Research Interests
- Security and robustness of AI and machine learning systems
- Network security and Internet measurements
- Blockchain systems and consensus protocol analysis
- Cyber-physical and AR/VR system security
- Threat intelligence and abuse analytics
Other Experience
- Faculty Fellow, FCI Faculty Cluster Initiative, University of Central Florida, 2022–2023
- Associate Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy Cluster, University of Central Florida, 2021–2022
- Visiting Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology, Summer 2017
- Visiting Professor, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Summer 2017
- Faculty Fellow, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Summer 2016
- Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2015–2017
- Senior Research Scientist, Verisign Labs, 2014–2015
- Research Scientist, Verisign Labs, 2012–2014
Professional Activities
- Organizer Roles: General Co-Chair, IEEE CNS 2023 • TPC Co-Chair, IEEE ICDCS 2025 (Blockchain Track), NETYS 2023 • Sponsorship Co-Chair, NDSS 2023, ACM CCS 2021
- Program Committee Membership: NDSS 2025 • PETS 2025 • ACM CCS 2024, 2023 • IEEE S&P 2023 • IEEE ICDCS 2024, 2023 • IEEE SRDS 2024 • ACM WPES 2024 • ACM WWW 2023
- Editorship: Associate Editor, IEEE TPDS (2020–2023) • Associate Editor, IEEE TDSC (2023–2025) • Associate Editor, IEEE TCC (2021–2022)
Honors & Awards
- Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students, UCF, 2025
- Best Paper Award, WISE 2024
- ACM Distinguished Speaker (2024–2027)
- Best Paper Nominee, IEEE VR 2022
- Teaching Incentive Award, UCF, 2022
- Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, CECS UCF, 2022
- Research Incentive Award, UCF, 2022
- Editorial Excellence Award, IEEE TPDS, 2022
- Best Extended Abstract Award, IEEE DSN 2021
- Best Student Paper Nominee, ACM ICS 2021
- IEEE Distinguished Visitor (2021–2023)
- ACM Distinguished Speaker (2021–2024)
- Distinguished TPC Member, IEEE INFOCOM (2017–2021)
- Best Paper Awards: ACM DLoT 2018, WISA 2014, IEEE Systems Journal 2020
- Best Student Paper Award, IEEE ICDCS 2017
- U.S. Air Force Visiting Faculty Research Award, 2017