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Ramblers Qualify for 2CDC Cyber Defense Finals
A team from Á¿×Ó×ÊÔ´ University Chicago, consisting of Daniel Gaevskiy, Lynette Lim, Chloe Kilroy, Josh Honig, and Arya Aftab, participated in the 2CDC (Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition) qualifiers on July 29. This competition challenges students to protect and defend a simulated corporate network from real-world cyberattacks while balancing day-to-day business operations.

Josh is a graduate student in the MS in Computer Science program with a concentration in Cybersecurity. He previously graduated from Á¿×Ó×ÊÔ´ with his BS in Cybersecurity in May 2024 and is the co-founder of Á¿×Ó×ÊԴ’s cybersecurity club, 7968.

Cybersecurity Talks at IEEE Conference
Josh Honig presented a peer-reviewed paper titled "Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis: To Website Fingerprinting and Beyond" and a peer-reviewed poster titled

1 Million in Linked NSF Grants to Support the BullyBlocker Project
The grant proposal Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Toward Well-being by Design in Social Media, led by Dr. Yas Silva, has received funding from NSF.