Funded by the National Science Foundation, Cal State San Bernardino’s AI Horizon project — led by Vincent Nestler, director of the Center for Cyber and AI — uses custom-built AI tools to forecast how artificial intelligence is transforming the workforce. The initiative helps cybersecurity students and faculty identify disappearing jobs, emerging careers, and essential skills so graduates can stay competitive in an AI-driven future.
The NSA’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program, housed at CSUSB, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with the publication of the “NCAE Executive Edition,” a 422-page resource profiling cybersecurity education programs across 480 institutions. Led by Tony Coulson and Amy Hysell of CSUSB’s Center for Cyber and AI, this initiative aims to bridge the nation’s 500,000-person cybersecurity workforce deficit through education, outreach and other resources.
Cal State San Bernardino hosted the Cyber Ecosystem Leadership Forum on Oct. 25, bringing together over 250 attendees from academia, industry, and government to advance cybersecurity workforce development. Highlighting the event’s significance, keynote speeches were delivered by U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (CA-33), White House Deputy National Cyber Director Harry Wingo, and Principal Director Diba Hadi from the Department of Defense’s Cyber Academic Engagement Office.
CSUSB is the first higher education institution to join the CHIRP program, which brings together government, industry and higher education to provide students a direct two-year pathway to a cybersecurity career.
Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences) discusses his work with students at the CSUSB Cybersecurity Center, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband and the role extremism and social media may have.
The CSUSB Cybersecurity Center’s mission “is to provide not only an excellent education, but unparalleled opportunities and training for the next generation of cybersecurity leaders,” according to Vincent Nestler, director of the center.
Nerea Marteache (criminal justice), Francisca Beer (accounting and finance), Nicholas Bratcher (music), Tony Coulson and Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences), and Bryan Castillo (lecturer, geological sciences) were mentioned in recent news coverage.
Recent news media coverage highlighted the expertise of Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences), Stuart Sumida (biology), Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Katherine Gray (art) and Brian Levin (criminal justice).
The university’s cybersecurity program was chosen because of its proven track record as a Minority-Serving Institution for its work in preparing a diverse population of students for cybersecurity and computer science careers.