Academic Affairs

3rd Annual Cybersecurity Graduate Research Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Symposium Agenda

NSU's College of Computing, AI, and Cybersecurity is hosting its annual Cybersecurity Graduate Research Symposium. Computing Alumni will have the opportunity to present and showcase their research. We are excited for students, faculty, and the community to discuss innovative research! This event is free and open to all students, faculty, and community members to attend.

We encourage you to take advantage of the networking opportunities the symposium offers. Engage with fellow researchers and established faculty members, as they can provide valuable guidance and insights. During the symposium, lunch will be provided.

 

Scotch Tasting

Following the symposium, NSU will host a Scotch tasting, networking, and social reception in the NSU Faculty Club.

Deadlines:

Application opens: August 1, 2025

Application closes: Extended to October 10, 2025

Presentation Types

Virtual: Presenters will have the option to present via Zoom. 

In-Person: The in-person event will be held in the Cortex Labs at NSU. 

All presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by 5 minutes for questions and answers. 

Presenter Information

During the symposium, you will have the opportunity to deliver a presentation on your research, followed by a question-and-answer session. The event will allow for interdisciplinary interactions and fostering a vibrant scholarly community. Please be sure to submit  your information before the deadline of September 30, 2025. If your presentation is accepted, you will be paid a $500 honorarium for attending and presenting at the sympoisum. 

Location Information

Nova Southeastern University - Cortex Labs (3rd Floor of Mailman Hollywood Building)
Mailman Hollywood Building - 7001 Mary McCahill Dr, Davie, FL 33314

2025 Symposium Agenda and Presentations

2025 Symposium Agenda

Regional Community Engaged Learning to Support First Responders by Michael Lehrfeld

Experimental Study to Assess the Role of Environment and Device Type on the Success of Social Engineering Attacks: The Case of Judgment Errors by Tommy Pollock

Analyzing IoT Vulnerabilities: A Longitudinal Study of CVE Disclosures and Exploitability Trends by Stephen Mujeye

Toward a SOC Maturity Model for Artificial Intelligence: Insights from Emerging Cybersecurity Environments by George Antoniou

The Threat of Ransomware to Critical Infrastructure by Heriberto Acosta-Maestre

 

2024 Symposium Agenda and Presentations

2024 Symposium Agenda

Enhanced Shoulder-Surfing Cued-Recall Graphical Password System: Sequential PassPoint (SPP) by Titus Fofung

Experimental Study to Assess the Role of Environment and Device Type on the Success of Social Engineering Attacks: The Case of Judgment Errors by Tommy Pollock

Implementing a Secure Hub Ecosystem Prototype in Defending IoT Devices in Smart Homes by Stephen Mujeye

Quantum Computing: An Introduction, Applications, and Impact on Latin America by Heriberto Acosta Maestre

Assessing Organizational Investments in Cybersecurity and Financial Performance Before and After Data Breach Incidents of Cloud SaaS Platforms by Munther Ghazawneh

Examining Consumers' Selective Information Privacy Disclosure Behaviors in an Organization's Secure e-Commerce Systems by Patrick Offor

Using Ontological Methods to Compare Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 and COBIT-19 by Aaron Ramey

A Universal Cybersecurity Competency Framework for Organizational Users by Patricia Baker

Cyber-Security Synthetic Data with Generative AI Gemini by Thuan Nguyen

 

2023 Symposium Agenda and Presentations

2023 Symposium Agenda

An Empirical Examination of the Computer Security Behaviors of Telecommuters Working with Confidential Data through Leveraging the Factors from Fear Appeals Model (FAM) by  Titus Dohnfon Fofung, Ph.D.