Summer Workshops
Previous Workshops
Workshop 2026
Workshop 2025
The CySER Summer Workshop 2025 was held over the week of May 19 to May 23, 2025 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 an industry panel answering questions from students about careers in cybersecurity, and two field trips: a half-day trip to Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) power grid components factory in Pullman, and a half-day trip to SEL’s printed circuit board factory in Moscow, ID. The workshop was held in-person with an option for people to participate virtually. Presentations took place in Todd Hall 203 while the poster session and certificate ceremony were held in Bryan Hall 404, and a cyber-physical systems hands-on demo was held in Daggy Hall 202. Slides, related material, and recordings of all sessions that took place in Todd 203 are available here.
May 19 – May 23
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
5:00 - 6:00 PM | Check-in and mixer event | Wegner Hall G01 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Introductions | Todd Hall 203 |
10:00 - 11:00 AM | Keynote address | Todd Hall 203 |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Cybersecurity education in the United States | Todd Hall 203 |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 2:00 PM | Operations and opportunities at NUWC Keyport | Todd Hall 203 |
2:00 - 3:00 PM | Protecting against digital repression | Todd Hall 203 |
3:00 - 4:00 PM | Poster session and certificate awarding | Bryan Hall 404 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Hands-on demo: Cyber-physical systems security | Daggy Hall 232 |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 2:30 PM | Towards usable and practical image privacy | Todd Hall 203 |
2:30 - 3:45 PM | Verification using software contracts | Todd Hall 203 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Web security and privacy | Todd Hall 203 |
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Hands-on demo: Digital forensics | Todd Hall 203 |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 4:00 PM | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Day | Todd Hall 203 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
8:45 - 11:30 AM | Field trip: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories | Pullman, WA |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 2:00 PM | SPARQ: Entanglement Routing and Distribution in Space-Air-Ground Quantum Network | Todd Hall 203 |
2:00 - 2:45 PM | Post-quantum cryptography | Todd Hall 203 |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Security of time series machine learning | Todd Hall 203 |
3:45 - 4:30 PM | Getting the most from your internships | Todd Hall 203 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
8:45 - 11:30 AM | Field trip: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories | Moscow, ID |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 2:30 PM | Industry panel | Todd Hall 203 |
3:00 - 3:30 PM | Lifelong learning and professional development | Todd Hall 203 |
3:30 - 4:00 PM | Post-workshop feedback survey | Todd Hall 203 |
Workshop 2024
The CySER Summer Workshop 2024 was held over two weeks from May 19 to May 29, 2024 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 an industry panel answering questions from students about careers in cybersecurity, and 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.
May 19 – May 29
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
5:00 - 6:00 PM | Check-in and Mixer | CUB 204 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
9:00 - 9:15 AM | Welcome | Todd Hall 203 |
9:15 - 9:30 AM | WSU’s Commitment to Cybersecurity | Todd Hall 203 |
9:30 - 9:45 AM | Overview of CySER and the Summer Workshop 2024 | Todd Hall 203 |
9:45 - 10:00 AM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
10:00 - 10:45 AM | Opportunities at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | Todd Hall 203 |
10:45 - 11:00 AM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
11:00 - 11:45 AM | Cybersecurity Education in the United States | Todd Hall 203 |
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 1:45 PM | Intro to Cybersecurity and Behavioral Threats | Todd Hall 203 |
1:45 - 2:00 PM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
2:00 - 2:45 PM | Cybersecurity Careers in DoD | Todd Hall 203 |
2:45 - 3:00 PM | Break - Move to Spark G10 | Spark G10 |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Poster SessionPosters | Spark G10 |
3:45 - 4:00 PM | Awarding of Certificates | Spark G10 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
9:00 - 9:45 AM | Power Systems and Cybersecurity | Todd Hall 203 |
9:45 - 10:00 AM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
10:00 - 10:45 AM | AI, Cybersecurity, and You | Todd Hall 203 |
10:45 - 11:00 AM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
11:00 - 11:45 AM | Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Risk Management | Todd Hall 203 |
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 4:00 PM | Digitial Forensics (Hands-on Demo) | Todd Hall 203 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
9:00 - 10:45 AM | Team Building and Leadership | Spark G10 |
10:45 - 11:00 AM | Break | Transition to Todd Hall 203 |
11:00 - 11:45 AM | Operations and Opportunities at NUWC Keyport | Todd Hall 203 |
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 1:45 PM | Recent Progress in Modern Cryptography | Todd Hall 203 |
1:45 - 2:00 PM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
2:00 - 2:45 PM | Ethics in Cybersecurity | Todd Hall 203 |
2:45 - 3:00 PM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Human-in-the-Loop Learning Framework for Anomaly Discovery | Todd Hall 203 |
3:45 - 4:00 PM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
