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Blockchain at NG Edge

New Paper Accepted to IEEE Access Journal 2025

Monday April 7, 2025

The WAM Systems Lab has a new journal paper accepted to appear: Boamah, S., Louis, Jean, McNair, J., and Gilbert, J. A Survey for Blockchain-enabled Resource Management in Edge Networks, to appear in IEEE Access Journal, 2025. The inherent features of blockchain such as decentralization, transparency, security, and immutability, make it possible for network providers […]

IEEE ICC 2024 Workshops, Co-Chaired by Dr. McNair, was a success!

Wednesday September 18, 2024

  [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”3″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″ maximum_entity_count=”500″]The IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (ICC) https://icc2024.ieee-icc.org/, led by General Co-Chairs Richard Green, Tim Weil, and David Reed as well as TPC Chair Matthew Valenti, and co-TPC chairs Wenye Wang and Chonggang Wang, featured a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 13 symposia and a variety of tutorials […]

IEEE NetSoft 2024, co-chaired by Dr. McNair, was a success!

Monday June 24, 2024

  [ngg src=”galleries” display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″ maximum_entity_count=”500″]The 10th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (IEEE NetSoft 2024) was held in Saint Louis, MO, USA, from 24 June to 28 June, 2024. The General Chairs, Flavio Esposito and Janise McNair, and the Technical Program Chairs, Chiara Contoli, Reza Tourani, and Augusto Neto, are pleased to welcome you to St. Louis, […]

New paper accepted to IEEE Access Journal 2024

Monday May 20, 2024

  The WAM Systems Lab has a new conference paper accepted to appear: D. Agnew, A. del Aguila, and J. McNair, “Enhanced Network Metric Prediction for Machine Learning-based Cyber Security of a Software-Defined UAV Relay Network,” IEEE Access Journal, 12(2024):54202-54219. Zero-day attacks are newly developed cyberattacks that can cause significant harm to the functionality of a […]

Software-Defined Smart Grid Security Paper Selected as Featured Article in Smart Cities Journal Issue

Wednesday June 7, 2023

The WAM Systems Lab has a new journal paper appearing in Smart Cities. This paper was selected by the editors to be a featured article in the Smart Cities Journal website banner for the issue. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/smartcities Agnew, D.; Boamah, S.; Bretas, A.; McNair, J. Network Security Challenges and Countermeasures for Software-Defined Smart Grids: A Survey. Smart Cities 2024, 7, […]

New NSF Project on Vehicular Security

Wednesday June 7, 2023

Dr. McNair is on a team for a new NSF project entitled, “An Integrative Hands-on Approach to Vehicular Security Education.” It’s goal is to develop technology and materials to help the broader community comprehend the cybersecurity challenges in autonomous vehicles. Attack targets on autonomous vehicles are diverse and numerous, and include sensors, hardware, software, vision, […]

New Paper Accepted to IEEE LAN/MAN 2024!

Thursday December 22, 2022

  The WAM Systems Lab has a new conference paper accepted to appear: P. Mangipudi, S. Boamah, L. Carvajal, and J. McNair, “Multi-Criteria Handover in SDN-based Multi-RAT Networks,” accepted to appear in Proc of IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks.. The paper will be presented in Boston in Summer 2024.

New Paper accepted to GoMACTech 2023!

Saturday October 15, 2022

  The WAM Systems Lab has a new conference paper accepted to appear: D. Agnew and J. McNair, “Detection of Denial-of-Service Attacks in a Software-Defined LEO Constellation Network,” to appear in the Proceedings of the Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference (GOMAC Tech), March 2023. The paper will be presented in San Diego, CA […]

Agnew Accepted to Google CS Research Mentorship Program

Tuesday October 11, 2022

Dennis Agnew, PhD student advised by Janise McNair, was recently accepted into the Google CS Research Mentorship Program 2022B. He will work with a Google mentor and a student team to investigate software defined network security.

McNair Seminar for AI Institute

Tuesday October 11, 2022

Dr. Janise McNair gave a talk entitled, “The Secure Smart Grid,” at the NSF AI Institute for Networking Research, a multi-organizational team of universities, government agencies and companies led by The Ohio State University.

SHREC Annual Workshop – January 2023

Monday June 20, 2022

The NSF/ICURC SHREC Annual workshop returned to an in-person format. It was a two-day virtual event focusing on results from SHREC student-led research projects on space computing, high-performance computing, and resilient computing in mission-oriented environments. Hundreds of experts in the areas of space computing, high-performance computing, and resilient computing met as part of the NSF […]

McNair named Nelms IoT Institute Faculty Fellow

Monday June 20, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. McNair, who has been appointed as a Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World Faculty Fellow. This prestigious endowed position is awarded to select faculty members at the University of Florida in recognition of outstanding service within the Institute in research, education, workforce development, broadening participation, or other outreach activities, relevant […]

WAMS LAB – Summer 2024

Monday June 20, 2022

Congratulations to the WAM Systems Lab graduates of Summer 2024! ‎ Here is what WAMS lab is up to this summer… Graduated in Sumer 2024! Dennis Agnew (MITLL) Christopher Brant (SMART Fellow, DoD commitment) Kyle Morman (BS ECE, MS,PhD advised by A. Costin) Visiting researchers Dongcheul Lee, Associate Professor, Hannam University, South Korea

McNair – News & Views Article in Nature Magazine

Monday June 20, 2022

  Dr. McNair’s recent News & Views article appeared in Nature Magazine about a 6G spectrum-sharing experiment published in the new Nature Communications Engineering Journal. If you have a recent significant advance for a specialized area of research and development or are researching at the intersection of engineering with other scientific disciplines, such as biology, […]

WAM Undergrads Rentz and Abiru Showcase Their IoT Project at Florida Capitol

Tuesday March 15, 2022

On February 15, 2022, University of Florida students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee for Gator Day, an annual Florida Capitol event that provides an opportunity for UF faculty and students to present their research and engage in conversations with legislators and esteemed leaders from throughout the state of Florida. The […]
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