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CySER

Summer Workshops

WSU Pullman

Workshop 2023

The CySER Summer Workshop 2023 was held for two weeks from May 22 to June 1, 2023 at WSU in Pullman, WA. The workshop featured a wide variety of presentations, tutorials and hands-on experiential learning activities on a range of cybersecurity topics. The workshop also featured three field trips: a full-day trip to Pacific Northwest National Labs in Richland,  a half-day trip to Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) in Pullman, and a half-day trip to Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane. The workshop was held in-person with an option for people to participate virtually. Presentations took place in Todd Hall 203 and the poster session, certificate ceremony, and a teambuilding session were held in Spark G10. Slides, related material, and recordings of all sessions that took place are available here.

Previous Workshops

May 22 – June 1

Day

Time

Event

Location

May 22

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration

Todd Hall 203

May 22

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Welcome 
Dr. Haluk Beyenal, Assoc. Dean of Research
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University (WSU)

Video

Todd Hall 203

May 22

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

WSU’s Commitment to Cybersecurity 
Dr. Partha Pande, Professor and Director of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS), WSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 22

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Workshop Overview and Generative Machine Learning for Security 

Dr. Assefaw Gebremedhin, Assoc. Professor, EECS, WSU

Slides   |   Video - Workshop overview   |   Video - Generative Machine Learning for Security

Todd Hall 203

May 22

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Break

Todd Hall 203

May 22

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Legacy Systems Management and Security 
Julia Stachofsky, PhD Candidate, CySER Mentor, Management Information Systems and Entrepreneurship (MISE), WSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 22

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

May 22

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Human-in-the-loop Anomaly Detection

Dr. Jana Doppa, Assoc. Professor, Huie-Rogers Endowed Chair, EECS, WSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 22

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Break

Todd Hall 203

May 22

2:15 PM – 4:00 PM

User Interface for Interpretation of Code Vulnerabilities

Dr. John Miller, Assoc. Professor; Tim Cain, CySER Undergraduate; Jordan Liebe, CySER Mentor; EECS, WSU – Tri Cities

Slides and Video - John Miller   |   Slides and Video - Jordan Liebe   |   Video - Tim Cain

Todd Hall 203

May 23

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Intro to Cybersecurity and Behavioral Threats
Dr. Rob Crossler, Assoc. Professor and Chair of MISE, Carson College of Business, WSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 23

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Assessing Risk
Dr. Rob Crossler

Worksheet   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 23

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Break

May 23

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Cyber Overview and Opportunities at AFRL
Sonja Glumich, VICEROY Air Force Program Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI)

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 23

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

May 23

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Undergraduate and Graduate Posters

Link to posters

Spark G10

May 23

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM

Break

May 23

2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Certificate Ceremony and Celebration of CySER Graduates

Spark G10

May 23

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM

Break

May 23

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

DoD Collaboration and Opportunities 

John Diaz, Keyport Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Slides   |   Video

Spark G10

May 24

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Day-in-the-life of a Cybersecurity Professional
Slater Weinstock, Security Engr., Casaba Security

Dr. Chris Hundhausen, Professor and Director of the Center for Research in Engineering Education Online (CREEdO), EECS, Oregon State University

Video

Todd Hall 203

May 24

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Internship Opportunity at the Griffiss Institute – VICEROY Vision

Jennifer McCullough, VICEROY Project Lead, Griffiss Institute

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 24

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

 Break

May 24

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

 Team Building and Leadership 
Maj. Paul Hyde, WSU

LTC Christopher L’Heureux, Montana State University (MSU)

Capt. Jon TenBusch, Central Washington University (CWU)

Dr. Bernard Van Wie, Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering (VSCEB), WSU

Slides   |   Video

Spark G10

May 24

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

May 24

1:00 PM – 2:50 PM

Deep Fakes and ChatGPT
Deborah Wells, Senior Manager for Cybersecurity Engineering, Boeing Employee Credit Union; Adjunct Faculty, CWU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 24

3:05 PM – 5:00 PM

Graph Mining for Insider Threat Detection

Dr. Larry Holder, Professor, EECS, WSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 25

8:00 AM – 8:00 PM 

Field Trip:

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 

Richland, WA

May 26

8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Field Trip:

Schweitzer Engineering Labs (SEL)

Pullman, WA

May 26

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Vehicle Cybersecurity
Dr. Rita Barrios, Asst. Dir. Applied Vehicle Cybersecurity,
University of Detroit Mercy (UDM)

