Student achievements: Dr. Arijet Sarker joins Florida Polytechnic University Computer Science Department as an Assistant Professor starting from Fall 2024; Dr. Manohar Raavi joins Kennesaw State University Computer Science Department as an Assistant Professor starting from Spring 2024; Dr. Hsiang-Jen Hong joins Western Washington University as an Assistant Professor starting from Fall 2023; Received Best Demo Award at IEEE CCNC 2023; Participated in the panel discussion as an invited panelist at Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF 2022) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, discussing post-quantum cryptography and the transition to it.
Research Experience
Before joining UCCS CS, was a postdoctoral fellow at Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC), a UIUC research center in Singapore.
Education
PhD: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 2013; Bachelor's degree: ECE department, UIUC, 2007.
Background
Main research interest: Security of networked systems; Position: Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department, University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS); Teaching: Intro to Computer Security (CS 4910), Applied Cryptography (CS 4920/5920), Wireless and Embedded Systems Security (CS 5960), and Computational Linear Algebra (CS 2300); Other work: Offers MOOC online courses in Applied Cryptography on Coursera; PI and Director of the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at UCCS, called Colorado-Washington Security Scholars Program (CWSSP); Board member and part of the executive team at Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Institute (SVCSI).