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CAE Community of Practice
Cyber Research
2023 CAE-R Research Symposium
The 2023 CAE-R CoP Research Symposium was held at Moraine Valley Community College on Friday, September 22, 2023 as part of the National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium. The goals of the symposium are to (1) further establish the CAE-R as a community of practice, (2) build a community that involves PhD students, and (3) showcase the excellent research done at CAE-R designated institutions.
2023 Program Committee Members
Kevin Butler, University of Florida
Adam Doupé, Arizona State University
L. Jean Camp, Indiana University Bloomington
2023 CAE-R Symposium Program Elements
Research Dissertation Panels. The program included two research dissertation panels showcasing PhD students from various CAE-R institutions. Each panel consisted of 5-7 PhD students nearing the completion of their degree, selected by the program committed with the goal of ensuring a diversity of research areas. Each PhD student gave short pitches of their dissertation during the panel, with the moderator subsequently leading a discussion of trends in research. PhD students generally spend four to six years becoming world experts in their topic areas, and the panels provided a glimpse into a variety of cutting-edge research topics with an eye on future challenge areas. For CAE institutions, this provided an opportune time to start recruiting PhD students.
Research Highlights Posters. The poster session showcased the wide variety of research being conducted at CAE-R institutions. While only a small number of CAE-R schools can be represented in the research dissertation panels, the program invited all PoCs to submit nominations for research highlights posters from their institutions.
Research Funding Agency Panel. The program included a panel of program managers from various funding agencies discussing funding opportunities.
INSuRE+C Research Talks. The program included 4 talks from INSuRE+C funded projects.
Timeslot
Event
Thursday, September 21st, 2023
3.15 – 4.30pm CT
CAE-R CoP Meeting
Dr. Agnes Chan - Northeastern University
Dr. Susanne Wetzel - Stevens Institute of Technology
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
7.00 – 8.00am CT
Registration and Breakfast
8.00 – 8.10am CT
Welcome
Dr. Tony Coulson - CSU San Bernardino
Dr. Agnes Chan - Northeastern University
Dr. Susanne Wetzel - Stevens Institute of Technology
8.10 – 8.30am CT
Role of CAE-R and the Importance of Research for the Agency and the Country
Neal Ziring - Technical Director for the Cybersecurity Directorate, NSA
Lynne Clark - Deputy Chief, College of Cyber E3C, National Cryptologic University
8.30 – 8.45am CT
Introduction of Program Committee Co-Chairs
Dr. William Enck - North Carolina State University
Dr. Heather Lipford - UNC Charlotte
8.45 – 9.45am CT
Keynote - "Security Expert and the Advice Fiasco"
Dr. Michelle Mazurek - University of Maryland, College Park
9.45 – 10.30am CT
Research Funding Agency Panel
Dr. ChunSheng Xin - NSF
David Hogue - NSA Laboratory for Advanced Cybersecurity Research
Dr. Mark A. Tschopp - Army Research Lab
10.30 – 10.45am CT
Break
10.45 – 11.30am CT
Research Discussions: PhD Student Panel 1
Sathvik N. Prasad - North Carolina State University
Sean Sanders - University at Buffalo
Daniel Davis - University of Alabama at Huntsville
Mingxuan Yao - Georgia Institute of Technology
Priyanka Ranada - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
11.30 – 11.55am CT
INSuRE+C Research Talk 1 - "Blueshift: Breaking Bluetooth Adaptive Frequency Hopping"
Tommy Chin & Noah Korzak - George Mason University
11.55 – 12.20pm CT
INSuRE+C Research Talk 2 - "REGARD: Rules of Engagement for Automated Cyber Defense to Aid in Intrusion Response"
William Anderson - Mississippi State University
12.20 – 1.45pm CT
Lunch & Research Highlights (Posters)
1.45 – 2.30pm CT
Research Discussions: PhD Student Panel 2
Ozgur Ozmen - Purdue University
Julie Germain - University of North Texas
Charles Rawlins - Missouri University of Science and Technology
Shaurya Purohit - Iowa State University
Adam Caulfield - Rochester Institute of Technology
2.30 – 2.55pm CT
INSuRE+C Research Talk 3 - "Automatically Binding Cryptographic Context to Messages in Network Protocols Using Formal Methods"
Enis Golaszewski & Sophia Hammer - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2.55 – 3.20pm CT
INSuRE+C Research Talk 4 - "Emergent (In)Security of Multi-Cloud Environments"
Morgan Reece - Mississippi State University & Rochester Institute of Technology
Mathhew Stoffolano - Rochester Institute of Technology
3.20 – 3.30pm CT
Closing Remarks
Dr. Agnes Chan - Northeastern University
Dr. Susanne Wetzel - Stevens Institute of Technology
3.30 – 3.45pm CT
Break
3.45 – 4.15pm CT
CAE-R Discussion and Reflection
Updated: Dec 6, 2024