Research Group Members
Faculty
Sajjan Shiva
Professor & Director
Research Interests:
Computer Architecture, Distributed/Parallel Processing, Computer System Security, Software Engineering, AI & Expert Systems, Modeling & Simulation.
Graduate Students
Protyasha Roy
PhD Student
Research Interests:
Machine Learning Testing, Agentic AI Security, Threats and Defenses.
Murshida Rahman Mouree
PhD Student
Research Interests:
Machine Learning, HCI, Agentic AI Security, Threats and Defenses.
Former Members
Frederick T. Sheldon
Professor (Univ. of Idaho) / Former Faculty
Research Interests:
Security Compliance, Risk Assessment, Cyber-Physical Systems, Penetration Testing, Formal Methods, Software Requirements, Cryptographic Key Management.
Chase Wu
Professor & Assoc. Chair (NJIT) / Former Faculty
Research Interests:
Big data transfer, high-performance networking, parallel and distributed workflows, sensor networks, scientific visualization, and cyber security.
Bhargavi Krishna Murthy
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research Interests:
Cognitive agents in healthcare, context-aware smart apps, XML conversions, swarm intelligence, and machine learning.
Divya Sharma
Master Student
Research Interests:
Graduate student at the Computer Science Department focusing on cybersecurity models and machine learning.
Ahmed M. E. Mahfouz
PhD Student
Research Interests:
Pure math and computer science, machine learning classifiers, network intrusion datasets, and security ensembles.
Suhaib Al-Rousan
PhD Student
Research Interests:
Anomalous classification algorithms, dating scammers detection, and social network cyber defenses.
Salahuddin M. Masum
PhD Student
Research Interests:
Intelligent security agents, deep learning ensembles, and IoT attack classification.
Namita Fnu
Graduate Student
Research Interests:
Interpretable machine learning tools and survey techniques for DDoS explanations.
Sankardas Roy
Assistant Professor (BGSU) / Former Postdoc
Research Interests:
Application of Game Theory in Network Security, attribute-based encryption, wireless sensor networks, and ad-hoc networks.
Na Fan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests:
Network risk analysis, Game theory models, and cyber-attack taxonomy applications.
Z. Cao
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests:
Software checking modules, database query parsing, and network modeling.
Saikat Das
Assistant Professor (Midwestern State Univ.)
Research Interests:
Interpretable Machine Learning, DDoS IDS, Moving Target Defense, Cloud Computing. Formerly at Intel & Samsung.
Faisal Alsubaei
Assistant Professor (Univ. of Jeddah)
Research Interests:
Security and privacy in Internet of Things (IoT), IoMT framework, and Cloud Computing security assessment.
Eiman Aldhahri
Assistant Professor (Univ. of Jeddah)
Research Interests:
Software Crowdsourcing recommendation models, Cloud Computing, and Software Engineering.
Abdullah Abu Hussein
Assistant Professor (St. Cloud State Univ.)
Research Interests:
Cloud computing security, cloud taxonomy risk evaluation, and privacy-preserving cloud metrics.
Vivek Shandilya
Assistant Professor (Jacksonville Univ.)
Research Interests:
Mathematical optimization, security game modeling, network security game theories, and cloud system structure.
Ramya Dharam
Security Research Scientist (FedEx)
Research Interests:
Development of runtime monitors, software verification post-deployment, and SQL Injection prevention.
Chris Simmons
Assistant Professor (Lipscomb Univ.)
Research Interests:
Cyber attack taxonomy development, AVOIDIT integration into defensive systems, and game theoretic defense ontologies.
Harkeerat Singh Bedi
Lead Research Scientist (Verizon)
Research Interests:
AQM algorithms for DoS mitigation, stochastic games, and game-theoretic network defense architectures (GIDA).
Sarah Lee
Assoc. Clinical Professor (Miss. State Univ.)
Research Interests:
CS & Cybersecurity Education, social aspects of software engineering, and diversity in computing pathways.
Matthew Anyanwu
Senior Administrator (St. Jude)
Research Interests:
Discovery informatics systems, network virtualization, and secure cloud administration.
Md. Fahad Iqbal Polash
Software Engineer (Intel)
Research Interests:
Moving Target Defense (MTD) in OpenStack, live VM migration, and cloud security certifications.
Md. Lutfar Rahman
Graduate Student
Research Interests:
Virtual machine security, runtime monitors in OpenStack, and distributed game theory.
Sharif Mehedi Tanmay
Technical Project Manager (Material Bank)
Research Interests:
Cloud computing, network security protocols, and software engineering processes.
Rodrigo Silva-Lugo
Data Architect (Prodigious Latin America)
Research Interests:
Mathematical optimization, machine learning algorithms, formal verification, and test case selection.
Priyanka Chilakalapudi
PhD Student
Research Interests:
Security policy testing, vulnerability graph parsing, and mathematical model validations.
Sandeep Ramesh
Software Developer (FedEx)
Research Interests:
Testing methodologies for cloud applications, web services vulnerability analyses.
Deveeshree Nayak
Information Security Analyst
Research Interests:
Computer science and information security models, intrusion detection patterns, and java tools.
Nisrine Ait Khayi
Graduate Researcher
Research Interests:
Applying Game Theory in Network Security, real-time anomaly intrusion systems, data mining, and risk assessment.
Beata Kubiak
Graduate Student
Research Interests:
Applications of mathematics in computer science, game theory in network security, and numerical analysis.
Vivek Datla
Senior Scientist (Philips)
Research Interests:
Simulation of game theory-based defenses against DoS/DDoS, data mining, cognitive agents, and LIDA framework.
Mustafa H. Hajeer
System Engineer (Intel)
Research Interests:
Formal analysis of social networking, enhancing cybersecurity in web architectures, and graph optimizations.
Danielle L. Jones
Technical Analyst (FedEx)
Research Interests:
Forensics prevention models, cyber attack management, and software testing metrics.
Charles Ellis
Cryptographic Specialist (Dell)
Research Interests:
Honeypot systems, intrusion technologies, OS hardening, vulnerability exploitation, and cryptographic systems.