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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
Rodney Busquim e Silva
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Cyber-Physical Security Risk Assessment of OT Systems
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Jianghai Li (Tsinghua Univ.), Boyuan Li (Tsinghua Univ.), Lei Mao (Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute Co.Ltd.)
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Cybersecurity Risks in Radiation Detection: A Proof-of-Concept Attack
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Michael A. Doran (Georgia Institute of Technology), Johan Gouws (Georgia Institute of Technology), Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay (Georgia Institute of Technology), Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Threat Modelling of Radiation Detection and Monitoring Systems
1:40–2:00PM CDT
David Allison (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH), Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology), Jakub Suchorab (National Centre for Nuclear Research Poland), Tamas Holczer (CrySyS Lab, BME), Imbaby Mahmoud (Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority), I P. Susila (National Research and Innovation Agency), Krystian Szefler (National Centre for Nuclear Research Poland)
Securing Radiation Detection Systems with an Efficient TinyML-Based IDS for Edge Devices
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Einstein R. Pizarro (Ontario Tech University), Wajiha Zaheer (Ontario Tech University), Li Yang (Ontario Tech University), Khalil El-Khatib (Ontario Tech University), Glenn Harvel (Ontario Tech University)
Outcomes of the IAEA Coordinated Research Project Enhancing Computer Security for Radiation Detection Systems
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Rodney Busquim e Silva (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia National Laboratories), Ricardo P. Marques (University of Sao Paulo), Jianghai Li (Tsinghua Univ.), Tamas Holczer (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Khalil El-Khatib (Ontario Tech University), Nelson K. Agbemava (Nuclear Regulatory Authority), I P. Susila (National Research and Innovation Agency), Jacek Gajewski (National Centre for Nuclear Research), Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology), Greg White (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), José Roberto C. Piqueira (University of Sao Paulo)
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