People
CIAC is conceived as a joint effort among faculty members from Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, School of Management, College of Community and Public Affair, and Decker School of Nursing.
Individual faculty members perform security research related to hardware architecture, networks, cloud/edge computing, the Internet of Things, malware detection, forensics, steganography, machine learning, information hiding, biometrics, security policy compliance, governance, and mobile devices.
Director/Associate Directors
Professor, Computer Science
Email: pyang@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-5697
Research interests: Security, Privacy, Access control, Cloud security, Blockchain, Machine-learning based security, STEM education
Professor, Computer Science
Email: dima@cs.binghamton.edu
Phone:607-777-4023
Research interests: Architectural Support for Security, Malware Detection
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: ychen@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-6133
Research interests: Security, Privacy, Blockchain, Internet of Things
Associate Professor, School of Management
Email: ssarkar@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-6863
Research interests: Security Policy Design & Implementation, Health IT, Information Security Governance
Faculty
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: eakyol@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-3682
Research interests: Analysis of Secure Cyber-physical System, Information Theory, Stochastic Control
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Email: jblackbu@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4830
Research interests: data science, social network analysis, measurements
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: scraver@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-7238
Research interests: Cryptology, Steganography, Watermarking, Security engineering
Distinguished Professor, IEEE Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: fridrich@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-6177
Research interests: Steganography and Steganalysis, Forensic Analysis of Digital Images
Associate Professor, Geology
Email: cdeng@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-6791
Research interests: Remote sensing image processing, GIS, spatial analysis
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Email: dding1@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4824
Research interests: Privacy, Security, Machine Learning, Algorithm fairness
Ann Fronczek
Assistant Professor, Decker School of Nursing
Email: fronczek@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-6164
Expertise: curriculum development and implementation, course development, education technology and leadership in nursing education
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science
Email: ghose@cs.binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4608
Research interests: Secure Processor, Remote Authentication
Professor, Computer Science
Email: kartik@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-3751
Research interests: Cloud Computing Security, Privacy
Associate Professor, Psychology
Email: kkurtz@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-3679
Research intersts: Biometrics, Machine-learning Based Anomaly Detection
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 607-777-3363
Email: lij@binghamton.edu
Research interests: machine learning, online algorithms, data analytics, economics and game theory
Professor, Anthropology
Email: klum@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-2100
Research interests:Forensics Genetics, Evolutionary Anthropology
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Email: hnaghibi@binghamton.edu
Phone: (607) 777-4884
Research interests: Computer Architecture, Security, Heterogeneous Computing
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Email: aleksey@binghamton.edu
Phone: (607) 777-6906
Research interests: Quickest Change Point Detection (Threat Detection)
Research Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Email: mshamoon@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-5523
Research interests: Molecular & Biomedical Anthropology
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Email: aprakash@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4708
Research interests: Program Analysis, Reverse Engineering, Memory Forensics
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Email: arakin@binghamton.edu
Research interests: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Security and Hardware Computing.
Assistant Professor, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
Email: bsi@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4776
Research interests: Machine Learning, Data Analytics and Statistical Learning in Patient Care Cycles
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Email: ssikdar@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4880
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Trust and Credibility in Media, Malware analysis.
Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership
Email: asimpson@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4209
Research interests: K-12 STEM education
Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: dsummer@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-2942
Research interests: Network Security, Hardware Security, Intrusion Detection
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Email: ghyan@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4328
Research interests: Malware Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Big Data, Social Network Security and Privacy
Professor, Computer Science
Email: lijun@cs.binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-5484
Research interests: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Deep Fake Detection
Current Ph.D. Students
Matthew Cole, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Aravind Prakash
David Demico, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Aravind Prakash
Shengdun Wang, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Aravind Prakash
Meng Wang, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Ping Yang
Joon-Young Gwak, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Ping Yang
