Cybersecurity and Trustworthiness (CyTrust) Research Group @TenTech

Lead: Dr. Mir Mehedi A. Pritom

Current PhD Students

• Maraz Mia [Spring 2024 - Fall 2028 (Expected)]

  • Research Topic: Themed Cyber Threats and Web Application Security

• Seyed Mohammad Sanjari [Incoming Student Fall 2024]

  • Research Topic: Trustworthy and Resilient AI for Reliable Cyber Decision-Making  in Complex Scenarios

[May 15, 2024] Warm welcome to Seyed Mohammad Sanjari from Arkansas Tech University to join our very own CyTrust Research Group staring this fall 2024 to embark on his PhD journey at Tennessee Tech. He has recently completed his MS in IT from Arkansas Tech and walked into the spring graduation ceremony. Congratulations!  

Current MS Student at TnTech

• Md Ashfak Shibli [Fall 2023 - Summer 2024] (First Employment: Software Engineer at a Start-up Company)

  • Research Topic: Smishing (SMS Phishing ) Attacks and Defenses

Past Master's Students at AppState

• Jacob Villemagne (M.S. in CS) [Graduated in Summer 2023] (Job: Defense Sector, Huntsville, AL)

  • Research Topic: Investigating Russia-Ukraine War Themed Malicious Websites 

• James Canterbury (M.S. in CS) [Fall 2022-Spring 2023]

  • Research Topic: A tool for analyzing software codes and detect vulnerabilities based on CVE database 

Past Undergraduate Students at AppState

• Micheal Araque (B.S. in CS) [worked with me during Spring 2023, currently a senior student]

  • Research Area:  Data-driven security & analytics

Good Cybersecurity Conference/Workshop Venues for academic research:

• Big Four

  • IEEE S&P

  • ACM CCS

  • NDSS

  • USENIX Security Symposium

• IEEE Euro S&P

• IEEE CNS (Communications and Network Security)

• ACM ACSAC (Annual Computer Security Applications Conference)

• ACM RAID (Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses)

• ACM Asia CCS

• ACM CODASPY

• Springer ESORICS (European Symposium on Research in Computer Security)

• IEEE ISI (Intelligence and Security Informatics)

• IEEE TrustCom (Trust, Security & Privacy in Computing and Communication)

• IEEE DSC (Dependable and Secure Computing)

• IEEE DSN (Dependable Systems and Networks)

• IEEE MilCom (Military Communications)

• Springer ICICS (Information and Communication Security)

• Springer SciSec (Science of Security)

• Springer International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security (SAFEComp)

• Springer DBSec (Data and Application Security)

• IEEE ICCCN (Computer Communications and Network)

• Springer ISC (Information Security Conference)

• IEEE PST (Privacy, Security, and Trust)

• IEEE TPS (IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications)

• ICDIS (International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security)

• IEEE ISDFS (International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security)

Top Journal Venues to read from:  

• IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Security Computing

• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

• Oxford Press Journal of Cybersecurity

• ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

• Elsevier Computer Law and Security Review

Other Important/Interesting Venues to look up to:  

• AISec workshop (CCS Workshop)

• AICS workshop (AAAI workshop)

• SECAI (ESORICS workshop)

• Springer Security and Trust Management workshop

• KDD Workshops on AI Enabled Cybersecurity Analytics

• VIZSec

• Uncertainty Reasoning and Quantification in Decision Making (KDD workshop)

• Causal Discovery, Prediction, and Decision Workshop (KDD workshop)

Gallery