Ahmed Bulbul
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware security and hardware and software verification
Ahmed is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tehranipoor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida. He completed a BS degree from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) and MS from the University of Virginia. Hardware Security, Hardware and software verification. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the guitar, piano, soccer, and traveling.
Brandon Fallin
Research Assistant
Advised by: Matthew Hale
Research Interests
Differential privacy and its applications to control systems
Brandon Fallin received Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Florida in 2022. He is currently a PhD student under the advisement of Dr. Matthew Hale in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UF.
Amit M Shuvo
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security, VLSI Design, Device Architecture.
Amit had completed his graduation in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology in 2017. After that, he joined a renowned semiconductor company in Bangladesh which is dedicated to providing the full ASIC design package. he acquired expertise in RTL design, functional Verification & DFT design from more than 3.5 years of professional experience. He love singing, playing guitar, solving mathematical problems, programming & traveling.
Arash Vafaei
Research Assistant
Advised by: Farimah Farahmandi
Research Interests
Computer architecture, Low-power hardware design, Hardware security, Hardware verification, Machine learning.
Arash Vafaei is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Farahmandi. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer engineering from Sharif University of technology and his Master’s degree from Tehran University. His current research interests include Hardware design with respect to power, performance and security. Some of his assorted hobbies include Embedded system design, Volleyball and playing piano.
Aslam Khan
Research Assistant
Advised by: Navid Asadi
Research Interests: Hardware security assurance in the Semiconductor fabrication and packaging; Advance packaging(2.5D, 3D, Heterogeneous Integration); Failure Analysis; MEMS/NEMS
Aslam A. Khan is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Navid Asadi in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. He received an M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Norfolk State University in 2020. He has worked at two companies and as a research assistant at IIT Bombay. He received a B.E degree in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University in 2016. His research focused on security assurance in Semiconductor fabrication and advanced packaging (2.5D, 3D, Heterogeneous Integration), Reverse Engineering, MEMS/NEMS, Counterfeiting Detection, and Prevention. His hobbies include playing cricket, long driving, exploring new places, hiking, cycling, and watching movies.
Avinash Ayalasomayajula
Research Assistant
Advised by: Farimah Farahmandi
Research Interests
Security Validation, Obfuscation
Avinash Ayalasomayajula is currently pursuing their Master of Science from Electrical and Computer Engineering department specializing in Computer Engineering. They received their B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from National Institute of Technology Goa(NITG). Their hobbies include reading fictional novels, cooking, swimming and football.
Azim Uddin
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware security, Internet of Things, Machine Learning
Azim is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tehranipoor in the ECE department at the University of Florida. He completed his B.Sc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Before joining UF, he worked as a System Engineer in a software company for two years. His current work includes on-chip AMI. In his spare time, he enjoys reading books and watching movies.
Chaoyi Ma
Research Assistant
Advised by: Shigang Chen
Research Interests
Network traffic measurement, Computer network security
Chaoyi Ma is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in computer and information science and engineering at the University of Florida. His advisor is Prof. Shigang Chen. Before that, he obtained his B.S. degree in information security from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2018. His research interests include network traffic measurement and computer network security.
Christopher Brant
Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Advised by: Daniela Oliveira
Research Interests
IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems, Cybersecurity, Computer Systems Architecture, Autonomous Vehicles.
Christopher Brant is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under professors Dr. Daniela Oliveira and Dr. Yier Jin in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Florida. Christopher obtained his Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Engineering with a minor in Cybersecurity from Clemson University in 2019. His research interests are in IoT and Cyber-Physical systems and security, as well as applications for secure networking of IoT devices for consumer use. In his free time he enjoys playing PC games, tennis, running, and attending as many sporting events on campus as he can.
David S Koblah
Graduate Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Hardware Security, Machine Learning, Reverse Engineering, Internet of Things and Computer Vision
David Selasi Koblah is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under Dr. Domenic Forte at the University of Florida. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2019. His current projects include PCB Reverse Engineering, as well as other security-based endeavors. Outside the research environment, he is a staunch supporter of Liverpool Football Club (English Premier League), The Boston Celtics (NBA), and the Seattle Seahawks (NFL). He is also an Otaku, and spends time playing sports.
