CACTUS/P Colloquium is a regional event for the Capital Area (and broader friends) to gather and discuss recent results in Usable Security and Privacy, broadly construed. The Colloquium consists of both research talks and networking events, and is hosted twice a year.

The next CACTUS will be held on December 18, 2025 at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD.

Registration

Registration is open!

Schedule

Long talks are 10 minutes with 5 minutes of questions, and short talks are 3 minutes with 2 minutes of questions.

Schedule coming soon!

Location, directions, and other information

All events will take place at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the Brendan Iribe Center, Room 4105.

  • If you are driving, I recommend you park in the lot/garage of “The Varsity” apartments (Baltimore Ave.), which should be both cheaper and a closer walk than using official campus visitor parking. It’s about $2 per hour. They will, however, ticket you quickly if your time expires (campus would also). Watch the signs so you park in the visitor and not resident section.

  • If you are using metro, it’s about a 1-mile walk from the station to our building, or you can use the UM shuttle that runs every 10-20 minutes (no ID required). Here’s the schedule. The closest stop is the Glenn L. Martin wind tunnel.

  • We have eduroam, so if you have an eduroam account you are all set. If you don’t have an eduroam account, you can sign up for a 24-hour pass to the umd-guest wireless network.

If you are seeking hotel accommodations, we have minor discounts available at local hotels, please ask Michelle for details.

Sponsors

We wish to thank the Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2) for their support to make this event happen.