2024 Spring Forum

Monday, 22 April 2024, hosted at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Arnold Hall Ballroom

0830 – Welcome

Jennifer Sobanet, Chancellor, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

0845-0945 Panel One: Cyber Security

Chair: Shouhuai Xu, Gallogly Chair in Cybersecurity, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Presentations by:

“Understanding Russia’s Cyber Policies, Strategies, and Doctrines,” by Bryan Hancock, Hanh Nguyen, Olga Karpoyan, Ekzhin Ear, Shouhuai Xu, and Hiram Henderson, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Towards a GPT-driven Automated Cyber Adversary Emulation Platform,” by Aaron Wegert, Joshua Muller, Ekzhin Ear, and Shouhuai Xu, “University of Colorado Colorado Springs

“State of the Art Cryptographic Libraries for Privacy-Preserving Computing,” Logan Zeien, Shawn Emery, Victor Eckert, and Shouhuai Xu, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

“Characterizing Advanced Persistent Threats Through the Lens of Cyber Attack Flows,” by Logan Zeien, Caleb Chang, Ekzhin Ear, and Shouhuai Xu, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

“Threat Prediction & Forecasting with Neural Networks,” James Reynolds, Chase Brown, Haadi Jafarian, University of Colorado Denver

1000-1100 Panel Two: Designing for Defense (D4D)

Chair: Andy Meyer, University of Colorado Boulder

Presentations by:

Team REVIAL (Abulkalam Tanvir, Rudolf Hansen, Emma Hopson, Dylan Jones, Jared Osteen, Austin Vera, and Edward Wong) “A novel signals detection and analysis device for battlefield deployment,” University of Colorado Boulder

Team VAMPIRE (Brian Ahn, Pranav Vikirtan Dhayanithi, Andrew Kelly, Alec Kinsman, Hari Kumar, and Alex Roland) “In-flight, platform agnostic fuel transfer hardware technology for extended range in contested air space,” University of Colorado Boulder.

1115-1200 Lunch Served

1200 Keynote Panel Address: A Discussion of Industry and Government Perspectives on Workforce Development & Research

Chair: The Honorable John C. (Chris) Inglis, Visiting Professor, U.S. Air Force and Naval Academies

Discussants:

• Dawn Beyer, Lockheed-Martin
• Matt Dodge, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Seth Harvey, Bluestaq
• Logan Maynard, Stephenson Stellar

1245-1345 Poster session Presentations

• Brandon Collins, Shouhuai Xu, and Philip Brown. Optimal Defense in Networked Flipit Games with Noisy Information,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Designing for Defense Team CULPER (Amey Gokhale, Zachary Goldeberg, Anna Knutar, Ryan Markus, Joshua Paup, Marley Pethica, and Spencer Riley) “Identifying, recruiting, training, and retaining Digital Signal Analysts,” University of Colorado Boulder.
• Israel Demandel, “Responsible Behavior and Space Compliance,” Yale University
• Vicky DeMersseman, “Using Seismic Data to Provide Missile Warning Capabilities,” Yale University
• Ekzhin Ear, Brandon Bailey, and Shouhuai Xu. Towards Principled Risk Scores for Space Cyber Risk Management,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Grant Nehls, “Space Deterrence and the NATO Alliance,” U.S. Air Force Academy
• Designing for Defense Team Remora (Connor Armstrong, Vincent Bowen, Julian Hollis, Cristina Kuta, and Joey Morgan) “Extending the deployment range of Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles,” University of Colorado Boulder.
• Theodore Longtchi, Rosana Montañez Rodriguez, Kora Gwartney, EkzhinEar, David P. Azari, Christopher P. Kelley, and Shouhuai Xu. Quantifying Psychological Sophistication of Malicious Emails, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Ekzhin Ear, Caleb Chang, Jackson Bulter, Juan Mejia, Shouhuai Xu, Haley Echelmeier and Nicole Wells. Characterizing Russia’s Cyber Operations in Ukraine through the Lenses of Cyber Attack TTPs,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Bryan Hancock, Hanh Nguyen, Olga Karpoyan, Ekzhin Ear, Shouhuai Xu, and Hiram Henderson. Understanding Russia’s Cyber Policies, Strategies, and Doctrines, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Cameron Makowski and Haadi Jafarian. Network Emulation & Visualization,” University of Colorado Denver
• Shawn Emery and Shouhuai Xu. Quantifying Resilience of Digital Signing Infrastructures,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Aaron Wegert, Joshua Muller, Ekzhin Ear, and Shouhuai Xu. Towards a GPT-driven Automated Cyber Adversary Emulation Platform,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Logan Zien, Shawn Emery, Victor Eckert, and Shouhuai Xu. State of the Art Cryptographic Libraries for Privacy-Preserving Computing.
• Logan Zeien, Caleb Chang, Ekzhin Ear, and Shouhuai Xu. Characterizing Advanced Persistent Threats Through the Lens of Cyber Attack Flows.
• Mark Maldonado, Aaron Wegert, Joshua Muller, Shouhuai Xu, and Chris “Raven” O’Keefe. Quantifying Mission Assurance Utility of Honeypot & LLMs to Cyber Operations,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Jose Remy, Ekzhin Ear, Antonia Feffer, and Shouhuai Xu. Space Cybersecurity: Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) and Future Research Directions.
• Jose Remy, Ekzhin Ear, and Shouhuai Xu. Secure Space Situational Awareness (SSSA),” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Qiren Que and Shouhuai Xu. A System for Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing and Computing,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Aaron McKay, Ekzhin Ear, and Shouhuai Xu. A Framework for Fine-Grained Understanding and Analysis of Cyber Attack-Defense Interactions,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• James Turner, Shuai Li, and Shouhuai Xu. Jamming-Resistant Communications via Cryptographic Secret Sharing,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Minhajul Alam Rahat. IoT Malware Landscape: Dissection and Detection,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Omolade Ikumapayi. Security Frameworks for Trusted Execution Environments in Automotive Systems,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Vijay Banerjee. Side-Channel Attacks in Embedded Systems, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Jordan Scott. Electronic Warfare Threats to Wind Turbines: A Simulation-based Analysis of Coherent Lidar Attacks,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Mahsa Rahimian. Path-Aware Risk Scores for Access Control (PARSAC) by using Software Defined Networking (SDN),” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Sourav Purification and Simeon Wuthier. 5G Fake Base Station Detection and Blacklisting,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Arijet Sarker and Simeon Wuthier. Version++: Cryptocurrency Blockchain Handshaking with Software Assurance,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Nazmus Sakib and Simeon Wuthier. Behavior-based Positive Reputation Score for Bitcoin P2P Network,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• Ijeoma Olawale, “Mining Software Vulnerability Repositories for Software Supply Chain Security,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• James Reynolds, Chase Brown, Haadi Jafarian. Threat Prediction & Forecasting with Neural Networks,” University of Colorado Denver

1400-1500 Panel Three: International Security and Homeland Defense

Chair: Ben Gochman, United States Northern Command

Lilith Diringer, “ Torture and Inhumane Treatment in Egyptian Prisons leads to Radicalization and Terrorism,” Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Elijah Kruger, “NATO Intervention in Kosovo: A Gender Analysis,” Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Olivia Schauls, “Incel Extremism,” Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Patrick Schmidt, “Outbidding with Ontology: Routine, Rebel Justice, and the Competition for Legitimacy, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

1515-1615 Panel Four: Space Security Research

Chair: Maj Sean Allen, US Space Force, Director, Space Domain Awareness Tools, Applications, and Processing (SDA TAP) Laboratory

Presenters:

Grant Nehls, “Space Deterrence and the NATO Alliance,” U.S. Air Force Academy

Israel Demandel, “Responsible Behavior and Space Compliance,” Yale University

Nathaniel Pimentel, “Commercial Signal Sensing,” U.S. Air Force Academy

1630-1715 Panel Five: Exploring Future Conflict Essays

Chair: Sarah Nance, Department of English, U.S. Air Force Academy

Fiction Competition Award Winners

First place: Sampson McClung

Second place: Taylor Dunn

Third place: Eileen Zhao

Non-Fiction Competition Award Winners

First Place = Max Lasco

Second Place = Alissa Beehler

Third Place = Connor Brezenski

2024 Forum Full Agenda