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1025

Undergraduate Students

87

Graduate Students

53%

International & Minority Students

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School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

The School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) integrates a range of educational programs and interdisciplinary research. Our programs integrate computational and data sciences with engineering, natural and social sciences, arts, and business. Our faculty and academic programs combine expertise in environmental and ecological informatics, health and bioinformatics, computer science, and electrical engineering.

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We offer undergraduate and graduate programs in Informatics, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science. Our students are involved in a broad range of research and applied experiences. Explore our programs below!

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Research & Emphasis Areas

Our school’s faculty, students, and staff bring interdisciplinary expertise to bear on applied and basic research problems in several emphasis areas, and in partnership with a variety of local and global partners. SICCS currently emphasizes five major areas of research.


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Research Emphasis Areas Accordion Open

  • Computer Science
  • Ecological and Environmental Informatics
  • Cyber Engineering for Cyber Security
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Health and Bioinformatics

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  • ABoVE
  • Autonomous UAVs for Emergencies
  • FEWSION
  • GEDI
  • MsTMIP
  • NSF-NRT “T3”
  • PhenoCam Network
  • SEGA
  • Vulcan

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  • Berner, L., Massey, R., Jantz, P., Forbes, B. C., Macias Fauria, M., Myers-Smith, I., … & Burns, P. (2020). “Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome“. Nature Communications.
  • O., Watson, J.E.M., Jantz, P., Virnig, A.L.S., Barnett, K., Pillay, R., Atkinson, S., Supples, C., Rodríguez-Buritica, S., Armenteras, D. (2020). “A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests“. Nature Ecology and Evolution Evolution, early edition online.
  • William R. L. Anderegg, Anna T. Trugman, Scott J. Goetz, et al. “Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests“. Science 368.6497 (2020).
  • Enquist, B. J., Abraham, A. J., Harfoot, M. B., Malhi, Y., & Doughty, C. E. (2020). The megabiota are disproportionately important for biosphere functioning. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-11.
  • Richter, B.D., et al. Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production. Nat Sustain (2020).
  • Schmitz, Oswald J., et al. “Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle.” Science 362.6419 (2018): eaar3213.
  • Ogle, Kiona. “Hyperactive soil microbes might weaken the terrestrial carbon sink.” Nature (2018): 32.
  • Richardson, Andrew D., et al. “Ecosystem warming extends vegetation activity but heightens vulnerability to cold temperatures.” Nature 560.7718 (2018): 368.
  • Buermann, Wolfgang, et al. “Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity.” Nature 562.7725 (2018): 110.
  • McManamay, Ryan A., et al. “US cities can manage national hydrology and biodiversity using local infrastructure policy.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114.36 (2017): 9581-9586.
  • Lu, Xiankai, et al.“Plant acclimation to long-term high nitrogen deposition in an N-rich tropical forest.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115.20 (2018): 5187-5192.

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Our research is supported through collaborations with other university entities such as:

  • Pathogen and Microbiome Institute
  • Center for Ecosystem Science and Society
  • School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
  • Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
  • Department of Physics and Applied Materials Science

Our regional research partners include:

  • Translational Genomics Research Institute
  • Northern Arizona Healthcare
  • Flagstaff Medical Center
  • North Country HealthCare
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Northern Arizona Planetary Science Alliance

News

Take a look at what’s currently happening in the world of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems.

NAU researchers study changing substance use treatment regulations during COVID-19

Posted by SICCS on January 13, 2021

NAU researchers Emery Eaves, Regents’ Professor  Robert T Trotter II, Eck Doerry, and Julie Baldwin have been working on a one-year, $293,000 project, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to use rapid assessment, response and evaluation (RARE) methods to document both barriers and facilitators to implementation of the temporary guidelines for SUD treatment during COVID-19. Read More.

SICCS Seeks Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity

Posted by SICCS on December 11, 2020

SICCS is searching for an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Cybersecurity. This is an opportunity to join a world class and fast growing team in Flagstaff and at NAU. Check Job ID 605153 at the NAU HR website! Read more.

Ecoinformatics Ignite Session

Posted by SICCS on November 12, 2020

Please join us as our students present 5-minute lightning talks about their derived data products using data from NEON, USA-NPN, PhenoCam, FLUXNET, NASA EOS, USGS NWIS, and more. You can find the schedule here. For Zoom information, please contact Katharyn Duffy. Read More.

NAU researcher making drones smarter, situationally aware and team-oriented with $480,000 NSF grant

Posted by SICCS on November 12, 2020

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have opened the door for an unprecedented number of uses for unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs). Groups of drones now can work together in networks for purposes such as traffic control, smart agriculture, surveillance and security systems, law enforcement, public safety and much more. However, current drone systems are missing key considerations such as the ability to identify and respond properly to environmental and behavioral factors, says Abolfazl Razi, an assistant professor in the School of Informatics, Computing,…

Congratulations to Jack Viola and Adam Schilperoort on being selected as Outstanding seniors.

Posted by SICCS on October 20, 2020

Jack Viola and Adam Schiulperoort were selected as Outstanding seniors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science respectively. They were selected based on the nomination from their professors, and selected by the chair of the department, Ben Ruddell. This accomplishment speaks highly of your academic performance, contributions to your department, involvement within the college, and connections to the university and community as a whole. Congratulations!

 

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