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10/23/2026

🎓 Congratulations to LSU CSE graduate student Samuel Goodwin on successfully defending his master's thesis! 🎉

Samuel's research, "Recovery of Fragmented PDFs in the Scalpel3 Framework," tackles an important challenge in digital forensics: recovering PDF files when their data has been broken into fragments.

You might recognize Scalpel3 from our recent research spotlight! Samuel is one of the student researchers contributing to this exciting work, and we're thrilled to celebrate this latest accomplishment in his academic journey.

It's especially exciting to see our students contributing to meaningful research while reaching milestones of their own. We're incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication that went into this achievement!

A special thank you to Samuel's advisor, Dr. Golden George Richard III, for his guidance and mentorship, and to committee members Dr. James Ghawaly and Dr. Aisha Ali-Gombe for their time, expertise, and support.

Congratulations, Samuel! We're so excited for you and can't wait to see what you accomplish next! 💜💛

Help us celebrate this well-earned achievement by sharing your congratulations in the comments! 🎉

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10/21/2026

🎓 It's official! Dr. Karley Waguespack! 🎉

We couldn't be more excited to congratulate Dr. Karley Waguespack on successfully defending her PhD dissertation! Earning a PhD takes years of hard work, dedication, and perseverance, and we're incredibly proud to celebrate this accomplishment with her.

Her dissertation, "Putting the Pieces Back Together: Section-Coverage-Guided Recovery of Fragmented ELF Executables," focuses on a challenging problem in digital forensics: How do you recover important files when they've been deleted, damaged, or scattered into pieces?

Dr. Waguespack developed a method to help reconstruct fragmented executable files by using machine learning to identify different types of file content and determine how the pieces fit back together. Her research contributes to efforts to recover digital evidence that might otherwise be difficult to retrieve.

And if her name sounds familiar, there's a good reason! Dr. Waguespack was also the lead student author on the Scalpel3 research we recently celebrated, which helped solve two longstanding digital forensics challenges dating back nearly 20 years!

We're so proud of everything she's accomplished and the contributions she's making to digital forensics research.

A special thank you to her advisor and committee chair, Dr. Golden George Richard III, for his guidance and mentorship, and to committee members Dr. Aisha Ali-Gombe, Dr. James Ghawaly, Dr. Nash Mahmoud, and Dr. Boris Rubin, who served as the Dean's representative, for their time, expertise, and support.

Congratulations, Dr. Waguespack! You've earned every bit of this celebration, and we can't wait to see what comes next! 💜💛

Please join us in congratulating LSU CSE's newest PhD! 🎉

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10/20/2026

🎓 We're celebrating another successful master's defense! 🎉💜💛

Please join us in congratulating LSU CSE graduate student Nurjahan Nipa on successfully defending her master's thesis!

For her research, "Toward an Empirical Probabilistic Risk Manifestation Model of Organizational Cybersecurity in SMEs," Nurjahan explored how small and medium-sized businesses can better understand and manage cybersecurity risks, especially when they have limited resources.

Using 281 security findings from 22 real-world businesses, she examined how weaknesses in organizational security practices are connected to potential cyber threats.

Her research also found that businesses could potentially reduce their cybersecurity assessment burden by 24% while still identifying 97% of critical security findings. That's an exciting result for organizations trying to improve security without adding unnecessary demands on their time and resources!

We're incredibly proud of the work Nurjahan has put into her research and everything it took to reach this milestone. It's wonderful to see our students applying what they've learned to challenges that businesses face every day!

A special thank you to her advisor and committee chair, Dr. Aisha Ali-Gombe, for her guidance and mentorship, and to committee members Dr. Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili, and Dr. Umar Farooq for their time, expertise, and support.

Congratulations, Nurjahan! We're so excited to celebrate this accomplishment with you and look forward to seeing what you do next! 💜💛

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10/15/2026

🎓 Congratulations to LSU CSE graduate student Richard Jiang on successfully defending his master's thesis! 🎉💜💛

We're so proud of Richard for reaching this exciting milestone and for the fascinating research he's conducted along the way!

His thesis, "Human Detection of AI-Generated and Partially AI-Generated Images: Visual Cues, Confidence, and Classification Accuracy," explores a question many of us have probably asked ourselves: Can we really tell when an image is AI-generated?

