The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab usually meets biweekly on Fridays from 12 to 1 p.m., when classes are in session.
All meetings will be remote via WebEx: umbc.webex.com/meet/sherman and are open to the public; anyone may attend. During each meeting, a CDL student, faculty member, or special guest will present on a current research project of theirs.
Uncovering Insecure Designs of Cellular Emergency Services (911)
Yiwen Hu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
CSEE Department
UMBC
Joint work with Dr. Guan-Hua Tu (MSU) and Dr. Chunyi Peng (Purdue)
Friday, September 5, 2025, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
International Alliances in Cyber Conflict: An Attack Against All?
Gregory H. Winger
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
UMBC
Joint work with: Miguel Alberto Gomez
Friday, September 19, 2025
Self-Defending Ledgers: Automating Distributed Ledger Security Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Game Theory
Md Tariqul Islam ‘Pavel’
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
Department of Information Systems
UMBC
Applications of Quantum Computing and Optimization in Cybersecurity
Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi
Assistant Professor
Math/Stat Department
UMBC
Joint work with Zeguan Wu, Brandon Augustino, Tamás Terlaky, and Giacomo Nannicini
Upcoming Dates and Speakers:
- Oct 3, 2025: Md Tariqul Islam ‘Pavel’ (Information Systems)
- Oct 17, 2025: Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi (Math)
- Oct 31, 2025: Alan Sherman, String Matching by Humans through Simultaneous Presentation
- Nov 14, 2025: Fabio Anza (Physics)
- Nov 28, 2025: Thanksgiving weekend
- Dec 12, 2025: Alan Sherman and Enis Golazewski, Security Analysis of the SecureDNA System