Seminar Series

Oct 8th 11:30-12:30 WWH 335 Cori Faklaris Department of Software and Information Systems UNC Charlotte Abstract: As mobile phone usage continues to rise, so do scams targeting these devices. SMiShing, or SMS phishing, involves fraudsters sending phishing links via text messages. Despite its growing prevalence, little is known about who is most vulnerable to these […]

Bill Chu Department of Software and Information Systems UNC Charlotte Wed Sept 24, 11:30-12:30 WWH 335 ABSTRACT We attempt to automate parts of threat hunting, taking cyber threat intelligence messages as input and generating queries to search logs for attack evidence using a popular query language used in Security Operations Centers (SOC). Our prototype uses […]

L Jean CampProfessor of Informatics and Computer ScienceLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and EngineeringIndiana University. April 17 11am. WWH 335 The Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is a list of components that can be used to identify any documented vulnerability associated with the enumerated dependencies. Analogies have been made to safety, as with materials safety […]

Yanchao Zhang Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). April 10th 10-11 WWH335 As wireless networks evolve toward FutureG—encompassing 6G and beyond—theypromise transformative capabilities through ultra-high-speed connectivity, ultra-densedeployments, AI-native architectures, and the convergence of sensing, communication,and computation. These advancements are expected to enable a wide range ofmission-critical applications across […]

Dr. Satyajayant Misra, Department of Computer Science, New Mexico State University. April 7th 2-3pm. WWH 335 Pervasive Edge Computing (PEC), a recent addition to the edge computing paradigm, leverages the computing resources of end-user devices to execute computation tasks in close proximity to end users. One of the primary challenges in the PEC environment is […]

Ece Gumusel, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington. March 31 11-12 WWH 335 Conversational AI presents significant privacy challenges due to the complex interplay between user behavior, trust, and data protection. Design choices in user interfaces and language models can unknowingly threaten user privacy and create risks to both privacy […]

Pietro Liguori  Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology  University of Naples Federico II, Italy.  March 27 11-12 WWH 335 AI-generated code promises faster software development and innovative solutions. Yet, behind these advantages lies a pressing security challenge. In this talk, we reveal how AI code generators can be weaponized through subtle data poisoning attacks, […]

Zitao ChenElectrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)University of British Columbia (UBC) March 19 202511-12 WWH 335 Machine Learning (ML) has seen increasing use in many high-stakes scenarios across our society. Despite their impressive performance in typical operations, ML models are subject to catastrophic failures, such as information leakage or safety violations. This talk will examine three […]

Shinan Liu  Computer Science Department  University of Chicago WWH 335 11-12 March 10 2025 Modern computer networks generate extensive amounts of data that can benefit network research, management, and security. This data is fast-evolving, increasingly encrypted, and highly siloed, which makes it difficult to analyze using traditional methods based on predefined rules and signatures. Machine […]

Feb 28 11-12 WWH 335 Sepideh Ghanavati , Department of Computer Science, University of Maine The rapid rise of generative AI and mobile/IoT applications has made it crucial to ensure AI models and software applications adhere to ethical guidelines and protect privacy. Despite recent advances in privacy and software engineering research, developers still face significant challenges […]