SoS VI Mid Year Review 2025
Date: Jul 22, 2025 8:00 am – Jul 23, 2025 4:00 pm
Location: Towson University Cyber Center, Towson, MD
Please register by July 11, 2025.
Venue address:
Towson University Cyber Center
10 West Burke Avenue
Towson, MD 21286 (map)
The closest parking garage to the location is Towsontown Garage. To navigate there, input the name of the garage into any navigation app and it should bring you to the location. Parking will be in department guest or visitor parking spaces only. ParkMobile App Zone #: 8001.
Accommodations:
Home 2 Suites by Hilton
21 W Susquehanna Ave, Towson, MD 21204
Hampton Inn
21 W Susquehanna Ave, Towson, MD 21204
Sheraton Baltimore North
903 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD 21204
Program Agenda
Times are listed in EST
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2025
9:00am - 9:15am
Welcome and Logistics
Towson
9:15am - 9:30am
Opening Remarks / Networking
Shavon D. / Adam T.
9:30am - 10:30am
Guest Speaker: Harvey Rishikof
Title TBD
10:30am - 10:45am
BREAK
VI 1: Trusted Systems
10:45am - 11:30am
Quantitative Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment in the Socio-Technical Critical Infrastructure
Towson
11:30am - 12:15pm
Predictable & Scalable Remote Attestation
Univ. of Kansas
12:15pm - 1:15pm
LUNCH
1:15pm - 2:00pm
Advancing Security & Privacy of Bluetooth IoT
Ohio State
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Continuous Reasoning with Gradual Verification
Carnegie Mellon
2:45pm - 3:00pm
BREAK
VI 2: Defensive Mechanisms
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Neurosymbolic Autonomous Agents for Cyber Defense
Vanderbilt
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Resilient Systems through Adaptive Architecture
Carnegie Mellon
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Closed PI Meeting
Followed by Optional Site Tour
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025
9:00am - 10:00am
Speed VI Syncs
10:00am - 10:15am
BREAK
VI 2: Defensive Mechanisms (cont.)
10:15am - 11:00am
Towards Trustworthy Autonomous Cyber Defense for Dynamic Intrusion Response
Carnegie Mellon
11:00am - 11:45am
Vulnerabilities for Social Attack Surface
Univ. of Kansas
11:45am - 1:15pm
LUNCH
VI 3: AI & Cybersecurity
1:15pm - 2:00pm
Improving Malware Classifiers with Plausible Novel Samples
Vanderbilt
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Leveraging Machine Learning for Binary Software Understanding
Arizona State
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Improving Security and Safety of Neural Networks
ICSI
3:15pm - 3:30pm
BREAK
3:30pm - 4:15pm
PI and Research Liaison Syncs
4:15pm - 4:30 pm
Transition
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Open Discussion/Reflection/Closing Remarks
ALL; Adam Tagert/Shavon Donnell
Submitted by Katie Dey
on
Date: Jul 22, 2025 8:00 am – Jul 23, 2025 4:00 pm
Location: Towson University Cyber Center, Towson, MD
Please register by July 11, 2025.
Venue address:
Towson University Cyber Center
10 West Burke Avenue
Towson, MD 21286 (map)
The closest parking garage to the location is Towsontown Garage. To navigate there, input the name of the garage into any navigation app and it should bring you to the location. Parking will be in department guest or visitor parking spaces only. ParkMobile App Zone #: 8001.
Accommodations:
Home 2 Suites by Hilton
21 W Susquehanna Ave, Towson, MD 21204
Hampton Inn
21 W Susquehanna Ave, Towson, MD 21204
Sheraton Baltimore North
903 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD 21204
Program Agenda
Times are listed in EST
| TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2025 | ||
| 9:00am - 9:15am | Welcome and Logistics | Towson |
| 9:15am - 9:30am | Opening Remarks / Networking | Shavon D. / Adam T. |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Guest Speaker: Harvey Rishikof Title TBD |
|
| 10:30am - 10:45am | BREAK | |
|
VI 1: Trusted Systems |
||
| 10:45am - 11:30am | Quantitative Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment in the Socio-Technical Critical Infrastructure | Towson |
| 11:30am - 12:15pm | Predictable & Scalable Remote Attestation | Univ. of Kansas |
| 12:15pm - 1:15pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:15pm - 2:00pm | Advancing Security & Privacy of Bluetooth IoT | Ohio State |
| 2:00pm - 2:45pm | Continuous Reasoning with Gradual Verification | Carnegie Mellon |
| 2:45pm - 3:00pm | BREAK | |
|
VI 2: Defensive Mechanisms |
||
| 3:00pm - 3:45pm | Neurosymbolic Autonomous Agents for Cyber Defense | Vanderbilt |
| 3:45pm - 4:30pm | Resilient Systems through Adaptive Architecture | Carnegie Mellon |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Closed PI Meeting Followed by Optional Site Tour |
|
| WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025 | ||
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Speed VI Syncs | |
| 10:00am - 10:15am | BREAK | |
|
VI 2: Defensive Mechanisms (cont.) |
||
| 10:15am - 11:00am | Towards Trustworthy Autonomous Cyber Defense for Dynamic Intrusion Response | Carnegie Mellon |
| 11:00am - 11:45am | Vulnerabilities for Social Attack Surface | Univ. of Kansas |
| 11:45am - 1:15pm | LUNCH | |
|
VI 3: AI & Cybersecurity |
||
| 1:15pm - 2:00pm | Improving Malware Classifiers with Plausible Novel Samples | Vanderbilt |
| 2:00pm - 2:45pm | Leveraging Machine Learning for Binary Software Understanding | Arizona State |
| 2:45pm - 3:15pm | Improving Security and Safety of Neural Networks | ICSI |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm | BREAK | |
| 3:30pm - 4:15pm | PI and Research Liaison Syncs | |
| 4:15pm - 4:30 pm | Transition | |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Open Discussion/Reflection/Closing Remarks | ALL; Adam Tagert/Shavon Donnell |
Submitted by Katie Dey
on