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Nitesh Saxena - Professor, Computer Science; Associate Director, Global Cyber Research Institute; Dean's Research Fellow 2022-23

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Dr. Saxena drives a new MS Cybersecurity degree at Texas A&M (anticipated to launch Fall 2026)

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Jimmy Dani

Exciting news! An MS Cybersecurity degree from the Computer Science and Engineering at TAMU is coming out soon, we cautiously anticipate, in Fall 2026 (pending state level approvals). This will be a great enabler for our students, the state of Texas and the nation as whole. 

This is the third MS Cybersecurity degree program that Dr. Saxena has helped architect and launch (working together with the department leadership and other cybersecurity faculty). Starting from the MS Cybersecurity at NYU Tandon (launched 2009; co-directed until 2011) and followed by the MS Cybersecurity at UAB (launched 2013; co-directed until 2021). Both programs have been very successful for years. The UAB’s program, ranked as the top graduate program in cybersecurity by Fortune in 2021, was/is also the cornerstone of the NSF-funded SFS CyberCorps program that Dr. Saxena designed and led (from 2017 to 2021).

The SPIES lab led by Dr. Saxena takes immense pride in this continuous journey to innovate in education and incessantly serve students in an area of national importance.

https://www.kbtx.com/2026/02/03/texas-am-board-regents-could-approve-new-programs-across-university-system/

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  • Paper accepted to IEEE Internet Computing February 22, 2026
  • Dr. Saxena drives a new MS Cybersecurity degree at Texas A&M (anticipated to launch Fall 2026) February 7, 2026
  • Paper accepted to WiSec 2025 January 13, 2026
  • Paper accepted to EACL 2026 January 5, 2026
  • Paper accepted to USENIX Security 2026 December 17, 2025
  • SPIES Lab Research Cited in News Coverage on AI Security Breach December 14, 2025
  • SPIES Lab Research Featured in TAMU College of Engineering Spotlight December 5, 2025
  • Paper accepted to IJCNLP-AACL October 25, 2025
  • TAMU SPIES Lab Wins CCS 2025 Distinguished Paper Award! October 20, 2025
  • 6 out of 7 PhD graduates in past 4 years are in faculty positions October 4, 2025
  • Dr. Saxena joins the Editorial Board of ACM AILET September 29, 2025
  • Paper accepted to eCrime 2025 September 9, 2025
  • Paper accepted to IEEE S&P (Magazine) August 24, 2025
  • Another recent SPIES graduate to take up faculty position August 21, 2025
  • Paper accepted to CSCML 2025 August 13, 2025
  • SPIES graduate to start as Assistant Professor July 22, 2025
  • Paper accepted to ACM CCS 2025 July 2, 2025
  • Paper accepted to ICME 2025 June 24, 2025
  • SPIES Lab’s Browser Fingerprinting Work in the News June 23, 2025

Contact Info

Nitesh Saxena

PETR 238

435 Nagle Street

College Station, Tx 77843-3112
email: nsaxena[at]tamu.edu (best way to reach me)

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  • SPIES Lab PhD Student Wins Graduate Research Excellence Award 2026
  • Paper accepted to IEEE Internet Computing
  • Dr. Saxena drives a new MS Cybersecurity degree at Texas A&M (anticipated to launch Fall 2026)
  • Paper accepted to WiSec 2026
  • Paper accepted to EACL 2026
  • Paper accepted to USENIX Security 2026
  • SPIES Lab Research Cited in News Coverage on AI Security Breach
  • SPIES Lab Research Featured in TAMU College of Engineering Spotlight
  • Paper accepted to IJCNLP-AACL 2025
  • TAMU SPIES Lab Wins CCS 2025 Distinguished Paper Award!

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