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

Students

 

CURRENT PhD STUDENTS

  1. Ahmed Tanvir Mahdad (since Fall 2019)
  2. Jimmy Dani (since Spring 2022)
  3. Md Mojibur Rahman Redoy Akanda (since Spring 2022)
  4. Md Imanul Huq (since Spring 2022)
  5. Amy Hays (since Fall 2023)
  6. Kalyan Nakka (since Spring 2024)
  7. Sonjoy Paul (since Spring 2024)
  8. Md Shahidur Rahman (since Spring 2024)
  9. Mahbub Alam (since Fall 2024)
  10. Shaykh Siddique (since Fall 2024; co-advised with Irfan Khan)

CURRENT MS STUDENTS

  1. Kangdong Yuan (MS CSE, since Spring 2024)
  2. Anuska Pant (MS CSE, since Spring 2024)
  3. Rituparna Mandal (MS CSE, since Fall 2023)
  4. Veronika Maragulova (MS ECE, Summer 2023)
  5. Krishna Kushal (MS CSE, since Spring 2023)
  6. Sidharth Anil (MS CSE, since Spring 2023)
  7. Leah Lee (MS CSE, since Fall 2022)
  8. Himanshu Singh (MS CSE, since Fall 2021)

BS STUDENTS

  1. Aleksa Mićanović (BS Software Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering Belgrade, recruited via CSSAP–Computer Science Student Advancement Program, Summer 2023)
  2. Mihir Cherukupalli (BS CSE, Summer 2023)
  3. Maya Shah (BS CSE, since Spring 2023)
  4. Samuel Zhu (BS CSE, since Spring 2023)
  5. Sarah Eilene Sotelo (BS CSE, since Fall 2022)
  6. Samuel Shteyman (BS CSE, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022)
  7. Mukund Rajesh (BS CSE, Spring 2022)
  8. Sang Heon Lee (BS CSE, Spring 2022)

GRADUATED STUDENTS AND ALUMNI (chronological order)

