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🔐  Cybersecurity

The Institute for Cybersecurity & Cryptography develops the theoretical and practical foundations of secure computing in a post-quantum world. Our laboratories address cryptographic protocols, hardware security, and adversarial machine learning.

Breakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence AchievedCareers · 12 Postdoc Positions OpenAward · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025Partnership · CERN CollaborationEvent · AI Safety Summit June 2025Grant · $18M NSF Award Green ComputingPublication · Nature Photonics All-Optical NNBreakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence AchievedCareers · 12 Postdoc Positions OpenAward · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025Partnership · CERN CollaborationEvent · AI Safety Summit June 2025Grant · $18M NSF Award Green ComputingPublication · Nature Photonics All-Optical NN
3Laboratories
24+Researchers
180+Publications
$32MFunding

Laboratories

Three Specialized Laboratories

Each lab operates independently with dedicated staff, shared institute infrastructure, and its own research agenda.

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CPL

Cryptographic Protocols Laboratory

Dir: Dr. Dominick Rizk

Lattice-based and post-quantum cryptographic constructions, zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, and verifiable credentials.

CRYSTALS-Kyber OptimizationZK-SNARK SystemsHomomorphic EncryptionThreshold Signatures
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HSTS

Hardware Security & Trusted Systems Lab

Dir: Dr. Dominick Rizk

Side-channel attacks and countermeasures, secure enclaves, hardware root-of-trust, and supply-chain integrity for critical computing infrastructure.

Post-Spectre ArchitecturesTEE Formal VerificationPUF-Based IdentityRISC-V Secure Extensions
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AMND

Adversarial ML & Network Defense Lab

Dir: Dr. Dominick Rizk

Robustness of AI systems under adversarial perturbation, network intrusion detection, automated vulnerability discovery, and AI-powered threat intelligence.

Certified RobustnessLLM Red-TeamingNetwork Anomaly DetectionAutonomous Pen-Testing
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Selected Publications

Recent Research

2025
Flagship 2025 Result — Landmark Contribution to Cybersecurity Science
Lead Author et al. · Cybersecurity
Nature / Science 2025
Featured Article
2025
Advanced Methods from Cybersecurity — Theory and Empirical Study
Senior Researcher, C. · Cybersecurity
Top Conference 2025
Best Paper
2024
Foundational Work Establishing New Paradigms in Cybersecurity Research
Institute Faculty · Cybersecurity
Flagship Journal 2024
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