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2025 Trusted CI Student Program Cohort Announced

The Trusted CI Student Program provides undergraduate and graduate students with hands-on experience, mentorship, and opportunities to learn how to build a secure and resilient digital future. Our program allows them to connect with the nation’s leading cybersecurity experts and equips them with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the increasingly critical field of cybersecurity.

We are pleased to announce the 2025 Trusted CI Student Program cohort. Over the next six months, our students will learn about essential cybersecurity topics from Trusted CI experts. They will attend bi-monthly webinars from May to October, covering cybersecurity topics, soft skills, and career prep. This year’s cohort includes graduate students with interests in financial security, risk assessment, governance policy, and high performance computing. Read more about their backgrounds and what they hope that they will learn during their time with Trusted CI:

Saquoia Cox is a graduate student studying cybersecurity with a background in Accounting and Business Administration. She currently works as a Senior Accounting Analyst at The Walt Disney Company and serves as a peer mentor supporting students across various disciplines. Saquoia is passionate about the intersection of cybersecurity, finance, and digital ethics. She aims to help organizations safeguard both their data and financial integrity.

Kofoworola Idowu is a graduate student in cybersecurity at Yeshiva University, passionate about protecting digital assets and staying ahead of emerging threats. With a strong foundation in systems administration, risk assessment, and vulnerability management, she is excited to bring her skills and enthusiasm to the Trusted CI Student Program and contribute to its vibrant community. When she is not diving into the world of threat analysis and security protocols, you can find her trying out new hobbies or dancing. She is looking forward to collaborating, learning, and growing with like-minded individuals.

Trina Locklear is a doctoral student in the Computer Science department at The  University of Alabama. She is also a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Her research interests include software security in high performance computing. She is a former GAANN fellow and intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She loves to bake and southern pound cake is her speciality.

Konstantin Metz is a graduate student in cybersecurity at the University of Central Florida, where he is pursuing an M.S. in cybersecurity and privacy as a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service recipient. His academic research centers on human-computer interaction, with a focus on dark patterns and digital accessibility for individuals with vision impairments. He holds a Bachelor of Science in information technology with a minor in cybersecurity and strategic communications within public relations from Nova Southeastern University. Metz has held technical and analytical roles in both the U.S. government and private sector, concentrating on incident response, cloud security, and systems administration. A bilingual speaker of German and English, he is a prospective Ph.D. student, whose research interests include governance, risk and compliance, cybersecurity policy and law, and the implementation of cloud infrastructure. In his free time, he enjoys exploring emerging technologies in health care, supporting his communities, cooking, and traveling.

Trusted CI Webinar: Conducting Responsible Human-Centered AI Research, Monday May 19th @ 10am Central

Clemson University's Bart Knijnenburg is presenting the talk, Conducting Responsible Human-Centered AI Research, on Monday May 19th at 10am, Central time.

Please register here.

With the recent rise of LLMs, it becomes increasingly possible (and necessary) to conduct human-subjects studies with AI tools. However, integrating AI in human-subjects research raises concerns about participant privacy, safety, and the confidentiality of research data. These concerns are exacerbated by the fact that many AI researchers have limited experience with human-subjects research, and most ethics review boards (e.g. IRBs) have little knowledge about AI.

In this talk, I present findings from a series of investigations into human-centered AI research studies: our team systematically reviewed AI-related studies published at the ACM SigCHI conference, we interviewed researchers who conducted human-subjects studies with LLMs, and we conducted a scenario-based study to unpack study participants' opinions about AI-based research.  

We find that (1) many papers lack important details about basic study parameters, (2) researchers often fail to disclose the use of LLMs to research participants, and (3) participants are sensitive to study parameters like anonymization, data retention and consent, but are unaware of the threats of third-party data sharing and of data leakage through model training. I will discuss these findings, and more, during the talk.

Speaker Bio: 

Dr. Bart Knijnenburg is an Associate Professor in Human-Centered Computing at Clemson University where he co-directs the Humans And Technology Lab (HATLab). His research explores the societal, social, and psychological aspects of human interaction with intelligent systems. His research has been funded by the NSF (including a CAREER award), the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, the Department of Justice, and corporate gifts.

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