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William Enck is the Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Security Sciences in the Department of Computer Science at the North Carolina State University where he is co-director of the Secure Computing Institute (SCI) and director of the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research (WSPR) laboratory. Prof. Enck’s research interests span the broad area of systems security with applications to the software supply chain, 5G and cloud infrastructure, mobile platforms, Internet of Things (IoT), and networks. In particular, his work in mobile application security has led to significant consumer awareness and changes to platforms, as well as a SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award. He is currently serving as Vice President of the USENIX Board of Directors and on the steering committee of the USENIX Security Symposium. He was program co-chair of the 2018 USENIX Security Symposium and the 2024 and 2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P). Prior to joining NC State, Prof. Enck earned his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S in Computer Science and Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2011, 2006, and 2004, respectively. Prof. Enck is a member of the ACM, IEEE, ISSA, and USENIX.”

Laurie Williams is the Goodnight Distinguished University Professor of Security Sciences in the Department of Computer Science. Laurie is the director of the National Science Foundation-sponsored Secure Software Supply Chain Center (S3C2) and co-director of the NCSU Secure Computing Institute. Laurie is an IEEE Fellow and an ACM Fellow. Laurie’s research focuses on software security, software processes, and empirical software engineering.

Aydin Aysu is an Associate professor and Bennett Faculty Fellow at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of North Carolina State University, where he leads the HECTOR: Hardware Cybersecurity Research Lab. Dr. Aysu conducts research on cybersecurity with an emphasis on hardware-based security. The focus of his research is the development of secure systems that prevent advanced cyber attacks targeting hardware vulnerabilities. To that end, his research interests cover applied cryptography, computer architecture, and digital hardware design. He also works on cybersecurity education and the societal impacts of cybersecurity. Prior to joining NC State, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia and his M.S from Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an IEEE senior member and has an Erdös number of 3.

Anupam Das is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. His research broadly spans security and privacy, with a focus on designing secure and privacy-preserving technologies. His work aims to understand and mitigate emerging risks in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT) and generative AI. More recently, he has been developing techniques and systems that not only assess security, privacy, and safety challenges but also improve transparency and user control over how personal data is collected and used by emerging technologies. Prior to joining NC State, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2016 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was a recipient of Fulbright Science and Technology fellowship. He previously served as an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

Alexandros Kapravelos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NC State University. He received his PhD in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. His research interests span the areas of systems and software security. Currently, he studies how the web changes on the client side via browser extensions and how we can protect the browser from malicious client-side attacks. He is also interested in Internet privacy and browser fingerprinting specifically, where he is working on making Internet users less distinctive while they browse the web. He is the lead developer of Wepawet, a publicly available system that detects drive-by downloads with the use of an emulated browser, Revolver, a system that detects evasive drive-by download attempts, and Hulk, a browser extension analysis system.

Dr. Mirbagher, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, also serves in the computer science faculty. With a BS from the University of Isfahan and a PhD from Texas A&M University, she later became a 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California San Diego. Her research melds computer architecture, systems security, and machine learning, emphasizing efficient and secure microarchitectural designs and refining machine learning models for hardware. Notably, her work has influenced the security, performance and power efficiency of newer CPU designs, and she has shared her expertise in prominent venues like ISCA and MICRO while also contributing to program committees in industry track and academic of renowned conferences such as HPCA, ASPLOS, MICRO and ISCA.

Brad Reaves is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. His research seeks to identify, characterize, and confront the root causes of the most prominent and visible problems in computer security. He is best known for his work on cellular and telephone network security, but he also has produced key results on the security of software ecosystems, local networks, and communicating security information to humans. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, the 2020 Internet Defense Prize, seven distinguished paper awards, and three patents.

Dominik Wermke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. His research interests center around empowering software experts to design, develop, and deploy secure, privacy-respecting, and trust-worthy software. His general areas of research are in usable security & privacy, software supply chain security & transparency, the open source ecosystem, and supporting software experts in designing secure and user-friendly systems. Prior to joining NC State, Dominik was a researcher at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security and part of the TeamUSEC research group for human-centered security. He received his Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent) in computer science from Leibniz University Hannover in 2023 and both a M.Sc. and B.Sc. from Saarland University in 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Chau-Wai Wong is an Associate Professor with the ECE Department and the Forensic Sciences Cluster, North Carolina State University. Before joining NC State, he was a Data Scientist with Origin Wireless, Inc., Maryland. Dr. Wong works on forensics and privacy problems through the lens of signal processing and statistics. His research interests include machine learning, multimedia forensics, signal and image processing, data analytics, and video coding, with a recent focus on federated learning and generative models. Dr. Wong received his B.Eng. and M.Phil. from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and his PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. Florence Martin is a Professor in Learning Design and Technology at North Carolina State University. Dr. Martin engages in research to create transformative learning experiences through effective design and integration of digital teaching and learning innovations. In recent years, she has researched on the design of online learning environments and cybersecurity education with a focus on digital safety. Dr. Martin served as the President of the Multimedia Production Division and Division of Distance Learning for Association for Educational Communications and Technology. She currently serves as a Senior Associate Editor for Online Learning Journal, AERA Division C Section Chair for Engineering and Computer Science, and on the advisory council for North Carolina Virtual Public Schools.

Laura Rodgers is Director of Cybersecurity Practice in the Secure Computing Institute at North Carolina State University, where she builds partnerships with industry and government to advance cybersecurity research, innovation, compliance, and workforce development. She also directs the North Carolina Partnership for Cybersecurity Excellence (NC-PaCE), a statewide coalition working to strengthen North Carolina’s cybersecurity ecosystem, and is the instructor for undergraduate and graduate cybersecurity capstone courses. Earlier in her career, she held business operations and governance, risk, and compliance roles supporting major defense programs at Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Information Technology. She serves on cybersecurity advisory boards at UNC Wilmington and UNC Pembroke, is a member of the North Carolina IT Strategy Board Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and is a member of the Global NC Board of Directors and the Higher Education Cybersecurity Council.

Dr. Patrick Morrison is Director of Graduate Program for the MS in Cybersecurity and supports SCI cybersecurity education and scholarship programs, helping connect students with cybersecurity pathways, applied learning opportunities, and service-oriented scholarship programs at NC State.