{"689973":{"#nid":"689973","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cybersecurity School Takes Home Multiple Awards ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeven members of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (SCP) community were recognized for their leadership and excellence on Monday afternoon at the 35th Annual College of Computing Awards Ceremony.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am pleased to be able to recognize all of this hard work,\u201d said Dean \u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E during the ceremony.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne student, two staff members, and four faculty members were nominated by their SCP peers and received awards for their achievements over the past year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EStudent Solves Real World Problems\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYibin Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. CS 2025) was awarded a 2025 Dissertation Award for his thesis on zero-knowledge proofs in real-world problems. SCP Professor and Senior Associate Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EVlad Kolesnikov\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eadvised Yang and acknowledged that Yang\u2019s work advances the field of cryptography.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYang contributed to the advancement of zero-knowledge proofs and multi-party computations, while also building toolchains that are faster and more usable than existing systems. His work earned a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/cryptographic-research-receives-distinguished-paper-award-acm-ccs-23\u0022\u003Edistinguished paper award\u003C\/a\u003E at the 2023 ACM CCS, and he also served as an RSAC Security Scholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EStaff Lead the Way\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the staff category, \u003Cstrong\u003EMary Helen Hayes\u003C\/strong\u003E was awarded the Outstanding Staff Leadership Award, and \u003Cstrong\u003EGina Anderson\u003C\/strong\u003E received the Ruthie Book Outstanding Staff Team Member Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Outstanding Staff Leadership Award is given to a full-time administrative staff member in recognition of an outstanding record of leadership that has resulted in a significant positive impact on the College of Computing, the Institute, or the computing community. Hayes was nominated by four faculty and staff members for this award for her steady presence in SCP since she began her role as director of research operations in 2024.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Ruthie Book Outstanding Staff Team Member Award is presented to a staff member in recognition of their outstanding performance in honor of Ruthie Book, who exemplified excellence in her work. Anderson was nominated by SCP faculty and staff for her outstanding leadership and mentorship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth received praise for their hard work from the college as well as from their supervisor, Senior Academic Officer \u003Cstrong\u003EJan Morian\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am so incredibly proud of our staff in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy who won awards this year at the College of Computing Annual Awards ceremony,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMary Helen Hayes and Regina Anderson are truly outstanding staff members who exemplify Georgia Tech\u2019s values. Their leadership has contributed substantially to the success of the school.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ECybersecurity Faculty Net Four Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing also recognized four SCP faculty members for excellence in teaching and research during the college\u2019s annual award ceremony.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/external-news\/new-faculty-wants-secure-ai-wild\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeodora Baluta\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E received the Junior Faculty Teaching Award for developing a new graduate-level course that brought together generative artificial intelligence (AI) security, adversarial machine learning, cryptography, and differential privacy. Her nominator, SCP Associate Professor Vassilis Zikas, said the course bridged a critical gap in a rapidly evolving area of computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor his role in leading \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/team-atlanta.github.io\/\u0022\u003ETeam Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E to victory in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-makes-history-wins-darpa-challenge\u0022\u003EDARPA AI Cyber Challenge\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ETaesoo Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E received the Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award. His nominator, Regents Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EWenke Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E, praised the team\u2019s performance, which not only won the competition but also beat the combined score of all other competitors. The AI developed by Team Atlanta is now open sourced with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/competition-community-how-team-atlantas-ai-cybersecurity-breakthrough-going-open-source\u0022\u003EOpen Source Security Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EFrank Li\u003C\/strong\u003E received the Junior Faculty Research Award for establishing world-class research \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~frankli\/beeslab.html\u0022\u003EBEES Lab\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech. One of his nominators, Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESaman Zonouz\u003C\/strong\u003E, put Li\u2019s name forward for his work empirically evaluating and improving internet security and privacy from an operational standpoint.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio\u003C\/strong\u003E received\u0026nbsp;the Mid-Career Faculty Research Award. Zikas nominated him for establishing internationally recognized research in cybersecurity forensics, malware analysis, AI security, and software supply chain security. Saltaformaggio\u2019s research highlights include the discovery of over \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/follow-money-2-billion-crypto-scams-found-ethereum\u0022\u003E$2 billion in stolen funds\u003C\/a\u003E on the Ethereum blockchain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We know SCP faculty conduct highly impactful research that is of the highest quality,\u201d said SCP Interim Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EMustaque Ahamad\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cOur faculty receiving research awards at all levels recognizes this and shows how we are working to realize SCP\u2019s vision of creating security for everyone and everything.