Rafer is from Cheyenne, WY and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Cybersecurity with respects to secure distributed systems. His interests include bio-inspired algorithms, systems hacking, and network protocols. He is currently working on a means of generating secure swarm communications through evolutionary means.

Shaya was born in Buffalo Wyoming and moved to Laramie in 2012. After completing Bachelors degrees in Math and Computer Science, she joined the CEDAR lab where she is working on distributed systems, swarm communications, and encryption mechanisms.

Fiona Moss is a second-year Computer Science Master's student at the University of Wyoming. She completed her Bachelors in Computer Science in India. Her research interests are machine learning and cyber-security, and she is currently working on her thesis involving the application of machine learning techniques for Network Intrusion Detection.

Ranana is from Nepal where she completed her undergraduate in Electronics and Communications Engineering. She is inclined towards Data Mining projects. She is currently working on Continuous Authentication System.

Lisa is from Denver but has lived in Laramie for the past 10 years and works in the IT department at UW. She has a general interest in AI, machine learning and cybersecurity but would like to pear down those interests to find a focus as she continues her coursework. Lisa is having trouble finding a focus because she finds several general areas interesting, but is open to a variety of different projects.

Mason is from Star Valley, WY and is working on a BS/MS in Computer Science. He is interested in Computer Science outreach education, systems engineering, and security tool development. He is currently working on CEDAR's virtualized lab and is exploring areas to research.

Jake is from Wyoming. He served in the Marine Corps, and is interested in studying networks and their security.

Adrian is from both Europe and the US though mainly the latter. He is currently interested in game design and matching learning/AI and is currently working on creating a better file system. In the future, Adrian would like to apply ML and AI in order to create a smart operating system and better AI/User interactions in video games. On his time off Adrian enjoys photography, hiking, biking, learning new languages, and bingeing the occasional Netflix series.

Alejandro is originally from Venezuela, but has been a Wyoming resident for almost 10 years. He is interested in working with cyber-security in the future.

Jarek grew up in Wyoming and has been at the University of Wyoming for a few years. He is pursuing a computer science degree, concentrating in big data, minoring in statistics, and hoping to get a certification in cyber security. He is interested in software security and swarm security.

Garrett is a freshman engineering student interested in all things science related. He is involved in CAD, coding, and independent research. In the future, Garrett hopes he can continue learning about and working with computer science.

Madi is from Cheyenne, WY. She is interested in cybersecurity research, specifically in using machine learning to predict anomalous behavior (e.g. the Tempest project). She is interested in writing papers for potential publication.

Danny is from Laramie Wyoming, and he also decided to stay in Laramie and attend the University of Wyoming. He is in his fourth year there, and will be graduating in December of 2018.

Nic is from Casper, WY and is currently working towards a B.S in Mechanical Engineering. Nic is interested in programming. He is currently working on the production and programming of the microbit "badge" for use in outreach activities.

Jared is from Casper, Wyoming. He is interested in software engineering within cybersecurity. He has been working on continuous authentication in the mobile realm.

Wyatt is from Carpenter, Wyoming. After graduation, Wyatt will work for the DoD at Edwards AFB in California. There, he will be maintaining software that is used to gather data on test flights for new aircraft.