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in published research.

Selected work by our founders illustrates the scientific foundations that inform FAIRES’ research agenda.

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These are contributions by individual founders and their co-authors, including work completed through other affiliations. They are not presented as FAIRES-funded publications or a record of FAIRES awards.

2026 · AI EVALUATION

Grading with LLMs: A Case Study in Chile

Cemil Emre Yavas, Nancy R. Mead, Lei Chen, C. Kadlec, and P. Ordenes.

Proceedings of AIRC 2026, pp. 242–247.

A study of rubric-centered AI-assisted grading in an international educational setting.

2026 · CRYPTOGRAPHIC RELIABILITY

Probabilistic Modeling of Decryption-Failure Bounds in CRYSTALS-Kyber under the Post-Quantum Threat Model

Cemil Emre Yavas, Lei Chen, and C. Kadlec.

Machine Learning: Science and Technology, 7(1), 015033.

A probabilistic approach to analyzing rare decryption failures and system reliability.

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2025 · CYBERSECURITY

Unlocking the Power of Machine Learning in Cybersecurity Forensics: Identifying Malicious Files

Cemil Emre Yavas, J. K. Das, B. Akpomedaye, Lei Chen, and Y. Ji.

Security and Management and Wireless Networks, CCIS 2254, pp. 123–139.

Machine learning methods for digital-forensic analysis and malicious-file identification.

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2016 · SOFTWARE ASSURANCE

Cyber Security Engineering: A Practical Approach for Systems and Software Assurance

Nancy R. Mead and Carol Woody.

Addison-Wesley Professional, SEI Series.

An engineering approach to integrating cybersecurity into software and systems development.

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Our agenda includes software, evaluation methods, and datasets that support reproducible research. Founder experience includes GradeStudents, a multi-model platform for human-supervised assessment, and modular workflows for synthetic-data generation and quality assurance.

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