{"id":2689,"date":"2026-05-11T14:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:36:31","slug":"cypher-ph-d-candidate-anissa-elias-receives-best-research-award-at-ecbe-research-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/cypher-ph-d-candidate-anissa-elias-receives-best-research-award-at-ecbe-research-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"CYPHER Ph.D. Candidate Anissa Elias Receives Award at ECBE Research Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CYPHER congratulates Ph.D. candidate <strong>Anissa Elias<\/strong> on receiving a <strong>Best<\/strong> <strong>Research Award<\/strong> at the <strong>ECBE Research Showcase<\/strong>, held on <strong>Friday, May 8, in FCAE at the University of Rhode Island<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elias was selected as one of this year\u2019s Best Research Award recipients at the ECBE Research Showcase. The recognition is especially meaningful as it comes shortly after she passed her comprehensive exam and reached ABD (all but dissertation) status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her research focuses on improving data analytics and anomaly detection in smart grid systems. These functions are often centralized through edge servers and cloud-based systems, creating challenges for speed, efficiency, and deployment. Elias\u2019s work proposes a multi-modal approach that combines on-edge reasoning powered by a <strong>Small Language Model<\/strong> with <strong>machine learning-based anomaly detection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system has been successfully deployed on a <strong>Raspberry Pi 5<\/strong> and validated using a <strong>Hardware-in-the-Loop testbed<\/strong>, demonstrating its potential for practical, resource-conscious applications in smart grid environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CYPHER is proud to celebrate Anissa\u2019s achievement and her continued contributions to cybersecurity, intelligent systems, and resilient critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CYPHER congratulates Ph.D. candidate Anissa Elias on receiving a Best Research Award at the ECBE Research Showcase, held on Friday, May 8, in FCAE at the University of Rhode Island. Elias was selected as one of this year\u2019s Best Research Award recipients at the ECBE Research Showcase. The recognition is especially meaningful as it comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5280,"featured_media":2688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2689"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2695,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689\/revisions\/2695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}