Smart power grid guard. Ahead in the cloud. Good mood swings. Holiday stress. Benefits of frequent sex.

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• Several media report yesterday's announcement of a five-year, $2.1-million grant to a group of Concordia researchers to support their work on bolstering the safety of Hydro Quebec's smart power grid from cyber attacks. The team is led by Mourad Debbabi, professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), who has been named principal chairholder of the Senior Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Security, Detection, Prevention, Mitigation and Recovery from Cyber-Physical Attacks: Montreal Gazette and the Gazette e-edition (Debbabi quoted at length), Le Devoir, Latest Canada, AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall). The grant announcement is also covered in a news release picked up by Public.
• Ericsson publishes an article on its research blog written by Mourad Debbabi, professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) and associate dean, Research and Graduate Studies, in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. Debbabi writes about IT security the work being done at the CIISE to train people for data security as cloud computing continues to explode and new networks come on line.
• Coverage continues of new Concordia research on student performance, led by Erin Barker, assistant professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH). The study, published in Developmental Psychology, describes how occasional negative moods, notably from stress around exam time, can positively impact students' grades. Co-authors of the study include psychology professor Carsten Wrosch, also with the CRDH: Les affaires, Science Daily, Medical Daily.
• Please note: Erin Barker will be a guest on CJAD's Natasha Hall Show, this afternoon at 2:20, to discuss her research on coping with stress over the holidays.
• Research by psychology professor Jim Pfaus on the effects of naturally produced dopamine is mentioned in an article in Bustle about the measurable benefits of frequent sex.
• Qui Fait Quoi posts a brief about a recent symposium at UQAM, where Concordia's Fabio Balli, a Milieux Institute member and Individualized Program graduate, presented an application developed for children with respiratory illnesses. 

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