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Research seminar on ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’ on 4 July

Hosted by Centre for Software & IT Management, session to be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida

2 July, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM) will host a research seminar on, ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’, from 5.15 pm on 4th July 2025, at Classroom Q-001. The session will be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida.

The seminar will be held in hybrid mode. Students, faculty, Academic Associates and Research Associates from all programmes of IIM Bangalore may participate in person. Participants outside of IIM Bangalore can join through Zoom. Please register here for participation through Zoom.

CSTIM will conduct the seminar as part of its initiative to promote dissemination and application of knowledge for the benefit of academics and professionals from all walks of industry. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

All related queries need to be addressed to: csitm@iimb.ac.in

Abstract

Current text-based anomaly detection tools fail to perform effective cyber threat hunting. To address their limitations, the research team uses the design science research principles and proposes a novel open-source artifact to perform unsupervised anomaly-based threat hunting on text-based process commands, called ‘Threat Hunting Using Unsupervised Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers’ (THUBERT). The proposed artifact not only outperforms existing tools but also provides explanations for why specific observations are considered anomalous – an important feature missing in all existing tools. Additionally, THUBERT is resilient to recurring anomalies, such as malware that spread across multiple hosts after breaching a network, which often is more difficult to detect by other models. The team further demonstrates the proposed artifact’s reliability and consistency through a comprehensive case study.

The title of the research is, ‘An Artifact for Proactive Cyber Threat Hunting: Text-Based Anomaly Detection with Unsupervised Transformer’. In this talk, Prof. Agrawal will present his ongoing research on cyber threat hunting. Based on his experience at Cyber Florida, he will also share his experience helping multiple early-stage faculty-led start-ups in the area of cybersecurity. He will also present his own experience founding his EdTech company, EdVision.

Speaker Profile

Dr. Manish Agrawal is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. His current research focuses on cyber threat hunting. He is also an Academic Director at Cyber Florida, the centre to promote cybersecurity excellence in the State of Florida. In this role, he leads Cyber Florida’s PhaseZero seed fund program, which assists nascent high-tech cybersecurity-related companies in Florida get off the ground. He is also the founder of EdTech company EdVision, which builds technology tools to help universities maximize the impact of academic programs.

Add to Calendar 2025-07-04 05:30:00 2025-07-03 11:06:46 Research seminar on ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’ on 4 July Hosted by Centre for Software & IT Management, session to be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida 2 July, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM) will host a research seminar on, ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’, from 5.15 pm on 4th July 2025, at Classroom Q-001. The session will be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida. The seminar will be held in hybrid mode. Students, faculty, Academic Associates and Research Associates from all programmes of IIM Bangalore may participate in person. Participants outside of IIM Bangalore can join through Zoom. Please register here for participation through Zoom. CSTIM will conduct the seminar as part of its initiative to promote dissemination and application of knowledge for the benefit of academics and professionals from all walks of industry. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. All related queries need to be addressed to: csitm@iimb.ac.in Abstract Current text-based anomaly detection tools fail to perform effective cyber threat hunting. To address their limitations, the research team uses the design science research principles and proposes a novel open-source artifact to perform unsupervised anomaly-based threat hunting on text-based process commands, called ‘Threat Hunting Using Unsupervised Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers’ (THUBERT). The proposed artifact not only outperforms existing tools but also provides explanations for why specific observations are considered anomalous – an important feature missing in all existing tools. Additionally, THUBERT is resilient to recurring anomalies, such as malware that spread across multiple hosts after breaching a network, which often is more difficult to detect by other models. The team further demonstrates the proposed artifact’s reliability and consistency through a comprehensive case study. The title of the research is, ‘An Artifact for Proactive Cyber Threat Hunting: Text-Based Anomaly Detection with Unsupervised Transformer’. In this talk, Prof. Agrawal will present his ongoing research on cyber threat hunting. Based on his experience at Cyber Florida, he will also share his experience helping multiple early-stage faculty-led start-ups in the area of cybersecurity. He will also present his own experience founding his EdTech company, EdVision. Speaker Profile Dr. Manish Agrawal is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. His current research focuses on cyber threat hunting. He is also an Academic Director at Cyber Florida, the centre to promote cybersecurity excellence in the State of Florida. In this role, he leads Cyber Florida’s PhaseZero seed fund program, which assists nascent high-tech cybersecurity-related companies in Florida get off the ground. He is also the founder of EdTech company EdVision, which builds technology tools to help universities maximize the impact of academic programs. IIM Bangalore IIM Bangalore communications@iimb.ac.in Asia/Kolkata public
4 Jul 2025

Research seminar on ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’ on 4 July

