Jonathan Gregory
Computer Science PhD Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
jgregory8 at wisc dot edu
About Me
I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I am advised by Prof. Patrick McDaniel in the Madison Security and Privacy Research Group. My research focuses on AI security and multi-agent systems. My interests include trustworthy machine learning, adversarial AI, and cybersecurity. Prior to beginning my graduate studies, I received bachelor's degrees in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Mathematics from Central Michigan University.
Updates
- April 2026: Our paper Activation-Free Backbones for Image Recognition: Polynomial Alternatives for Spatial and Channel Mixing was accepted to ICML 2026 as a poster presentation.
- April 2026: I was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) for 2026.
Selected Papers
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MESA: Prioritizing Vulnerable Communication Channels for Securing Multi-Agent Systems
Kunyang Li, Kyle Domico, Jonathan Gregory, Patrick McDaniel
In submission, 2026
Paper Preprint -
Activation-Free Backbones for Image Recognition: Polynomial Alternatives for Spatial and Channel Mixing
Jeffrey Wang, Jonathan Gregory, Grigorios Chrysos
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026
Paper Conference
Selected Awards
- Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), U.S. National Science Foundation, 2026
- Academic Excellence Award, Central Michigan University Honors Program, 2025
- President’s Award for Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishments, Central Michigan University, 2025
- Richtmeyer-Foust Award, Central Michigan University Department of Mathematics, 2025
- Board of Trustess Award, Central Michigan University, 2025
- Centralis Gold Award, Central Michigan University Honors Program, 2020
Professional Activities
Workshop Reviewer
- ICLR 2026 Workshop on Agentic AI in the Wild: From Hallucinations to Reliable Autonomy, 2026
External Reviewer
- Oakland University Research Committee Faculty Fellowship, 2025