Cyber Innovation Lab
Advancing the frontiers of cyber systems security, decentralized intelligent architectures, and digital warfare strategies. We develop resilient defenses for critical infrastructure, extending secure frameworks into maritime operations, neural computing, and computer vision technologies.
Featured Lab News
Mentor of the Year in Science and Engineering
Dr. Nick Rahimi, Director of the Cyber Innovation Lab and faculty at the School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Mentor of the Year award for his outstanding guidance and dedication to student research and success.
Inducted into the Student Hall of Fame
Massive congratulations to our fellow researcher, Saydul Akbar Murad, for being inducted into the Hall of Fame! This incredible honor recognizes their exceptional research contributions, hard work, and academic excellence within the lab.
Core Research Areas
Cyber Systems Security
Developing sophisticated cryptographic algorithms and secure communication protocols to fortify data transmission and privacy.
Maritime Cybersecurity
Addressing unique vulnerabilities of shipboard networks, autonomous vessels, and critical port infrastructure against cyber threats.
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Advancing the frontiers of neural computing, brain signal decoding, and securing next-generation BCI applications.
Trustworthy AI
Building resilient AI-powered security solutions and protecting critical machine learning models from adversarial manipulation.
Lab Facilities: Compute Cluster
Accelerating AI & Security Research
The Cyber Innovation Cluster is a dedicated high-performance computing (HPC) environment optimized for Distributed Data Parallel (DDP) PyTorch training. Equipped with powerful GPUs and managed via SLURM, it enables our researchers to seamlessly scale complex models and execute extensive multi-node experiments.
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