Benjamin Andrew Cyrb3090 Chelsea Circle
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

T+1 (256) 348-3042
bencyr39@gmail.com

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www.benjamin-cyr.com

E DUCATION2018 – 2023

Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI2018 – 2020

MSE in Computer Science
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
GPA: 4.00/4.00

2013 – 2017

Bachelor’s of Electrical Eng.
(Computer Option)
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
GPA: 3.98/4.00

R ESEARCH E XPERIENCEJ UNE 2018 – N OW
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Cyber-Physical Security Research
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Fu. Researching defenses against
laser and EM-based attacks on MEMS microphones
and LiDAR sensors. Physical modeling of photoacoustic and photoelectric effects on sensors.

I NDUSTRY E XPERIENCEM AY 2022 – A UGUST 2022
Sandia National Labs – Albuquerque, NM

Cyber Security Intern
Improved structure and performance of tools used
for malware detection and firmware analysis.
M AY 2021 – A UGUST 2021
Motional Inc. – Pittsburgh, PA

Cyber Security Intern
Performed penetration testing of sensors in prototype autonomous vehicles. Developed testing plans
with cyber-physical attack vectors.
J ANUARY 2015 – M AY 2015A UGUST 2015 – D ECEMBER 2015
M AY 2016 – A UGUST 2016
ADTRAN Inc. – Huntsville, AL

System Design and Verification Testing
Cooperative experience. Wrote automated ”smokechecks” in python to test functionality of new software releases and developed a custom network driveron proprietary ADTRAN equipment.
M AY 2014 – A UGUST 2014
SAIC – Huntsville, AL

Private Network Administration
Maintained devices on a private network of helicopter simulators.

J ANUARY 2018 – M AY 2018
Auburn University – Auburn, ALS ELECTED P UBLICATIONS

Hardware Security Research

Why Lasers Inject Perceived Sound Into MEMS
Microphones. B. Cyr, T. Sugawara, and K. Fu.
IEEE SENSORS 2021.

Advisor: Dr. Ujjwal Guin. Proposed a new theoretical defense to prevent firmware extraction attacks
in low-cost embedded systems.
A UGUST 2017 – M AY 2018
Auburn University – Auburn, AL

Networking Optimization Research
Advisor: Dr. Yin Sun. Constructed MATLAB simulations for optimizing the age of information in
real-time networks.
M AY 2017 – J ULY 2017
Hochschule Mannheim – Mannheim, Germany

Embedded Systems Research
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Götzmann. Developing asystem to display data from an electronic bike.

Light Commands: Laser-Based Audio Injection
Attacks on Voice-Controllable Systems. T. Sugawara, B. Cyr, S. Rampazzi, D. Genkin, and K. Fu.
Usenix 2020.
Adversarial Sensor Attack on LiDAR-based Perception in Autonomous Driving. Y. Cao, C. Xiao,
B. Cyr, Y. Zhou, W. Park, S. Rampazzi, Q.A. Chen,K. Fu, Z.M. Mao. ACM CCS 2019.

S ELECTED S KILLSG OOD LEVEL

C, C++, Python, MATLAB,
FreeRTOS, Ubuntu, RHEL,Ghidra, Microcontrollers (STM,AVR, NXP, TI), EmbeddedSystems DesignI NTERMEDIATE

Optical Systems, GNU Radio,Soldering, VHDL, Autodesk
EAGLE, Windows

E NGINEERING E XPERIENCEJ ANUARY 2014 – M AY 2018
Auburn University – Auburn, AL

AU Small Satellite Program
Member of Electrical Power System Team in studentmanaged CubeSat program. Managing and teaching a team of younger students to build and test
embedded systems.

B ASIC LEVEL

Java, Verilog, Labview,Microsoft Office, LaTeX