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.

How Signing Protocols Fail: An Analysis of the Secure Evidence Attribution Label
Carson Kegley, William Bowman, Michaela Finazzo
Undergraduate Students
Joint work with Enis Golaszewski and Edward Zieglar

CSEE Department
UMBC
Friday, September 11, 2026, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

When Sensors Lie: From Noise to Trustworthy Decisions in Cyber-Physical Systems
Christiana Chamon Garcia
Assistant Professor
ECE Department
Virginia Tech
Friday, September 25, 2026, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Making ML-Based Anomaly Detection Effective for Industrial Control Systems
Clement Fung
Assistant Professor
CSEE Department
UMBC
Friday, October 9, 2026, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Upcoming Dates and Speakers:

  • October 9, 2026, Clement Fung (UMBC CS)
  • October 23, 2026 (1-2 pm), Alexander Senichev (UMBC Physics)
  • November 6, 2026, Christian Badolato (UMBC CS)
  • November 20, 2026, Dong Li (UMBC)
  • December 4, 2026, Reece Roberston (UMBC Physics)
  • Oct 10, 2026, CDL Hike (Mary’s Rock on Skyline Drive)
  • Dec 13-15, 2026, UMBC CDL will host the SSR 2026 Conference in Baltimore: https://ssresearch26.umbc.edu/Biweekly CDL talks will resume in Spring 2027
=> If you would like to volunteer to give a talk, or recommend someone to speak, please
contact Alan Sherman (sherman@umbc.edu).