Richard surveyed 184 participants to see how accurately they could distinguish real photographs from fully and partially AI-generated images. Among those who completed the intended six trials, participants correctly identified all three categories just 33.3% of the time, equivalent to random guessing.

His findings show just how challenging it can be to recognize AI-generated content, even when we think we know what to look for. It's important research as these technologies continue to evolve!

We're especially grateful to Richard's advisor and committee chair, Dr. Mahmood Jasim, for his guidance and mentorship throughout this journey, and to committee members Dr. Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili, and Dr. Reza Ghaiumy Anaraky for their time, expertise, and support.

Richard, congratulations on this well-earned accomplishment! We know how much hard work goes into reaching this point, and we're excited to celebrate your success! 💜💛

Please join us in congratulating Richard! 🎉

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10/12/2026

🔎 Solving digital forensics challenges that have gone unanswered for nearly 20 years? That's something worth celebrating! 💜💛

We're incredibly proud of our LSU CSE faculty and students behind Scalpel3, an open-source tool helping investigators recover digital evidence from damaged devices and reconstruct deleted or fragmented files!

Led by Dr. Golden George Richard III, Director of the LSU Cyber Center, and Dr. James Ghawaly, LSU CSE Assistant Professor, the team solved two digital forensics grand challenges dating back to 2006 and 2007. They've also received $750,000 in NSA - National Security Agency funding to continue advancing the technology.

And we're just as proud of the students who helped make this happen!

LSU CSE PhD student Karley Waguespack served as lead student author, contributing to executable file recovery alongside Samuel Goodwin, George Hendrick, Tre Landaiche, Mingyang Li, Tyler Saizan, Jacob Tucker, Samuel Hildebrand, and Joshua McCain.

Seeing our students tackle real-world challenges alongside faculty who support their growth is exactly the kind of research opportunity we're excited to share!

The team's related research on Tesserae and MoDiCo was also selected for NeurIPS 2026, one of the world's leading AI and machine learning conferences.

Congratulations to Dr. Richard, Dr. Ghawaly, Karley, and the entire Scalpel3 team! We're excited to see what's next! 💜💛

🔗 Read the full LSU feature: https://www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/10/scalpel3.php

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10/08/2026

🎉 Five papers at CHI 2026, and plenty for LSU CSE to be proud of!

We're excited to celebrate Dr. Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili, Dr. Andrew Webb, and Dr. Mahmood Jasim, whose research was published at CHI 2026, one of the world's leading conferences in human-computer interaction!

And one of these papers was student-led!💜💛

Dr. Baggili, our Roger Richardson Professor and Division Chair, and Dr. Webb, Assistant Professor, co-authored "Liar, Liar, Headset on Fire: Understanding the Effects of Deception Attacks on Decision-Making in a Mixed Reality Game."

Led by LSU CSE PhD student Ali Teymourian, with fellow PhD student Taha Gharaibeh as a co-author, the research explores how deception attacks in mixed reality can influence decisions.

We're especially proud to see our students leading research at this level and the faculty mentorship helping make those opportunities possible!

🎉 Dr. Mahmood Jasim, Assistant Professor, had FOUR co-authored papers published at CHI 2026!

His publications span healthcare, collaboration, data storytelling, and decision-making:

🔹 "Defining Reality in Dementia VR: Stakeholder Perspectives on Ecological Validity for Functional Activity Training"

🔹 "Challenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization"

🔹 "Does Background Music Matter in Data Videos? A Study of Music's Impact on Persuasion, Engagement, and Recall"

🔹 "The Impacts of Transparency and Personalization on Feelings of Agency and Connection in Democratic Decision Making"

Four publications at CHI in one year is an exciting accomplishment, and we're proud of Dr. Jasim and the collaborations behind this research!

From student-led research and faculty mentorship to work tackling real-world challenges, there's so much to celebrate across our division. 💜💛

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Baggili, Dr. Webb, Dr. Jasim, Ali, Taha, and all their collaborators! 🎉

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10/07/2026

🎉 Two LSU CSE assistant professors. Two papers published at one of the top AI conferences in the world.

We’re proud to celebrate Dr. James Ghawaly and Dr. D**g Lao, whose research is being published at NeurIPS 2026, an A*-ranked conference and one of the premier venues for AI and machine learning research.

Dr. D**g Lao is the first author of “Test-Time Defense Against Adversarial Attacks via Stochastic Resonance of Latent Ensembles,” alongside Yuxiang Zhang, Haniyeh Ehsani Oskouie, Yangchao Wu, Alex Wong, and Stefano Soatto.

