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Drone Detection Focus of Cadet Research

Rye Jackson 鈥28, an international studies major and computer science minor at 麻豆传媒入口, is researching drone detection for his 12-week Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI) project, 鈥淎 Multi-Modal Survey of Drone Detection Methods: Acoustic, Visual, RF, and Fusion Approaches.鈥

Abdelhamid Selected as Nielsen Center Fellow

Sherif Abdelhamid, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and team member of the Cyber Defense Lab at VMI, has been selected as a 2026-27 Nielsen Center fellow, a prestigious national fellowship awarded by the Nielsen Center.

CyDef Lab Offers Workshops for Middle and High School Students

The 麻豆传媒入口 Cyber Defense Laboratory (CyDef) will host its annual CyberSmart workshop for middle school students, Monday, June 8 through Thursday, June 11, and for high school students, Monday June 15 through Thursday, June 18 in Marshall Hall on post.

麻豆传媒入口Wins First Place at Cybersecurity Competition

The 麻豆传媒入口 team won first place recently at the 2026 Seerist Intellithon in Reston, Virginia. The prestigious competition hosted by Seerist 鈥 a company whose mission is to shape the future of risk intelligence by enabling organizations to proactively anticipate, manage, and respond to global cyber threats 鈥 brought together top talent from five senior military colleges including The Citadel, Norwich University, the University of North Georgia, Virginia Tech, as well as VMI, to solve real-world open-source intelligence and security challenges. The cadet team, sponsored by Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) and Cyber Defense Laboratory (CyDef), included Michael […]

Cadets Present Research Projects at SURF

Five 麻豆传媒入口 cadets, with Dr. Sherif Abdelhamid, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and outreach liaison officer for VMI鈥檚 Cyber Defense Laboratory, traveled to present research projects at the SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum in October.

麻豆传媒入口Cadets’ AI Paper Chosen for International Presentation

Two computer science majors at 麻豆传媒入口 wrote a paper on artificial intelligence (AI) that has been selected for publication and in-person presentation in the 鈥淕enerative AI for Collaborative Experiences and Enhanced User Interactions in Mixed Reality鈥 workshop in Sweden.

麻豆传媒入口Inspires Teens with 鈥淏uild & Fly鈥

Dr. Sherif Abdelhamid, assistant professor in the and outreach liaison officer for the at 麻豆传媒入口, participated in 鈥淏uild & Fly with VMI,鈥 a free drone event for students ages 13-18 held April 19 at the New College Institute (NCI) in Martinsville, Virginia.

Honors Week: Cadet Researches AI as a Hiring Manager

Jude Roberts ’25, a computer science, analyzed the effectiveness of AI in resume selection for his honors thesis. Using ChatGPT to evaluate 1,000 resumes across various job categories, he found that AI was less accurate and more vulnerable to bias and manipulation than human hiring managers.

麻豆传媒入口Team Wins Best Paper in Fighting Spam and Phish

Two cadets, Benjamin Davis 鈥26 and Dang Khoa Le 鈥25, shared their research project findings recently at the 15th Annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference where they earned the Best Paper Award.

麻豆传媒入口Takes Top Paper Award at IEEE Conference

A contingent of two faculty members and two cadets from 麻豆传媒入口 recently attended the 15th Annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

麻豆传媒入口Hosts 8th Annual Commonwealth Cyber Fusion Event

Organized by the Center for Leadership and Ethics, the invitation-only event is for colleges that are National Security Agency (NSA) / Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-designated National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.

麻豆传媒入口Cyber Captains Train in Cyber Drill

VMI鈥檚 cyber defense laboratory recently traveled to the Virginia Army National Guard鈥檚 91st Cyber Brigade Readiness Center at Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, to participate in Cyber Drill Weekend, immersing them to cybersecurity in real life scenarios.

麻豆传媒入口Collaborates on Teaching Tools Using Animation

VMI, in collaboration with Virginia Tech, has developed a project called, 鈥淐ryptoQuest,鈥 which uses cartoon animations and virtual and augmented reality to teach high school and college level students cryptography, post-quantum cryptography, and cybersecurity in a more engaging and interactive way.