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Assessment CyLab Targets Security Research Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has partnered with the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA) to create a collaborative re- search lab dedicated to security tech- nologies. CarnegieMellon was al- ready home to CyLab, a university- wide, multidisciplinary initiative committed to secure computing. Cur- rent CyLab projects in- clude creating computers that can heal themselves from attacks and smart cell phones that also serve as pass- word-protected universal remote control devices. KISA has pledged $6 million over the next three years to establish two CyLab Korea locations, one on the CarnegieMellon campus and one in Seoul. The mission of the two labs is to develop research designed to mini- ■ BIO-PASSPORTS ON HOLD The European Union has asked the United States for a delay in the im- plementation of biometric passports. Each passport will contain a com- puter chip encoded with uniquely identify- ing information, such as a digital image of the passport holder's face or fingerprint, and allow EU citizens to travel to the United States without visas. Al- though the EU asked the U.S. for a two-year delay, the U.S. Congress gave the governing body until October 26 this year to issue biometric passports. mize threats such as viruses and hack- ers, saysHyong Kim, an electrical and computer engineering professor at CarnegieMellon and director of CyLab Korea. "The main thrust of this agree- ment is to continue to work with our Korean colleagues to create a next- generation intelligent system that will develop ways to monitor, detect, and prevent sabotage of data and networks by viruses, worms, and malicious at- tacks," Kim says. CarnegieMellon also recently received a $6.4 million grant over the next five years from the United States' National Science Foundation to create a new center, Security Through InteractionModeling, to explore ways to improve computer defenses, at CyLab. The University of California, San Diego, also received a similar NSF grant for projects focused on building secure computer systems. ■ E-PAPER BY 2010? Seiko Epson Corp. predicts that it may have its flexible display tech- nologies—or electronic paper—ready for commercial markets by 2010. Some of its potential uses? E- books and e-newspapers that perform like their paper coun- terparts but that can receive new text via download, and tel- evision screens that can be rolled off the wall. By the end of the decade, the company hopes to develop a standard 8.5" x 11" sheet of e-paper that is 0.2 millimeters thick and can resist damage for a month or more. The company projects that each sheet will cost about $100.z■ z BizEd MARCH/APRIL 2005 53 Resource Center www.aacsb.edu/arc AACSB Resource Centers Your comprehensive online source for information, tools, and discussion about assessment and ethics education in collegiate schools of business. Log on today. Ethics Education Resource Center www.aacsb.edu/eerc