Annual Retreat

Annual Retreats

SCI Annual Retreats.

Student Activities

The annual SCI retreat is an event for current SCI scholars, alumni, and the program's PIs to come together and conduct seminars on topics ranging from working in the federal government to exciting new cybersecurity research. 

The main goals of this event are to provide the SCI students with an opportunity to learn from and network with their very own alumni who have gone through similar journeys, and can offer advice and insights into preparing for the future. Additionally, the annual SCI retreat shines some spotlight on the relevant cyber-related research projects of our PIs.

SCI Annual Retreat 2023 Agenda (November 11, 2023):

  • 9:00-9:20: Arrival & Breakfast
  • 9:20-9:30: Introductions and Welcome remarks by the PIs
  • 9:30-11:00: Tech Talks by Alumni
    • "Cyber Tabletops and Cybersecurity Research"
    • "Why Comply?"
    • "Interview with a Computer: An Application of Digital Forensics”
  • 11:00-11:20: Coffee/tea break
  • 11:20 - 12:20: Alumni Panel: Career advice for cybersecurity internships/jobs in federal agencies
  • 12:20-1:20: Lunch
  • 1:20-2:20: Research Talks by Faculty
    • "Privacy Leakage Induced by Unrestricted Sensors in the Age of Virtual Reality", Cong Shi
    • "Securing the Graphics Stack to Protect the 3D Web Frontier", Zhihao “Zephyr” Yao
  • 2:20-2:30: Closing remarks by the PIs

SCI Annual Retreat 2022 Agenda (November 5, 2022):

  • 9:15-9:30: Arrival & Breakfast
  • 9:30-9:40: Introductions and Welcome remarks by the PIs
  • 9:40-11:10: Tech Talks by Alumni
    • "Everything But the Kitchen Sync: Exploring Non-Traditional Cyber Security"
    • "Skill Communities and You: Picking a Lane in Cyberspace"
    • "Incidence Response – Threat Hunting and Digital Forensics”
  • 11:10-11:30: Coffee/tea break
  • 11:30-12:30: Research Talks by Faculty
    • "Securing Software Supply Chains with in-toto", Reza Curtmola
    • "Privacy-Preserving Fine-Grained Location Prediction", Cristian Borcea
  • 12:30-1:30: Lunch
  • 1:30-2:30: Alumni Panel: Career advice for cybersecurity internships/jobs in federal agencies
  • 2:30-2:35: Closing remarks by the PIs