Dimitrios Melissourgos
Research Assistant
Advised by: Shigang Chen
Research Interests
Computer network security, Data privacy, Machine learning privacy
Dimitrios Melissourgos is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Chen at the University of Florida. He received his BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. His research interests include privacy in multi-party computation, computer network security and privacy in machine learning algorithms. His hobbies include drone racing, scuba diving, playing music, philosophy and cosmology.
Dipayan Saha
Research Assistant
Advised by: Farimah Farahmandi
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Hardware Security, Signal Processing
Dipayan Saha is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Florida. He received the B.Sc. degree from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). His research interests revolve around machine learning, hardware security, and signal processing. In his spare time, Dipayan likes reading books, listening to music, and playing chess.
Haibo Wang
Research Assistant
Advised by: Shigang Chen
Research Interests
Network traffic measurement; Edge computing
Haibo Wang is a second-year PhD student from the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida. Before that, he obtained my BS degree in 2016 and MS degree in 2019, both from the University of Science and Technology of China.
Hasan Al-Shaikh
Research Assistant
Advised by: Fahim Rahman
Research Interests
Runtime hardware security, embedded systems, time series analysis, machine learning, reconfigurable computing, digital twins.
Hasan Al-Shaikh was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his B.Sc. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2018. Currently he is pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Fahim Rahman. In his spare times he enjoys reading fantasy novels, playing computer games, listening to music and watching movies.
Henian Li
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Fault-Injection Attacks and Countermeasures, Secure Scan, Hardware Security
Henian Li is a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Mark M. Tehranipoor. He got his B.S. degree in Integrated Circuit Design and Integration System from Hefei University of Technology, China, and M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the guitar, singing, cooking, and traveling.
Imani Sherman
Research Assistant
Advised by: Juan Gilbert
Research Interests
Educational Technologies, Usable Security, Privacy Policy, Information Security, Accessibility.
Imani Sherman is currently pursuing her Ph.D. under Dr. Gilbert at the University of Florida. She got her MS degree from Kentucky State University, and BS degree from University of Dayton. Her current projects include Prime III (Tally, Usability Studies) and Vsquared (Usability Study). In her spare time, she likes baking, dancing, hiking, fishing, exploring new places, and coasters.
Jake M Julia
Research Assistant
Advised by: Navid Asadi
Research Interests
Hardware Security, Reverse Engineering, Trojan Detection
Jake is in his fourth year pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida and is currently working in UF’s FICS Lab. He wishes to pursue a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering. He enjoys fishing, mountain biking, hiking, grilling, movies, and sports in his free time.
Jiaming Wu
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Verification.
Jiaming is currently pursuing his Ph.D at the University of Florida under Dr. Domenic Forte. He got his B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an JiaoTong University and M.S in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Boston University. In his spare time, Jiaming likes playing basketball and other outdoor sports.
John G True Jr.
Research Assistant
Advised by: Navid Asadi
Research Interests
Non-destructive Failure Analysis, Automated Semiconductor Processing & Characterization, Machine Learning & Big Data Analysis
John is currently a graduate student under Dr. Navid Asadi in the F.I.C.S. Lab here at UF. He received a B.S. in Material Science & Engineering from UF. John’s current work includes Auto-3D, developing automated volumetric hardware assurance methods for use in industry; in addition to THz-Characterization at the transistor and device level. John enjoys mountain biking in Ocala, aerial photography, and woodworking in his free time.
Katayoon Yahyaei
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security, Machine Learning and Digital Hardware Design
Katayoon Yahyaei is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of Florida. She works as a research assistant under Dr. Tehranipoor. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. from K.N. Toosi University of Technology, IRAN, in 2018 and 2020. Her research interests lie in leveraging artificial intelligence for the security assessment of digital hardware designs. In her free time, she likes to cook, dance, practice yoga, and watch movies.
Liton Kumar Biswas
Research Assistant
Advised by: Navid Asadi
Research Interests
Hardware security, Reverse Engineering and Physical Attack
Biswas is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Asadi Zanjani in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. He completed his B.Sc. and MS from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In his spare time, he loves to engage in hobbies like listening to music, watching movies, playing games, and traveling.
Logan Blue
Research Assistant
Advised by: Patrick Traynor
Research Interests
Mobile networks, machine learning, building secure systems, secure protocol design.
Logan Blue is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under Dr. Traynor at the University of Florida. He got his MS and BS degree from University of Florida. His current projects include Authentication of telephony calls, Using Generative models in a FTE-Encryption scheme, Data driven network study over the Shands network, and Data driven study on the security, use, and misuse of SMS. His hobbies include board games, working out, running, online games, reading, over-baked/half thought out arguments about nothing, anything to do with science(space elevators!), math, or history.
Luke Bauer
Research Assistant
Advised by: Vincent Bindschaedler
Research Interests
Information Security, Android Security
Luke Bauer got his BS degree from Duke University in 2018, and is currently pursuing his PhD degree under Vincent Bindschaedler at the University of Florida. He is currently researching membership inference attacks and Android Bluetooth. His interests include tennis, kayaking, video games, and going to the beach.
Mala Paul
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust, Analog and Digital Circuits and Systems Design, Reverse Engineering, Machine learning and Image Processing
Mala is currently pursuing her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tehranipoor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. She has joined the FICS team from Spring 2021. She has completed her BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. Composing and singing her own music is one of her passions. She also likes reading novels, listening to music, traveling, cooking, and sports.
Marino Guzman
Research Assistant
Advised by: Nima Maghari
Research Interests
Nyquist ADCs, Physically Unclonable Function (PUF), Low-voltage & low-power IC design, Scalable amplification solutions
Marino De Jesus Guzman was born in the Dominican Republic in 1994. He completed his BSEE at the University of Florida in 2015. In 2016, he began pursuing his PhD at the University of Florida. He has had several internships at Texas instruments working as a validation, test, and pre-silicon validation engineer. His research interests include nyquist-rate ADCs, hardware trojan detection and prevention, physical unclonable functions, scalable amplification techniques, and low voltage design techniques.
Md Kawser Bepary
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust, Computer Architecture, VLSI Design and Testing
Kawser is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tehranipoor at the University of Florida. He completed a BS degree in EEE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2018 and an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2020. His hobbies include reading books on science and history, playing soccer, and watching movies.
Md Rafid Muttaki
Research Assistant
Advised by: Farimah Farahmandi
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Verification
Md Rafid Muttaki has been working as a Design Engineer in the semiconductor industry for the last 2.5 years. He has completed his Bachelor’s degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2017. Right after graduation, he joined the industry with a view to learning design techniques and having hands-on experience with industry compatible tools. He has worked in device modeling and analog IP designs such as Bandgap Reference, SAR ADC, LED driver but also has a great interest in formal verification and hardware security. With this view to working with digital circuits and expanding his field of expertise, he has joined the research group of Dr. Farimah Farahmandi in Fall 2019.
Md Sami Ul Islam Sami
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Sami is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tehranipoor in the ECE department at the University of Florida. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After his graduation he worked as ASIC Physical Design Engineer. His current project includes attack resistant secure SoC design. His hobbies are playing cricket, soccer and watching movies
Md Shafkat Mahmud Khan
Research Assistant
Advised by: Navid Asadi
Research Interests
Hardware security and trust, IC Packaging Vulnerabilities, SoC design and security, VLSI Design verification, Hardware Trojans.
Shafkat Mahmud completed his BSc from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2019. He is currently pursuing his Phd in EEE under the supervision of Dr. Navid Asadi. His research includes identifying Ic packaging vulnerabilities, interposer security, hardware Trojans and design for secure test. Shafkat also has profound interest in VLSI secure design and verification. In his spare time Shafkat likes to play soccer, workout, listen to music and watch movies . He loves traveling above anything else.
Md Tahsin Mostafiz
Research Assistant
Advised by: Navid Asadi
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Hardware Security
Tahsin is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Navid Asadi in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida. He completed his B.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduation, he worked as Machine Learning Engineer in two companies, served as an RA in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, BUET and mentored several undergraduate students in their thesis and research works. His research interests are deep learning, computer vision and hardware security. His hobbies include reading science-fiction books, writing, watching movies, swimming and cycling.
Meysam Asghari
Research Assistant
Advised by: Nima Maghari
Research Interests
Data-converters, RF/Analog & Mixed-signal IC design, Physically Unclonable Function (PUF), Low-voltage & low-power IC design.
Meysam Asghari was born in Iran in 1989. He received the A.Sc. degree from the Technical and Engineering College of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran, in 2008, the B.Sc. degree from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran, in 2011, and the M.Sc. degree from the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, in 2013, all in electrical engineering. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida. His research interests include Data-converters, RF/Analog & Mixed-signal IC design, Physically Unclonable Function (PUF), Low-voltage & low-power IC design.
Minyan Gao
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust
Minyan Gao is currently pursuing her Ph.D. under Dr. Domenic Forte in the ECE department at the University of Florida. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Her interests include hardware security and trust. In her spare time, she likes swimming, playing badminton, and table tennis.
Mirela Silva
Research Assistant
Advised by: Daniela Oliveira
Research Interests
Hardware Security & Trust
Mirela Silva is currently pursuing her Ph.D. under Dr. Daniela Oliveira at the University of Florida. She just got her BS degree in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. Her hobbies include watching TV shows,playing video games and board games.
Muhammad Monir Hossain
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security & amp; Trust, Embedded Systems and Security, Internet of Things, Robotics
Muhammad Monir Hossain is currently pursuing his MS degree in ECE under Dr. Mark Tehranipoor at UF. He received his BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. He worked as Embedded Software Engineer at ReliSource Technologies Ltd for 3.5 years. His current research includes hardware and software validation. Personally, he likes playing table tennis.
Nunrun N Mondol
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
AI
Nurun Nahar Mondol is a Graduate Research Assistant at FICS Lab. She graduated from EEE department Bangladesh University of Engineering and technology majoring in communication in 2018. After graduation, she worked for two years in an MNC as an Engineering manager. she has a fascination for tech products. In her free time, she enjoys watching psychological thrillers and love to plan and execute her next travel destination.
Nusrat (Dipu) Farzana Dipu
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security & Trust, SoC Security Property Generation and Verification, Secure Scan, Analog and Digital IC Design.
Nusrat Farzana Dipu is currently pursuing her Ph.D degree in ECE under Dr. Mark Tehranipoor at UF. She received her BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. She worked as Chip Design Engineer at Neural Semiconductor Ltd., Bangladesh for 1.5 years. Her current research includes Security Property Generation and Verification for SoC, Micro-architectural Side Channel Attack Detection and Mitigation. Personally, she likes cooking, traveling and watching movies.
Pallabi Ghosh
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
Pallabi Ghosh is currently pursuing her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Domenic Forte in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She received her M.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in 2019. Her research interests include computer vision, deep learning, machine learning, and biometrics. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and cooking.
Pantha Protim Sarker
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust, VLSI Design and Testing.
Pantha Protim Sarker has joined the FICS team from Spring 2021 under the supervision of Professor Mark M. Tehranipoor. His research interest lies in the field of hardware security and VLSI. He loves to travel and watch football. He is a fan of Real Madrid Club Football.
Paul Calzada
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust, PCB Design and Protection, Reverse Engineering, Machine Learning.
Paul Calzada is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Florida.
Rabin Yu Acharya
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust, Analog security, Reverse Engineering, Genetic Algorithm
Rabin is currently pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Domenic Forte at the University Florida. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the City College of New York in 2015 and worked in the RF and analog IC industry for about 3 years. His current projects include design of polymorphic gates and using Genetic Algorithm to extract key bits from an encrypted circuit. His hobbies include playing guitar, soccer and volleyball, listening to music, and cooking.
Rasheed Kibria
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust, Digital VLSI, Computer Hardware and architecture, Electronic Design Automation (EDA).
Rasheed Kibria is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under direct supervision of Dr. Mark Tehranipoor in the Department of ECE, University of Florida. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After his graduation, he joined the Department of EEE, BUET as a Lecturer (Adjunct) and served there for one year. He taught eight undergraduate courses offered to the students of the Department of EEE, BUET. In his spare time, he likes reading novels and books related to VLSI, programming and scripting, working with FPGAs and watching movies. He also has an immense interest in travelling and visiting historical places.
Sajeed Mohammad
Research Assistant
Advised by: Farimah Farahmandi
Research Interests
Secure SoC development and life cycle management, CAD tools, Formal Verification, Hardware Security, Secure Firmware
Sajeed Mohammad is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Dr. Farahmandi in the ECE department at the University of Florida. He received his bachelor’s degree from VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India in 2018. His research interests include but are not limited to Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Secure SoC development and life cycle management, Formal Verification, firmware security, CAD tools, and secure firmware booting. He is a Kabaddi player and loves cooking, traveling, and watching movies in his spare time.
Sam A Markelon
Research Assistant
Advised by: Tom Shrimpton
Research Interests
Cryptography, Privacy, and Systems.
Sam is pursuing his PhD under Dr. Shrimpton at the University of Florida. He graduated in 2020 from the University of Connecticut with a BS in Computer Science. Sam is interested in both theory and applying cryptography to systems in the real world. Outside of the lab Sam enjoys mixed martial arts, trivia, and pondering his place in the universe.
Shajib Ghosh
Research Assistant
Advised by: Navid Asadi
Research Interests
Hardware Security, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications
Shajib is currently pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Navid Asadi in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. He completed his B.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. He obtained his M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the department of Biomedical Physics and Technology at the University of Dhaka. He likes reading novels, listening to music, watching movies, reciting poems
Shams Tarek
Research Assistant
Advised by: Farimah Farahmandi
Research Interests
Hardware Security & Trust, VLSI, Computer Architecture
Shams is currently pursuing his PhD under Dr. Farimah Farahmandi at the University of Florida. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2019. His hobbies include watching sports, playing video games and watching movies.
Shlok Gilda
Research Assistant
Advised by: Daniela Oliveira
Research Interests
Security, Privacy, Deep Learning
Shlok is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Daniela Oliveira in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida. He got his Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from University of Pune, India. Prior to joining UF, Shlok worked at a block-chain based startup in India for two years. In his spare time, he likes to play chess, workout, hike, and watch movies.
Shuvagata Saha
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust, VLSI Design and Testing
Shuvagata Saha is currently pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tehranipoor. He has completed his B.Sc. in EEE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2018. In his spare time, he likes to read novels, watch movies, and listen to music.
Sourav Roy
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Hardware security and trust
Sourav has completed Bachelors in EEE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2011 and completed Masters in EEE from Osaka University in 2015. He has worked in manufacturing industry of medical devices and cosmetics in Japan for two years. After that he worked in service industry for two years in Bangladesh. He joined UF as a Phd student from Spring 2021.
Steffi Roy
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Hardware Security, Cryptography, Machine Learning and Virtualization
Steffi is working under Prof. Domenic Forte as a Ph.D. student. She is in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Florida (UF) and she completed her Bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering(EEE) from Mahindra University. She enjoys playing tennis, video games. cooking, and traveling.
Sujan Kumar Saha
Research Assistant
Advised by: Christophe Bobda
Research Interests
Embedded System security
Sujan is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under Dr. Christophe Bobda at the University of Florida. He got his BS degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and his masters from the University of California, Riverside. His current projects include Embedded System security and developing tools to integrate security in SoC Design Flow. In his spare time, he likes swimming, listening to music, and watching movies.
Tao Zhang
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor and Farimah Farahmandi
Research Interests
FPGA Security, Reverse Engineering.
Tao Zhang is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under Dr. Tehranipoor and Dr. Faramandi at the ECE department of the University of Florida. He graduated from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China with a Master’s degree in Communication and Information Systems. His interests include FPGA security and reverse engineering. In his spare time, he likes running and playing table tennis.
