CEDAR Lab at a Glance



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CEDAR Members

Director — Dr. Mike Borowczak

  • Grad:9 doctoral students
  • Undergrad:18 undergraduates
  • Majors:6+ different majors!

What do we do?

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Research Projects

Director — Dr. Mike Borowczak

  • Projects:16 current research projects
  • Publications:100+ accepted works and presentations
  • The CEDAR center is currently researching topics such as UAV swarms, machine learning security and privacy preservation, malware analysis, and continuous authentication.

We don't mean to brag, but...

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2021 Symposium

was October 4, 2021 — EERB 228

In the 2021 Cybersecurity Research Symposium, we showcased 15 current CEDAR research projects.

Don't worry, you don't need to go back in time to take a look — the symposium is still available virtually!

We value our communities

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Student Organizations

CEDAR supports two extra curricular groups

  • WiCySWyoming Women in Cybersecurity Chapter
  • DATDADefense Against the Dark Arts

Introducing our newest club!

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WiCyS

CEDAR's newest student group

WiCyS has arrived! The University of Wyoming Women in Cybersecurity Chapter (WiCyS) is a new club on campus dedicated to increasing diversity within cybersecurity. We aim to provide cybersecurity education content that is engaging and accessible. Each meeting includes a hands-on mini workshop that increases cyber prowess and refines multi-disciplinary skills.

You're a wizard, Harry...

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DATDA

CEDAR RSO — Defense Against the Dark Arts

Defense Against the Dark Arts (DATDA) is an RSO focused on learning cybersecurity individual member projects and presentations. Topics usually discussed in the club include digital privacy, wifi encryption methods and activities, and various other networking concepts. Members also participate in online competitions to test and add new skills to their repertoire.

Speaking of competitions...

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Competitions

Each year, competitors rank in the top 10% of the nation.

  • 7 National Cyber League Tournaments
  • 2 years of MITRE's eCTF
  • 4 years of DoE's CyberForce
  • Various other competitions focused on networking, medical technology, and other capture the flag style events

And during the summer?

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Volunteer/Outreach

  • GenCyber: Professional dev (PD) for teachers and students
  • WySTACK: Paid guided research for high school teachers
  • WySLICE: PD for elementary teachers and librarians
  • Code.org: Various PDs for K-12 teachers
  • TACoS: Summer camp for elementary students and teachers
  • Clockwise: Software bootcamp for WY college students
  • Kraken: Computer science camp (details coming soon)

How is this all possible?

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Partnerships

The CEDAR lab works with a variety of partners including INL, DoE, DoD, DHS, NSA, NSF, Code.org, TEALs, and many others to provide funding, research support, teaching opportunities, and paid internships that benefits our students and the students, teachers, and industry professionals they work with.

Is there more?

We're Growing!

We outgrew our old space and moved into the new Engineering Education and Research Building

  • 19 desktop workstations
  • 4 hardware workbenches
  • 2 dedicated virtual meeting spaces
  • 8+ GPU server rack for AI/ML
  • 3 Prusa Mk3S+ 3D printers

We're always looking for more researchers!

Learn More! Go Pokes!