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeven members of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (SCP) community were recognized for their leadership and excellence on Monday afternoon at the 35th Annual College of Computing Awards Ceremony.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Seven members of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP) community were recognized for their leadership and excellence on Monday afternoon at the 35th Annual College of Computing Awards Ceremony."}],"uid":"36253","created_gmt":"2026-04-23 17:30:25","changed_gmt":"2026-04-23 17:38:20","author":"John Popham","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680047":{"id":"680047","type":"image","title":"CoC-Awards-Spring-webcopy.jpg","body":null,"created":"1776965449","gmt_created":"2026-04-23 17:30:49","changed":"1776965449","gmt_changed":"2026-04-23 17:30:49","alt":"A photo of a group of people","file":{"fid":"264281","name":"CoC-Awards-Spring-webcopy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/23\/CoC-Awards-Spring-webcopy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/23\/CoC-Awards-Spring-webcopy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1800631,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/23\/CoC-Awards-Spring-webcopy.jpg?itok=8JGy7wzZ"}},"680045":{"id":"680045","type":"image","title":"Gina-CoC-Awards-Spring-2026_86A0051.jpg","body":null,"created":"1776965449","gmt_created":"2026-04-23 17:30:49","changed":"1776965449","gmt_changed":"2026-04-23 17:30:49","alt":"A man and a woman standing next to each other. 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Mastali designed an audio enrichment wall to help stimulate Zoo Atlanta\u2019s elephants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany zoos build concrete enrichment walls to foster elephant problem-solving and critical thinking. The walls usually have holes for the elephants to reach through with their trunks as they search for food, treats, or playful objects on the other side.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMastali enhanced Zoo Atlanta\u2019s enrichment wall by adding an interactive audio component. A nearby speaker system emits distinctive low-frequency tones when an elephant sticks its trunk into a hole.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey\u2019re intelligent creatures that require a lot of complexity in their habitat,\u201d Mastali said. \u201cWe wanted to add to that complexity while giving them more control.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExperimenting in the Wild\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMastali\u2019s system uses cameras and computer vision to detect when an elephant\u2019s trunk is inside a hole and then sends a signal to the speakers to play a sound.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMastali is a member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/animalab.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Animal Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, directed by School of IC professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/melody-jackson\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMelody Jackson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The lab often uses sensing technology to enhance animal wellness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMastali said she tried incorporating sensing devices into her project several times. She constructed an insert made of PVC pipe and attached a sensor to its base that used infrared beams to detect the elephant\u2019s trunk.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, she said it was difficult to account for the elephants\u2019 strength. Their trunks would break the insert after a day or two.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe pivoted toward computer vision to remove the risk of damage and keep the enrichment wall as close to natural as possible.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA big lesson we learned was that using existing materials the elephants are already familiar with was the best way to do things, and it simplified our design process,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShane Rosse\u003C\/strong\u003E, a student in Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOnline Master of Science in Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E (OMSCS) program, assisted Mastali with the computer vision component.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnhancing Environmental Enrichment\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMastali observed the elephants\u2019 behavior at the wall seven days before and seven days after the installation of the audio enrichment system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe number of times the elephants approached the wall after installation increased by 176%, and time spent at the wall increased by 71%\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe weren\u2019t sure at first if they would care that much, so it was great to see how much time they spent at the wall, especially our less dominant females,\u201d said Kirby Miller, senior elephant caretaker at Zoo Atlanta. \u201cThey seem to like it the most.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMiller said the elephants used to only approach the wall when they knew there was food behind it. That started to change after the audio enrichment system was installed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe would be off somewhere else, and we\u2019d hear the speaker playing the sounds, and we knew there wasn\u2019t any food back there,\u201d Miller said. \u201cTara had her trunk in one of the holes, just listening to the sound. That let us know they do like it, and they\u2019re very curious about it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMiller said because elephants have sharp memories and acute senses of hearing and smell, their habitats must be designed with that in mind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZoo Atlanta\u2019s African Savanna elephant habitat was redesigned in 2019. 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