Research Team

Post Doctoral Research Associate
  • Dr. Mohammad Rahman
    Research Topics: Mitigation of Hardware Trojan threats, Internet-of-Things, Fog/Edge Computing
Graduate Students (Current)
  • Abhinav Kumar, Ph.D. student (Joined: Fall 2023)
    Undergraduate degree: B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna, India
    Research Topics: Cybersecurity, Network Resilience, Cyber deception, Cognitive Psychology

  • Cariappa Kotrangada Suresh, Ph.D. student (Joined: Spring 2023)
    Undergraduate degree: B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India
    Research Topics: Internet-of-Things (IoT), Network Resource Management, Cognitive Radio, Machine Learning, Game theory

  • Nadeem Ahmed, M.S. student (Joined: Summer 2023)
    Undergraduate degree: B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India
    Research Topics: Next-generation communication architectures, Intelligent Reflective Surfaces (IRS), Cybersecurity

Graduate Students (Past)
  • Satyaki Nan, Ph.D., M.S. student (Graduated: Summer 2022)
    Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Game Theoretic Mitigation of Internal and External Attacks Against Cyber Systems
    M.S. Thesis Title: Deception-based Mitigation of Cyber Threats under Game and Prospect Theoretic Considerations
    Employment: Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), Georgia Southwestern State University, GA

  • Baocheng Geng, Ph.D. student (Graduated: Summer 2021; co-advisor)
    Dissertation Title: Augmented Human-Machine Intelligence for Distributed Inference
    Employment: Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

  • Eunice Michael, M.S. student (Graduated: Fall 2018)
    Topic: Mitigation of Sybil Threats in Crowdsensing Systems
    Employment: Cyber Security Engineer, Cummins Inc.

  • Ruslan Mardugalliamov, M.S. (Graduated: 2018)
    Topic: Prospect Theory based Behavioral Hypothesis Testing
    Employment: Vice President, Credit Suisse

  • Raghed El-Bardan, Ph.D. student (Graduated: 2016; co-advisor)
    Dissertation Title: Resource Allocation for Interference Management in Wireless Networks
    Employment: Machine Learning Engineer, Apple Inc., CA

  • Bhavya Kailkhura, Ph.D. student (Graduated: 2016; co-advisor)
    Dissertation Title: Distributed Inference and Learning with Byzantine Data
    Employment: Computer Scientist, Center for Applied Scientific Computing (CASC), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), CA

  • V. S. Siddhardh Nadendla, Ph.D. student (Graduated: 2016; co-advisor)
    Dissertation Title: On the Design and Analysis of Secure Inference Networks
    Employment: Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), Dept. of Computer Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology, MO

  • Nianxia Cao, Ph.D. student (Graduated: 2016; co-advisor)
    Dissertation Title: Sensor management for localization and tracking in wireless sensor networks
    Employment: APTIV Advanced Engineering Center, CA

Undergraduate Students (Past)
  • Amiya Ingram, Aliyah Muhammad, and Joseph Fitzpatrick (Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
    Senior Design Project Title: Strategic Channel Access in IEEE 802.22 Networks

  • Casey Brown (Spring 2021 - Spring 2022)
    Senior Design Project Title: Dynamic Resource Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks

  • Toree Sims Jr. (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)
    Senior Design Project Title: Computational Investing

  • Adrian Ghazi and Reme’ Randolph (Spring 2020 – Fall 2020)
    Senior Design Project Title: Congestion Management in Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Daniel Ochoa, Nelson Kambaliya, and Vala Jamal (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020)
    Senior Design Project Title: Development of a Smartphone-based Gunshot Classification System

  • Khansa Fatima, Mohamoud Tallman, and Keyur Patel (Spring 2019 – Fall 2019)
    Senior Design Project Title: Market-driven Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks

  • Reginald Deion Woods (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
    Senior Design Project Title: Cross-Layer Congestion Control Mechanism Design for Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Andargachew Gebeyehu, Armando B. Mpembele, and Elliot Davy (Spring 2018 – Fall 2018)
    Senior Design Project Title: Diversity based Resource Allocation for Network Security

  • Hussam Alahmadi, Othman Alahmadi, and Mohannad Bahattab (Fall 2017 – Spring 2018)
    Senior Design Project Title: Mobile Application Development for Finding Local Restaurants