Recent News

• March 2024

  Paper published and presented 2024 ASEE NE Conference, Fairfield, CT

• April 2024

  Poster Presented in 2024 ASEE NE Conference, Fairfield, CT, "Enhancing Cybersecurity: Leveraging AI and LLMs for Advanced Phishing"

• April 2024

  Led Birds of a Feather session at 2024 CAE Symposium, "Adversarial LLMs and their impact on cybersecurity."

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• April 2024

  Poster Presented at 2024 CAE Symposium, "AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) for phishing detection and prevention"

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• March 2024

  Article for Conversation "Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet"

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• March 2024

  Awarded NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium Grant "Physical Layer Security for 5G and Beyond Networks" $20,000, PI

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• March 2024

  Invited Paper Published in IEEE ICACT Transactions on Advanced Communications Technology Journal. This Paper won the "Best Paper Award" at the IEEE ICACT Conference in Pyeongchang, Korea, 2023

• March 2024

  Article for Conversation "Are private conversations truly private? A cybersecurity expert explains how end-to-end encryption protects you"

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• March 2024

  Paper published: 6G Networks and AI Revolution - Exploring Technologies, Applications, and Emerging Challenges”. Sensors Special Issue on 5G and Beyond Networks and Technologies, 2024.

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• Feb 2024

  Jugded and Coached QUxHHC Ransomware Cybercase Competition"

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• Feb 2024

  Awarded NSF Grant "Building Institutional Capacity to Support STEM Scholars Through Pedagogy of Real Talk" $1,000,000, Co-PI

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• Feb 2024

  Invited Talk at CSE PhD Seminar Series, " From Massive MIMO to 6G: Architecting the Next Wave of Wireless Communication", University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.

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• Jan 2024

  Interview for Heart Media Group"Surge in devices stealing information from debit, credit cards raises concern in CT"

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• Jan 2024

  Awarded NEBHE Tech Talent Accelerator (TTA) Grant " Enhancing Workforce Capabilities: Cybersecurity in Healthcare, Fintech, and Pentesting", $40,000 Co-PI

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• Jan 2024

  Chaired a session on Signal Processing at IEEE CCWC 2024, Las Vegas

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• Jan 2024

  Gave research presentation at IEEE CCWC 2024, Las Vegas on "Can AI Keep You Safe? A Study of Large Language Models for Phishing Detection"

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• Dec 2023

  Elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior member.

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• Nov 2023

  Gave a talk at S Cubed Seminar on my recent research on " Deployment Challenges and Solutions for Key Enabling Technologies for 5G, Beyond 5G, and 6G Networks"

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• Nov 2023

  Interview for Hartford Business Journal "Amid increasing demand, CT colleges in arms race to add cybersecurity programs, faculty"

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• November 2023

  Paper published: Securing Industrial Control Systems: Components, Cyber Threats, and Machine Learning-Driven Defense Strategies”. Sensors Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems and Industry 4.0, 4(2), 2023. Invited Paper.

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• Oct 2023

  Interview for HUffpost "Should You Let Apps Track You? Here's What Tech Pros Personally Choose "

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• Sep 2023

  Interview for Yahoo News "Should You Let Apps Track You?"

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• Sep 2023

  Gave Opening Remark at Besides CT, 2023

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• Sep 2023

  Interview for Fox61 News "Experts warn cyber attacks increasing in frequency"

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• Sep 2023

  Interview for Fox61 News "2023 Investigation in ECHN Cyberattack continues, may not be related to FBI takedown of Qakbot"

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• Sep 2023

  Interview for WKYC 3 Studios News " Cyber attacks increasing in frequency"

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• Sep 2023

  Received Outstanding Teacher Award, FSU

• August 2023

  Paper published: Unleashing the Power of IoT: A Comprehensive Review of IoT Applications, Advancements, and Future Prospects in Healthcare, Agriculture, Smart Homes, Smart Cities, and Industry 4.0. Sensors Journal, 2023, 23, 7194.

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• August 2023

  Paper published: Privacy in computer ethics: Navigating the digital age”. Computer Science and Information Technologies, 4(2), 183-190, 2023.

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• May 2023

  Our paper "An Adaptive User Scheduling Algorithm for 6G Massive MIMO Systems" won Best Paper Award at IEEE ICACT 2023, Pyeongchang, South Korea

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• May 2023

  Received CTL Grant for ioS app Development, $1000, PI

• March 2023

  Received MSCA Professional Development Grant to Investigate Physical Layer Security for 6G Networks, $1500, PI

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• March 2023

  Attended 2023 NSF SaTC Aspiring PI Workshop at George Washington University

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• Feb 2023

  Paper Published: "An Adaptive User Scheduling Algorithm for 6G Massive MIMO Systems" at IEEE ICACT 2023, Pyeongchang , South Korea

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