General research areas: computer and network security, privacy, distributed systems and applications, and advanced computer systems.

Current research areas: computer and network security/privacy, including anonymous communications and data sharing, security and privacy in cloud systems and applications, unmanned aerial system (UAS) security, IoT security, real-time networks and security, and other security and privacy issues in distributed systems. Past research projects were on smart grid security, Quality of Service, multimedia streaming and content distribution, cable broadband networks, etc.

• Spring 2020, Principal Investigator, UHM ROTC Cyber Security Research: Consumer Drones Security and Countermeasures, $249,415, 2021.2-2023.5, mentoring ROTC cadets for security projects.

• Fall 2019, Principal Investigator, UHM ROTC Cyber Security Research: Countering Consumer Drones, $239,957, 2019.12-2021.9, mentoring ROTC cadets and EE students in cyber security research.

• Spring 2019, Principal Investigator, National Center of Academic Excellence in Research (CAE-R) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), 2015-2019, 2019-2024.

• Spring 2017, Principal Investigator, Establishing Scholarship for Service Program at University of Hawaii at Manoa. January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2023 (NSF DGE-1662487), with an expected total of $5,168,370. We will support 24+ SFS scholars to pursue their careers in cyber security related areas such as CS, EE, or related IT majors. Qualified Students please see the UHM NSF SFS web site.

• Fall 2016 to present, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP): We started a VIP project related to Cyber Security and UAS applications. The goal is to combined (EEx96/ENGRx96) design projects into integrated projects .

• Research assistantship is available for motivated PhD students for computer network and security projects. Please send me your resume and related statements in PDF format.