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The Research Office
Wilson Hall
371 Wilson Boulevard
Rochester,
Michigan
48309-4486
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(248) 370-2762
(248) 370-4111
research@oakland.edu
Center of Cyber Security
The Center for Cybersecurity
The mission of the Center for Cybersecurity is to advance interdisciplinary collaborative research and technology solutions in the field of cybersecurity. The mission will be achieved by leveraging the partnerships and resources of the university, and building upon the momentum that has been launched in research, curriculum and outreach in cybersecurity. In addition, the Center will position Oakland University to seek further funding through external funding resources.
Information
The purpose of the Oakland University Center for Cybersecurity (The Center) is to promote the interdisciplinary collaborative research in the area of cybersecurity, leveraging the partnerships and resources of the university. The establishment of the Center builds upon the momentum that has been launched at Oakland University. These initiatives include research, curriculum, and community outreach.
Programs offered are the Bachelor of Information Technology (System Administration track), the Master of Science in Cybersecurity, and professional certificates through the Macomb-OU Incubator and Professional and Continuing Education (PACE).
Contact
Director:
Co-Director:
Xiaodong Deng, Ph.D
Professor
Office: 340 Elliott Hall
(248) 370-4089
deng@oakland.edu
Website
Faculty Members:
Co-Director:
Xiaodong Deng, Ph.D
Professor
Office: 340 Elliott Hall
(248) 370-4089
deng@oakland.edu
Website
Secretary:
Debbie Valla
Administrative Assistant
Office: 546 EC
(248) 370-2200
Fax: (248) 370-4625
Faculty Members:
| Huirong Fu | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Subramaniam Ganesan | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Hua Ming | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Khalid Mahmood Malik | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Lunjin Lu | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Anyi Liu | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Dae-Kyoo Kim | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Erik Fredericks | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Julian Rrushi | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Amartya Sen | School of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Xiaodong Deng | School of Business Administration |
| Vijayan Sugumaran | School of Business Administration |
| Thomas Lauer | School of Business Administration |
| Eddie Cheng | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Douglas Carr | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Albert J. Meehan | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Larry Herriman | Macomb-OU Incubator |
| Lori Crose | Professional and Continuing Education |
Events and
News
News
Recent Events
2019
March 2019 - GenCyber Teacher Summer Camp 2019 program started to accept applications.
February 2019 - OU has successfully hosted the GenCyber Teachers Workshop Day.
February 2019 - 6th Annual Detroit Chapter ISACA Scholarship Competition. In March 8th, 2019, ISACA Detroit will host the 6th Annual Scholarship Competition. This competition is designed to enrich the experience of students by providing them a “real world” experience. The competition consists of a case study where contestants work on a case study and present their conclusions to a panel of industry professionals who will play the role of potential future employers.
January 2019 - REU: UnCoRe program is open to accept applications now. The application deadline is March 1st, 2019.
2018
October 2018 - Our Ph.D. candidate, Hani Alshahrani, successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Detecting Android Malicious Applications Using Static and Dynamic Analysis Techniques". Congratulations Hani for your great achievement.
April 2018 - Oakland University has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through academic year 2023.
April 2018 - Our Ph.D. candidate, Hani Alshahrani, won the 1st Place ICCE 2018 (IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics) best poster video award for his presentation of his poster entitled "DDefender: Android Application Threat Detection Using Static and Dynamic Analysis." Congratulations Hani for your great work.
April 2018 - Among 21 teams from 3 universities participated in ISACA Scholarship Competition, our Ph.D. candidates, Ali Alshehri and Raed Alharthi, won the 1st Place in the 5th Annual Detroit Chapter ISACA Scholarship Competition. They won $4000 cash and OU earns the right to hold/display the ISACA Detroit trophy for one year. This competition is designed to enrich the experience of students by providing them a "real world" experience. The competition consists of a case study where contestants work on a case study and present their conclusions to a panel of industry professionals who will play the role of potential future employers. Congratulations Ali and Raed for your great work.
March 2018 - GenCyber summer camp 2018 program started to accept applications.
March 2018 - 5th Annual Detroit Chapter ISACA Scholarship Competition. In March, ISACA Detroit hosted the 5th Annual Scholarship Competition. This competition is designed to enrich the experience of students by providing them a “real world” experience. The competition consists of a case study where contestants work on a case study and present their conclusions to a panel of industry professionals who will play the role of potential future employers.
January 2018 - Cybersecurity 2018: A Video presentation and discussion. We kicked off the year with a look at how an actual cyber attack using ransomware took place in 2017, paralyzing the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Following this was a general discussion, Q&A, and update on the current state of Meltdown and Spectre (recent hard flaws and issues with current processor chips).
2017
October 2017 - Oakland University hosted the GrizzHacks competition which brought together the greatest young minds for two days of excitement and technological passion.
July 2017 - REU: OU has successfully hosted the UnCoRe program.
July 2017 - OU has successfully hosted the GenCyber summer camp program that has delivered substantive cybersecurity training to upper elementary (4th, 5th and 6th grades), middle school, and high school students in Detroit Urban Area (Macomb county, Oakland county and Wayne county).
April 2017 - Doctoral student wins Best Full Paper Award at 12th Cyber and Information Security Research Conference (CISRC 2017), Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
April 2017 - GenCyber summer camp program started to accept applications.
2016
November 2016 - REU: UnCoRe program is open to accept applications now. The application deadline is February 28th, 2017.
August 2016 - OU has successfully hosted the GenCyber summer camp program that has delivered substantive cybersecurity training to upper elementary (4th, 5th and 6th grades), middle school, and high school students in Detroit Urban Area (Macomb county, Oakland county and Wayne county).
May 2016 - GenCyber summer camp program starts to accept application.
Resources
Institutional Student Resource:
University Technology Services
Government Sites:
- NSF (National Science Foundation)
- NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- NSA (National Security Agency)
- GenCyber
- DOD (Department of Defense)
- DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
- Army Research Lab
- Naval Research Lab
Conferences:
- S&P (Oakland) (IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy)
- CCS (ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security)
- Crypto (International Cryptology Conference)
- Eurocrypt (European Cryptology Conference)
- Security (Usenix Security Symposium)
- NDSS (ISOC Network and Distributed System Security Symposium)
Cyber Competitions:
Grants
Grants
| Agencies and Projects |
Brain Aneurysm Foundation
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Comcast
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Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD)
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Magna Electronics
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Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC)
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National Security Agency (NSA)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
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