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CAE Symposium - CD Program Committee

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This committee is formed yearly to assist in the preparation of the CAE in Cybersecurity Community Symposium. The role of the committee is to:

  • Establish the planning committee

  • Plan the CD track at the annual CAE Symposium

  • Solicit submissions

  • Solicit peer reviewers

  • Manage the peer review of all submissions with EasyChair

  • Coordinate all presentations + poster files

  • Schedule all presentations

2026 CAE Symposium - CD Track Proceedings Call for Submissions and EasyChair:

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2026 CAE Symposium - CD Track - Important Dates/Deadlines (Tentative):

  • Submission deadline for extended abstracts: January 15, 2026

  • Reviewer volunteer deadline: January 26, 2026

  • Reviewers notified of assignments from EasyChair: February 2, 2026

  • Reviewer abstract responses due in EasyChair: February 10, 2026

  • Reviews and responses to authors open in EasyChair: February 12, 2026

  • Submission of the final version of accepted abstracts (in DOCx) and presentation slides (in PDFs): February 26, 2026

  • Session chair volunteer deadline: March 8, 2026

  • Zoom session for Presenters and Session Chairs: April 17, 2026

  • CAE in Cybersecurity Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA: April 28-30, 2026

 

Submit a 1-Page Extended Abstract for any of these submission types:

  • Presentation/Mini Workshop (Time slots: 20 minutes per session)

  • Lightning Talk (Time slots: 10 minutes per session)

  • Poster (Unaccompanied poster)

 

All submissions are double-blind refereed. See submission requirements at “CAE-CD Proceedings Author's Guidelines” and should follow the 1- page 2026 CAE-CD Proceedings Extended Abstract Template (Word) provided only. All accepted submissions will include a 1-Page Extended Abstract that will be published in the CAE-CD Track Proceedings. ***By submitting an abstract, you agree to serve on the Program Committee and conduct a peer-review of at least three abstracts. Submissions may include student co-authors, but no students are allowed to present, only POC or designated individuals can attend/present if accepted***

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2026 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Co-Chairs:

  • Tobi West, Coastline College, CA

  • Yair Levy, Nova Southeastern University, FL 

  • Anne Kohnke, University of Detroit Mercy, MI

2026 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Members/Reviewers (As of 1/29 @ 3:15pm ET):

  • Andrea Barrios – Community College of Denver, CO

  • Folashade Adeleke – Prince George’s Community College, MD

  • Goutham Alavalapati – University of Illinois Springfield, IL

  • Enas Albataineh – Florida Memorial University, FL

  • Mohammed Abuhamad – Loyola University Chicago, IL

  • Debasis Bhattacharya – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, HI

  • Gretchen Bliss – University of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO

  • Michael Burt – NCyTE, WA

  • Eric Burnett – California Institute of Applied Technology, CA

  • Prasad Calyam – University of Missouri, MO

  • Yuksel Celik – University at Albany (SUNY), NY

  • Eric Chan-Tin – Loyola University Chicago, IL

  • Ankur Chattopadhyay – Northern Kentucky University, KY

  • Rohit Chadha – University of Missouri, MO

  • Kristine Christensen – Moraine Valley Community College, IL

  • Arthur Conklin – University of Houston, TX

  • Deanne Cranford-Wesley – North Carolina Central University, NC

  • Ram Dantu – University of North Texas, TX

  • Joan DeBello – St. John’s University, NY

  • Stuart Denrich – Stevenson University, MD

  • Thomas Devine – West Virginia University, WV

  • Erdogan Dogdu – Angelo State University, TX

  • Brian Dye – Butler Community College, KS

  • Nathan Evans – University of Denver, CO

  • Waleed Farag – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA

  • Scott Fisher – Georgetown University, DC

  • Kevin Floyd – Middle Georgia State University, GA

  • John Geiman – Western Dakota Technical College, SD

  • Sanjay Goel – University at Albany (SUNY), NY

  • Maxim Gorbachevsky – Utica University, NY

  • Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova – West Virginia University, WV

