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Phuong Cao is a cybersecurity researcher at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work focuses on securing high-performance computing (HPC) cyberinfrastructure against accidental failures and intentional cyberattacks. His research is driven by network traffic measurements, cyberattack detection using probabilistic models, and formal verification of authentication protocols. As a National Science Foundation Trusted CI Fellow, he provides security expertise to research and education partners, including the FABRIC testbed. He has received awards for his research and mentorship, including a Best Paper Award, a Best Hackathon Award, and recognition as an Outstanding Mentor for Fiddler Innovation Fellowship recipients.
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Characterizing Modern GPU Resilience and Impact in HPC Systems: A Case Study of A100 GPUs
Cui, S., Patke, A., Chen, Z., Ranjan, A., Nguyen, H., Cao, P. M., Bode, B., Bauer, G. H., Jha, S., Narayanaswami, C., Sow, D., Di Martino, C., Kalbarczyk, Z. T. & Iyer, R. K., 2025, Proceedings - 2025 55th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops, DSN-W 2025. Cinque, M., Cotroneo, D., De Simone, L., Eckhart, M., Lee, P. P. C. & Zonouz, S. (eds.). 2025 ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Dynamic Factor Graphs for Attack Preemption
Cao, P. M., Kalbarczyk, Z. T. & Iyer, R. K., Nov 15 2025, Proceedings of 2025 Workshops of the International Conference on High Performance Computing, Network, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025 Workshops. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1943-1950 8 p. (Proceedings of 2025 Workshops of the International Conference on High Performance Computing, Network, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025 Workshops).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Editorial: Realizing quantum utility: grand challenges of secure & trustworthy quantum computing
Baheri, B., Giusto, E., Xu, S., Smith, K. N., Younis, E. & Cao, P., 2025, In: Frontiers in Computer Science. 7, 1693260.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Story of Two GPUs: Characterizing the Resilience of Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs
Cui, S., Patke, A., Nguyen, H., Ranjan, A., Chen, Z., Cao, P., Bauer, G., Bode, B., Di Martino, C., Jha, S., Narayanaswami, C., Sow, D., Kalbarczyk, Z. T. & Iyer, R. K., Nov 15 2025, Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1145-1164 20 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Jupyter Notebook Attacks Taxonomy: Ransomware, Data Exfiltration, and Security Misconfiguration
Cao, P., 2024, Proceedings of SC 2024-W: Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 750-754 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution