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Researchers are working on what's next for wireless connectivity. 📡

In collaboration with @lockheedmartin, a team at @virginia.tech is developing technology that could make future 6G networks more flexible, easier to expand, and less expensive to deploy.

🔗 Read more via the link in our bio.

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Smarter Collaborative AI

📄 FedHusky: Accelerating Hybrid Federated Learning with Client Hopping
A new federated learning framework improves efficiency and collaboration across distributed AI systems without sharing sensitive data.

👥 Authors: Fangtong Zhou (VT) · Yi Shi (VT) · Wenjing Lou (VT) · Y. Thomas Hou (VT)
🏛️ Venue: WiOpt 2026
🔗 Read the full paper: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026/fedhusky.html

🔐 During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we're highlighting CCI-funded research advancing the future of cyber defense.

The 2026 Research Paper Showcase features 22 CCI-funded papers across AI, cryptography, privacy, cyber defense, extended reality, and human-centered cybersecurity.

🔬 Explore the Research Paper Showcase: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026.html

#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #CCI #ResearchPaperShowcase #FederatedLearning #DistributedAI #MachineLearning #PrivacyPreservingAI #AIResearch #DataPrivacy #WiOpt2026

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The Hidden Cost of Secure AI 💸🔒

Confidential computing protects AI workloads from prying cloud providers — but this study shows it can slow down large language model responses far more than expected. 🖥️

👥 Authors: Eunseong Park (VT) · Timo Thans (VT) · Vishnu Kumar Kalidasan (VT) · Qinghao Hu (MIT) · Wenjie Xiong (VT)
🏛️ Venue: IEEE ISPASS 2026
🔗 Read the full paper: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026/an-empirical-study-of-llm-serving.html

🔐 During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we're highlighting CCI-funded research advancing the future of cyber defense.

The 2026 Research Paper Showcase features 22 CCI-funded papers across AI, cryptography, privacy, cyber defense, extended reality, and human-centered cybersecurity.

🔬 Explore the Research Paper Showcase: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026.html

#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #CCI #ResearchPaperShowcase #ConfidentialComputing #AISecurity #LLMs #CloudSecurity #Cybersecurity #CyberResearch #TechInnovation

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Locking Down Memory, One Pointer at a Time 🔒💾 

LIPPEN encrypts every memory pointer in a running program, closing off a major class of hacking techniques used to hijack software — without the performance cost of older defenses. ⚡

👥 Authors: Erfan Iravani (VT) · Lalit Prasad Peri (VT) · Mohannad Ismail (VT) · Charitha Tumkur Siddalingaradhya (VT) · Changwoo Min (Igalia) · Elif Bilge Kavun (Barkhausen Inst. & TU Dresden) · Wenjie Xiong (VT) 
🏛️ Venue: ISCA 2026 
🔗 Read the full paper: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026/lippen.html

The 2026 Research Paper Showcase features 22 CCI-funded papers across AI, cryptography, privacy, cyber defense, extended reality, and human-centered cybersecurity.

🔬 Explore the Research Paper Showcase: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026.html

#CCI #ResearchPaperShowcase #LIPPEN #HardwareSecurity #MemorySafety #Cybersecurity #CyberResearch #TechInnovation

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Seeing What Your Eyes Give Away 👁️✨ 

This research turns raw eye-tracking data into visceral, easy-to-understand visuals, helping AR users grasp — and control — how much their gaze reveals about them. 🥽

👥 Authors: Nissi Otoo (VT) · Kailon Blue (VT) · G. Nikki Ramirez (VT) · Evan Selinger (RIT) · Shaun Foster (RIT) · Brendan David-John (VT) 
🏛️ Venue: IEEE ISMAR 
🔗 Read the full paper: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026/visceral-notices-and-privacy-mechanisms.html

The 2026 Research Paper Showcase features 22 CCI-funded papers across AI, cryptography, privacy, cyber defense, extended reality, and human-centered cybersecurity.

