NC State Statistics Department Helps Land $60 Million NSA Grant

摘要

The National Security Agency (NSA) and North Carolina State University announced in August a $60 million partnership to create the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS), the largest sponsored research contract in the university's history. The university's statistics department is an important part of the reason NC State succeeded in the highly competitive selection process, along with its strengths in data analytics, computer science, social science, and mathematics and its proximity to and connections with national industry leaders, according to the press release. Randy Avent, principal investigator for LAS and associate vice chancellor for research development at NC State said, "The statistics component of our proposal was integral to its success. Our statistics colleagues bring to the table advanced statistical techniques and will also be developing the new methodologies necessary to be successful in the Big Data era." Located on the university's campus near Research Triangle Park, the laboratory will be a cornerstone of die emerging advanced data innovation hub at NC State, bringing together some of die brightest minds from government, academia, and industry to collaborate on the most challenging Big Data problems.