Jack Vanlyssel

Jack Vanlyssel

Computer Science Masters Student

Accepted to the Ph.D. Program at UNM!

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I’m excited to share that I’ve been accepted into the Ph.D. program in Computer Science at the University of New Mexico.

I’ll be focusing on satellite cybersecurity research, particularly at the intersection of flight software and system-level security.

Looking forward to building, researching, and contributing in this space.

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