Our research group explores cutting edge problems in security and privacy and its application to various domains.

The Databases and Security (DBSec) Research Group (Rays Cyber Research Lab) Meeting Schedule

This is also for CS 793 course.

Fall 2021 – Mondays from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (MT)

CSB 305 and online on Zoom

DateTopic PresenterContent
Aug. 30Introduction to the courseDr. Indrakshi Ray
Sep. 13Context-Aware IoT Device Functionality Extraction from Specifications for Ensuring Consumer SecurityUpakar PaudelPaper
Sep. 20Availability analysis of a permissioned blockchain with a lightweight consensus protocolDr. Amani AltarawnehPaper
Sep. 27Automatic Extraction of Access Control Policies
from Natural Language Documents
Md Al Amin
Paper
Oct. 4Neural Transfer Learning for Repairing Security Vulnerabilities in C CodeSteve KommruschPaper
Oct. 11Towards Understanding Man-on-the-Side Attacks (MotS) in SCADA NetworksSaja AlqurashiPaper
Oct. 18CCAA meeting practice talkGroup of Students
Oct. 25M.S. thesis defense practice talkUpakar Paudel
Nov. 1An Investigation into the Contribution of Locally Aggregated Descriptors to Figurative Language IdentificationSina Mahdipour
Nov. 8Seeing Should Probably not be Believing: The Role of Deceptive Support in COVID-19 Misinformation on TwitterFatemeh Hashemi
Nov. 15An efficient stream structure for broadcasting the encrypted XML data in mobile wireless broadcast channelsDr. Maghdad Mirabi
Nov. 29Summer camp planningGroup Discussion
Dec. 6Reverse engineering and bug huntingJordan Whitehead

Previous Meetings Schedule

Spring 2024 MeetingsMondays from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
CSB 130 and on Zoom
Fall 2023 MeetingsMondays from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
CSB 425 and on Zoom
Spring 2023 MeetingsMondays from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
CSB 425 and on Zoom
Fall 2022 MeetingsMondays from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
CSB 425 and on Zoom
Spring 2022 MeetingsMondays from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
CSB 425 and on Zoom
Fall 2021 MeetingsMondays from 1:00 to 2:00 PM
CSB 305 and on Zoom
Spring 2021 MeetingsFridays from 9:00 to 10:00 AM
On Zoom
Fall 2020 MeetingsWednesdays from 10:00 to 11:00 AM
On Zoom
Spring 2020 MeetingsFridays from 9:00 to 10:00 AM
CSB Room 452
Fall 2019 MeetingsMondays from 3:30 to 4:30 PM
CSB Room 305
Spring 2019 Meetings Tuesdays from 3:00 to 4:00 PM
CSB Room 103
Fall 2018 Meetings Fridays from 12:00 to 1:00 PM
CSB Room 452
Spring 2018 Meetings Tuesdays from 11:00 to 12:00 PM
CSB Room 425
Fall 2017 MeetingsMondays from 1:00 to 2:00 PM
CSB Room 425