George Burruss founded and directs the Cybercrime Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Laboratory.
George Burruss, PhD, professor and associate chair in the Department of Criminology, and colleagues from the School of Information鈥擫oni Hagan, PhD; Ly Dinh, PhD; and Lingyaa Li, PhD鈥攈ave received a $14,000 grant from Cyber Florida to develop an AI chatbot designed to assist older adults who have experienced or are concerned about cybercrime.
Students from the Department of Criminology's are helping to train the chatbot using validated information on cybersecurity best practices and victimology.
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