Wrap Up
Here are some resources from the 2022 CCI Symposium, which brought together more than 200 CCI-funded researchers and students from across Virginia.
Watch the video
Download the State of CCI Address, presented by Luiz DaSilva.
Contact Researchers from the Speed Briefings
Title: Enhancing Security and Low Latency Services in 5G/Next-G
Author: Prof. Tom Hou, Bradley Distinguished Professor of ECE, Virginia Tech
Email: hou@vt.edu
Title: Secure 5G/NextG Wireless Communications
Author: Kai Zeng, Associate Professor, George Mason University
Research area: Wireless Security, CPS/IoT Security, Spectrum Sharing, Machine Learning
Email: kzeng2@gmu.edu
Title: Multifunctional Coatings for Broadband Electromagnetic Interference Shielding
Author: Radhika Barua, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research area: Magnetic Materials & Devices
Email: rbarua@vcu.edu
Title: How Secure is 5G? Security and Privacy Challenges with OpenRAN
Author: Yixin Sun, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Research Area: Network Security and Privacy
Email: yixins@virginia.edu
Title: Federated Learning over Wireless Networks: Private ML over NextG networks
Author: Cong Shen, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Research Area: Machine Learning, Wireless Communications & Networking
Email: cong@virginia.edu
Title: Securing Non-Terrestrial Networks in NextG
Author: Dr. Jeffrey H. Reed, Professor, Virginia Tech & Dr. Nishith D. Tripathi, Research Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Research area: NextG Wireless Communications and Applications of AI
Email: reedjh@vt.edu & nishith@vt.edu
Title: Securing NextG: Secure and Resilient mmWaves
Author: Jacek Kibilda, Research Assistant Professor, CCI @ Virginia Tech
Research area: 5G & NextG Wireless
Email: jkibilda@vt.edu
Title: Implicit Trust in Pre-Authentication: The Achilles Heel of 5G Security
Author: Joao F. Santos, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Virginia Tech
Research area: Software-defined Communications
Email: joaosantos@vt.edu
Title: Blockchain empowered Assured Network Slicing
Author: Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computational Modeling and Simulation Engineering, Old Dominion University & Executive Director, Center for Secure & Intelligent Critical Systems, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center
Research area: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, Secure and Intelligent NextG Infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Resilience Metrics
Email: sshetty@odu.edu
Title: Secure Content or Channel? Secure FIA for NextG
Author: Safdar H. Bouk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University
Research area: NDN, 5G, and Vehicular Networks
Email: sbouk@odu.edu
Title: Radio Access Network Slicing Security for nextG Networks
Author: Tugba Erpek, Research Associate Professor, NSI, Virginia Tech
Research area: 5G & NextG - Secure management and orchestration of NextG networks
Email: terpek@vt.edu
Title: Open AI Cellular (OAIC): Prototyping AI-enabled Control and Testing Systems for Next-G Cellular Communications
Author: Vijay K. Shah, Assistant Professor, GMU
Research area: Experimental 5G/NextG, Spectrum Sharing, and AI to Wireless
Email: vshah22@gmu.edu
Title: AI Assurance: Enabling AI Adoption
Author: Laura J. Freeman, Deputy Director, Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Research area: Artificial Intelligence Assurance
Email: laura.freeman@vt.edu
Title: Deployable Solutions for Enterprise Defense in Depth: From Ransomware to Insider Threat Detection
Author: Danfeng (Daphne) Yao, Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Research area: AI Assurance
Email: danfeng@vt.edu
Title: Machine Learning model verification in cyber physical systems
Author: Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computational Modeling and Simulation Engineering, Old Dominion University & Executive Director, Center for Secure & Intelligent Critical Systems, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center
Research area: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, Secure and Intelligent NextG Infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Resilience Metrics