4:00 - 4:45 PM | Web Browser Fingerprinting: Revealing Stealth Tracking Techniques and Defenses | Todd Hall 203 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
8:30 - 8:45 AM | Field Trip | Event Center, 1825 Schweitzer Drive, Pullman, WA |
8:45 - 8:55 AM | Field Trip | Event Center, 1825 Schweitzer Drive, Pullman, WA |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Field Trip | Event Center, 1825 Schweitzer Drive, Pullman, WA |
10:00 - 11:30 AM | Field Trip | 2440 NE Hopkins Court, Pullman, WA |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Field Trip | 2440 NE Hopkins Court, Pullman, WA |
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 4:00 PM | Using AI Tools in Cybersecurity (Hands-On Demo) | Todd Hall 203 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
8:00 - 10:30 AM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
12:30 - 1:30 PM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
1:30 - 2:30 PM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
2:30 - 3:30 PM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
3:30 - 4:30 PM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
4:30 - 7:00 PM | Field Trip | Richland, WA |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
9:00 - 9:45 AM | Protecting Actuators in Real-Time Cyber-Physical Systems | Todd Hall 203 |
9:45 - 10:00 AM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
10:00 - 10:45 AM | Empowering learning-based vulnerability analysis via automated data augmentation | Todd Hall 203 |
10:45 - 11:00 AM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
11:00 - 11:45 AM | Practical Adversarial Malware Attacks and Defenses | Todd Hall 203 |
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 - 2:45 PM | Cybersecurity Industry Panel | Todd Hall 203 |
2:45 - 3:00 PM | Break | Todd Hall 203 |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Making the Most of Your Internships | Todd Hall 203 |
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
8:00 - 9:45 AM | Travel from WSU Pullman to Fairchild AFB | Spokane, WA |
9:45 - 10:15 AM | Check In at Visitor Center and Enter Base | Spokane, WA |
10:15 - 10:45 AM | 141st Communications Squadron Briefing | Spokane, WA |
10:45 - 11:15 AM | 256th Intelligence Squadron Briefing | Spokane, WA |
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 242nd Combat Communications Squadron Briefing and Tour | Spokane, WA |
12:15 - 1:00 PM | Lunch and Air National Guard Opportunities | Spokane, WA |
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.
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 | Todd Hall 203 |
May 22 | 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM | WSU’s Commitment to Cybersecurity | 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 | 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 | Todd Hall 203 |
May 23 | 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Assessing Risk | 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 | 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 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 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 | 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 | Todd Hall 203 |
May 26 | 2:05 PM – 3:00 PM | Hardware and Malware Detection and Recovery Using FPGAs | 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 | Todd Hall 203 |
May 27 | 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Army Cyber Command: Defending the Network and the Cloud: Case Studies | 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 Tim Schulz, VP Research and Engineering, Scythe | 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 | 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 | Todd Hall 203 |
May 31 | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Hands-on Tutorial: Linux Tools for Binary Reverse Engineering 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 | 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 | 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 | Todd Hall 203 |
Jun 1 | 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM | Field Trip – Fairchild Air Force Base | Spokane, WA |
Workshop 2022
May 23 – June 3
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon May 23 | Morning | 8:00 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 |
| Afternoon | 1:00 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 24 | Morning | 8:30 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 |
| Afternoon | 1:00 PM - Undergraduate Student Posters 3:00 PM - Graduate Student Posters Link to all posters | Spark G10 | |
| Wed May 25 | Morning | 8:30 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 |
| Afternoon | 1:00 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 26 | Morning | 8:30 AM - Field Trip: Industry Perspectives, Relay Protection, Security, and More Schweitzer Engineering Labs (SEL) Meet-up location for departure: Todd Hall 203 | SEL |
| Afternoon | 1:30 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 27 | All day | 8:30 AM - Field Trip: Fairchild Air Force Base Meet-up location for departure: Todd Hall 203 | Fairchild |
| Sat May 28 | Morning | 8:30 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 |
| Afternoon | 2:00 PM - Hiking | Kamiak Butte |
| Mon May 30 | Half-day | 1:00 PM - Optional Picnic | Valley Road Playfield |
| Tues May 31 | Morning | 8:30 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 |
| Afternoon | 1:00 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 1 | Morning | 8:30 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 |
| Afternoon | 1:00 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 2 | All day | 8:00 AM - Field Trip: Keyport Naval Undersea Warfare Center Meet-up location for departure: Todd Hall 203 | Keyport |
| Fri Jun 3 | All day | 8:30 AM - Field Trip: Keyport Naval Undersea Warfare Center | Keyport |