Northfield, VT – Jones Architecture recently signed on with Norwich University to design a 20,000 GSF Cyber Fusion Center on its historic campus. The center, funded in part by a $16.4 million federal grant, will create educational and workforce training opportunities in cybersecurity, information operations and dominance, computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
“This is an exciting opportunity to continue our legacy work on Norwich’s campus, and to break new ground on campus with integrating industry partners and providing expanded hands-on experience for students,” said Principal and Founder Rick Jones. “Norwich aims to offer the nation’s top cyber security program.”
The Cyber Fusion Center will be a multi-use facility, housing and integrating the programs engaged in cybersecurity, information dominance, computing, AI, machine learning, and information warfare. All brought together into an R&D facility, the new center will serve various uses designed to bring the information advantage discussion to central Vermont. The facility will also include office, work, meeting, and event spaces; classrooms; flexible R&D labs; and maker space for innovative technologies. The project also has aggressive goals for carbon neutrality and sustainable design which will also set new standards on Norwich’s campus.
Representatives of Jones Architecture say that Norwich continues its 25-year history of educational leadership in the cyber domain with this multi-disciplinary facility, and that the Cyber Fusion Center will keep Norwich students at the forefront of cyber security and provide them with the knowledge and skills to fulfill important work in national security, as well as safeguarding businesses and other organizations from cyber threats.
