Big opportunities and the national spotlight continue to shine on the Cyber Innovation Center and its National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC).
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Among the many ways technology and education intersected at this week’s SXSWedu conference — beyond demonstrations of robotics, virtual reality tools and the use of data analytics to improve learning — were myriad discussions exploring ways to teach technology and computer science skills more effectively.
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BOSSIER CITY, La. – Cyber Innovation Center works to develop a sustainable knowledge based workforce that can support the growing needs of government, industry, and academia. CIC and the National Cyber Research Park have shaped the economic landscape of northern Louisiana.
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The opening of the CSRA Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City on Tuesday was lauded by Gov. John Bel Edwards as the result of a strong community partnership and the foundation for a bright future in the area.
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If you build it, they will come. And if all the buildings going up are any indication, Bossier City officials say the people are coming.
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Bossier City and Bossier Parish are expected to experience a boom in population over the next few years, and administrators believe strong law enforcement, good schools and a reputation for being progressive are all factors in that growth.
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Come along for a virtual tour of Bossier City’s newest, and one of the coolest buildings, CSRA!
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A $166.9 million contract awarded to CSRA by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) will create about 35-40 new jobs in the near future at the company’s Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City and many more jobs will follow.
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Last year, the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) and Louisiana Tech University capitalized on their seven-year partnership to create the Louisiana Tech Research Institute (LTRI). The LTRI is a non-profit 501c3 corporation located at the National Cyber Research Park (NCRP) and currently operating out of the CIC.
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As the oil and gas industry took a huge hit last year and the economy in Louisiana stutters, slowing tax collections and revenue income, creating massive budget holes, the need for a new industry is never more apparent than right now.
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When Bossier Schools begins the 2016-17 academic year, it will be all systems go as the district launches Project SOAR (Supporting Opportunities for Achievement and Resilience), a five-year academic and mental health initiative that will benefit more than 6,700 students attending 11 schools across the district.
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A new CSRA Customer Engagement Center set to open in Bossier City is anticipated to bring 300 jobs to help resolve complaints from CSRA’s federal government customers. The Virginia-based company plans to fill at least 150 positions within the next 12 months and the remaining jobs by the two-year mark.
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BOSSIER PARISH, La. (Press Release) — Bossier Parish has been named winner of a 2016 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo) for its program, “Developing an Innovation Hub,” in the Community/Economic Development category.
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SHREVEPORT, La. (Press Release) — Shreveport ranks among the top ten real estate markets nationwide where millennials make up the greatest share of first-time home buyers, according to a report in Bloomberg Business citing data from Realtor.com.
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For all of the finger-pointing and blame-shifting that followed the massive hacks of the Office of Personnel Management, lawmakers and officials agree on this much: The federal government needs more cybersecurity professionals.
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Today, students in the IT pathway at Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), near Shreveport, Louisiana, can intern at nine local companies — 14 starting in the fall.
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With four buildings on its 66-acre footprint in Bossier City just east of Bossier Parish Community College, the Cyber Innovation Center has filled its phase one acreage and is looking toward expansion.
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The Louisiana State Board of Education approves Cyber Engineering as one of 11 new graduation pathways in the state, according to a press release.
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