PhD Graduates

  1. Mashari Alatawi (@TAMU, Spring 2019 to Spring 2024; thesis title “On the Security of End-to-End Encrypted Messaging and Calling Applications”; now an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the College of Computer and Information Sciences at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia).
  2. Zengrui Liu (@TAMU, Fall 2018 – Fall 2023; thesis title “An Exposition of User Privacy on the Web: Fingerprinting and Tracking”, now an Assistant Professor at College of Information Engineering at the Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, China)
  3. Cagri Arisoy (since Fall 2018 – Fall 2023; thesis title “A Neurophysiological Exploration Of Human Behavior In User-Centered Cybersecurity”, now an Assistant Professor at College Engineering Computer Engineering department at the Yozgat Bozok University. Turkey).
  4. Shalini Saini (@TAMU;  Fall 2019 – Summer 2023; thesis title “Privacy and Security of Emerging Technologies in Changing Healthcare Paradigms”; now a post-doctoral research scientist at the Texas A&M University – Central Texas)
  5. Payton Walker (@TAMU; Fall 2019 – Summer 2022; thesis title “An Exposition of Speech-based Threats in the Face of Emerging Technology”; now a Researcher at the MITRE National Security Accelerator Program (NSAP))
  6. Anuradha Mandal (@UAB; Fall 2019 – Summer 2022; thesis title “On the Privacy Leakage via Neural Devices”; now a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Arizona)
  7. Mohammed Jubur (@UAB; Fall 2017 – Summer 2021; thesis title “On the Security and Usability of New Authentication Paradigms for Web Authentication“; now an Assistant Professor at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia)
  8. Prakash Shrestha (@UAB; Fall 2014 – Fall 2019; thesis title “New Authentication and Privacy Paradigms in Mobile and Wearable Computing”; winner of CAS Dean’s outstanding graduating PhD student award and CS outstanding graduating PhD student award, 2019; now a Data Scientist at Equifax)
  9. Abhishek Anand (@UAB; Fall 2013 – Fall 2018; thesis title “A Dissection of Vibration Side Channels: Attacks, Countermeasures, and Defensive Applications”; winner of CS outstanding graduating MS student award, 2015; now a Software developer at Bloomberg)
  10. Maliheh Shirvanian (@UAB, Summer 2013 – Summer 2018; thesis title “Securing Authentication and Communications Amidst Humans-in-the-Loop“, winner of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Outstanding Graduating Student Award, 2018; winner of CIS outstanding graduating PhD student award, 2018; now a Research Scientist at Visa Research Labs)
  11. Ajaya Neupane (@UAB; Fall 2012 – Summer 2017; thesis title “Neurophysiological Underpinnings of User-Centered Security”; NIJ Fellow; winner of the NDSS 2014 Distinguished Paper Award; winner of CIS outstanding graduating PhD student award, 2017; now a Principal Data Scientist at Palo Alto Networks)
  12. Babins Shrestha (@UAB, Spring 2012 – Summer 2016; thesis title “Context-Enhanced Mobile Device Authentication and Authorization”; now a Research Scientist at Visa)
  13. Manar Mohamed (@UAB, Summer 2012 – Summer 2016; thesis title “Human-Human and Human-Machine Authentication Through Active User Interaction”; winner of CIS outstanding graduating PhD student award, 2016; now a Software Engineer at Google )
  14. Song Gao (@UAB; graduated in Fall 2014; thesis title “An Evolutionary Study of Dynamic Cognitive Game CAPTCHAs: Automated Attacks and Defenses”; now a Software Engineer at Google; co-advised with Chengcui Zhang; winner of the College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Entrepreneurship Awards, 2014; winner of College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Outstanding Graduating Student Award, 2014; winner of CIS outstanding graduating PhD student award, 2014)
  15. Tzipora Halevi (@NYU-Poly; Spring 2009 – Summer 2012; thesis title “Using Audio for Security and Privacy: A Dual Perspective”; now an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College)
  16. Jonathan Voris (@NYU-Poly; Fall 2007 – August 2011; thesis title “User-Centered Security and Privacy Primitives for Emerging Mobile Platforms”; now the Director of Engineering at Parentinc; received the NYU-Poly Deborah Rosenthal MD Award, 2009 for an outstanding performance in the PhD Qualifying Exam)

NSF CyberCorps Students

  1. Jailyn Murrell (since Fall 2020)
  2. Richard Nelson (since Fall 2020)
  3. James Meredith (since Fall 2020)
  4. Quinn Johnson (since Fall 2020)
  5. Lindsey Sandlin (since Spring 2020)
  6. Justin Bryant (since Fall 2019)
  7. Justin Barakat (since Fall 2019)
  8. Thomas Adams (since Fall 2019)
  9. Kyler Heron (since Fall 2019)
  10. Charles Bice (since Fall 2019)
  11. Tarek Najjar (since Fall 2018)
  12. Robert Hatcher (Fall 2018 – Spring 2020; Now at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — Marshal Space Flight Center)
  13. Payton Walker (Fall 2018 – Summer 2019; continuing as a PhD student in SPIES@UAB)
  14. Frank Matthews (Fall 2018 – Summer 2019; Now at Social Security Administration (SSA))
  15. Jonathan Parker (Fall 2017 – Spring 2019; Now at Air Force Office Special Investigations (AFOSI))
  16. Barbra Beverly (Fall 2017 – Summer 2018; Now at MITRE, Huntsville)
  17. Ryan Harrison (Fall 2017 – Summer 2018; Now at Cyber Forensics lab at UAB)
  18. Alex Prim (Fall 2017 – Fall 2018; Now at FBI)
  19. Amber Mccants (Fall 2017 – Fall 2018; Now at Government Accountability Office (GAO))