Priti Prabhakar Wakodikar, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Ping Yang
Zhixin Wen, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Guanhua Yan
Harsh Sanjay Pacherkar, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Guanhua Yan
Kerem Arikan, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: David Liu, Dmitry Ponomarev
Williams Zhang Cen, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Dmitry Ponomarev
Ravi Theja Gollapudi, Ph.D. student, Computer Science
Advisor: Kanad Ghose
Edgar Kaziakhmedov, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Qian Qiu, Ph.D. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Nihal Poredi, Ph.D. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Hozefa Lakadawala, Ph.D. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Mohd Khan, Ph.D. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Han Sun, Ph.D. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Deeraj Nagothu, Ph.D. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Ronghua Xu, Ph.D. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Ph.D. Graduates
Zhan Shu, Ph.D. 2022, Computer Science
Advisor: Guanhua Yan
Jerome D Herath, Ph.D. 2022, Computer Science
Advisors: Ping Yang, Guanhua Yan
Umur Ciftci, Ph.D. 2021, Computer Science
Advisor: Lijun Yin
Alen Fitwi, Ph.D. 2021, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Jan Butora, Ph.D. 2021, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Seyed Yahya Nikouei, Ph.D. 2020, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Yunus Kucuk, Ph.D. 2020, Computer Science
Advisor: Guanhua Yan
Daniel Townley, Ph.D. 2020, Computer Science
Advisor: Dmitry Ponomarev, Lei Yu
Barry Williams, Ph.D. 2020, Computer Science
Advisor: Dmitry Ponomarev
Anh Quach, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Advisor: Aravind Prakash
Rukayat Erinfolami, Ph.D. 2020, Computer Science
Advisor: Aravind Prakash
Kaiming Fang, Ph.D. 2020, Computer Science
Advisor: Guanhua Yan
Ozgur Kilic, Ph.D. 2019, Computer Science
Advisor: Kartik Gopalan
Dinuni Fernando, Ph.D. 2019, Computer Science
Advisors: Ping Yang, Kartik Gopalan
Mehdi Boroumand, Ph.D. 2019, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Zekun Yang, Ph.D. 2019, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Gaoqiang Zhuo, Ph.D. 2019, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Linke Guo
Qi Jia, Ph.D. 2019, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Linke Guo
Tianlin Li, Ph.D. 2018, Computer Science
Advisor: Ping Yang
Qi Dong, Ph.D. 2018, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Tomas Denemark, Ph.D. 2018, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Kevin Pintong, Ph.D. 2018, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Douglas Summerville
Dmitry Evtyushkin, Ph.D. 2017, Computer Science, Recipient of Binghamton Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research
Advisors: Dmitry Ponomarev, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
Yaohui Hu, Ph.D. 2017, Computer Science
Advisors: Ping Yang, Kartik Gopalan
Vahid Sedighianaraki, Ph.D. 2017, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Matthew Davis, Ph.D. 2017, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Victor Skormin
Jesse Elwell, Ph.D. 2016, Computer Science, Recipient of Binghamton Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research
Advisors: Dmitry Ponomarev, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
Ketan Bahulkar, Ph.D. 2016, Computer Science
Advisors: Dmitry Ponomarev, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
Alireza Farrokh Baroughi, Ph.D. 2016, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Scott Craver
Furat Afram, Ph.D. 2016, Computer Science
Advisor: Kanad Ghose
Mehmet Kayaalp, Ph.D. 2015, Computer Science, Recipient of Binghamton Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research
Advisors: Dmitry Ponomarev, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
Umesh Deshpande, Ph.D. 2015, Computer Science
Advisor: Kartik Gopalan
Bingwei Liu, Ph.D. 2015, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Hao Chen, Ph.D. 2015, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Zachary S. Birnbaum Ph.D. 2015, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Victor Skormin
Marco Rodriguez, Ph.D. 2015, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Victor Skormin
Wenyu Du, Ph.D. 2015, Mathematics
Advisor: Aleksey Polunchenko
Meltem Ozsoy, Ph.D. 2014, Computer Science
Advisors: Dmitry Ponomarev, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
Jingjing Wang, Ph.D. 2014, Computer Science
Advisors: Dmitry Ponomarev, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
Vojtech Holub, Ph.D. 2014, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Ruiqi Luo, Ph.D. 2014, Computer Science
Advisor: Ping Yang
Idris Atakli, Ph.D., 2014, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Scott Craver
Tyler Stachecki, Ph.D. 2014, Computer Science
Advisor: Kanad Ghose
James Rosswog, Ph.D. 2014, Computer Science
Advisor: Kanad Ghose
Vijit Bedi, Ph.D. 2014, Computer Science
Advisor: Victor Skormin
Erdem Atkas, Ph.D. 2013, Computer Science
Advisor: Kanad Ghose
Andrey Dolgikh, Ph.D. 2013, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Victor Skormin
Xiaoshuang Wang, Ph.D. 2013, Computer Science
Advisor: Kartik Gopalan
Jan Kodovsky, Ph.D. 2012, Computer Science
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Jason Loew, Ph.D. 2012, Computer Science
Advisor: Dmitry Ponomarev
Mikhail Gofman, Ph.D. 2012, Computer Science, Recipient of Binghamton Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research
Advisor: Ping Yang
Enping Li, Ph.D. 2012, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Scott Craver
Jun Feng, Ph.D. 2012, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Yu Chen
Avadh Patel, Ph.D. 2012, Computer Science
Advisor: Kanad Ghose
Arnur Tokhtabayev, Ph.D. 2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Victor Skormin
Tomas Filler, Ph.D. 2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Jessica Fridrich
Jun Yu, Ph.D. 2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Scott Craver
Hui Zeng, Ph.D. 2011, Computer Science
Advisor: Kanad Ghose
Jian Wang, Ph.D. 2010, Computer Science
Advisor: Kartik Gopalan
Michael R. Hines, Ph.D. 2010, Computer Science
Advisor: Kartik Gopalan
Moldir Kargaldaeva, Ph.D. 2010, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Victor Skormin