I am running the Analytics for Cyber Defense (ACyD) Research Lab at FIU.
PhD/MS Students
Nur Imtiazul Haque
PhD Student
Haque joined the lab in Fall 2019. In this research, he primarily focuses on the security and dependability of smart buildings, power grids, and health systems. He is co-supervised by Dr. Selcuk Uluagac.
Alvi Ataur Khalil
PhD Student
Khalil joined the lab in Fall 2020. His primary research areas include intelligent system design and blockchain security.
Muneeba Asif
PhD Student
Asif has joined the lab in Fall 2021. Her research focuses on power electronics and critical infrastructure security.
Maurice Ngouen
PhD Student
Ngouen joined the lab in Spring 2022. His research focuses on the security of smart devices and IoT systems.
Mohammad Zakaria Haider
PhD Student
Zakaria joined the lab in Fall 2023. His primary research area is smart grid security.
Alejandro Almeida
PhD Student
Almeida joined the lab in the Spring of 2023. He researches various security problems in cyber-physical systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) security. He completed his MS in Fall 2023. Alejandro’s thesis title was “Side Channel-Driven Intrusion Detection System for Mission Critical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.” He is now pursuing his PhD.
Jean Tonday Rodriguez
PhD Student
Tonday joined the lab in the Fall of 2023. He researches cybersecurity problems in various critical infrastructures.
Alvaro Alva Chavez
MS Student
Alva joined the lab in Fall 2021 as an undergraduate student. Currently, he is pursuing an MS degree. He researches side-channel-driven defense solutions to defend unmanned aerial vehicles.
David Perry
MS Student
Perry joined the lab in Fall 2023. His research area is smart grid security.
Undergraduate Students
Mohammad Kumail Kazmi
Undergraduate Researcher
Kazmi joined the lab in Summer 2023. He explores embedded systems security.
Kiran Brahmatewari
Undergraduate Researcher
Brahmatewari joined the lab in the Fall of 2023. She studies post-quantum security.
Ernesto Alva Chavez
Undergraduate Researcher
Alva joined the lab in Summer 2023. He explores machine learning-driven security analysis of cyber-physical systems.
Graduated PhD/MS Students
Mohamadsaleh Jafari
PhD Student
Dissertation Title: Impact-based Analytics of Cascaded False Data Injection Attacks on Smart Grids
Co-Major Supervisor: Dr. Sumit Paudyal
Graduated: Spring 2022 (Started in Summer 2019)
First Appointment after Graduation: Senior Engineer, California ISO
Md Hasan Shahriar
Degree: MS, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University.
Graduated: Fall, 2020
Thesis Title: Deception Defense against Stealthy Attacks in Power Grids
Research Interest: Shahriar is interested in applying artificial intelligence techniques to analyze and design security for power grids.
First Appointment after Graduation: TBD
A H M Jakaria
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University.
Graduated: Spring 2020 (Started in Spring 2016)
Dissertation Title: Formal Techniques for Automated Design of Adaptive Networked Systems Based on Security and Resiliency Requirements
Research Area: Jakaria’s research focused on security and dependability analysis for SDN/NFV, smart grid, UAV, and artificial intelligence.
First Appointment after Graduation: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Knoxville
Rahat Masum
Degree: MS, Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University.
Graduated: Spring, 2019
Thesis Title: Continuous Surveillance Design for Critical Smart Grid Infrastructure using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Research: Masum’s research principally focused on the security and dependability of smart grid, UAV, formal analysis, and machine learning.
First Appointment after Graduation: Infosys, Seattle
Ryan Shivers
Degree: MS, Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University.
Graduated: Spring, 2019
Thesis Title: Toward a Secure and Decentralized Blockchain-based Ride-Hailing Platform for Autonomous Vehicles
Research: Shiver conducted research on the application of Blockchain for developing distributed trusted platforms.
First Appointment after Graduation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Brian Ledbetter
Degree: MS, Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University.
Graduated: Spring 2019 (Started in Fall 2017)
Thesis Title: LIPs: A Protocol for Leadership Incentives for Heterogeneous and Dynamic Platoons
First Appointment after Graduation: Federal Security Agency
Md. Golam Moula Mehedi Hasan
Position: MS student, Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University.
Graduated: Fall, 2018
Thesis Title: Protection by Detection: A Signaling Game Approach to Mitigate Co-Resident Attacks in Cloud
Research Interest: Mehedi Hasan’s research principally focused on cloud, vehicle-to-grid, security, blockchain, and machine learning.
First Appointment after Graduation: Research Assistant, CESR, Tennessee Tech
Amarjit Datta
Degree: MS, Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University.
Graduated: Spring, 2018
Thesis Title: A Formal Framework for Cascading Attack Analysis in the Microgrid Islanding Detection Process
Research Interest: Datta’s research focused on cyber-physical systems and security analysis.
First Appointment after Graduation: Senior Software Engineer, IBM, Atlanta
Past Visiting Researchers
Mohammad Hossein Manshaei
Visiting Faculty
Duration: Spring 2019 to Spring 2020
Research Interest: Manshaei is interested in network and information security, Internet of Things (IoT), game theory and mechanism design, and how incentives and economic games can improve security and dependability.
Website: http://www.manshaei.org/
Past Undergraduate Students
Gianluca Bacigalupo
Undergraduate Researcher
Duration: Summer 2020 – Fall 2021
Research Area: Various controls, security issues, and simulation tools in smart buildings
Annabella Christopher
Undergraduate Researcher
Duration: Spring 2022 to Fall 2022
Research Area: UAV hardware security
Alexander Byrne
NSF REU Scholar
Duration: Summer 2020 – Summer 2021
Research Area: Collaborative unmanned aerial vehicles
Eloy Beaucejour
FIU HOURS Scholar
Duration: Spring 2020 – Summer 2021
Research Interest: Smart buildings’ control systems security
Nicolas Contreras
Undergraduate Researcher
Duration: Spring 2021 – Fall 2021
Research Area: Smart building control systems and testbed implementation.
Other Mentees
Samara Ruiz Sandoval
(OURS Scholar; FIU; Undergraduate Researcher; Spring 2020 – Summer 2020)
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- Returned to continue her study at FIU
Nuria Pacheco
(NSF REU Scholar; FIU; Undergraduate Researcher; Summer 2019)
- Returned to continue her study at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Anquan Gamble
(NSF REU Scholar; FIU; Undergraduate Researcher; Summer 2019)
- Returned to continue his study at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC
Michael Dimovich
(NSF REU Scholar; Tennessee Tech; Undergraduate Researcher; Summer 2018)
- Returned to continue his study at University of Michigan, Dearborn
Cory Stephenson
(NSF REU Scholar; Tennessee Tech; Undergraduate Researcher; Summer 2018)
- Continued his graduate study at Tennessee Tech
Emily Chen
(NSF REU Scholar; Tennessee Tech; Undergraduate Researcher; Summer 2017)
- Returned to continue her study at the University of Alabama
Jeremiah Russell
(NSF REU Scholar; Tennessee Tech; Undergraduate Researcher; Summer 2017)
- Returned to continue his study at Western Kentucky University
Brian Ledbetter
(NSF REU Scholar; Tennessee Tech; Undergraduate Researcher; Summer 2016)
- Started to work with me an NSF SFS scholar
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