Tanvir Rahman
Research Assistant
Advised by: Mark Tehranipoor and Fahim Rahman
Research Interests
Cryptography, Hardware Security Primitives and Machine Learning.
Tanvir Rahman is currently pursuing PhD under the supervision of Dr. Fahim Rahman and Dr. Mark Tehranipoor. He received his M.Sc. degree from Purdue School of Engineering and Technology and B.Sc. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Tanvir has years of North American industry work experience in the field of automotive (OEM) product development, quality, safety, security and manufacturing. His hobbies include traveling, photography, fishing and movies.
Tasnuva Farheen
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Backside attacks and countermeasures development, Simulation modeling, Fabrication, Reverse Engineering, Image Analysis
Tasnuva’s home country is Bangladesh marked by the possession of world’s longest sea beach. In 2018 she pursued her B.S in Chemical Engineering. After that in 2020, she joined as a research assistant in FICS to pursue a doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Currently she is working here and super excited to do many collaborations. She loves cooking, traveling, and interior designing.
Weidong Zhu
Research Assistant
Advised by: Kevin Butler
Research Interests
System Security, Storage System
Weidong is pursuing Ph.D. under Dr. Butler at University of Florida. He got his B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and M.S. degree from Xiamen University. His current projects include combining Intel’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX) and solid-state drives (SSDs) for defending against encryption ransomware and secure deletion with emerging non-volatile memory. His hobbies include basketball, swimming, watching movie and traveling.
Yunkai Bai
Research Assistant
Advised by: Domenic Forte
Research Interests
Electromagnetic analysis and power analysis.
Yunkai is currently pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Professor Domenic Forte.
Alumni
Adam Bates
Research Interests
Adam Bates is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he leads the Secure and Transparent Systems Laboratory. His research confronts a broad array of issues in computer security including operating systems, cloud computing, and network communications, as well as both mobile and embedded devices. He received an NSF CAREER award in 2018. Adam received his PhD in Computer Science in 2016, and was advised by Dr. Kevin Butler.
Benjamin Mood
Research Interests
Benjamin Mood is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, where his focus is on computer security and gaming. He received his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Florida in 2016, and was advised by Dr. Kevin Butler.
Brad Reaves
Research Interests
Mobile security, especially Internet and telephone network security and mobile app security.
Brad Reaves is currently a Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and a member of the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research (WSPR) Lab at North Carolina State.
Jing (Dave) Tian
Research Interests
Systems security, trustworthy computing
Dave Tian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University. His research involves embedded systems, operating systems, and trusted computing. Dave received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Florida in 2019, and was advised by Dr. Kevin Butler.
Robert Karam
Research Interests
Hardware security, reconfigurable computing, and implatable systems.
Robert Karam is currently a Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida.
Tauhidur Rahman
Research Interests
Hardware Security, IoT Security, SoC Security, Supply Chain Integrity.
Tauhidur Rahman is currently a Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & amp; Computer Engineering Department at University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Tempestt Neal
Research Interests
Machine learning, biometrics, pattern recognition, cyber security.
Tempestt Neal is currently a Assistant Professor and Director of the Cyber Identity and Behavior Research Lab in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida.
Adib Nahiyan
Research Interests
Hardware Security and Trust.
Adib Nahiyan is a Yield Analysis Engineer at Intel Corporation. He received his PhD in 2019 under the supervision of Dr. Tehranipoor.
Angela Newsome
Research Interests
Cybersecurity, Hardware Security & Trust, and Hardware Supply Chain Trust.
Angela Newsome is currently a Nuclear Controls Engineer at PSNS & IMF Bremerton Naval Shipyard.
Bicky Shakya
Research Interests
Hardware security and trust, emerging devices, techniques for semiconductor IP protection.
Bicky Shakya is a Senior Engineer at Qualcomm. He received a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida in 2019.
Grant Hernandez
Research Interests
Hardware-assisted software security, systems security, USB devices, program analysis, binary exploitation, and reverse engineering.
