Grant will allow university researcher to track spread of disease, malware, power outages

Mackay, Steven D.2015-10-292015-10-292010-02-16http://hdl.handle.net/10919/63334An assistant professor with the Virginia Tech College of Engineering has won a $750,000 federal grant to formulate a mathematical framework that can track the spread of pandemics among populations and malware across wireless computer networks, as well as how a blackout occurring on one major power grid can cause a cascade of additional neighboring networks to fail.In CopyrightCollege of EngineeringGrant will allow university researcher to track spread of disease, malware, power outagesPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations