Events

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.

Do LLMs Exhibit Cybersecurity Misconceptions? An Evaluation of LLMs Performance on Cybersecurity Concept Inventories

Shan Huang
Ph.D. Candidate
Computer Science Department
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Joint work with Jeffrey Herman and Alan Sherman, et al.
Friday, January 31, 2025  from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

The New Manhattan Project = Militarized AI
Justin M. Pelletier, PhD
Professor of Practice and
Director of the Cyber Range and Training Center
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Friday, February 28, 2025  from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Assessing DOGE’s Impact on Federal Cybersecurity and Data
Dr. Richard Forno
Teaching Professor, and Assistant Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute
CSEE Department
UMBC
Friday, March 14, 2025  from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

A Privacy and Security Analysis of myUMBC Answers:
UMBC SFS Scholar Winter Study 2025 Assessing DOGE’s Impact on Federal Cybersecurity and Data
Christian Badolato
PhD Student
CSEE Department
UMBC
Friday, March 28, 2025  from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Adaptive Domain Inference Attack with Concept Hierarchy
Dr Keke Chen
Associate Professor
CSEE Department
UMBC
Friday, April 11, 2025  from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Upcoming Dates and Speakers:

  • Apr 11, Keke Chen (UMBC), Adaptive Domain Inference Attack
  • (May 2 – CSEE Research Day)
  • May 9, Charles Nicholas (UMBC), Document security
=> If you would like to volunteer to give a talk, or recommend someone to speak, please
contact Alan Sherman (sherman@umbc.edu).