — The Virginia Tech Research Center in Arlington will be hosting a week-long cyber summer camp organized by the US Cyber Challenge. The top scorers in the CyberQuests program will be offered invitations to attend.

Tront named Director of Education of the Hume Center

Apr 4, 2012 — Joseph G. Tront, who holds the W.S. “Pete” White Professor of Innovation in Engineering at Virginia Tech, is the newly appointed director of education of the university’s Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology.

VT Student Cyber Club Hosts Annual Summit and Hacking Competition

Mar 16, 2012 — Virginia Tech's Student Cybersecurity Club will be hosting their annual cybersecurity summit and capture the flag event on Saturday, April 21, 2012, in Arlington, VA. Competiting teams will come from the mid-Atlantic region to face off in this hacking competition.

Welcome to the Hume Center website

The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology is a unique organization at Virginia Tech focusing on developing future leaders for the US Federal Government, and is part of the College of Engineering and is supported by the Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Sciences. With an emphasis on intelligence and defense sectors, the Hume Center promotes educational and research programs geared toward this mission. Our goal is to be the country's leader in holistically developing the elite science and technology human capital for the Intelligence Community through sustainable and flexible research programs that engage faculty and students to solve the needs of the National Security community.

Our research programs focus on national security applications of wireless communications, cybersecurity, and data analytics. Our educational programs seek to engage students and expand curriculum in key areas of interest to national security sector employers.

Student News

(Recent student news articles are below. See student portal for full news listing.)

Apr 24, 2012 BAE Summer Jobs in NOVA
Apr 24, 2012 Summer internships available with CertiPath LLC in Herndon, VA
Apr 6, 2012 2012 Virginia Tech ICCAE Colloquium, April 18-19
Mar 29, 2012 U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation 2012 Scholarship Program
Mar 26, 2012 EyeWitness Gaza Film Screening, April4th @ 7pm
Mar 21, 2012 GEOINT Webinar–March 27th
Feb 22, 2012 GSM Consulting–Demystifying the Clearance Process, Feb 28 5:30 pm
Feb 15, 2012 “CIA’s Use of GIS in Intelligence Analysis: Case Studies” March 14, 7 pm
Feb 13, 2012 GSM Consulting, Inc. position available
Feb 10, 2012 Intelligence Community Virtual Career Fair


Locations

Durham Hall
The Hume Center's operations in Blacksburg are headquartered in Durham Hall, colocated with the Wireless @ Virginia Tech research group. This is hub for educational student programs, wireless research, and automated analytics research.

Virginia Tech Research
Center @ Arlington

In Northern Virginia, the Hume Center's operations are colocated with the Cybersecurity Innovations Laboratory. This is the hub for program development, cyber security research, and sponsor engagement.


Partners

The Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) is a non-profit company affiliated with Virginia Tech. It extends the impact of Virginia Tech's basic and scholarly research enterprise by identifying and solving complex problems commonly associated with applied research and development. The corporation seeks to develop innovative solutions to complex national challenges. VT-ARC partner in the areas of intelligence, defense, and cyber security.

An affiliate of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, the Intelligence and Defense Executive Alumni (VT-IDEA) group was formed to develop synergies among senior government and industry executive level alumni who work in or support national security. The mission of VT-IDEA comprises multiple facets: to encourage individual and organizational enrichment through interaction of its members; to act as a resource and advocate for current and prospective VT students and alumni; and, to be a resource to VT itself by helping the University become more relevant in national security.