Designee
Lawrence Susskind
Position
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Co-Designee
Emilie Flamme
Position
MCP Candidate 2024, MIT
Website
Region
Northeast
Strengthening the PIT University Network
Scaling-up of PIT-UN grant to MIT’s Cybersecurity Clinic to Create a National Consortium of University-based Cybersecurity Clinics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a Cybersecurity Clinic that operates out of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. The project seeks to enable colleges and universities across the country to create and join a consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics.
Lawrence Susskind, PhD, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Career Pipeline/Placement
Seeding Public Service in Tech: MIT Social Impact Internships
The MIT PKG Center’s Social Impact Internship program pairs highly-skilled MIT undergraduates with nonprofit and government agencies to build capacity and bolster the technical capabilities of these agencies while engaging students in challenging social impact issues in real-world settings. We seek funding to sustain this program and affiliated partnerships through the summer of 2021.
Principal Investigator
Julie Shah, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Faculty and Institution Building
Supplementary Grant to Evaluate and Enhance the EdX Modules (Cybersecurity for Critical Urban Infrastructure) and the MIT Cybersecurity Clinic Created with PIT-UN Support (Year 1) at MIT
Lawrence Susskind, PhD, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Educational Offerings
Online Urban Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment Certification Modules/MIT Cybersecurity Clinic: Helping City Agencies Assess Their Cyber Attack Risk Profile
This project will enable students to master the basics of Cybersecurity for Critical Urban Infrastructure through online study, preparing them to join MIT Cybersecurity Clinic teams who will work with city agencies throughout the United States to help them assess their vulnerability to cyberattack.
Principal Investigator
Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning & Daniel Weitzner, Principal Research Scientist, CSAIL