Grant Hernandez is a Senior Security Engineer at Qualcomm, specializing in over-the-air security issues. His research interests include firmware analysis, cellular baseband security, and mobile device security. He received his Ph.D in 2020 under the supervision of Dr. Butler.
Gustavo K. Contreras
Research Interests
SoC design, Design-for-secure-test, Hardware security, Cross-layer security, penetration testing.
Gustavo K. Contreras is currently a SoC Design Engineer at the Intel Corporation and is the Founder and CEO of Inka Security Solutions.
Kai Yang
Research Interests
Hardware Security, Reconfigurable Computing.
Kai Yang is currently a Product Support Engineer at OSIsoft.
Kalaivani Sundararajan
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Identity Science.
Kalaivani Sundararajan is a Research Engineer at the Netherlands eScience Institute. She received a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of Florida in 2018, under the supervision of Dr. Woodard.
Md Mahbub Alam
Research Interests
Hardware Security, Security Primitives, Developing Tools, Internet of Things Security.
Mahbub Alam is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under Dr. Forte and Dr. Tehranipoor at the University of Florida. He got his BS degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. His current projects include Analog and Mixed Signal Security and Counterfeit IC detection and Prevention. His hobbies include playing and watching Cricket, and traveling.
Nikolaos Sapountzis
Research Interests
Modeling, performance analysis and optimization of next-generation networks, mobile wireless and wireless communications, 5G systems, optimization and queueing theory, cybersecurity, Dynamic Information Flow Tracking (DIFT) systems.
Dr. Nikolaos Sapountzis is now a Cloud Software Engineer at Cisco in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his diploma in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Crete (TUC) in Greece. Then, he started his Ph.D. program at the Institute of Eurecom (affiliated with Telecom ParisTech), in southern France. In December 2016, he received his Ph.D. where he specialized in network modeling and optimization. After working for a couple of months at FORTINET as a network security engineer, he joined the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) center, where he is currently a Post-doctoral Fellow.
Ruimin Sun
Research Interests
System security, Software reliability, Cyber Security.
Ruimin Sun is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. She received her PhD in 2019 under Dr. Oliveira.
Sreeja Chowdhury
Research Interests
Novel Analog security designs, IOT security, novel FPGA/reconfigurable security designs, security automation.
Sreeja Chowdhury Has received her Ph.D. under Dr. Forte at the University of Florida. She got her B.Tech. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology in 2013, and her M.S. degree from the University of Florida. Sreeja Her hobbies include listening to music vocals, watching movies, reading fiction/detective novels. Sreeja is currently working as an Applications Engineer at Ansys SCBU
Stephen Kirkman
Research Interests
Cloud Security and Big Data.
Stephen (Steve) Kirkman is a faculty member at Regis University. He was advised by Dr. Richard Newman.
Yuanwen Huang
Research Interests
Hardware Trojan Detection, Hardware Verification, Reliability and Energy Optimization of Embedded Systems.
Yuanwen Huang is a Software Engineer at Google, where he works on the YouTube infrastructure team. He received his PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida in 2016, and was advised by Dr. Prabhat Mishra.
Zimu Guo
Research Interests
Hardware Security, System-level assurance, Biometrics, Machine learning.
Zimu is a postdoctoral fellow at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS). He received his Ph.D from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Florida .He received his MEng at the State University of New York at Buffalo and B.S. degree from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Zimu is a proven talent with expertise spanning VLSI, digital design, device reliability, verification, hardware security, data analysis, operations optimization, team collaboration, technology solutions, and project management.
Adam Soliman
Research Interests
Reverse Engineering, Exploit Development.
Adam Soliman received his MS from the University of Florida in 2019 under the supervision of Dr. Oliveira.
Aneez Fatima
Research Interests
Data science, machine learning, pattern recognition, natural language processing and computer vision.
Aneez Fatima is currently an Software Engineer II at Cisco Umbrella. She received her MS in Computer Engineering in 2017.
Yiming Yan
Research Interests
Natural language processing, machine learning and pattern recognition.
Yiming Yan received her M.S. under Dr. Woodard in the department of Electrical and Computer Science, University of Florida. She got her BS degree from Beijing Institute of Technology.