Rafer Cooley

Rafer is pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science with respects to secure distributed systems. His interests include bio-inspired algorithms, Complex Adaptive Systems, and network protocols. He is currently working on artificial immune system approaches to security.

Projects: ARTEMIS, SHARKS, CHIRP,

Shaya Wolf

Shaya Wolf is a PhD student in the CEDAR lab and an intern at Idaho National Lab. Her main research revolves around the security of machine learning algorithms and constructing security boundaries based on exploratory analysis of different types of data. She is also researching distributed systems/algorithms for lightweight agents, privacy-preserving continuous authentication schemes, and side channel attacks against non-traditional targets.

Projects: QUIRK, ARCADE, SHARKS, CHIRP,

Mason Johnson

Mason is from Star Valley, WY and is working on a BS/MS in Computer Science. He is interested in Computer Science outreach education, systems engineering, and security tool development.

Projects: Zero Trust Networks,

Lawrence Struempf

Projects: TBD,

Shawna Wolf

Projects: WySTACK, TACoS, Orpheus, Jangseung,

Hui Hu

Hui Hu is a senior Ph.D. student in the CEDAR lab. Her research interests include privacy-preserving AI, side-channel attacks, and algorithmic ethics.

Projects: Privacy Preserving AI, Side-channel attacks,

Danny Radosevich

Danny is from Laramie Wyoming, and is interested in security engineering and cryptography.

Projects: TBD,

Andey Tuttle

Andey Robins is a PhD student in the CEDAR lab. Their main research interests center around designing for emergent behavior in distributed systems. They are also involved with researching supply chain and infrastructure attacks within the artificial intelligence and machine learning ecosystem.

Projects: Evolutionary Algorithms for Swarm Behaviors,

Hussain

Hussain is PhD student in the CEDAR lab. He has strong research & development background in computer science as major. His research interest includes cyber threat intelligence, malware detection & analysis using machine learning & AI.

Projects: TBD,

Clay Carper

Clay is a PhD student in the CEDAR Lab who has received funding from the Kraken Crypto Exchange to investigate cold wallet security assessments, cryptography, and side-channel attacks as well as the interplay between those topics.

Projects: Secure Crypto Hardware Attacks & Prevention,

Michelle Bronstein

Projects: Orpheus,

Michael Pate

Projects: ICS Security,

Jenna Goodrich

Projects: GenCyber, Michelangelo,

Jayden Parker Vap

Projects: GenCyber, Great Revolt,

Faith Coslett

Projects: WySLICE, SecretAgent, PacMan,

Colton Roach

Projects: WySTACK, TACoS, PacMan,

Allyson Hays

Projects: GenCyber, Michaelangelo,

Alicia Thoney

Projects: WySTACK, TACoS, Jangseung,

Adeline Reichert

Projects: WySLICE, SecretAgent, PacMan,

Teaghen Sweckard

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Jessa Gegax

Jessa is from New Mexico and is pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science with concentrations in Big Data and International Engineering. She is interested in machine learning and is working on publishing research concerning potential AI bias in online advertising.

Projects: WySLICE, SecretAgent, PacMan,

Garrett Burrows

Garrett is a former engineering student interested in all things science related. He is involved in CAD, coding, and independent research. In the future, Garrett hopes he can continue learning about and working with computer science.

Projects: Outreach,

Jarek Brown

Jarek grew up in Wyoming and has been at the University of Wyoming for a few years. He is pursuing a computer science degree, concentrating in big data, minoring in statistics, and hoping to get a certification in cyber security. He is interested in software security and swarm security.

Projects: SHARKS, ARTEMIS,

Taylor McCampbell

Taylor is from Cheyenne, WY and is currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science. He is interested in Industrial Control Systems and is helping develop the CEDAR ICS research testbench.

Projects: ARTEMIS, ICS Security,

Caylie Charlton

Projects: GenCyber, Great Revolt,

Taylor LaForce

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Projects: ICS Security,

Quinn Clark

Projects: WySTACK, WySLICE, Orpheus,

Natasha Miller

Projects: WySLICE, Orpheus, PacMan,

Adrian Barberis

Adrian is from both Europe and the US though mainly the latter. He is currently interested in game design and matching learning/AI and is currently working on creating a better file system. In the future, Adrian would like to apply ML and AI in order to create a smart operating system and better AI/User interactions in video games. On his time off Adrian enjoys photography, hiking, biking, learning new languages, and bingeing the occasional Netflix series.

