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In today’s co-signing ceremony hosted on the Louisiana Tech campus, University President Dr. Les Guice and Riverside Research President Richard Annas expressed their pleasure in formalizing this relationship. “This partnership will enable new, mission-focused solutions for our defense and intelligence customers by advancing scientific knowledge in areas critical to national security,” said Mr. Annas. Dr. Guice agreed and observed that he was especially happy to form this partnership with its potential for creating more high tech jobs in North Louisiana.

“Louisiana Tech faculty and students measure up to among the best in the nation,” added John Morris, Riverside Research Chief Scientist and Louisiana Tech alumnus. “We are very excited to be partnering with such talented individuals.” Dr. Stan Napper, Louisiana Tech Vice President for Research and Development, also expressed enthusiasm at the new opportunities university faculty and students would encounter in the partnership.

More about Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, a tier one state university located in north central Louisiana, is recognized as a regional leader among technically focused colleges and universities. In addition to a broad range of academic programs and research activities, Louisiana Tech has an especially strong academic cyber engineering program with a nationally-recognized NSA Center of Excellence in Information Assurance and a nationally-recognized Center for Secure Cyberspace, and has established cybersecurity partnerships with other tier one research universities and national lab consortiums. Louisiana Tech also provides outstanding technical and educational support to the Cyber Innovation Center, an initiative of the Governor of Louisiana, Bossier City and Bossier Parish, in solid partnership with Louisiana’s State and National congressional delegations.