OnRamp II Mission Research Symposium
The OnRamp II Mission Research Symposium is a mission-focused research event centered on fostering the educational partnerships between the National Security Agency (NSA) and academic institutions to promote the technical health and diversity of students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The Symposium will be held virtually on October 13-14th, 2021.
Attendance for the Symposium is by invitation only. Register by Monday, October 11 with the code provided in the invitation.
Registration Link: https://cps-vo.org/group/onrampII-register
For questions please contact the organizers at onramp@cps-vo.org.
VENUE
Talks for the Symposium will be held on Microsoft Teams. Email invitations with a link to the MS Teams meeting will be provided shortly before the event.
AGENDA
| Times listed are EDT | ||
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 | ||
| 0900 - 0915 | Welcome Brad Martin (DARPA / NSA, Research) |
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| Opening Session Moderator: Brad Martin (DARPA/NSA Research) |
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| 0915 - 1000 | Bootstrapping Presentation: Project R.E.A.C.H. - Diversifying the Cybersecurity Workforce Kevin Nolten (Cyber.org) |
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| 1000 - 1045 | Keynote Presentation Jedidah Isler (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) |
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| 1045 - 1100 | Break | |
| TAMU – CAMPS Mission Focused Research Moderator: Brad Martin (DARPA/NSA Research) |
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| 1100 - 1130 | Advancing Streaming Analytics for Cybersecurity Dilma Da Silva (TAMU) |
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| 1130 - 1145 | Tackling Cyber Security Using Graph Mining Khanh Nguyen (TAMU) |
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| 1145 - 1215 | Data-driven Network Analysis and Discovery of System Vulnerabilities in Real Scenarios Shumon Alam and Justin Foreman (PVAMU) |
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| 1215 - 1330 | Lunch Break | |
| UTSA Mission Focused Research Moderator: Brad Martin (DARPA/NSA Research) |
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| 1330 - 1400 | Detection of Ransomware Using Immutable Anomalous Performance Data Raj Boppana |
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| 1400 - 1430 | Using Virtual Reality to Increase Situational Awareness When Detecting Cyber Threats Nicole Beebe and Brita Munsinger |
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| 1430 - 1445 | Design of Sensors for a Comprehensive Whole-Community Cyberattack Alert System Greg White |
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| 1445 - 1515 | Deep Reasoning Engine to Identify Complex Cyber Threat Through Human-AI Teaming Paul Rad |
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| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 | ||
| 0900 - 0915 | Welcome Bev Burdick (NSA OnRamp II Program Manager) |
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| 0915 - 0945 | Introduction to NSA Academic Engagement Pamela Jock (NSA, Director, NSA Academic Engagement) |
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| UMBC Mission Focused Research Moderator: Ahmad Ridley (NSA Research) |
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| 0945 - 1030 | Extracting Malware Information from Cybersecurity Test Michael Maiden, Casey Hanks, and Leyton Lineburg |
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| 1030 - 1115 | Understanding Malware Behavior with Reinforcement Learning Michael Anoruo, Ezekiel Ajayi, Nomso Ashiogwu, and Aritran Piplai |
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| 1115 - 1200 | Dynamic Pipeline for Cybersecurity Information Extraction and Understanding Priyanka Ranade and Aritran Piplai |
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| 1200 - 1300 | Lunch Break | |
| NC A&T Mission Focused Research Moderator: Ahmad Ridley (NSA Research) |
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| 1300 - 1330 | Traditional Machine Learning Models for Intrusion Detection In LoRaWAN Networks Steve Chesney |
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| 1330 - 1400 | Deepfake Video Detection Using CNN David Johnson |
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| 1400 - 1430 | Touch Data Analysis Using Machine Learning Russell Mcilwain |
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| Bootstrapping Activity Moderator: Brad Martin (DARPA/NSA Research) |
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| 1430 - 1515 | Bootstrapping Presentation: Making Advanced Computing Concepts Accessible for High School Students Brian Broll and Gordon Stein (Vanderbilt University) |
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| 1515 | Closing Remarks | |