GenCyber Summer Camps 2023
Registration is available for GenCyber 2023 summer camps! For additional information regarding this cost-free cyber camp for rising 8th-12th graders, please click here.
Recent Department Events
NCL at The Citadel
Congratulations to the cyber cadets/students that participated in National Cyber League Fall ’22! The Citadel team landed 19th out of 470 colleges in NCL’s Power Ranking, with individual competitors Cadets Ben Race and Jacob T. Wood placing in the top 100 out of over 7,500 participants.
Please join us in commending all of the NCL participants for their wonderful accomplishment!
Read more about NCL 2022 here: Cyber success: Citadel cadets beat out thousands of students in the National Cyber League – The Citadel Today
OCTOBER IS CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH!
CDCI (Citadel DoD Cyber Institute) and the Citadel Department of Cyber and Computer Sciences remind you to “See Yourself in Cyber“.
We all play an important role in cyber safety, whether you are at work, at school, or at home.
4 Things You Can Do…
Throughout October, CISA and NCA will highlight key action steps that everyone should take:
- Think Before You Click: Recognize and Report Phishing: If a link looks a little off, think before you click. It could be an attempt to get sensitive information or install malware.
- Update Your Software: Don’t delay — If you see a software update notification, act promptly. Better yet, turn on automatic updates.
- Use Strong Passwords: Use passwords that are long, unique, and randomly generated. Use password managers to generate and remember different, complex passwords for each of your accounts. A passwords manager will encrypt passwords securing them for you!
- Enable Multi-Factor Authentication: You need more than a password to protect your online accounts, and enabling MFA makes you significantly less likely to get hacked.
For more details, we encourage you to visit Cybersecurity Awareness Month | CISA
Please view the flyer below for events on campus that will celebrate this important month! We hope to see you there.
JACK VOLTAIC CONFERENCE SERIES: CYBER RESILIENCY FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
THE CITADEL: HOLLIDAY ALUMNI CENTER
FEBRUARY 24TH & 25TH, 2022
April 2020 Department Information Session
April 2020 Department Awards Ceremony
Recent Department News
Post and Courier: The Citadel launches bachelor’s degree to train America’s future ‘cyber warriors’.
Citadel Today: Citadel to create a South Carolina CyberCorps with $2.8 million grant.
Past Events
Leaders in Philanthropy
- October 11 & 12 2019
- Hosted by Foundation
Volunteers Conference
- Hosted by Foundation
Freshman Pumpkin Carving Contest
- October 29 2019
- 4pm-7pm in Riverview Room
Homecoming Friday
- October 25 2019
- CSMC Meeting
- Museum Reading Room on 3rd floor of Daniel Library
- Alumni Reception
STEM FRESH Holiday Social
- December 3 2019
- 5pm-7pm
- Gingerbread house making contest and dinner coordinated by Dean Welch
Past NEWS
April 14, 2018 — Students to present at the South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting
Students will travel to Presbyterian College to give oral presentations of their research projects.
April 10, 2018 — Department Banquet to highlight outstanding students and this year’s events
April 7, 2018 — Students to present posters at the annual SC EPSCoR/IDeA program State Conference
Students will travel to Columbia, SC to present posters of research projects completed this year.
March 23, 2018 – Citadel Student Research Conference
Department research projects will be presented at the annual CSRC on campus through posters and oral presentations.
March 6-7, 2018 — Students to attend annual MORS Education and Professional Development Colloquium
February 24, 2018 — Programming team to compete at annual Mercer Contest
February 3, 2018 — 2018 Charleston STEM Festival
Cadets Jacob Blankenship and Elizabeth Spoehel along with Drs. Mei Chen and Bo Li from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science had an exhibit at the annual Charleston STEM Festival held at Brittlebank Park. The students and faculty interacted with local children to promote mathematics and computer science using fun activities.
October 24, 2017 – Students compete at The 2017 Citadel Math Jeopardy Contest I
Six teams consisting of 23 students competed at the annual Citadel Math Jeopardy contest I. Math majors James Andrus, Jamme Butler, Hsin-Yun Ching, and Pang J. Hsu formed the winning team, math majors Skyler Addy, Aaron Gilberto, William Hesse, and Zachary Parker formed the second place team, and third place went to the team of Andrew Burckhalter (MECH), Blayne Hayes (MECH), Brett Lipscomb (CS), and Zachary Smith (MATH).
October 12, 2017 — Cybersecurity Team wins best Forensic Team at 2017 August Cyber Challenge
James Andrus (captain), Andrew Becker, Scott Deaver, John Delpizzo, Michael Gerba, Richard Honeycutt, Tai Lum, Brendan Michel, and Thitiphop Phucharoen won Best Forensic Team $2500 at the 2017 August Cyber Challenge.
