soar2962 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Are there any computer science graduate schools that do classified government research? I am asking, because I have a Top Secret government clearance and would be very interested in studying at a school that conducts classified research. I would be grateful to hear from anyone that knows how common this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarrman Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Georgia Tech does. On campus they have the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) that does a good bit of work with the government. I think they are most well known for radar work, but they work in other fields as well. CS program is also very strong (#10 according to US News). Here's a link to some of the technology they work on: http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/government/defense soar2962 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soar2962 Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Thanks for the link tarrman, I had no idea that they did research in all of those areas. I will certainly be looking deeper into some of those areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fukuyama Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 This isn't a very precise question. I would say most large CS departments have an intersection with classified research. There are government labs (Oak Ridge National Labs), government-funded university labs (MIT Lincoln Labs) and there are projects which either have clearance or citizenship requirements (or both) which either restrict from on-site visits (i.e. even some non-citizen PIs can't see the end implementation on-site) or faculty and students who work on the project (DARPA has a lot of these). My undergraduate and master's university (Minnesota) had relationships with all of these. In my area (data mining), clearance might open a few doors at ORNL, but I dont think it's a driving motivation or advantage. As a U.S. citizen grad student, I have been approached by at least three faculty who want to write a DARPA proposal with me because I meet this requirement. With clearance, the solicitations might be more. soar2962, SANDIEGO and Usmivka 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANDIEGO Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_college_laboratories_conducting_basic_defense_research soar2962 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soar2962 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Thank you to everyone for the information. I am currently in the military and just starting to research all the possible research options that are available. I apologize for asking such a vague question, but thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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