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NextG & O-RAN
Network slicing, admission control, and multi-agent resource orchestration for ultra-reliable low-latency 5G and 6G open radio access networks.
University of Michigan-Dearborn Cyber Resilient
Cyber Resilient
Networks Lab
Secure, resilient, and intelligent next-generation networks.
The lab
Secure, resilient, and intelligent next-generation networks.
The Cyber Resilient Networks (CyReN) Lab develops the theory and systems that keep next-generation networks connected, secure, and intelligent under stress, attack, and uncertainty. Our work spans 5G and 6G open radio access networks, zero trust security, autonomous aerial systems, and AI-driven network management for mission-critical applications.
75+Publications
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5Sponsors
Sponsors NSFU.S. DoDDHSMEDCUniversity of Michigan
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What we work on
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Cyber Resilience & Zero Trust
Zero trust architectures, cyber risk quantification, and supply chain risk analysis that keep untrusted infrastructure trustworthy.
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Autonomous & Aerial Systems
Distributed orchestration of UAV and robotic networks for coverage, connectivity, and resilient service in contested environments.
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AI-Driven Network Management
Reinforcement learning, agentic AI, and large language model methods for autonomous network management and orchestration.
News
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May 2026 Our paper "Delay-Aware Reinforcement Learning for O-RAN Control under Stochastic Reward Feedback" was accepted in IEEE Networking Letters. Congratulations Xingqi! -
May 2026 Ph.D. researcher Yuhui Wang joins Nokia Bell Labs as a Generative AI Intern for Summer 2026. -
May 2026 Organized the 2nd Workshop on Resilience in Next Generation Networks (NGResNet) at IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2026 in Rome, Italy, with a keynote by Dr. Hans-Peter Bernhard. The lab presented work on proactive PRB allocation for O-RAN industrial networks. -
May 2026 Co-organizing the 5th IEEE CNS Cyber Resilience Workshop (CRW'26) in Newark, Delaware. The call for papers is open with a submission deadline of June 22, 2026.
Join the lab
We are looking for motivated Ph.D. and master's students interested in NextG networks, cyber resilience, and autonomous systems. Reach out with a CV and a short note on your interests.
mjfarooq@umich.edu