Email: sshetty@odu.edu
Title: Enabling AI adoption through Assurance
Jaganmohan Chandrasekaran, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Virginia Tech
Research area: AI Assurance
Email: jagan@vt.edu
Title: Deep Metric Learning for Code Authorship Attribution
Author: Nathan R. Sprague, Associate Professor of Computer Science, James Madison University
Research area: Machine Learning and Robotics
Email: spragunr@jmu.edu
Title: AI Assurance on Edge Devices
Author: Atulasimha, Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research area: Nanomagnetic/spintronic devices; Machine learning on edge devices
Email: jatulasimha@vcu.edu
Title: Cyber Security of Transportation Networks: Building a Research Prototype – JACart
Author: Dr. Samy El-Tawab, Associate Professor, James Madison University
Research area: Computer Networking and Cyber Security
Email: eltawass@jmu.edu
Title: Smart Cities Need Smart Grids
Author: Chen-Ching Liu, American Electric Power Professor, Director, Power and Energy Center, Virginia Tech
Research area: Electric Power and Energy Systems
Email: ccliu@vt.edu
Title: How can I(oT) trust a SPaTE of your objects? Architecting inter-organizational object-security
Author: Eric Osterweil, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Dept., George Mason University
Research area: Cybersecurity in Internet Infrastructures
Email: eoster@gmu.edu
Title: Robust biomimetic networked systems: Nature-inspired secure decision-making in cyber-physical systems
Author: Marcos M. Vasconcelos, Research Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
Research area: Multi-agent systems, Control and Optimization, Game Theory
Email: marcosv@vt.edu
Title: Towards Trustworthiness in Autonomous Vehicles
Authors: Evgenia Smirni, William and Mary & Homa Alemzadeh, University of Virginia
Email: esmirni@cs.wm.edu
Title: Securing IoT devices via Power Auditing in Smart City
Author: Gang Zhou, Professor of Computer Science, William & Mary
Research area: Sensor Systems, Internet of Things, Security, Ubiquitous Computing
Email: gzhou@cs.wm.edu
Title: Smart City Infrastructures for Safeguarding Autonomous Vehicles Against Cyber Attacks
Author: Pouria Razzaghi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, George Washington University
Research area: Robotics, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence
Email: prazzaghi@gwu.edu
Title: An Open Architecture Testbed for Smart Cities (OpenCyberCity)
Author: Sherif Abdelwahed, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research Area: Autonomous Systems, Cyber Physical Systems
Email: sabdelwahed@vcu.edu
Title: Assessing the Safety of an Advanced Driver Assistance System
Author: Xugui Zhou, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Virginia
Research area: Safety and Dependability of Cyber-Physical Systems
Email: xugui@virginia.edu
Title: Wireless Sensing at the Edge: Adversarial attacks and defenses
Author: Eyuphan Bulut, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research area: Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing/Sensing/Communication
Email: ebulut@vcu.edu
Title: Experimental Testbed for Teaching Cyber Security of Cyber-Physical Systems to ECE and CS undergraduates
Author: Robert H. Klenke, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research area: Cyber-Physical Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Email: rhklenke@vcu.edu
Title: Secure Automated Video Assistance in Vehicular Networks using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Authors: Ahmad Salman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, James Madison University
Research areas: Cryptography and Hardware Security
Email: salmanaa@jmu.edu
Title: Cybersecure Human-Robot Teams
Author: Patrick J. Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research area: Autonomous Robotic Systems
Email: martinp@vcu.edu
Title: Machine Learning at the edge: Autonomous systems
Author: Jayasimha Atulasimha, Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research area: Nanomagnetic/spintronic devices; Machine learning on edge devices
Email: jatulasimha@vcu.edu
