The Computational Photonics Laboratory has one or two post-doctoral/research professor positions available.  Please click for more information: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/?p=18210.

The Computational Photonics Laboratory has one or two post-doctoral/research professor positions available.  Please click for more information: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/?p=18210.

Chaum’s Protocol for Detecting Man-in-the-Middle: Explanation,
Demonstration, and Timing Studies for a Text-Messaging Scenario

Prof. Alan T. Sherman
UMBC Cyber Defense Lab

12-1pm Friday, 30 January 2015, ITE 228, UMBC

We explain, demonstrate, and evaluate Chaum’s 2006 protocol for detecting a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) of text-messaging network communications. MitM attacks pose serious risks to many network communications. Networks often mitigate these risks with robust protocols, such as TLS, which assume some type of public-key infrastructure that provides a mechanism for the authenticated exchange of public keys. By contrast, Chaum’s protocol aims to detect a MitM with minimal assumptions and technology, and in particular without assuming the authenticated exchange of public keys.

Joint work with John Seymour and Akshahraj Kore

Information Session for Internship/Co-op Full-Time positions

JHU/APL Summer Intern Program and Full-Time Information Session

JHU/APL is hosting an information session at UMBC Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Commons 331. PIZZA Lunch Provided.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) is a nonprofit, university-affiliated R&D center investigating some of the nation’s most complex science and engineering problems. Scientists and engineers work at the leading edge of technology in over 600 programs, ranging from defense systems engineering to space science and biomedicine.

Come and learn about the exciting opportunities at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab for both intern and full-time opportunities for technical, engineering, physics and math in solving challenging technical problems. Note that positions require a 3.0 GPA and U.S. Citizenship – most positions will require obtaining a security clearance. See job postings in UMBCworks: Full-Time – see job i.d. #9270652, Intern – see job i.d. #9270651.

If you are pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, Cyber Security, Mechanical, Aero-Astro, Systems Engineering, Materials, Applied Math or Physics, please come visit us and/or submit your resume on-line.

Information Session for Internship/Co-op Full-Time positions

JHU/APL Summer Intern Program and Full-Time Information Session

JHU/APL is hosting an information session at UMBC Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Commons 331. PIZZA Lunch Provided.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) is a nonprofit, university-affiliated R&D center investigating some of the nation’s most complex science and engineering problems. Scientists and engineers work at the leading edge of technology in over 600 programs, ranging from defense systems engineering to space science and biomedicine.

Come and learn about the exciting opportunities at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab for both intern and full-time opportunities for technical, engineering, physics and math in solving challenging technical problems. Note that positions require a 3.0 GPA and U.S. Citizenship – most positions will require obtaining a security clearance. See job postings in UMBCworks: Full-Time – see job i.d. #9270652, Intern – see job i.d. #9270651.

If you are pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, Cyber Security, Mechanical, Aero-Astro, Systems Engineering, Materials, Applied Math or Physics, please come visit us and/or submit your resume on-line.

Information Session for Internship/Co-op Full-Time positions

JHU/APL Summer Intern Program and Full-Time Information Session

JHU/APL is hosting an information session at UMBC Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Commons 331. PIZZA Lunch Provided.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) is a nonprofit, university-affiliated R&D center investigating some of the nation’s most complex science and engineering problems. Scientists and engineers work at the leading edge of technology in over 600 programs, ranging from defense systems engineering to space science and biomedicine.

Come and learn about the exciting opportunities at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab for both intern and full-time opportunities for technical, engineering, physics and math in solving challenging technical problems. Note that positions require a 3.0 GPA and U.S. Citizenship – most positions will require obtaining a security clearance. See job postings in UMBCworks: Full-Time – see job i.d. #9270652, Intern – see job i.d. #9270651.

If you are pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, Cyber Security, Mechanical, Aero-Astro, Systems Engineering, Materials, Applied Math or Physics, please come visit us and/or submit your resume on-line.

Information Session for Internship/Co-op Full-Time positions

JHU/APL Summer Intern Program and Full-Time Information Session

JHU/APL is hosting an information session at UMBC Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Commons 331. PIZZA Lunch Provided.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) is a nonprofit, university-affiliated R&D center investigating some of the nation’s most complex science and engineering problems. Scientists and engineers work at the leading edge of technology in over 600 programs, ranging from defense systems engineering to space science and biomedicine.

Come and learn about the exciting opportunities at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab for both intern and full-time opportunities for technical, engineering, physics and math in solving challenging technical problems. Note that positions require a 3.0 GPA and U.S. Citizenship – most positions will require obtaining a security clearance. See job postings in UMBCworks: Full-Time – see job i.d. #9270652, Intern – see job i.d. #9270651.

If you are pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, Cyber Security, Mechanical, Aero-Astro, Systems Engineering, Materials, Applied Math or Physics, please come visit us and/or submit your resume on-line.

CSEE Professors Nilanjan Banerjee, Ryan Robucci and Chintan Patel with Dr. Richard Allen at Johns Hopkins University were awarded a TEDCO Maryland Innovation Initiative grant to develop a wearable system that can non-intrusively monitor sleep quality in a home setting. The grant will fund students in the eclipse cluster. The researchers will work closely with JHU to develop and help commercialize this novel sensor system.

TEDCO is an independent organization that provides entrepreneurial business assistance and seed funding to foster startup companies in Maryland’s innovation economy and support the commercialization of qualified university technologies.

Last week President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union Address. Not surprisingly, among the things his address touched on was cybersecurity.

CSEE’s Professor Anupam Joshi, director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, was one of nine academics invited by The Conversation to give reactions to particular items mention in the address. His remarks were included in their article, The State of the Union 2015 – a closer look at the president’s ‘ambitious agenda’.

The need for cyberhygiene
Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland Baltimore

The fact that cybersecurity found mention in the president’s SOTU address, among weighty issues like fundamental new approaches to taxation and foreign policy, is a testament to how important this issue is today. From (corporate) espionage and identity theft to financial crimes and ransomware, cyberspace is where sophisticated state, non-state and criminal enterprise actors are now most active.

The president correctly identified that we need to protect cyberspace to reap the benefits of the digital revolution, focusing on greater information sharing to improve security.

Presumably, this refers to passage of proposed legislation to provide targeted liability protection that would enable more information about private sector attacks to reach the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. Such legislation will enable researchers to have the data to better understand, detect, and deter attacks, but there are also significant issues around privacy and data security that need to be carefully addressed.

Earlier this month, the White House suggested that better tools for law enforcement, newer requirements on reporting data breaches, and support for cybersecurity education are needed.

These are all important, but I would urge a particular focus on significantly expanding cybersecurity education far beyond the typical college-level courses to train cyber defenders.

What we need is a greater awareness of “cyberhygiene” for the average internet user – simple “preventative medicine” tactics to minimize risk for individuals and for us all. Just as kids are taught to wash hands for 20 seconds or be careful around strangers for example, they should be taught to be careful when clicking on links embedded in emails.