About SECTTRA
In recent years the University of Minnesota has successfully attracted
federal funds to address transportation security issues, in part
due to seed funding from the Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS) Institute at CTS. SECTTRA was created in 2006 to build on
this success and expand the transportation security research, education,
and outreach funding at the University.
SECTTRA—Security in Transportation Technology Research and
Applications—is a joint program of the Department of Computer
Science and Engineering (CSE) and CTS. Its mission is to earn recognition
for the University of Minnesota as a world leader in the development
and application of technologies for transportation security.
The SECTTRA program collaborates with the ITS Institute and the Safety Security Rescue Research Center (SSR-RC), a cooperative
inter-university research center that coordinates research with
a spectrum of large general homeland security contractors, companies
with a specific market share, and start-up companies with key enabling
technologies.
SECTTRA’s mission complements SSR-RC’s goal of attracting
private sector funding for a broad range of security-related research.
It also complements the ITS Institute goal of attracting funds
for other transportation technology research.
SECTTRA research findings will be incorporated into computer science
courses and degree programs and in educational offerings by other
disciplines.
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