
CAE Community of Practice Cyber Defense
CAE Symposium - CD Program Committee

This committee is formed yearly to assist in the preparation of the CAE in Cybersecurity Community Symposium. The role of the committee is to:
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Establish the planning committee
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Plan the CD track at the annual CAE Symposium
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Solicit submissions
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Solicit peer reviewers
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Manage the peer review of all submissions with EasyChair
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Coordinate all presentations + poster files
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Schedule all presentations
2025 CAE Symposium - CD Track Proceedings Book and Agenda:
2025 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Co-Chairs:
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Tobi West, Coastline College, CA
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Yair Levy, Nova Southeastern University, FL
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Anne Kohnke, University of Detroit Mercy, MI
2025 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Members/Reviewers:
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Hosam Alamleh - UNC Wilmington
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Jim Alves-Foss - University of Idaho
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Vijay Anand - University of Missouri, St. Louis
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Julia Armstrong - The Ohio State University
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Syed Badruddoja - California State University Sacramento
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Shankar Banik - The Citadel
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Ayad Barsoum - St. Mary's University
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Debasis Bhattacharya - University of Hawaii Maui College
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Matt Bishop - University of California, Davis
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Gretchen Bliss - University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Rakesh Bobba - Oregon State University
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Stephan Bohacek - University of Delaware
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Katie Bowers - Purdue University Northwest
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David Breeding - ECPI University
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Prasad Calyam - University of Missouri
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Zechun Cao - Texas A&M University-San Antonio
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Anna Carlin - Fullerton College
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Rohit Chadha - University of Missouri
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Eric Chan-Tin - Loyola University Chicago
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Zhixiong Chen - Mercy University
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Kristine Christensen - Moraine Valley Community College
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Bei-Tsengm "Bill" Chu - UNC Charlotte
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Ulku Clark - University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Haley Crabtree - Terra State Community College
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Deanne Cranford-Wesley - North Carolina Central University
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Jun Dai - Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Ram Dantu - University of North Texas
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Thomas Devine - West Virginia University
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Dennis Dias - United States Naval Academy
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Eva Dring - SANS Technology Institute
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Eman El-Sheikh - University of West Florida
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Adel Elmaghraby - Univ. of Louisville
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Mohamed Elwakil - United States Coast Guard Academy
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Waleed Farag - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Armando Fernandez - Lecturer of Cybersecurity at Columbus State University
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Paige Flores - Towson University
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Zoe Fowler - Norwich University
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Guillermo Francia III - University of West Florida
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Bill Gardner - Marshall University
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Tirthankar Ghosh - University of New Haven
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Nicklaus Giacobe - The Pennsylvania State University
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William Glisson - Louisiana Tech University
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Greg Gogolin - Ferris State University
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Max Gorbachevsky - Utica University
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Maanak Gupta - Tennessee Tech University
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Rachelle Hall - Glendale Community College
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Seth Hamman - Cedarville University
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Jason Hammon - Western Governors University
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Derek Hansen - Brigham Young University
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Mathew Heath Van Horn - Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University
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Randy Hinrichs - Norwich University
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Fenecia Homan - Dakota State University
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Robert Honomichl - University of Arizona
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Behzad Izadi - Cypress College
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Caroline Jennings - SANS Technology Institute
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Jiri Jirik - Education Pathway National Center / Moraine Valley Community College / NCyTE
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Jenny Ju - City University of Seattle
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Andrew Kalafut - Grand Valley State University
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Bilge Karabacak - UNC Wilmington
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Siddharth Kaza - Towson University
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Tahir Khan - Western Illinois University
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Denise Kinsey-Bergstrom - Franklin University
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Yesem Kurt Peker - Columbus State University
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Mark Lawrence - New Mexico State University
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Sandra Leiterman - University Arkansas Little Rock
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Michelle Lewis - Oregon State University
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Wei Li - Nova Southeastern University
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Xiuwen Liu - Florida State University
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Dan Manson - Cal Poly Pomona
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Samah Mansour - GVSU
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Jim Marquardson - Northern Michigan University
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Daniel McIntosh - Laramie County Community College
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Rachel Meyers - Purdue University Northwest
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Stanley Mierzwa - Kean University
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Jake Mihevc - Mohawk Valley Community College
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Jason Mitchell - Lansing Community College
