| Nov. 2025 |
My research on quantum threats and post-quantum security in cyber-physical systems for connected transportation was featured in the RIT University Magazine’s special issue, “Manifesting Quantum.” Read the full story here.
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| Sep. 2025 |
Our latest work on post-quantum security for 5G and future 6G C-V2X is now available online in pre-print form on TechRxiv.
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| Aug. 2025 |
Our paper, “Assessing the Viability of Quantum-Resistant IKEv2 over Constrained and Internet-Scale Networks,” was accepted to be presented in Oct. at the inaugural ACM Quantum Security and Privacy Workshop (QSec) co-located with ACM CCS in Taipei, Taiwan.
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| Feb. 2025 |
Our paper, “DT-CoVeSS: Advancing NextG C-V2X Security Evaluation through High-Fidelity Digital Twinning,” was accepted to be presented in May at The First Workshop on Digital Twins over NextG Wireless Networks (DTwin) held in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2025 in London, UK.
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| Oct. 2024 |
I was promoted to Ph.D. candidacy after submitting a dissertation proposal and passing the associated examination.
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| Jun. 2024 |
Our work on post-quantum security for connected vehicles was covered by RIT university news (read the story here).
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| Jan. 2024 |
Our demo paper, “Demo: An Open-Source Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed for Post-Quantum V2V Security Research,” was
accepted for presentation at VehicleSec 2024 (co-located with NDSS 2024 in San Diego, CA).
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| Nov. 2023 |
Our NDSS’24 paper was awarded the available and functional badges as part of
a peer-reviewed artifact evaluation process. Our evaluated artifacts are permanently available online at
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| Sep. 2023 |
Our paper, “When Cryptography Needs a Hand: Practical Post-Quantum Authentication for
V2V Communications,” was accepted to appear in the 2024 Network and Distributed System
Security Symposium (NDSS)! The acceptance rate for NDSS’24 was 140/694 = 20.2%.
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| Feb. 2023 |
Our paper, “Towards Protecting 5G Sidelink Scheduling in C-V2X Against Intelligent DoS
Attacks,” was accepted to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications!
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| Feb. 2023 |
Our work on post-quantum security for connected vehicles was cited
in a report
from the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (a part of RAND Corporation)
sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security.
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| Jan. 2023 |
I was the graduate teaching assistant for CSEC 569/669 (Wireless Communications) in the
Spring 2023 semester.
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| Oct. 2022 |
Our work on post-quantum security for connected vehicles was cited
in a study by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.
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| Aug. 2022 |
I taught one section of CSEC-140 (Introduction to Computing Security) as the instructor
of record for the Fall 2022 term.
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| Jul. 2022 |
NIST cited our work on post-quantum (PQ) security for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
communications, which we presented at NIST’s Third PQC Standardization Conference in 2021
(slides available
here),
as an influence on their choice of PQ algorithms to standardize. The full NIST report is
available here.
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| May 2022 |
I joined Modern Hire for the summer as
a Data Science Intern.
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| Dec. 2021 |
Our paper, “Vehicle-to-Nothing? Securing C-V2X Against Protocol-Aware DoS Attacks,”
co-authored with my Ph.D. advisor
Hanif Rahbari,
was accepted to appear at IEEE INFOCOM 2022. The acceptance
rate for INFOCOM 2022 was 19.9%.
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| Aug. 2021 |
I joined the WISP lab as a Ph.D. student in
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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| Aug. 2021 |
I graduated with the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computing Security from Rochester Institute of
Technology.
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| Jul. 2021 |
I successfully defended my master’s thesis, “Intelligent Lower-Layer Denial-Of-Service
Attacks Against Cellular Vehicle-To-Everything.”
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| Feb. 2021 |
Our paper, “Targeted Discreditation Attack Against Trust Management in Connected Vehicles,”
was accepted to appear in the IEEE ICC 2021 conference.
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| Feb. 2021 |
Our demo paper, “Evaluating V2V Security on an SDR Testbed,”
was accepted to appear in the CNERT workshop at IEEE INFOCOM 2021.
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| Jan. 2021 |
I was the graduate teaching assistant for CSEC 469 (Wireless Security) in the Spring 2021
term.
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| Oct. 2020 |
News 8 WROC ran a piece on our testbed for connected vehicle security
(V2Verifier).
Recording available here.
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| May 2020 |
I joined the WISP lab as a BS/MS student in
Computing Security.
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| Aug. 2017 |
I began studying Computing Security at Rochester Institute of Technology.
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| May 2017 |
I graduated from Tompkins Cortland Community College with the A.S. degree in Computer
Science and the A.S. degree in Mathematics. Both degrees awarded with highest honors.
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