Group Members

We are looking for new PhD, Master, and Bachelor’s students to join the team (see openings) !

At UTD

Imtiaz Karim

Assistant Professor [Homepage]
email: karim7@purdue.edu

Research Areas:

  • Network security
  • System security

Mashroor Hasan Bhuiyan

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: MashroorHasan.Bhuiyan@utdallas.edu

Research Areas:

  • Network Security

Fatema Tuj Johora

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: Fatema.TujJohora@utdallas.edu

Research Areas:

  • Network Security
  • Automated Reasoning

Osamah Alzacko

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: Osamah.Alzacko@UTDallas.edu

Research Areas:

  • Data and Network Security
  • Cyber Security

Md Nahiyan Uddin

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: Md.Uddin@UTDallas.edu

Research Areas:

  • Retrieval Augmented Generation
  • Large Language Model
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Transportation Cybersecurity

Ramkrishna Saha

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: Ramkrishna.saha@utdallas.edu

Research Areas:

  • Post Quantum Cryptography
  • Network Security

At Purdue

Mirza Masfiqur Rahman

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: rahman75@purdue.edu

Research Areas:

  • Deep Learning
  • Network Security

Kazi Samin Mubasshir

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: kmubassh@purdue.edu

Research Areas:

  • Machine Learning
  • 5G

Mir Imtiaz Mostafiz

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: mmostafi@purdue.edu

Research Areas:

  • Adversarial ML
  • Graph Neural Networks
  • Adversarial Robustness

Md Ajwad Akil

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: makil@purdue.edu

Research Areas:

  • Malware Analysis with GenAI and LLM
  • Adversarial Malware Generation
  • AI Safety

Subangkar Karmaker Shanto

PhD Student [Homepage]
email: sshanto@purdue.edu

Research Areas:

  • AI Runtime Verification
  • LLM Security
  • Network Security

Alumni

  • Zilin Shen (Fall 2023 - Fall 2026), Ph.D. Student, Purdue University

    Research: Wi-Fi and Network Protocol Security

    Author of WCDCAnalyzer [NDSS 2026] and Wi-Fi Verification [ASIACCS 2024]

  • Yiwei Zhang (Fall 2023 - Fall 2026), Ph.D. Student, Purdue University

    Research: Secure Federated Learning for 5G

    Author of Secure Aggregation for Federated Learning in 5G [WiSec 2025]

  • Sharika Kumar (Spring 2023 - Fall 2024), Ph.D. Student, Ohio State University

    Research: Vehicular Networks Security

    Author of Name Management Protocol Paper [VehicleSec 2024]

  • Benjamin Nelson Bond (Spring 2023 - Fall 2023), Ph.D. Student, Purdue University

    Research: System security

Thesis Committees

  • Tahmid Siddiqui (2026), Ph.D. Dissertation

  • Hasnat Jamil Bhuiyan (2026), Ph.D. Dissertation

  • Akib Jawad Ononto (2026), Ph.D. Dissertation

  • Avilash Sarthak Rath (2026), Ph.D. Dissertation

  • Arnab Dev (2026), Undergraduate Thesis