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Mike Morris - Western Governors University
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Dave Nevin - Oregon State University
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Laxima Niure Kandel - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Casey O'Brien - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Joel Offenberg - Howard Community College
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Loyce Pailen - University of Maryland Global Campus
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Abhishek Parakh - Kennesaw State University
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Rebecca Passmore - University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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Justin Pelletier - Rochester Institute of Technology
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Bryan Preti - University of Advancing Technology
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Michael Ramage - Murray State University
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Lydia Ray - Columbus State University
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Chris Rondeau - Bossier Parish Community College
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Michael Ruth - Roosevelt University
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Arthur Salmon - College of Southern Nevada
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John Sands - Education Pathway National Center / Moraine Valley Community College / NCyTE
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Michael Sauer - Northern Michigan University
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Suzanna Schmeelk - St. John's University
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Christian Servin - El Paso Community College
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Filipo Sharevski - DePaul University
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Chris Simpson - National University
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Jia Song - University of Idaho
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Mirco Speretta - Fairfield University
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Stuart Steiner - Eastern Washington University
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Majd Tahat - Louisiana Tech University
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Hondo Tamez - Johnson County Community College
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Cara Tang - Portland Community College
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Albert Tay - Brigham Young University
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Blair Taylor - Towson University
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Chip Thornsburg - Northeast Lakeview College
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James Tippey - Excelsior University
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Erald Troja - St. Johns University
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Michael Tu - Purdue University Northwest
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Cihan Tunc - University of North Texas
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Prem Uppuluri - Radford University
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Paul Wagner - University of Arizona
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Mary Wallingsford - Anne Arundel Community College
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Lixin Wang - Columbus State University
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Ping Wang - Robert Morris University
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Michael Whitman - Kennesaw State University
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Xin Xing - University of Nebraska Omaha
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Jacob Young - Bradley University
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Holly Yuan - University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Morgan Zantua - City University of Seattle
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David Zeichick - CSU, Chico
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Junjie Zhang - Wright State University
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Yu Zhang - University of Kentucky
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Dmitry Zhdanov - Illinois State University
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See the 2025 CAE in Cybersecurity Symposium archive here.
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2024 CAE Symposium - CD Planning Committee
The 2024 CAE Symposium - CD Planning Committee is chaired by:
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Tobi West - Coastline College
The 2024 CAE Symposium - CD Planning Committee Members:
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Gretchen Bliss - University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Anna Carlin - Fullerton College
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Anne Kohnke - University of Detroit Mercy
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Yair Levy - Nova Southeastern University
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Xiuwen Liu - Florida State University
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Jake Mihevc - Mohawk Valley Community College
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Stephen Miller - Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Branch Community College
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Michael Ramage - Murray State University
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This committee is formed yearly to assist in the preparation of the CAE Community Symposium. The role of the committee is to:
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Establish the planning committee
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Plan the CD track at the annual CAE Symposium
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Solicit submissions
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Review all submissions
-
Coordinate all presentations + poster files
-
Schedule all presentations
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In the 2024 CAE in Cybersecurity Annual Symposium that took place in Louisville, KY, this committee, under the leadership of Dr. Tobi West, coordinated:
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78 presentations and lightning talks
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Fireside chat
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Ethics panel
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Digital forensics workshop
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23 posters
With the use of six rooms and a total of 23.5 hours of content.
2023 CAE Symposium - CD Planning Committee
The 2023 CAE Symposium - CD Planning Committee is chaired by:
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Tobi West - Coastline College
The 2023 CAE Symposium - CD Planning Committee Members:
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Gretchen Bliss - University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Anna Carlin - Fullerton College
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Anne Kohnke - University of Detroit Mercy
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Yair Levy - Nova Southeastern University
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Xiuwen Liu - Florida State University
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Jake Mihevc - Mohawk Valley Community College
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Stephen Miller - Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Branch Community College
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Michael Ramage - Murray State University
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In the 2023 CAE in Cybersecurity Annual Symposium that took place in Seattle, WA, this committee, under the leadership of Dr. Tobi West, coordinated:
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41 presentations
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20 lightning talks
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2 'birds of a feather' talks
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21 posters
With the use of six rooms and a total of 21+ hours of content.