MS Graduates

  1. Payton Walker (Summer 2018 to Summer 2019, MS Cybersecurity, winner of outstanding graduating MS Cybersecurity student award, 2019; now continuing as a SPIES PhD student)
  2. Chithra Kalivemula (Fall 2016; graduated Summer 2017)
  3. Manasa Chitrashekhar (Summer 2016; graduated Fall 2016)
  4. Dibya Mukhopadhyay (graduated Fall 2016; now a Senior Data Analyst at Westfield Retail Solutions)
  5. Abhishek Anand (Fall 2013 to Summer 2015; winner of CIS outstanding graduating MS student award, 2015; now continuing as a SPIES PhD student)
  6. Lutfor Rahman (Fall 2012 to Spring 2014; now an Assistant Professor at California State University San Marcos)
  7. Richard Edgar Niedermeier (Summer 2012)
  8. Chatchai Satienpattanakul (Spring 2012)
  9. Dustin Reinhart (Spring 2012; co-advised with Dr. Ragib Hasan)
  10. Avis Dsouza (@NYU-Poly; M.S. 2011; now a Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs)
  11. Ambarish Karole (@NYU-Poly; M.S. 2010; now a Software Developer at Skillnet Solutions)
  12. Borhan Uddin (@NYU-Poly; M.S. 2009; now a Senior Software Engineer at NVidia)
  13. Arun Kumar (@NYU-Poly; M.S. Thesis 2009; now a Software Engineer at EMC)
  14. Ramnath Prasad (@NYU-Poly; M.S. 2007; now a Software Engineer at Microsoft)

BS Graduates

  1. Asutosh Nanda (Honors Research, Fall 2016)
  2. Eric Leinert (Fall 2015 to Spring 2016)
  3. Anders Borg (Summer 2013 to Summer 2014; published Percom’15 paper with me)
  4. Oliver Nick Harper (Spring 2013; published a journal paper with me)
  5. Jacinta Cai (Spring 2013; published a journal paper with me)
  6. Michael Georgescu (Fall 2012 to Fall 2014; published 1 journal paper; 1 NDSS’14 paper and 1 ASIACCS’14 paper; NDSS’14 paper won the Distinguished Paper Award)
  7. Justin Harrison (Fall 2012 to Fall 2013; published CANS’14 paper with me)
  8. Cooper Filby (Honors Research, Spring 2013)
  9. Sam Cleveland (Spring 2012)
  10. Alexander Gallego (@NYU-Poly; B.S. 2011; now a Software Engineer at Hashable)

High Schoolers

  1. Patrick Maye (Summer 2017); Recruited through the UAB CORD program; worked on the “motion senor speech privacy” project.
  2. Summer Vo (Summer and Fall 2016; now an undergraduate student of EECS at MIT); Recruited through the UAB CORD program; worked on voice authentication research project; continuing her senior year research project in 2016-2017; Winner of the Intel Excellence in Computer Science Outstanding Achievement award and the third place in the Mathematics and Computer Science category, at the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CARSEF), 2017.
  3. Courtnei Johnson (Summer 2015); Recruited through the UAB CORD program; worked on the “eye-tracking enhanced security” project.
  4. Logan Holmes (Summer 2012; Talladega College; through Ronald McNair Program)
  5. Austin Robinson (Fall 2011 and Spring 2012; Alabama School of Fine Arts; now an undergraduate student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; won the Mu Alpha Theta Award for “the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to high school students” at the Regional Science and Engineering Fair, 2012)
  6. Casey Barnette (Summer 2012; Alabama School of Fine Arts)

Others

  1. Cong Tang (@Peking University; Ph.D. 2011; visiting student; co-advised with Keith Ross; now at China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology, Beijing)
  2. Niharika Sachdeva (Visting Ph.D. student from IIITD, India; Spring and Summer 2012)
  3. Sai Teja Peddinti (@NYU-Poly; now a Research Scientist at Google)