Add to Calendar 2025-07-04 05:30:00 2025-07-03 11:06:46 Research seminar on ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’ on 4 July Hosted by Centre for Software & IT Management, session to be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida 2 July, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM) will host a research seminar on, ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’, from 5.15 pm on 4th July 2025, at Classroom Q-001. The session will be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida. The seminar will be held in hybrid mode. Students, faculty, Academic Associates and Research Associates from all programmes of IIM Bangalore may participate in person. Participants outside of IIM Bangalore can join through Zoom. Please register here for participation through Zoom. CSTIM will conduct the seminar as part of its initiative to promote dissemination and application of knowledge for the benefit of academics and professionals from all walks of industry. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. All related queries need to be addressed to: csitm@iimb.ac.in Abstract Current text-based anomaly detection tools fail to perform effective cyber threat hunting. To address their limitations, the research team uses the design science research principles and proposes a novel open-source artifact to perform unsupervised anomaly-based threat hunting on text-based process commands, called ‘Threat Hunting Using Unsupervised Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers’ (THUBERT). The proposed artifact not only outperforms existing tools but also provides explanations for why specific observations are considered anomalous – an important feature missing in all existing tools. Additionally, THUBERT is resilient to recurring anomalies, such as malware that spread across multiple hosts after breaching a network, which often is more difficult to detect by other models. The team further demonstrates the proposed artifact’s reliability and consistency through a comprehensive case study. The title of the research is, ‘An Artifact for Proactive Cyber Threat Hunting: Text-Based Anomaly Detection with Unsupervised Transformer’. In this talk, Prof. Agrawal will present his ongoing research on cyber threat hunting. Based on his experience at Cyber Florida, he will also share his experience helping multiple early-stage faculty-led start-ups in the area of cybersecurity. He will also present his own experience founding his EdTech company, EdVision. Speaker Profile Dr. Manish Agrawal is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. His current research focuses on cyber threat hunting. He is also an Academic Director at Cyber Florida, the centre to promote cybersecurity excellence in the State of Florida. In this role, he leads Cyber Florida’s PhaseZero seed fund program, which assists nascent high-tech cybersecurity-related companies in Florida get off the ground. He is also the founder of EdTech company EdVision, which builds technology tools to help universities maximize the impact of academic programs. IIM Bangalore IIM Bangalore communications@iimb.ac.in Asia/Kolkata public

Hosted by Centre for Software & IT Management, session to be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida

2 July, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM) will host a research seminar on, ‘Information Systems research to startups: A paradigm for value creation’, from 5.15 pm on 4th July 2025, at Classroom Q-001. The session will be led by Dr. Manish Agrawal, Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida.

The seminar will be held in hybrid mode. Students, faculty, Academic Associates and Research Associates from all programmes of IIM Bangalore may participate in person. Participants outside of IIM Bangalore can join through Zoom. Please register here for participation through Zoom.

CSTIM will conduct the seminar as part of its initiative to promote dissemination and application of knowledge for the benefit of academics and professionals from all walks of industry. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

All related queries need to be addressed to: csitm@iimb.ac.in

Abstract

Current text-based anomaly detection tools fail to perform effective cyber threat hunting. To address their limitations, the research team uses the design science research principles and proposes a novel open-source artifact to perform unsupervised anomaly-based threat hunting on text-based process commands, called ‘Threat Hunting Using Unsupervised Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers’ (THUBERT). The proposed artifact not only outperforms existing tools but also provides explanations for why specific observations are considered anomalous – an important feature missing in all existing tools. Additionally, THUBERT is resilient to recurring anomalies, such as malware that spread across multiple hosts after breaching a network, which often is more difficult to detect by other models. The team further demonstrates the proposed artifact’s reliability and consistency through a comprehensive case study.

The title of the research is, ‘An Artifact for Proactive Cyber Threat Hunting: Text-Based Anomaly Detection with Unsupervised Transformer’. In this talk, Prof. Agrawal will present his ongoing research on cyber threat hunting. Based on his experience at Cyber Florida, he will also share his experience helping multiple early-stage faculty-led start-ups in the area of cybersecurity. He will also present his own experience founding his EdTech company, EdVision.

Speaker Profile

Dr. Manish Agrawal is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. His current research focuses on cyber threat hunting. He is also an Academic Director at Cyber Florida, the centre to promote cybersecurity excellence in the State of Florida. In this role, he leads Cyber Florida’s PhaseZero seed fund program, which assists nascent high-tech cybersecurity-related companies in Florida get off the ground. He is also the founder of EdTech company EdVision, which builds technology tools to help universities maximize the impact of academic programs.