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 26

2:05 PM – 3:00 PM

Hardware and Malware Detection and Recovery Using FPGAs
Dr. Chris Major, Research Associate, Montana State University (MSU)

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 26

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Break

May 26

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Securing the Supply Chain in a Company
Slater Weinstock, Security Engineer, Casaba Security

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 27

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Army Cyber Command: Defending the Network and the Cloud: Case Studies
Matt Boehnke, M.A., Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Columbia Basin College (CBC) & Senator, 8th Legislative District, Washington State

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 27

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Break

May 27

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Hiking/Picnic

Klemgard Park

May 30

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Power Grid and Cybersecurity

Dr. Noel Schulz, Professor & Edmund O. Schweitzer III Chair in Power Apparatus and Systems, EECS, WSU

Slides   |   Video

Tim Schulz, VP Research and Engineering, Scythe

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 30

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Break

May 30

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Cybersecurity in Industrial Control Systems
Nathan Kipp, Engineering Manager, SEL Secure Solutions, SEL

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 30

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

May 30

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Hand-on Tutorial on Digital Forensics 
Andrew Fallin, PhD candidate, CySER Mentor, MSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 31

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

 Hands-on Tutorial: Linux Tools for Binary Reverse Engineering 
Dr. Jim Alves Foss, University Distinguished Professor & Director of Center for Secure and Dependable Systems, Computer Science, University of Idaho

Canceled

Todd Hall 203

May 31

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Break

May 31

10:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Cyber Threat Intelligence/Table Session
Alexander Salazar, MSc, & Daniel Brown, MBA, Cybersecurity Advisors for Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 31

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

May 31

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Simulating Cyber-attacks to Biological Systems: Detection/Mitigation in MATLAB
Brenden Fraser Hevlin, PhD candidate, CySER Mentor, WSU and Alec Schuler, PhD Student, CySER Mentor, WSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 31

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Sustainability Defenses Against Evolving Mobile Malware

Dr. Haipeng Cai, Assoc. Professor, EECS, WSU

Slides   |   Video

Todd Hall 203

May 31

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Break

May 31

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Lifelong Learning: Getting the Most Out of Your Internship
Dr. Sola Adesope, Assoc. Dean of Research & Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education, College of Education, WSU

Slides  |  Video

Todd Hall 203

Jun 1

8:30 AM – 2:30 PM

Field Trip – Fairchild Air Force Base

Spokane, WA

Workshop 2022

May 28 – June 23

DayTimeEventLocation
Mon May 23Morning8:00 AM - Registration Opens

9:00 AM - Welcome
Dave Field, Assoc. Dean of Research
WSU Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
Recording

9:15 AM - Welcome, WSU's Commitment to Cybersecurity
Partha Pande, Director of EECS
Slides
Recording

9:30 AM - Cybersecurity in Industrial Control Systems
Nathan Kipp, Schweitzer Engineering Lab (SEL)
Slides
Recording

10:30 AM - DoD Perspectives
Stan Wenndt, AFRL
Todd Hall 203
Afternoon1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Hands on Tutorial on Digital Forensics
Clem Izurieta, MSU

Slides -- Sec 1 - introduction
Slides -- Sec 2 - Disc Forensics
Slides -- Sec 3 - Incident Management
Slides -- Sec 4 - Analysis and Reporting
Slides -- Sec 5 - Windows Forensics Introduction
Slides -- Sec 6 - Networks Forensics Introduction

Recording, part 1
Recording, part 2
Recording, part 3
Todd Hall 203
Tues May 24Morning8:30 AM - Intro On Cybersecurity and Behavioral Threats
Rob Crossler, WSU
Recording

9:30 AM - Assessing Risk
Rob Crossler, WSU
Recording

10:30 AM - Cyber Warfare and International Relations:
Citizen Behavior, Perceived Threats
Julia Stachofsky, WSU
Recording

Consolidated slides of all three sessions
Related material:
funsec_ws_quantitativerisk
Risk Activity
Todd Hall 203
Afternoon1:00 PM - Undergraduate Student Posters
3:00 PM - Graduate Student Posters
Link to all posters
Spark G10
Wed May 25Morning8:30 AM - A Day In the Life of a Cybersecurity Professional
Slater Weinstock, Casaba Security
Slides
Recording

