Homepage - Abhishek Parakh

An uncanny resemblance!

Associate Professor, Cybersecurity

Director, Nebraska University Center for Information Assurance (NUCIA)

My current research interests include quantum information science, quantum cryptography, classical cryptography, network security, and quantum information science education.

If any of this sounds interesting to you, please feel free to email me. I am always looking for bright hardworking students!

Office: PKI 177D

Email: aparakh@unomaha.edu

Mailing address: 6001 Dodge St., PKI 177D, Omaha, NE 68182

Updates

I am organizing the 12th workshop on security, privacy and trust in IoT with ICCCN 2022.
News: https://www.unomaha.edu/news/2021/11/ist-faculty-students-develop-next-generation-cybersecurity-workforce-network.php

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA - 2011
- - Dissertation Title: New information dispersal techniques for trustworthy computing
  - Advisor: Subhash Kak
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA - 2007
B.S., Electronics and Communications Engineering, National Institute of Technology - Jalandhar (formerly REC-Jalandhar), India - 2005

Academic Positions

Associate Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Aug 2017 - present
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Aug 2011 - July 2017

Funding (major)

PI: United States Department of State (DOS), $113,908, Indo-US Partnership 2020: Cybersecurity Consortium, 2020-2022
PI: NSA NCCP, $184,085, Quantum Cryptography Laboratories, 2017-2019. Quantum Cryptography Labs
PI: NSF SaTC-EDU, $306,037.00, QuaSim: A Virtual Interactive Quantum Cryptography Educator – A Project-based Gamified Educational Paradigm, 2016-2020. QuaSim Website
Co-PI: NSF SfS, $2,170,960, Scholarship for Service, 2018-2023
Co-PI: NSF SfS, $1,808,585, Scholarship for Service, 2012-2018