August 2017 – Cadet Elizabeth Spoehel receives Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship
Elizabeth Spoehel, sophomore computer science and mathematics major, received the DoD Information Assurance Scholarship. After graduation, Elizabeth will be a cyber warrior with the DoD Space and Naval Warfare Center in Maryland.
April 8-10, 2017 — Cybersecurity team competes at 5th Annual Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition
Andrew Fayed, Chris Gibson, Sean Sullivan, and Anthony Zovich competed at the 5th Annual PCDC at Trident Technical College.
April 6-8, 2017 — Students present at National Council on Undergraduate Research conference
James Carignan and Andrew Fayed orally presented their research project entitled “Analyzing Geotagged Tweets to Evaluate India’s Sentiments Through the 21st Century” at the NCUR conference held at the University of Memphis. Their research was supervised by Dr. Joshi.
March 10-11, 2017 — Students compete and present at the Mathematical Association of America Southeast section meeting
James Andrus, Hsin-Yun Ching, Marcus Harbol, Luke Tiscareno, and Welfare Wang orally presented their research projects entitled “Ensuring Secure and Fairly Timed Computer Network Communication,” “Determinant of a Fibonacci Matrix,” “Augmented Happy Function with Complex Variables,” “A Rational Fibonacci to the n,” and “Fibonacci and Lucas Identity with Third and Fifth Power,” respectively. These projects were supervised by Drs. Banik, Florez, Mukherjee, Swart, and Verdicchio.
February 24-25, 2017 — Programming team competes at Mercer Contest
Adrian Beaput, John Delpizzo, Sylvester Freeman, Ricahrd Honneycutt, Andrew Seay, and Wyatt Wilkerson competed at the annual Mercer programming competition at Mercer University.
February 17-18, 2017 — Students present research at Kennesaw Mountain Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
James Andrus, Marcus Harbol, Nathan McAnally, Luke Tiscareno, and Welfare Wang orally presented their research projects entitled “Ensuring Secure and Fairly Timed Computer Network Communication,” “Augmented Happy Function with Complex Variables,” “Identities of the Generalized Fibonacci Polynomials,” “A Rational Fibonacci to the n,” and “Fibonacci and Lucas Identity with Third and Fifth Power,” respectively. These projects were supervised by Drs. Banik, Florez, Mukherjee, Swart, and Verdicchio.
February 11, 2017 — Cadets help at 2017 Charleston STEM Festival
James Andrus and Elizabeth Spoehel show the fun of mathematics to local kids at the 2017 Charleston STEM Festival.
November 4-5, 2016 — Students present research at Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Southeastern Region conference
James, Carignan, Andrew Fayed, Newton McCollum, and Benjamin McIntosh presented their paper Using TWIG: India’s Past Versus Present Via Topic Modeling at the CCSC-SE conference. This project was supervised by Dr. Joshi. James Andrus present his poster “Ensuring Secure and Fairly Timed Computer Network Communication” and was awarded a short oral presentation. His project was supervised by Drs. Banik, Swart, and Verdicchio.
November 2016 — Programming team competes at ACM contest
Oscar Arline, Adrian Beaput, Andrew Becker, John Delpizzo, Richard Honeycutt, Andrew Seay, Adam Swann, Wyatt Wilkerson, and Anthony Zovich competed at the ACM programming contest.
Oceober 29-30, 2016 — Cadet presents research at SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum
James Andrus presented his poster “Ensuring Secure and Fairly Timed Computer Network Communication” at the 2nd Annual SURF conference at Wofford College. This project was supervised by Drs. Banik, Swart, and Verdicchio.
October 19, 2016 — MACS Leadership Day with Google
On Leadership Day, four folks from Google, including Jeff Stevenson, came to Thompson Hall for a Senior Leadership Integration Seminar. They have supported one of these seminars for the past 5 years and Dr. Michael Verdicchio has helped facilitate the last 4 of them. The previous ones have been at the Google office in Ladson, SC but this year there was some access protocal issues outside everyone’s control.
October 12, 2016 — Cybersecurity team competes at Augusta Cyber Challenge
Andrew Fayed, Chris Gibson, Newton McCollum, Sean Sullivan, and Anthony Zovich (captain) placed first among college teams during the final round at the August Cyber Challenge.
September 9, 2016 — Dr. Shankar Banik receives recognition award from the Citadel Board of Visitors
Dr. Shankar Banik was recognized by the Citadel Board of Visitors for the establishment of the Center for Intelligence and Cybersecurity, the earned designation as a Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security, and his contribution to academics at the Citadel.
April 2016 — National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education
The Citadel has been designated as a national center of academic excellence in cyber defense education through academic year 2021 by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.