Title: CyMMCAA CYBERSECURITY MATURITY MODEL CERTIFICATION ASSISTED ASSESSMENT: Using End-to-End Automation for Cybersecurity from DoD to DIB Contractors
Author: Hallie A. Zimmerman, MSBA, William & Mary
Research area: Cybersecurity
Email: hazimmerman@wm.edu
Title: AI-Security Living Lab Experience (AISLE): Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning Activities
Author: Dr. Samy El-Tawab, Associate Professor, James Madison University
Research area: Computer Networking and Cyber Security
Email: eltawass@jmu.edu
Title: An AI-Powered Scientific Misinformation Labeler
Author: Jian Wu, Computer Science Department, Old Dominion University
Research area: Natural Language Processing and Understanding, Information Retrieval, Scholarly Big Data
Email: jwu@cs.odu.edu
Title: Cybercrime in Virginia: Statewide Surveys of Residents and Businesses
Author: Jay Albanese, Virginia Commonwealth University & Randy Gainey, Old Dominion University
Email: rgainey@odu.edu & jsalbane@vcu.edu
Title: Curating industry partnerships through experiential learning for workforce development in cyber biosecurity
Author: Tiffany A. Drape, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
Research area: Mis/Dis Information, Privacy, Experiential Learning, Law/Ethics, Arts & Design
Email: tdrape@vt.edu
Title: Propaganda Detection Tool to Counter Disinformation Narratives for Public Services
Author: Dr. Hemant Purohit, Associate Professor, George Mason University
Research area: Social Computing, Semantic Analysis, Human-AI Collaboration Application domains: Disaster Management, Social Cybersecurity
Email: hpurohit@gmu.edu
Title: (Failure of) De-anonymization: Privacy Implications
Author: Daniel Shin, Esq., Cybersecurity Researcher & CoVA CCI Research Scientist, William & Mary
Research area: Intersection of emerging technology and legal issues
Email: dshin01@wm.edu
Title: Biometric Multi-factor Authentication: On the Usability of the FingerPIN Scheme
Authors: Sumanth Sriram & Venkata Patibandla, Graduate Research Assistant, George Mason University
Research area: Multi-Factor Authentication
Email: ssriram2@gmu.edu & vpatiban@gmu.edu
Title: Expanding Cybersecurity Pathways: Experiential Learning & Professional Development
Author: Vukica Jovanovic, Ph.D., Interim Chair, Batten Endowed Professor, Old Dominion University
Research area: Digital Manufacturing
Email: v2jovano@odu.edu
Title: User Security Fatigue and Password Enhancement through Deep Learning
Authors: Gerald Matthews, Human Factors and Applied Cognition, Department of Psychology, George Mason University; Giuseppe Ateniese, Computer Science, School of Computing, George Mason University; Daniel Barbará, Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computing, George Mason University
Email: gmatthe@gmu.edu
Title: IS-related actions at work: Security policy evaluation and work values
Author: Miguel A. Toro-Jarrin, Graduate-Research Assistant, Old Dominion University
Research area: Cybersecurity behaviors at work
Email: mtoro001@odu.edu
Title: Disinformation and Anti-American Sentiment in Turkey
Author: Russell A. Korb, Graduate Research Assistant, Old Dominion University
Research area: Disinformation & Cyber-Influence Operations
Email: rkorb001@odu.edu
Title: Information Literacy for Cybersecurity
D.E. Wittkower, Chair and Professor, Philosophy & Religious Studies, Old Dominion University & Lucinda Wittkower, Head, Teaching and Learning Initiatives, University Libraries, Old Dominion University
Email: dwittkow@odu.edu & lrush@odu.edu
Title: Question under Discussion Framework to Analyze Misinformation
Author: Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computational Modeling and Simulation Engineering, Old Dominion University & Executive Director, Center
Research area: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, Secure and Intelligent NextG Infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Resilience Metrics
Email: sshetty@odu.edu
Title: The Community College Cyber Foundations Project: Curriculum, Access, Resources, Environment
Author: Robert Tureman, Jr., Professor of Information Systems, Camp Community College
Research area: Foundations of Cybersecurity Education
Email: rtureman@pdc.edu
