Meetings & Events
Find information about ICE-CEM meetings and events, including dates, locations and participation details.
November 2–3, 2026 · All times Eastern
Monday, November 2 | Day 1
Center vision, research pillars, and integration strategy
| Time | Session | Speakers |
|---|
| 12:00–1:30 PM | Registration, Check-in, and Lunch | |
| 1:30–1:50 PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Alec D. Gallimore, Provost, Duke University
Jerome Lynch, Vinik Dean of Engineering, Duke University
Lt. Gen. Jeth B. Rey, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6, U.S. Army |
| 1:50–2:05 PM | ARO Program Perspective | Paul Yu, Program Manager, ARO |
| 2:05–2:45 PM | ICE-CEM: Center Vision and Research Overview | Miroslav Pajic, ICE-CEM Director (Duke University) |
| 2:45–3:00 PM | Break | |
| 3:00–3:30 PM | EM Research Pillar | Todd Humphreys (UT Austin) |
| 3:30–4:00 PM | Cyber Research Pillar | Syed Hussain (Penn State University) |
| 4:00–4:30 PM | Cyber-EM Convergence Pillar | Ning Zhang (Washington University) |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Integration, Testbeds, and Demonstrations | Tingjun Chen (Duke University) |
| 5:00–5:15 PM | Break | |
| 5:15–6:45 PM | Dinner at Washington Duke Inn | |
Research pillar sessions: 20-minute presentation + 10-minute discussion.
Tuesday, November 3 | Day 2
PI research presentations, technical discussions, and government briefing
Session 1 — EM Research
8:30–10:05 AM
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|
| 8:30–8:35 | Todd Humphreys (UT) | Session Introduction |
| 8:35–8:55 | Todd Humphreys (UT) | GNSS Attacks and Passive RF Reconnaissance |
| 8:55–9:15 | Kaushik Chowdhury (UT) | Localizing Drones Using Cellular Signals |
| 9:15–9:35 | Yasaman Ghasempour (Princeton) | RF Sensing and EM Propagation Engineering |
| 9:35–9:55 | David Smith (Duke) | Advanced Dynamically Reconfigurable Metasurface Apertures, Reflect- & Transmit-arrays for Threat Detection, RF Imaging, and Active Camouflage |
| 9:55–10:05 | Government Team | Discussion and feedback |
10:05–10:15 AM • Coffee Break
Session 2 — Cyber Research
10:15–11:50 AM
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|
| 10:15–10:20 | Syed Hussain (PSU) | Session Introduction |
| 10:20–10:40 | Morley Mao (University of Michigan) | Sensor Attacks and Cyber-Physical Vulnerabilities |
| 10:40–11:00 | Syed Hussain (PSU) | Wireless Protocol Attacks and Cyber Exploitation |
| 11:00–11:20 | Saman Zonouz (GaTech) | From Bits and Boards to Dynamics: Modeling Cyber-EM UAS Effects |
| 11:20–11:40 | Michael Reiter (Duke) | Data Inference from UAS Platforms (and Defending Against It) |
| 11:40–11:50 | Government Team | Discussion and feedback |
11:50 AM–1:20 PM • Lunch (90 minutes)
Session 3 — Cyber-EM Convergence, AI, Integration, Acceleration, and Demonstrations
1:20–3:40 PM
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|
| 1:20–1:25 | Ning Zhang (WUSTL) | Session introduction |
| 1:25–1:45 | Ning Zhang (WUSTL) | Cyber-EM Attack Reasoning and Orchestration |
| 1:45–2:05 | Neil Gong (Duke) | Secure AI for Unmanned Aerial Systems |
| 2:05–2:25 | Yiran Chen (Duke) | Robustness of Vision-Language-Action Autonomy on UAS: Attack Surfaces and Verifiable Defenses |
| 2:25–2:45 | Helen Li (Duke) | AI Hardware: Accelerating Cyber Attacks and Defense |
| 2:45–3:05 | Tingjun Chen (Duke) | Research Infrastructure, Testbeds, And Integration |
| 3:05–3:25 | M. Castillo-Effen (LMCO) | Operational Scenarios, Demonstrations, And Technology Transition |
| 3:25–3:40 | Government Team | Discussion and feedback |
3:40–4:00 PM • Break
Session 4 — Confidential Government Team Briefing
4:00–5:00 PM
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|
| 4:00–5:00 | Government Team Representatives | Army feedback on research priorities and operational relevance, Year 1-2 expectations, coordination, and discussion |
| 5:00 PM | | Adjourn |