Track 1: Instructional Design (9:30 AM -- 12:00 PM; Todd 203)
Audience: CySER Faculty and Graduate Mentors
Presenters: Sola Adesope (WSU), James Crabb (WSU),
Chris Hundhausen (WSU), Slater Weinstock (Casaba)
Slides
Additional Resources
Recording, part 1
Recording, part 2

Track 2: Team Building & Leadership (9:30 AM -- 12:00 PM; Spark 212)
Audience: CySER students
Presenters: Maj. Paul Hyde (WSU), LTC Lance Ratterman (MSU),
Andrew Van Den Hoek, GS-11 (CWU)
Slides
Recording, part 1
Recording, part 2
Recording, part 3
Todd Hall 203
Afternoon1:00 PM - Virtualization and Cybersecurity: Exposing the Dark Web
Deborah Wells, CWU
Agenda
Slides
Recording, part 1
Recording, part 2

3:00 PM - Graph Mining for Insider Threat Detection
Lawrence Holder, WSU
Slides
Additional Resources
Recording, part 1
Recording, part 2
Todd Hall 203
Thur May 26Morning8:30 AM - Field Trip: Industry Perspectives,
Relay Protection, Security, and More
Schweitzer Engineering Labs (SEL)
Meet-up location for departure: Todd Hall 203
SEL
Afternoon1:30 PM - Software Assurance and Trusted Software Bills
Anthony Cochenour, Hoplite Industries
Recording

2:00 PM - Securing The Supply Chain in a Company
Slater Weinstock, Casaba Security
Slides
Recording

3:00 PM - Physical Security, RFID, Common Vulnerabilities
Noah Black, CWU
Slides
Recording
Todd Hall 203
Fri May 27All day8:30 AM - Field Trip: Fairchild Air Force Base
Meet-up location for departure: Todd Hall 203
Fairchild
Sat May 28Morning8:30 AM - Cybersecurity and Military Applications
Matt Boehnke, CBC
Slides
Recording

9:30 AM - CyberHawks, Competitions, Outreach
Matt Boehnke, CBC
Slides
Recording

10:30 AM - National Cyber League
James Fulmer, CBC
Recording
Todd Hall 203
Afternoon2:00 PM - Hiking Kamiak Butte
Mon May 30Half-day1:00 PM - Optional PicnicValley Road Playfield
Tues May 31Morning8:30 AM - What's the big deal with Cybersecurity and Power Systems
Noel Schulz, WSU
Slides
Recording

9:15 AM - Cybersecurity Topics: Adversary Emulation, Purple Teaming, and ICS
Tim Schulz, Scythe
Slides
Additional References
Recording

10:45 AM - Applications of Machine Learning to Cybersecurity
Assefaw Gebremedhin and James Halvorsen, WSU
Slides
Recording, part 1 (CySER Overview)
Recording, part 2 (ML in Cybersecurity I)
Recording, Part 3 (ML in Cybersecurity II)
Todd Hall 203
Afternoon1:00 PM - Human in-the-Loop Learning for Anomaly Detection
Jana Doppa, WSU
Slides
Recording

2:00 PM - Self-organizing Maps (SOMs)
John Miller, WSU
Slides
Recording

3:00 PM - Clustering Software Vulnerabilities using SOMs: hands-on tutorial
Khyati Panchal, Luis de la Torre, Timothy Cain - WSU
Slides
Pre-session Instruction Manual
PDF of Matlab code (Wdemo1)
Recording
Todd Hall 203
Wed Jun 1Morning8:30 AM - Interconnect Meets Architecture:
On-Chip Communication in the Age of Heterogeneity
Partha Pande, WSU
Slides
Recording

9:30 AM - Cybersecurity in Biomanufacturing
Arda Gozen and Brenden Fraser-Hevlin, WSU
Slides
Recording

11:00 AM - Smart Phone Technology Security
Haipeng Cai, WSU
Slides
Recording
Todd Hall 203
Afternoon1:00 PM - Binary Analysis 101
Jim Alves Foss, UI
Slides
Recording

3:00 PM - US Army Cyber Command
Matt Boehnke, CBC
Slides
Recording

4:00 PM - Being a Lifelong Learner, Getting The Most Out of Your Internship,
and End of Workshop Survey
Olusola Adesope, WSU
Slides
Recording
Todd Hall 203
Thurs Jun 2All day8:00 AM - Field Trip: Keyport Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Meet-up location for departure: Todd Hall 203
Keyport
Fri Jun 3All day8:30 AM - Field Trip: Keyport Naval Undersea Warfare CenterKeyport