The Information Networking Institute (INI)

The Information Networking Institute (INI) The INI programs at global partner institutions have become a paragon for international education within Carnegie Mellon and around the world.

With a powerful alumni network, innovative curriculum and nationally recognized strength in cybersecurity, the INI prepares engineers to thrive in a changing market. The Information Networking Institute (INI) was established by Carnegie Mellon University in 1989 as the nation's first research and education center devoted to information networking. As an integral department of the College of Engine

ering and a collaboration of the School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Heinz College, the INI's master's degree programs represent an exceptional fusion of technologies, economics and policies of secure communication networks, systems and services. The INI also promotes safe and responsible online behavior to citizens at all levels and partners with like-minded organizations to extend cyberawareness educational and outreach programs to the broad audience of people using information networking as part of their daily lives. Using advanced facilities and resources, the programs combine local and distance education to train students in cutting-edge technologies. Top students from around the world attend the INI, seeking the broadened perspective and enriched skill sets necessary to design solutions, manage teams and lead enterprises in today's global networked information technology marketplace.

In April, we were the regional host for the NSA - National Security Agency Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber...
05/27/2026

In April, we were the regional host for the NSA - National Security Agency Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Community Symposium here in Pittsburgh. The three-day event brought together faculty, staff and experts from across the CAE community to share insights and build their networks.

INI Director Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamitis gave the keynote address to kick off the event, reflecting on how Mr. Rogers's lessons on being a "good neighbor" apply to the cybersecurity community.

Pennsylvania Senator Dave McCormick also underscored the impact of the CAE community's work in recorded remarks.

We are continuing to highlight this year's thesis and research-based projects with two of our M.S. in Information Securi...
05/21/2026

We are continuing to highlight this year's thesis and research-based projects with two of our M.S. in Information Security (MSIS) students who successfully defended their work. Congratulations!

Logan O’Brien: Vulnerable by Design: Educational SmartContracts for Teaching Blockchain Security

Matthew Ung: An Exploratory ML-Assisted Approach to Deobfuscating Complied Executables

Congratulations to INI Assistant Teaching Professor Mohamed Farag, who been accepted into the inaugural cohort of the Go...
05/20/2026

Congratulations to INI Assistant Teaching Professor Mohamed Farag, who been accepted into the inaugural cohort of the Google Higher Education Faculty AI Fellowship.

This competitive fellowship supports faculty who integrate AI research and discovery into their curriculum in order to enhance the experience of their students. Through activities beginning this summer, Farag aims to build students' critical thinking abilities while using AI to empower their learning.

Congratulations, Mohamed!

Congratulations to the Carnegie Mellon University MITREcorp eCTF team! This year's competition marks the fifth consecuti...
05/19/2026

Congratulations to the Carnegie Mellon University MITREcorp eCTF team! This year's competition marks the fifth consecutive win for the the team — an unheard of feat in the competition. 💪 Congratulations also to faculty advisors Patrick Tague, Hanan Hibshi and Anthony Rowe. And thank you to all the alumni who helped advise the team.

INI team members included:

Keyur Aghao – MSIS

Gaurav C G – MSIS

Om Arora-Jain – MSIT-IS

Ryan Kim – MSIS

Jacob Lawrence – MSIS

Nishant Puri – MSIT-IS

Keshav Ravichandra Raju – MSIS

Chloe Taylor – MSIT-IS

Pritha Tiwari – MSIS

Adit Verma – M

Max Yin - MSIS

Mitchell Zhou – MSIS

Congratulations to our M.S. in Information Networking (MSIN) graduates who chose to complete a thesis or research-based ...
05/16/2026

Congratulations to our M.S. in Information Networking (MSIN) graduates who chose to complete a thesis or research-based project through the Advanced study option! These students conclude their work with a defense held in their final semester, where they get to share their work with fellow students, faculty and staff.

This year, two MSIN students successfully defended their work:

Xingci Gu: Develop an RPG on Unity3D for Release on Steam

Zepeng Zhao: A Persistent Megakernal Architecture for Multi-GPU LLM Interference

The INI Diploma Ceremony is one of the highlights of the year! With inspiring words from INI Director Dena Haritos Tsami...
05/15/2026

The INI Diploma Ceremony is one of the highlights of the year! With inspiring words from INI Director Dena Haritos Tsamitis and keynote speaker Aditi Pendharkar, we celebrated the 36th class. Congratulations to all of our new alumni and, thank you to the mothers and grandmothers who shared the day with us. 🎓

Congratulations also to our graduating students who were part of this year's winning MITREcorp eCTF team — a fifth win in a row!

As we get ready to celebrate our 36th graduating class this weekend, we're sharing some of our favorite photos from the ...
05/15/2026

As we get ready to celebrate our 36th graduating class this weekend, we're sharing some of our favorite photos from the past year.

We work hard, but we also make time to connect, recharge and build community. Congratulations to all of our students for an incredible year!

It's been a successful year for our inaugural cohort of Peer Career Consultants (PCCs) They've helped countless of their...
05/12/2026

It's been a successful year for our inaugural cohort of Peer Career Consultants (PCCs) They've helped countless of their fellow students to build compelling resumes, prepare for interviews and think through offers.

Thank you and congratulations to our first-ever PCCs!

Bhargavee Chavarkar, M.S. in Artificial Intelligence - Information Security (MSAIE-IS)

Manigandan Ramadasan, MSAIE-IS

Keshav Raju, M.S. in Information Security (MSIS)

It's been a busy end to the spring semester. We've had our advanced studies students defending their thesis and research...
04/29/2026

It's been a busy end to the spring semester. We've had our advanced studies students defending their thesis and research-based projects. We've also had students from Assistant Teaching Professor Hanan Hibshi and Associate Teaching Professor Taha Khan's Special Topics Courses present their final projects during a poster session.

Congratulations to all our advanced studies students who successfully defended their thesis!

Jihu Hwang

Logan O'Brien

Matthew Ung

Qingzheng Wang

Xingci Gu

Yuxiao Li

Zepeng Zhao

Zeyang Zhang

This morning, INI Director Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamitis gave a keynote address to a room of 800+ faculty, administrators an...
04/28/2026

This morning, INI Director Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamitis gave a keynote address to a room of 800+ faculty, administrators and government officials dedicated to growing our cybersecurity workforce.

Taking inspiration from the lessons of iconic Pittsburgher Mr. Rogers, she reminded attendees at the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAE Community Symposium that cybersecurity requires that we each be good neighbors — working collaboratively to keep our digital infrastructure secure.

We are proud to be the Regional Host of this event, representing Carnegie Mellon University's pioneering work in cybersecurity, AI and workforce development.

Pictured with Dr. Haritos Tsamitis: Dr. Hanan Hibshi, INI Assistant Teaching Professor; Dr. Michael Mattarock, INI Associate Director; Dr. Patrick Tague, INI Associate Teaching Professor; Dr. Tony Coulson, CAE-C Community National Center Lead; Brandon Dues, Office of the National Cyber Director.

Get a head start on our Spring 2027 application with our Guide to Applying session! If you have any questions or are cur...
04/27/2026

Get a head start on our Spring 2027 application with our Guide to Applying session! If you have any questions or are curious about the application process join us to learn more.

If you register and attend, we'll waive your application fee ($75)! This waiver will be automatically applied when you start an application.

Guide to Applying

Wednesday, April 29

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. ET

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