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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)
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Cybersecurity Risks in Radiation Detection: A Proof-of-Concept Attack
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Michael Doran (Georgia Tech), Johan Gouws (Georgia Tech), Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay (Georgia Tech), Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
Securing Radiation Detection Systems with an Efficient TinyML-Based IDS for Edge Devices
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Einstein Rivas Pizarro (Ontario Tech Univ.), Wajiha Zaheer (Ontario Tech Univ.), Li Yang (Ontario Tech Univ.), Khalil El-Khatib (Ontario Tech Univ.), Glenn Harvel (Ontario Tech Univ.)
Outcomes of the IAEA Coordinated Research Project Enhancing Computer Security for Radiation Detection Systems
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Rodney Busquim e Silva (IAEA), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia), Ricardo Paulino Marques (Univ. Sao Paulo), Isabelle Coelho Franco (Univ. Sao Paulo), Jianghai Li (Tsinghua Univ.), Tamas Holzer (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), Khalil El-Khatib (Ontario Tech University), Nelson Agbemava (Nuclear Regulatory Authority), I Puta Susila (National Research and Innovation Agency), Jacek Gajewski (National Centre for Nuclear Research), David Allison (Austrian Institute of Technology), Imbaby Mahmoud (Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority), Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech), José Roberto C. Piqueira (University of Sao Paulo), Greg White (LLNL)
Threat Modelling of Radiation Detection Systems
2:20–2:40PM CDT
David Allison (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH), Jakub Suchorab (National Centre for Nuclear Research Poland), Tamas Holczer (CrySyS Lab, BME), Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech), I Puta Susila (National Research and Innovation Agency), Imbaby Mahmoud (Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority), Krystian Szefler (National Centre for Nuclear Research Poland)
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