Projects: TOR Router,

Graduated: 2019-05-01

Alejandro Bermudez

Alejandro is originally from Venezuela, but has been a Wyoming resident for almost 10 years. He is interested in working with cyber-security in the future.

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Connor Cassarda

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2020-05-01

Elijah Williams

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Fiona Moss

Fiona Moss has graduated with her Master's degree in computer science with a focus on computer security. She completed her Bachelors in Computer Science in India. Her research interests are machine learning and cyber-security. Her thesis involves the application of machine learning techniques for Network Intrusion Detection.

Projects: DDOS Detection,

Graduated: 2019-09-01

Jared Spaulding

Jared is from Casper, Wyoming. He is interested in software engineering within cybersecurity. He has been working on continuous authentication in the mobile realm.

Projects: Continuous Authentication,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Jason Fantl

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Josh Sloan

Joshua is from Cheyenne, WY and has graduated with his Master's in Computer Science. His research interests included machine learning and the security of machine learning algorithms. He has successfully defended his thesis concerning developing a novel poisoning attack method which utilizes the genetic algorithm in order to obfuscate a machine learning model’s decision-making process.

Projects: AI/ML Poisoning,

Graduated: 2020-05-01

Julia Burrows

Projects: Gencyber,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Lisa Stafford

Lisa is from Denver but has lived in Laramie for the past 10 years and works in the IT department at UW. She has a general interest in AI, machine learning and cybersecurity but would like to pear down those interests to find a focus as she continues her coursework. Lisa is having trouble finding a focus because she finds several general areas interesting, but is open to a variety of different projects.

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Madison Cooley

Madi is from Cheyenne, WY. She is interested in cybersecurity research, specifically in using machine learning to predict anomalous behavior (e.g. the Tempest project). She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Utah.

Projects: Anomaly Detection,

Graduated: 2019-09-01

Maria DeBroy

Maria is an undergraduate Computer Science student at the University of Wyoming. She is interested in cross disciplinary applications of Computer Science and Security.

Projects: NFC Hardware Security,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Nicholas Robinson

Nic is from Casper, WY and is currently working towards a B.S in Mechanical Engineering. Nic is interested in programming. He is currently working on the production and programming of the micro:bit badge for use in outreach activities.

Projects: Outreach,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Omar Sanchez

Omar is from Cheyenne, WY and is studying Computer Science at the University of Wyoming. He is interested in working with cyber-security and is open to other areas of work within Computer Science.

Projects: NFC Hardware Security,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Oyedola Ajao

Oyedola is from Parker, Colorado and is pursuing a BS in Computer Science. He is interested in software development, AI, and Cyber Security research. On his off time Oyedola enjoys biking, traveling, and reading.

Projects: NFC Hardware Security,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Peter Day

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Rasana Manandhar

Rasana is from Nepal where she completed her undergraduate in Electronics and Communications Engineering. She has completed her Master's thesis about Continuous Authentication Systems using Keystroke Dynamics.

Projects: Continuous Athentication,

Graduated: 2019-09-01

Tatum Rusovick

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

William Bollinger

William Bollinger is a Undergraduate student at the University of Wyoming studying Business management & entrepreneurship with a minor in computer science. He moved from Hawaii to Wyoming for school and has a long lived interest in all things computers. He competed in the 2012 Cyber Patriots & 2018 National Cyber League cybersecurity competitions.

Projects: ICS Security,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

William Carey

Projects: TBD,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Winston Howard

Winston is from Greenwood Village, Colorado. His primary research interest is in Distributed Denial of Service Attack detection and mitigation. Currently, he is exploring using machine learning techniques to identify attributes of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks. He is interested in writing papers regarding findings for potential publication.

Projects: Canary,

Graduated: 2018-09-01

Jacob Wild

Jake is from Wyoming. He served in the Marine Corps, and is interested in studying networks and their security.

Projects: Network Security,

Graduated: 2018-05-01

Wyatt Emery

Wyatt is from Carpenter, Wyoming. After graduation, Wyatt will work for the DoD at Edwards AFB in California. There, he will be maintaining software that is used to gather data on test flights for new aircraft.

Projects: TOR Router,

Graduated: 2018-05-01