Symposium 2026 Paper Schedule

Researchers and students from Virginia institutions of higher education will network and discuss their research on Tuesday, April 14, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., covering four topics:

AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI Comprehensive Cyber Data Security & Cyber Policy Securing Autonomous Systems

Paper Schedule

Event	Time
Introduction by Eric Burger, CCI Research Director	9-9:10 a.m.
Group 1: AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI	9:10-9:40 a.m.
Networking Session	9:40-10 a.m.
Group 2: AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI	10-10:30 a.m.
Networking Session	10:30-10:50 a.m.
Group 3: Comprehensive Cyber, Data Security & Cyber Policy, and Securing Autonomous Systems	10:50-11:20 a.m.
Networking Session	11:20-11:40 a.m.
Group 4: Securing Autonomous Systems	11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Networking Session	12:10-12:30 p.m.
Symposium Ends	12:30 p.m.

Group 1

A Comprehensive Assessment Tool for Prompt Injection Attacks in Large Language Models (LLMs)
Mohamed Gebril, George Mason University
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

A Lightweight and Interpretable Anomaly Detection Framework for Spacecraft Telemetry Using the OPSSAT-AD Benchmark
Sadman Saif, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

An Investigation of Federated GNNs under Aggregation, Data Poisoning, and Differential Privacy for ICU Length-of-Stay Prediction
Pratip Rana, Old Dominion University
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

BeamFormer: Transformer-based Beam Management for 6G Networks
Shunqiang Feng, University of Virginia

AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Detecting Online Deception: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and LLM Multi-Agent Systems
Katelyn Redlinger, Virginia Military Institute

AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Energy efficient quantized artificial neural network with Spintronic stochastic computing
Saadi Sabyasachi, Virginia Commonwealth University
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

H-FLSC: an Explainable-based Approach for Malicious Clients Detection in Federated Learning
Wael Khallouli, Old Dominion University
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

How Can ChatGPT Support Human Security Testers to Help Mitigate Supply Chain Attacks?
Na Meng, Virginia Tech

AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

SOUNDBREAK: A Systematic Study of Audio-Only Adversarial Attacks on Trimodal Models
Aafiya Shamshad Hussain, Virginia Tech

AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

SPRINT
Umid Suleymanov, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Towards AI-Driven Human-Machine Co-Teaming for Adaptive and Agile Cyber Security Operation Centers
Massimiliano Albanese, George Mason University
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Group 2

A2CL: AI-Augmented Cognitive Learning for Adaptive Anti-Scam Training in Older Adults
Heajun An, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Cardiac signal recovery using multispectral data for PPG based biometric authentication
Abhijit Sarkar, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Explaining Provenance-Based GNN Detectors with Interpretable Graph Structural Features
Kunal Mukherjee, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

ForensicAgents: A Framework for Budgeted Temporal Forensics and Explainable Detector Synthesis in Replay and Live 5G Environments
Jai Kumar Sharma, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

LLMs for anomaly detection in Embedded Linux SCADA Systems
Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Memory safety and stability in agentic AI systems
Ahmad Al-Tawaha, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Physics-Informed Cyber-Resilient Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverter Control
Milad Beikbabaei, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

PROVSEEK: LLM-Powered Threat Intelligence Extraction and Detection Framework for System Provenance
Kunal Mukherjee, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Quantum Anticodes
Giuseppe Cotardo, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Structure-Aware Language Search Agent (SALSA): Unifying Functional Correctness and Security in LLM Generated Code
Emmit Phalen, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

X-MAP: eXplainable Misclassification Analysis and Profiling for Spam and Phishing Detection
Qi Zhang, Virginia Tech
AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI

Group 3

Creating Interactive Cyber Challenges for Students Utilizing Autonomous UAS
Connor Wadlin, George Mason University
Securing Autonomous Systems

Cryptographically Secure Chunk-Based Data Dissemination and Adversary-Resilient Collaboration in Highway VANETs
Susan Zehra, Old Dominion University
Securing Autonomous Systems

Cyber Criminology in U.S. Higher Education: An Innovative Program for Cybersecurity Workforce Development
Arif Akgul, Old Dominion University
Comprehensive Cyber

Data Privacy Landscape for Modern Transportation System While Using Multimodal Data
Abhijit Sarkar, Virginia Tech
Data Security & Cyber Policy

Improving Emotion Classification of Twitch Chat Through Slang Normalization and Model Fine-Tuning
Johnovon Richards, Old Dominion University
Data Security & Cyber Policy

LAMP: Learning Universal Adversarial Perturbations for Multi-Image Tasks via Pre-trained Models
Alvi Ishmam, Virginia Tech
Data Security & Cyber Policy

Multi-Layered Defense Proxy for Home Assistant utilizing Large Language Models
Mohamed Gebril, George Mason University
Securing Autonomous Systems

Secure and Incentive-Compatible Cyber Infrastructure for Dynamic Vehicular Cloud Computing in Urban Environments
Syed Rizvi, Old Dominion University
Securing Autonomous Systems

Visceral Notices and Privacy Mechanisms for Eye Tracking in Augmented Reality
Nissi Otoo, Virginia Tech
Data Security & Cyber Policy

Why Age Matters in Cybersecurity Education: Tailoring Digital Learning to Diverse Adult Learners
Katalin Parti, Virginia Tech
Comprehensive Cyber

Group 4

An Evaluation Framework for Listenable Explanations in Poultry Disease Detection
Sindhuja Madabushi, Virginia Tech
Securing Autonomous Systems

Code of Trust for Secure Digital Twins in Cyber-Physical Systems
Raveendra Babu Ponnuru, Virginia Military Institute/Virginia Tech
Securing Autonomous Systems

Enabling Moving Target Defense for Real-Time CPS Security
Rajarshi Mukherjee, Virginia Tech
Securing Autonomous Systems

Integrating AI-Based Threat Modeling with Hardware-Level SCADA Security Evaluation
Mohamed Azab, Virginia Military Institute
Securing Autonomous Systems

Interpretable AI for Animal Health: Bayesian Networks with Uncertainty-Aware Decision Making
Dian Chen, Virginia Tech
Securing Autonomous Systems

Navigating GPS-Denied Skies with 5G
Anand Mahesh Kumar, Virginia Tech
Securing Autonomous Systems

Safe In-Context Reinforcement Learning
Shangtong Zhang, University of Virginia
Securing Autonomous Systems

Toward Reliable AI-driven Autonomous Decision-Making: Quantifying AI Alignment with Normative Standards
Xin-Wen Wu, University of Mary Washington
Securing Autonomous Systems

Wireless Geofencing Critical Infrastructure with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Jacek Kibilda, Virginia Tech
Securing Autonomous Systems