Their research tackles adversarial attacks that can cause AI models to make incorrect predictions, introducing a new approach to make models more resilient at test time without requiring retraining.

Dr. James Ghawaly is a co-author of “Tesserae and MoDiCo: A Billion-Fragment Dataset and Multi-Branch Architecture for File Fragment Classification,” alongside Dr. Golden G. Richard III and LSU students Samuel Hildebrand and Joshua McCain.

And there’s another reason we’re especially proud of this one: Samuel is the lead author. Their work introduces a billion-fragment dataset and a new approach to file fragment classification, an important challenge in digital forensics and cybersecurity.

Having two of our assistant professors publishing at an A*-ranked conference is an exciting accomplishment. Seeing our students contributing to research at this level, and in Samuel’s case leading it, makes it even more meaningful.

We’re especially proud of the mentorship behind accomplishments like these. Our faculty are advancing research while creating opportunities for students to work alongside them, grow as researchers, and take the lead on work being recognized at the highest levels of the field. 💜💛

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ghawaly, Dr. Lao, Dr. Richard, Samuel, Joshua, and all of their collaborators! 🎉

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10/05/2026

🏆 Saturday in Death Valley was extra special for one of our own! 💜💛

Assistant Professor Dr. Umar Farooq was recognized in Tiger Stadium during LSU’s game against McNeese as a recipient of the Worley Professor of Excellence Award!

The award celebrates faculty who pair strong technical expertise with innovation, vision, and a commitment to making an impact through their work. For Dr. Farooq, that means tackling some of the challenges shaping the future of software and computing.

His research focuses on making the software and systems we rely on more secure, reliable, and efficient, with work spanning program analysis, software engineering, quantum computing and post-quantum security, and the use of AI to improve software development.

That includes finding new ways to identify vulnerable cryptography and help prepare software for the quantum era, as well as using program analysis and AI to catch problems earlier and give developers better tools to build more dependable systems.

We’re incredibly proud to see Dr. Farooq’s passion, dedication, and commitment to his work recognized with this honor, and getting to celebrate the moment in Tiger Stadium makes it even more special. 🐯

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Farooq on receiving the Worley Professor of Excellence Award! 🎉

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10/02/2026

💀 Please join us in welcoming the newest member of our faculty, Professor Jasper P. Bonington II.

Professor Bonington has been settling into life at LSU CSE, and luckily, Professor A. Bubu has taken him under his wing. He’s been showing Jasper the ropes, getting him acquainted with the office, and helping him prepare for what they both agree is the most important time of the academic year: Halloween. 🎃

Jasper brings years of experience in deadlines, bare-bones coding, and keeping a very impressive skeleton crew running. His teaching philosophy is simple: no student should ever be afraid to ask a question. Although, admittedly, his office hours can be a little dead.

So far, Jasper seems to be settling in nicely. Professor A. Bubu has been making sure he knows his way around, introducing him to life at LSU CSE, and helping him get his office set up.

And Professor A. Bubu is thrilled to finally have a colleague who appreciates his enthusiasm for Halloween. We have some frightfully fun things planned for the two of them this month, so you may want to keep an eye on our page. 👀

Jasper will be hanging around the office throughout October, so stop by to meet our newest professor and take a picture with him! Make sure to tag us so we can see it. 💜💛

But first, Professor Bonington needs a teaching assignment.
What class do you think Jasper should teach? Wrong answers are highly encouraged. 💀👇

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09/28/2026

🎓 Thinking about taking your computer science education further? Come see what’s happening at LSU CSE.

Our graduate students are working alongside faculty on research in AI, cybersecurity, HCI, systems, robotics, software engineering, and more, and we’re looking for the next group of students ready to be part of it.

Join us virtually on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 12 PM CT to learn more about our MS and PhD programs, research opportunities, the application process, and graduate assistantships that include tuition coverage and a stipend.

You don’t need to have everything figured out before you join us. If graduate school is something you’re considering, bring your questions and come get to know our program, our research, and the opportunities available at LSU.

💻 Graduate Virtual Info Session
📅 Tuesday, October 6, 2026
⏰ 12 PM CT

🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/hBWr93z2VtSVZZ217

And Tigers, alumni, faculty, and friends: if you know someone who should be doing their graduate work with us, send this their way. 💜💛

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