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 - Proceedings Book (CD & R Tracks) and Agenda (CD Track only):
2026 CAE Symposium - CD Track Proceedings Call for Submissions and EasyChair:
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2026 CAE Symposium - CD Track - Important Dates/Deadlines (Tentative):
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Submission deadline for extended abstracts: January 15, 2026
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Reviewer volunteer deadline: January 26, 2026
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Reviewers notified of assignments from EasyChair: February 4, 2026
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Reviewer abstract responses due in EasyChair: February 16, 2026
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Reviews and responses to authors open in EasyChair: February 27, 2026
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Submission of the final version of accepted abstracts (in DOCx) and presentation slides (in PDFs): March 12, 2026
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Session chair volunteer deadline: March 8, 2026
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Zoom session for Presenters and Session Chairs: April 20, 2026
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CAE in Cybersecurity Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA: April 28-30, 2026
Submit a 1-Page Extended Abstract for any of these submission types:
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Presentation/Mini Workshop (Time slots: 20 minutes per session)
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Lightning Talk (Time slots: 10 minutes per session)
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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 join the Program Committee (PC Member or "reviewer") and commit to peer-reviewing at least three (3) submissions (excluding student co-authors). If accepted, all attendees and presenters (POCs, faculty, or CAE designees) are required to register***
2026 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Co-Chairs:
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Tobi West, Coastline College, CA
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Yair Levy, Nova Southeastern University, FL
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Anne Kohnke, University of Detroit Mercy, MI
2026 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Members/Reviewers:
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Meryem Abouali – John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY
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Mohammed Abuhamad – Loyola University Chicago, IL
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Shade Adeleke – Prince George’s Community College, MD
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Goutham Reddy Alavalapati – University of Illinois, IL
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Enas Albataineh – Florida Memorial University, FL
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Andrea Barrios – Coastline College, CA
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Debasis Bhattacharya – University of Hawaii Maui College, HI
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Gretchen Bliss – University of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO
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Eric Burnett – California Institute of Applied Technology, CA
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Michael Burt – NCyTE, WA
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Prasad Calyam – University of Missouri, MO
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Yuksel Celik – University at Albany SUNY, NY
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Rohit Chadha – University of Missouri, MO
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Eric Chan-Tin – Loyola University Chicago, IL
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Kellep Charles – Capitol Technology University, MD
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Ankur Chattopadhyay – Northern Kentucky University, KY
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Kristine Christensen – Moraine Valley Community College / NCyTE, IL
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Art Conklin – University of Houston, TX
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Deanne Cranford-Wesley – North Carolina Central University, NC
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Ram Dantu – University of North Texas, TX
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Joan E. Debello – St. John's University, NY
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Stuart Denrich – Stevenson university, MD
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Thomas Devine – West Virginia University, WV
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Erdogan Dogdu – Angelo State University, TX
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Brian Dye – Butler Community College, KS
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Eman El-Sheikh – University of West Florida, FL
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Mohamed Elwakil – United States Coast Guard Academy, CT
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Nathan Evans – University of Denver, CO
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Waleed Farag – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
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Scott Fisher – New Jersey City University, NJ
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Paige Flores – California State University San Bernardino, CA
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Kevin Floyd – Middle Georgia State University, GA
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John Geiman – Western Dakota Technical College, SD
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Nicklaus Giacobe – The Pennsylvania State University, PA
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Sanjay Goel – University at Albany, SUNY, NY
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Max Gorbachevsky – Utica University, NY
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Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova – West Virginia University, WV
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Shwetha Gowdanakatte – Colorado State University, CO
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Rob Greenberg – Sam Houston State University, TX
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Deniz Gurkan – Kent State University, OH
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Jesse Hairston – The University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL
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Seth Hamman – Cedarville University, OH
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Jason Hammon – Western Governors University, UT
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Ashley Hayes – University of Maine, ME
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Mohamed Hefeida – West Virginia University, WV
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Timothy M. Henry – Rhode Island College, RI
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Ehren Hill – Virginia Tech, VA
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Laura Hill – College of Western Idaho, ID
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Robert Honomichl – University of Arizona, AZ
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Ann-Marie Horcher – Northwood University, MI
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Md Tamjid Hossain – Texas A&M University-San Antonio, TX
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Shafkat Islam – Purdue University Northwest, IN
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Randall Joyce – Murray State University, KY
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Jenny Ju – CityUniversity of Seattle, WA
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Justin Jutting – Western Dakota Technical College, SD
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Christopher Kadlec – Georgia Southern University, GA
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Andrew Kalafut – Grand Valley State University, MI
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Bilge Karabacak – University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
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Siddharth Kaza – Towson University, MD
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Tahir Khan – Western Illinois University, IL
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Yoohwan Kim – University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
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Gokhan Kul – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA
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Marufu Lamidi – Century College, MN
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Kevin Lann-Teubner – Butler Community College, KS
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Mark Lawrence – New Mexico State University, NM
