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UMBC's Cybersecurity Institute provides academic & research leadership, partnership, innovation & public outreach in cybersecurity, including the social, behavioral, operational, & economic elements. http://cybersecurity.umbc.edu #cyber
Alan Sherman, Enis Golaszewski, and Jeremy Romano talk about their work analyzing the design & implementation of the SecureDNA system, 12–1 pm EST Fri., Dec.12, online. This system enables DNA synthesizers to screen order requests against a database of hazards. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dr. Reetam Majumder of the Univ. of Arkansas lead a short course on AI for Statistical Analysis, 2:00-5:00 pm Fri., Oct. 31, 2025, in room 104 of UMBC's Math & Psychology building. It will give a hands-on introduction to deep learning models using the Keras package in R. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Prof. Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi from UMBC's Math/Stat Department talks on Applications of Quantum Computing and Optimization in Cybersecurity, 12–1pm, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, online via Webex. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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UMBC’s new myUMBC Answers service uses a generative AI system to answer questions from users about their personal and UMBC data and services. This January, UMBC cybersecurity students spent their break evaluating its accuracy & resiliency to attacks. This talk reports on the findings.
March 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The activities of the Department of Government Efficiency have worried cybersecurity, national security, and IT experts. Dr. Richard Forno examines these in the context of cybersecurity and technology best practices. 12–1pm EDT Friday, March 14, 2025, online
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Justin M. Pelletier, Director of RIT's Cyber Range, talks on Fri, Feb. 28, from 12-1pm EST online. He'll cover the integration of AI with autonomous combat units, examining historical analogs & juxtaposing these with the contemporary role of AI in warfare. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
February 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Professor Md Tariqul Islam of Syracuse University will talk about his research on securing distributed networks with multi-agent reinforcement learning and game theory, 10-11am EST on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in ITE 459 and online. #AI #cybersecurity
January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗼𝘁 '𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲? is a free 2-day workshop sponsored by UMBC and the ARL on Feb. 25-26 at the UMBC Training Centers in Columbia, MD, & online. Register and optionally submit 3-page position papers by Jan. 20.
January 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The International Cyber Security Center of Excellence and Northeastern University invite university students at all levels to participate in the 6th International Country-to-Country (C2C) Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. Register by 2/1/2025.
December 24, 2024 at 4:47 PM
The Chinese threat actor Salt Typhoon and its recent attack on US telecommunications networks has been called it the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history” and makes prior cyberattacks by Russian operatives look like “child’s play”. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
December 24, 2024 at 4:39 PM