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Happy New Year from the SPHERE Project Team!
As we step into 2025, we’re excited to continue our community outreach, participating in top cybersecurity conferences, workshops, and NSF events. Upcoming highlights include the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) in February and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Infrastructure Workshop (RIW) in March. This year, we will host specialized workshops on Cyber-Physical…

USC Viterbi Magazine Spotlights SPHERE Principal Investigator Jelena Mirkovic
We’re proud to announce that our PI, Dr. Jelena Mirkovic, is featured as one of 23 visionary researchers in the Fall 2024 USC Viterbi Magazine! She’s highlighted among USC’s leading innovators who are reimagining computing through a human-centered lens. “For the last decade, Jelena Mirkovic, USC Viterbi research associate professor of computer science, has studied…

SPHERE at SACNAS NDiSTEM Conference
SPHERE joins forces with FABRIC and Chameleon Cloud at SACNAS NDiSTEM! Our Lead PI, Dr. Jelena Mirkovic, alongside Paul Ruth (FABRIC) and Marc Richardson (Chameleon Cloud), introduced three powerful NSF-funded research testbeds that are transforming computing research and education. SPHERE, FABRIC, and Chameleon Cloud each offer unique capabilities for researchers: SPHERE focuses on cybersecurity and…

SPHERE at ACM CCS 2024
SPHERE Research Infrastructure made a significant impact at ACM CCS 2024 in Salt Lake City last week. David Balenson presented our research infrastructure through an engaging poster session, generating substantial interest from the cybersecurity research community. We were delighted to see our advisory board member, Dr. Patrick Traynor, at the conference. Dr. Traynor, who co-directs…

SPHERE Year 1 All-Hands Team Meeting
SPHERE Research Infrastructure held its annual review and planning meeting at Northeastern University, marking a significant milestone as we completed our first year and planned our path forward. The comprehensive two-day session brought together team members to evaluate our progress and strengthen our strategic direction. Our Year 1 review highlighted several successful initiatives in developing…