Defense Notices

All students and faculty are welcome to attend the final defense of EECS graduate students completing their M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. Defense notices for M.S./Ph.D. presentations for this year and several previous years are listed below in reverse chronological order.

Students who are nearing the completion of their M.S./Ph.D. research should schedule their final defenses through the EECS graduate office at least THREE WEEKS PRIOR to their presentation date so that there is time to complete the degree requirements check, and post the presentation announcement online.

Upcoming Defense Notices

Logan Schmalz

A Framework for Controlled Key Release

When & Where:


Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)

Committee Members:

Perry Alexander, Chair
Drew Davidson
Sankha Guria


Abstract

Modern security relies heavily on public key cryptography, and private keys and secrets in general must be protected from attackers. Against a highly-capable adversary it is ideal to store secrets outside of main memory, which is easy on general purpose systems with the now widely-available Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0. However, the lack of integration between the TPM and the OS makes protecting secrets with automated availability needs difficult. We develop a strategy to authenticate OS entities and protect TPM-stored secrets without restricting access to the TPM, using standard features available on Linux---SELinux, Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA), Extended Verification Module (EVM), and Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS).

Kyle Wanamaker

Experimental Evaluation of Exotic MIMO Radar Transmission and Receive Processing Techniques

When & Where:


Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)

Committee Members:

Shannon Blunt, Chair
Patrick McCormick



Abstract

**Currently under security review**

Past Defense Notices

Dates

CHRISTOPHER GIFFORD

Heterogeneous Collaborative Learning for Robotics and Applied Artificial Intelligence

When & Where:


317 Nichols Hall

Committee Members:

Arvin Agah, Chair
Chris Allen
Swapan Chakrabarti
Carl Leuschen
Georgios Tsoflias

Abstract