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Young Lee – Texas A&M University-San Antonio, TX
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Sandra Leiterman – University Arkansas Little Rock, AR
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Elliott Lynn – American Public University System, WV
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Olumide Malomo – Virginia State University, VA
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Sebena Masline – Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL
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Mary McDonald – Anne Arundel Community College, MD
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Suzanne Mello-Stark – Rhode Island College, RI
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Stanley Mierzwa – Kean University, NJ
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Jake Mihevc – Mohawk Valley Community College, NY
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Stephen Miller – CAE Peer Review National Center, DC
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Jason Mitchell – Lansing Community College, MI
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Janmejay Mohanty – South Carolina State University, SC
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Mousumi Munmun – Metropolitan State University, MN
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Van Nguyen – Saint Leo University, FL
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Laxima Niure Kandel – Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, FL
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Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma – West Virginia University, WV
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Aspen Olmsted – Wentworth Institute of Technology, MA
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Loyce Pailen – University of Maryland Global Campus, MD
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Glenn Papp – Niagara University, NY
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Michael Ramage – Murray State University, KY
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Deep Ramanayake – Xavier university, OH
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Douglas Rausch – Bellevue University, NE
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Indrajit Ray – Colorado State University, CO
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Indrakshi Ray – Colorado State University, CO
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Jeffrey Rice – Olivet Nazarene University, IL
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Kevin Rickard – Moorpark College, CA
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Anna Rodgers-Stine – University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL
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Suzanna Schmeelk – St. John's University, NY
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Frederick Scholl – Quinnipiac University, CT
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Shamik Sengupta – University of Nevada, Reno, NV
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Anthony Serapiglia – Saint Vincent College, PA
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Christian Servin – El Paso Community College, TX
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Chris Simpson – National University, CA
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Kenyatte Simuel – Ivy Tech Community College, IN
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Mirco Speretta – Fairfield University, CT
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Stuart Steiner – Eastern Washington University, WA
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Alan Stines – Middle Georgia State University, GA
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Geoff Stoker – University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
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Nikunja Swain – South Carolina State University, SC
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Hondo Tamez – Johnson County Community College, KS
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Cara Tang – Portland Community College, OR
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Kasia Taylor – Anne Arundel Community College, MD
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Diego Tibaquira – Miami Dade College, FL
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Mathew Heath Van Horn – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott, AZ
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Luis Vicente – Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, PR
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Paul Wagner – University of Arizona, AZ
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Ping Wang – Robert Morris University, PA
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Melanie Williamson – Bluegrass Community and Technical College, KY
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Fan Wu – Tuskegee University, AL
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Lei Xu – Kent State University, OH
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Zhongmei Yao – University of Dayton, OH
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Morgan Zantua – City University of Seattle, WA
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Jason Zeller – Fort Hays State University, KS
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Aeron Zentner – Coastline College, CA
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Kelei Zhang – Fort Hays State University, KS
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Junjie Zhang – Wright State University, OH
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Dmitry Zhdanov – Illinois State University, IL
2026 CAE Symposium - Proceedings Book (CD & R Tracks) and Agenda (CD Track only):
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2027 CAE Symposium - CD Track Proceedings Call for Submissions and EasyChair:
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The 2027 CAE Symposium Refereed Proceedings - CD Track​ - Call for Submissions (Coming soon)
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EasyChair Submission System (Coming soon)
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CAE-CD Proceedings Author's Guidelines (Coming soon)
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2027 CAE-CD Proceedings Extended Abstract Template (Word) (Coming soon)
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2027 CAE Symposium - CD Track - Important Dates/Deadlines (Tentative):
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Submission deadline for extended abstracts: January 15, 2027
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Reviewer volunteer deadline: January 26, 2027
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Reviewers notified of assignments from EasyChair: February 4, 2027
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Reviewer abstract responses due in EasyChair: February 16, 2027
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Reviews and responses to authors open in EasyChair: February 27, 2027
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Submission of the final version of accepted abstracts (in DOCx) and presentation slides (in PDFs): March 12, 2027
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Session chair volunteer deadline: March 8, 2027
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Zoom session for Presenters and Session Chairs: April 20, 2027
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CAE in Cybersecurity Symposium in Anaheim CA: March 22-25, 2027 (Was April 28-30 last year)
Submit a 1 to 2-Page Extended Abstract for any of these submission types:
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Presentation/Mini Workshop (Time slots: 20 minutes per session)
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Lightning Talk (Time slots: 10 minutes per session)
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Poster (Unaccompanied poster)
All submissions are double-blind refereed. See submission requirements at “CAE-CD Proceedings Author's Guidelines” and should follow the 2- page 2027 CAE-CD Proceedings Extended Abstract Template (Word) provided only. All accepted submissions will include a 1 or 2-Page Extended Abstract that will be published in the CAE-CD Track Proceedings. ***By submitting an abstract, you agree to join the Program Committee (PC Member or "reviewer") and commit to peer-reviewing up to three (3) submissions (excluding student co-authors). If accepted, all attendees and presenters (POCs, faculty, or CAE designees) are required to register***
2027 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Co-Chairs:
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Tobi West, Coastline College, CA
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Yair Levy, Nova Southeastern University, FL
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Anne Kohnke, University of Detroit Mercy, MI
2027 CAE-CD Track Program Committee Members/Reviewers:
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TBD
Updated: Sep 17, 2026


