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August 2026I joined California State University, Long Beach as an Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity.
July 2026Two new papers were published in IEEE Networking Letters and the Journal of Money Laundering Control. They address post-quantum security for maritime RTK navigation and comparative virtual-asset regulation.
June 2026I accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity at California State University, Long Beach.
June 2026I passed the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification.
May 2026Our PUFZIN paper was published in the Journal of Information Security and Applications. PUFZIN combines PUFs and zero-knowledge proofs for blockchain-IoT authentication.
May 2026I completed my Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering at Texas A&M University. My dissertation is titled "A Layered Security Framework for Blockchain-Based IoT Systems."
May 2026Two of our papers appeared at IEEE ICC 2026 and IEEE ICC Workshops 2026. They cover AIS dropout attribution and the reliability of production Layer-2 networks.
February 2026Our PQS-BFL paper was published in Expert Systems with Applications. Read the PQS-BFL paper on post-quantum authentication for blockchain-based federated learning.
January 2026We posted the FedGraph-VASP preprint on arXiv. Read the FedGraph-VASP preprint on federated graph learning for cross-institutional anti-money laundering.
January 2026Four of our papers appeared at IEEE CCNC 2026 in Las Vegas.
December 2025I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation, "A Layered Security Framework for Blockchain-Based IoT Systems."
August 2025I began teaching ESET 315: Local and Metropolitan Area Networks at Texas A&M University.
June 2024Our ransomware-evasion research was featured in TechXplore. Read the feature.
June 2024I passed the ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) exam.
April 2024I presented our work at IEEE AICAS 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
March 2024I served as a judge at the 2024 Texas Science & Engineering Fair.
February 2024Our paper, “Strategic Deployment of Honeypots in Blockchain-Based IoT Systems,” was accepted at IEEE AICAS 2024.
October 2023I presented our work at IEEE LCN 2023 in Florida.
August 2023I received the Multidisciplinary Engineering Scholarship from Texas A&M University.
June 2023Our paper, “EGAN: Evolutional GAN for Ransomware Evasion,” was accepted at IEEE LCN 2023.
March 2023I served as a judge at the 2023 Texas Science & Engineering Fair.
August 2022I began my Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering, specializing in cybersecurity, at Texas A&M University.