Justin Woodring

JUSTIN WOODRING

Systems Architecture • Quantum Cybersecurity • AI Infrastructure

Building secure infrastructure at the intersection of quantum computing, security, and systems. Doctoral research at LSU's cybersecurity lab with published work on quantum threat models, AI agent trust, and distributed systems.

Cybersecurity Research Systems Architecture Founder

01. Projects

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Distributed Systems / Embedded AI

Slatron

Distributed real-time broadcast infrastructure with embedded AI. Multi-tier architecture with Rhai scripting, ONNX-based audio inference, zero-downtime scheduling, and multi-arch cross-compilation.

Tooling / Rust

Capibara

Rust-powered toolchain for C codebases with documentation generation, static analysis, and IDE integration. Rethinking how low-level infrastructure is developed and maintained.

Quantum / Visualization

Qubit Simulator

Interactive 3D Bloch sphere visualization for quantum state pedagogy. A tool for making quantum computing tangible and accessible.

Local-First AI / Orchestration

Lorefire

Local-first AI orchestration pipeline: on-device transcription, LLM-powered semantic analysis, encrypted storage. A study in private, sovereign AI infrastructure where users control their data and models.

02. Domains of Depth

Substrate

Systems Architecture

Distributed real-time infrastructure built with Rust. Custom runtimes, cross-compilation pipelines, embedded services, and systems-level engineering for reliable, performant platforms.

Defense

Quantum Cybersecurity

Doctoral research in LSU's cybersecurity lab. Published the QATT&CK framework adapting MITRE ATT&CK for quantum computing threat models. Research on cryptographic infrastructure and AI agent trust.

Cognition

AI Infrastructure

Control plane design for autonomous software. Agent safety models, capability-gated delegation, local-first LLM pipelines. Published on policed agency, a security model for AI agent trust.

03. Background & Research

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Louisiana State University

PhD Candidate — Cybersecurity Lab

Doctoral research in the cybersecurity lab. Developing security frameworks for next-generation computing with a focus on quantum threat modeling, AI agent trust, and cryptographic infrastructure.

2023 — Present
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Louisiana State University

Master of Science

Advanced Computer Science studies.

2023 — 2025
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Southeastern Louisiana University

BS Computer Science

Minors in Physics and Math.

2018 — 2022
quantumBR

quantumBR

Founder

Founded and led Baton Rouge's quantum computing community. Built a local ecosystem for quantum education and collaboration spanning meetups, research discussions, and industry connections.

Organization

QATT&CK

Quantum Cybersecurity Framework

Novel extension of MITRE ATT&CK for utility-scale quantum computer threat modeling. Presented at Q-NET SYMPOSIUM 2025.

Published

04. From the Blog

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