  • Shwetha Gowdanakatte – Colorado State University, CO

  • Rob Greenberg – Sam Houston State University, TX

  • Deniz Gurkan – Kent State University, OH

  • Jesse Hairston – University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL

  • Seth Hamman – Cedarville University, OH

  • Ashley Hayes – University of Maine, ME

  • Mathew Heathvanhorn – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FL

  • Timothy Henry – Rhode Island College, RI

  • Mohamed Hefeida – West Virginia University, WV

  • Ehren Hill – Virginia Tech, VA

  • Laura Hill – College of Western Idaho, ID

  • Janmejay Mohanty – South Carolina State University, SC

  • Ann-Marie Horcher – Higher Education Consultant / Adjunct Faculty, N/A

  • Shafkat Islam – Purdue University Northwest, IN

  • Randall Joyce – Murray State University, KY

  • Jenny Ju – City University of New York, NY

  • Justin Jutting – Western Dakota Technical College, SD

  • Christopher Kadlec – Georgia Southern University, GA

  • Bilge Karabacak – University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC

  • Sidd Kaza – Towson University, MD

  • Tahir Khan – Western Illinois University, IL

  • Yoohwan Kim – University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

  • Gokhan Kul – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA

  • Kevin Lann-Teubner – Butler Community College, KS

  • Marufu Lamidi – Century College, MN

  • Mark Lawrence – New Mexico State University, NM

  • Young Lee – Texas A&M University–San Antonio, TX

  • Litany Lineberry – Hinds Community College, MS

  • Elliott Lynn – American Public University System, WV

  • Sebena Masline – Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL

  • Stanley Mierzwa – Kean University, NJ

  • Jake Mihevc – Mohawk Valley Community College, NY

  • Jason Mitchell – Lansing Community College, MI

  • Suzanne Mello-Stark – Rhode Island College, RI

  • Mary McDonald – Anne Arundel Community College, MD

  • Mirco Speretta – Fairfield University, CT

  • Nikunja Swain – Independent Researcher (formerly academia), N/A

  • Aspen Olmsted – Wentworth Institute of Technology, MA

  • Loyce Pailen – University of Maryland Global Campus, MD

  • Glenn Papp – Niagara University, NY

  • Anthony Pinto – University of West Florida, FL

  • Douglas Rausch – Bellevue University, NE

  • Michael Ramage – Murray State University, KY

  • Indrajit Ray – Colorado State University, CO

  • Indrakshi Ray – Colorado State University, CO

  • Jeffrey Rice – Olivet Nazarene University, IL

  • Anna Rodgers-Stine – University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL

  • Frederick Scholl – Quinnipiac University, CT

  • Pam Schmelz – Ivy Tech Community College, IN

  • Christian Servin – El Paso Community College, TX

  • Anthony Serapiglia – Saint Vincent College, PA

  • Shamik Sengupta – University of Nevada, Reno, NV

  • Jason Hammon – Western Governors University, UT

  • Kenyatte Simuel – Ivy Tech Community College, IN

  • Christopher Simpson – National University, CA

  • Stu Steiner – Eastern Washington University, WA

  • Geoff Stoker – University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC

  • Cara Tang – Portland Community College, OR

  • Hondo Tamez – Johnson County Community College, KS

  • Luis Alberto Tatis Morales – Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (San Juan), PR

  • Rene Tejon – Nova Southeastern University, FL

  • Diego Tibaquira – Miami Dade College, FL

  • Michael Tu – Purdue University Northwest, IN

  • Luis Vicente – Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, PR

  • Paul Wagner – University of Arizona, AZ

  • Ping Wang – Robert Morris University, PA

  • Melanie Williamson – Kentucky Community & Technical College System, KY

  • Fan Wu – Tuskegee University, AL

  • Lei Xu – Kent State University, OH

  • Zhongmei Yao – University of Dayton, OH

  • Kelei Zhang – Fort Hays State University, KS

  • Junjie Zhang – Wright State University, OH

  • Jason Zeller – Fort Hays State University, KS

  • Dmitry Zhdanov – Illinois State University, IL

Updated: January 29, 2026

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