About CINSER

Current Work

CINSER provides a gateway to critical technology innovation through creating and supporting academic programs at CSU, providing career development opportunities for students, offering community engagement activities and conducting pure and applied research to address society's contemporary challenges through technology. Most activities have an aim to increase the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups in critical and emerging technologies by fostering awareness of these technologies and by providing learning, career and research opportunities. CINSER has the following projects: IC CAE, CARNATIONS, AI@PBI and Mic2ExL.

CINSER Goals 2020 - 2025

• Goal One: Develop academic coursework and program offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels in critical technologies and other emerging fields
• Goal Two: Prepare individuals, especially from underrepresented minority groups, for careers in critical and emerging technology fields 
• Goal Three: Provide co-curricular, community development and professional development activities to foster educator development, student enrichment, and community advancement 
• Goal Four: Conduct interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research related to emerging and critical technologies

History

In 2014, Chicago State University (CSU) was awarded a grant to establish an Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence ( IC-CAE). CSU’s IC CAE is housed in the Center for Information & Security Education and Research (CINSER). CINSER is the only IC-CAE in Illinois and Great Lakes Region and it is established to offer educational programs and to perform research activities in the area of security and intelligence. In September 2019, the CINSER became a legacy IC CAE program.

CINSER Goals 2014-2019

• Goal One: Establish Chicago State University’s Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) in Intelligence and Security Education and Research
• Goal Two: Develop undergraduate and graduate programs (minor, certificate, bachelor's and masters) in Security and Intelligence Studies
• Goal Three: Graduate students with proficiency in a strategic language such as Arabic, Hausa or Kiswahili
• Goal Four:  Conduct annual series of conferences, colloquia, seminars and workshops with higher education, government, and industry partners in the region to foster IC-CAE faculty development, student enrichment, and a security culture among the public
• Goal Five: Conduct multidisciplinary research to investigate threats, risks, safety, security, and individual privacy among diverse communities in the Chicago region.