Cyber-Defence Campus celebrates its 5th anniversary
At the year-end event held to mark the fifth anniversary of the Cyber-Defence Campus (CYD Campus) of armasuisse Science and Technology (S+T), the best works and projects of the past years were awarded. The event honoured outstanding research projects and technological innovations that have contributed to strengthening cyber defence.
Andrea Thäler, Cyber Security and Data Science, armasuisse Science and Technology
In brief
The Cyber-Defence Campus (CYD Campus) celebrated its fifth anniversary with a special recognition of excellence in cyber defence. Since its inception, the CYD Campus has strengthened the link between academia, industry and government and is committed to fostering innovation and cutting-edge technological research.
In an age of ever-increasing cyber threats, the Cyber-Defence Campus has taken on a central role in tackling these challenges. Since its establishment in 2019, the CYD Campus has served as a link between the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), industry and academia. Its aim is to identify developments in the cyber domain at an early stage and to promote innovative solutions.
This unique interface between science and the federal government enables students and researchers to make a practical and innovative contribution to Switzerland's cyber security and gain valuable experience in the process. The CYD Campus not only strengthens the federal government's cyber capabilities, but also serves as a talent pool for Switzerland's next generation of cyber experts.
On 4 December, Dr. Vincent Lenders, founder and director of CYD Campus, gave a review of the last five years and an outlook on future challenges. Dr David Gugelmann (founder and Co-CEO of Exeon Analytics), Prof. Dr. Shweta Shinde (Professor at ETH Zurich) and Prof. Dr. Mathias Payer (Professor at EPFL) presented their views on current and future cyber threats from the perspective of industry and science.
The following award winners were honoured at the ceremony:
- Vladyslav Zubkov (ETH Zurich) for his master's thesis on ‹Cross-sectional Analysis of the Bluetooth Stack of Modern Cars›.
- Dr Dina Mahmoud (EPFL) for her doctoral thesis on ‹Electrical-Level Fault-Injection Attacks on FPGA-based Systems›.
- Dr Andrei Kucharavy (EPFL) for his postdoc on ‹Evolutionary Dynamics for Improved GAN Detection›.
- Ines Arous, Dr Ljiljana Dolamic, Dr Jie Yang, Dr Akansha Bhardwaj, Dr Giuseppe Cuccu and Prof. Dr Philippe Cudré-Mauroux for their publication at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence on ‹Marta: Leveraging Human Rationales for Explainable Text Classification›.
- Dr Albert Gran Alcoz, Dr Martin Strohmeier, Dr Vincent Lenders and Prof. Dr Laurent Vanbever for their publication at the ACM SIGCOMM on ‹Aggregate-based Congestion Control for Pulse-Wave DDoS Defense›.
- Dr Sebastian Köhler, Dr Richard Baker, Dr Martin Strohmeier and Prof. Dr Ivan Martinovic for their publication at NDSS on ‹Brokenwire: Wireless Disruption of CCS Electric Vehicle Charging›.
- Prof. Dr Dimitri Percia David (HES-SO Valais) for his contributions in the area of technology monitoring
- Melanie Mathys, Marco Willi and Prof. Michael Graber (FHNW) for their contributions to the development of the emerging AI technology ‹Structured Analysis of AI-generated Images›.
- Prof. Dr. Adrian Perrig, Prof. Dr. David Basin, and Prof. Dr. Peter Müller (ETH Zurich) for their contributions to the development of the emerging security technology SCION.
- Friederike Groschupp, Mark Kuhne, Dr Moritz Schneider, Dr Ivan Puddu, Prof. Dr Shweta Shinde and Prof. Dr Srdjan Capkun (ETH Zurich) for their contribution to cyber security at +Phone.
- Christoph Zubler and Patrick Heeb (Noser Engineering AG) for their innovation in ‹Smartphone as a Sensor and Secure Operations›.
- Dr David Gugelmann (Exeon Analytics) for his contributions to the Swiss army's fight against cyber threats with ‹ExeonTrace›.
The awards underscore the range and relevance of the work developed by the CYD Campus and its partner institutions over the past few years. The anniversary highlights the importance of the campus as a platform for research and technology that sustainably strengthens Switzerland's cybersecurity.
