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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.
82+Publications
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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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Sep 2026 Our paper "Collaborative Cloud-Edge Computing via LLM-Guided Constrained Reinforcement Learning" was accepted in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2026), Singapore. Congratulations Xingqi and Yuhui! -
Aug 2026 Our book "Cyber Resilience in Next-Generation Networks: Theoretical Foundations, Threat Landscape, and Design Paradigms" is now published in Foundations and Trends in Networking (vol. 17, no. 1-2) by Emerald Publishing. Joint work with Quanyan Zhu. -
Jul 2026 Featured in UM-Dearborn News: WiseBot, an autonomous Wi-Fi and 5G scanning robot for smart-manufacturing environments. Prof. Farooq and team contributed the wireless scanning subsystem (the antennas mounted on the robot) and the on-board software that lets WiseBot sniff Wi-Fi, LTE, and 5G signals and generate facility-wide coverage heat maps. Developed with Samir Rawashdeh, Jaerock Kwon, Alireza Mohammadi, and a team of students including CyReN intern Sourabh Harapanahalli, under a $900,000 MxD grant. -
Jul 2026 Our paper "Dependency-Aware Task Offloading via Quantum Graph Attention Network-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning in Collaborative Edge-Cloud Systems" was accepted in International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2026). Congratulations Xingqi and Yuhui!
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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