🔬 Explore the Research Paper Showcase: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026.html

#CCI #ResearchPaperShowcase #EyeTracking #ARPrivacy #ExtendedReality #Cybersecurity #CyberResearch #TechInnovation

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Your Headset May Be Watching You Watch 👀🥽

EyeSpy reveals a new way hackers could secretly track where VR users are looking, just by watching how hard the graphics card is working — no eye-tracking access required. 😳

👥 Authors: Paul Maynard (VT) · Haris Amjad (VT) · Camila Molinares (VT) · Bo Ji (VT) · Brendan David-John (VT)
🏛️ Venue: 47th IEEE S&P
🔗 Read the full paper: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026/eyespy.html

The 2026 Research Paper Showcase features 22 CCI-funded papers across AI, cryptography, privacy, cyber defense, extended reality, and human-centered cybersecurity.

🔬 Explore the Research Paper Showcase: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026.html

#EyeSpy #VRSecurity #SideChannelAttack #ExtendedReality #CyberResearch #CCICyber #ResearchShowcase #TechInnovation

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Explainable AI Catches Hidden Hackers 🤖🔍 

A new AI system combines machine learning with logical reasoning to catch stealthy, long-running cyberattacks on IoT networks — and explain its decisions instead of acting as a black box. 🧠

👥 Authors: Quhura Fathima (ODU) · Neda Moghim (ODU) · Mostafa T. Firouzjaee (Amol Univ.) · Christo K. Thomas (WPI) · Ross Gore (ODU) · Walid Saad (VT) 
🏛️ Venue: IEEE ICC 2026 
🔗 Read the full paper: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026/neurosymbolic-learning.html

The 2026 Research Paper Showcase features 22 CCI-funded papers across AI, cryptography, privacy, cyber defense, extended reality, and human-centered cybersecurity.

🔬 Explore the Research Paper Showcase: https://cyberinitiative.org/research/research-showcase/2026.html

#ExplainableAI #IoTSecurity #ThreatDetection #Cybersecurity #CyberResearch #CCICyber #ResearchShowcase #TechInnovation

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We talked to some @vt_ece hokies at today's fun Friday event! Check out their favorite things about the ECE department 👀

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Engineering demands practical solutions and innovation. But it’s also about how you connect, communicate, and work with others to build what comes next.💯

This summer, high school juniors and seniors participating in the Center for Engineering Excellence and Discovery’s (CEED) summer programs discovered new ways to connect engineering concepts with others through a series of applied theatre workshops with CCS.

Students explored the "why" behind their interest in engineering while they practiced taking risks, communicating across differences, and collaborating in new ways.

We loved seeing these students grow in courage and in skills that will serve them as engineers — and as teammates, communicators, and future leaders! 🧡 💫

#scicomm #Futureengineers #Engineeringeducation #futureleaders

@vtceed @vt_engineering @vtenge @fralinlifesci

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Wafer spread 🤑 thank you so much for coming to our booth at Gobblerfest!! We’ll keep you updated on our Fall 2026 events such as infosessions with key semiconductor manufacturing companies, Wafers and Waffles, KLayout Workshop series, ECE 2214 reviews, and Chips and Dips! Join our discord (link in bio) for updates.

#semiconductor #chips #semiconductors

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Congratulations to Luiz DaSilva for being elected to the 2026 class of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine 👏

DaSilva is the Bradley Professor of Cybersecurity in the Virginia Tech Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and serves as inaugural executive director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). DaSilva leads a statewide network of 47 Virginia institutions of higher education working together to advance cybersecurity research, innovation, and workforce development.

To read about the other six Virginia Tech faculty elected to the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Read more: https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/08/research-virginia-academy-science-eng-med-2026-new-members.html

#VirginiaTech #Cybersecurity #CommonwealthCyberInitiative #VASEM #CCI Congratulations to Luiz DaSilva for being elected to the 2026 class of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine

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Great ideas deserve great communication. 🎭⚙️

This summer, the @commscivt partnered with Virginia Tech's @vtceed to bring communication workshops to participants in UPWARDS, C-Tech², and the Watford Engineering Experience (WEE).

Through applied theatre exercises led by Dr. Jon Catherwood-Ginn and Brittney S. Harris, students explored how voice, body language, storytelling, and audience connection can strengthen their communication skills. By stepping into interactive activities, participants gained tools to share their ideas with confidence and make complex concepts more engaging and accessible.

We are grateful to the faculty facilitators who shared their expertise, energy, and creativity with this year's participants, helping the next generation of engineers discover the power of communication.

#virginiatech #hokies

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