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December 2, 2025 at 7:30AM

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A UAH Update on Cybersecurity, AI, and Quantum with Dr. Tommy Morris

Dr. Tommy Morris currently serves as the founding Director of the Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) and as an Eminent Scholar and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Morris received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 2008 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX with a research emphasis in cyber security. His primary research interests include cyber security for industrial control systems and cyber physical systems. His recent research outcomes include development of the OpenPLC, leveraging AI/ML to classify malware and detect cyber-attacks against industrial control systems, quantum federated learning, and modeling and simulation frameworks for cybersecurity research and education.  He has authored more than 100 peer reviewed research conference and journal articles in these areas. Dr. Morris’s research projects are funded by the US Army, National Security Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, NASA, the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research Development Center (ERDC), and multiple technology companies.  Prior to joining UAH, Dr. Morris served at Mississippi State University from 2008-2015 and Texas Instruments (TI) from 1991-2008. Dr. Morris is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).