Recent News
Conference Publications (October 2023)
Syed Rizvi, Hans Esteban, Anthony Hammil, and Mark Ihnat. Data Protection and Data Recovery Plan for IoT Transportation Domain. IEEE 10th International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC'23), Doha - Qatar, October 23 to 26, 2023.
Syed Rizvi, James Davis, Shane Reigert, and Mark Ihnat. Data Protection and Recovery Plan for Securing Home IoT Domain. IEEE 10th International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC'23), Doha - Qatar, October 23 to 26, 2023.
Conference Publications (October 2023)
Rizvi, Syed; Ayres, Jessica; Pensyl, Jessie; Ihnat, Mark. Developing Data Protection and Recovery Plan for Healthcare IoT Domain. 39th Annual Regional Conference, Bay Atlantic University, Washington, DC, October 20-21, 2023. Accepted paper will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges.
Rizvi, Syed; Moore, Justin; McKee, Zachary; Ihnat, Mark. Data Protection and Recovery Plan for Retail IoT Domain. 39th Annual Regional Conference, Bay Atlantic University, Washington, DC, October 20-21, 2023. Accepted paper will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges.
Journal Publication (June 2023)
Syed Rizvi, Tatiana Zwerling, Benjamin Thompson, Shawn Faiola, Shakir Campbell, Stephen Fisanick, Codi Hutnick, A modular framework for auditing IoT devices and networks, Computers & Security, Volume 132, 2023. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2023.103327
Undergrad Students Participated at 21st Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair (April 15, 2023 )
One of my undergrad students group (Joshua Krish, Sarah Kidd, Kaitlyn Estright, Kyle Glass, & Alexander Lieb ) participated in the Poster Presentation category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received third place. The group presented the research project on “Auditing Framework for IoT Devices & Networks” 21st Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 15, 2023.
Conference Publication (October 2022)
My Undergrad Students (Joshua Krish and Benjamin Weiland) presented our research paper “Data Security and Privacy Issues in the Internet of Things Ecosystem” at the CCSC Eastern's 38th Annual Regional Conference, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, October 21-22, 2022. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 38, Issue 3. Available at: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/3580523.3580566
Journal Publication (January 2022)
State-of-Art Review of Information Diffusion Models and their Impact on Social Network Vulnerabilities. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences - Elsevier, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 1275-1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2019.08.008
Journal Publication (November 2021)
My undergraduate students' (Iyonna Williams and ShakirCampbell ) research paper has been published in the Internet of Things; Engineering Cyber Physical Human Systems – Elsevier, (November 2021).
The title of the paper is "TUI Model for data privacy assessment in IoT networks". Paper can be found here (PDF)
IEEE 7th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance, November 10 -11, Altoona PA, USA
My graduate student (Ryan Santos) from Penn State University Park presented our research paper “Reducing Software Vulnerabilities Using Machine Learning Static Application Security Testing” at the “IEEE 7th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), November 10 -11, 2021, Altoona PA, USA.” This paper received Best Paper Award
IEEE 7th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance, November 10 -11, Altoona PA, USA
My undergraduate ((Erin McConnell, Miles Moate, Stephen Fisanick) from Penn State Altoona and graduate students (Joseph Burns, Jeremy Jens and Vita Staws) from UP presented our research paper "Survey: Machine Learning Algorithm Efficacy Static Software Analysis," at the IEEE 7th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance, November 10 -11, Altoona PA, USA
Altoona Expo - October 2021
My Undergrad Student (Habiba Kassimu) presented our research paper “Big Data Access Control System” at the Altona Expo, October 07, 2021, Penn State Altoona, PA USA.”
Altoona Expo - October 2021
My Undergrad Student (Mohammed Naveed) presented our research paper “Big Data Access Control System” at the Altona Expo, October 07, 2021, Penn State Altoona, PA USA.”
Student Showcase (December 2020)
My Undergrad Students (Shakir Campbell and Kieran Alden) presented our research paper “Anomaly Detection to Protect Networks from Advanced Persistent Threats Using Adaptive Resonance AI Concepts” at the Student Showcase at Penn State Altoona
Student Showcase (December 2020)
My Undergrad Students (Anthony Avella, Andrew Gibson, Marcus Ryan, Ryan Strimple and Ian Menovich) presented our research paper “Anomaly Detection to Protect Networks from Advanced Persistent Threats Using Adaptive Resonance AI Concepts” at the Student Showcase at Penn State Altoona
Student Showcase (December 2020)
My Undergrad Students (Iyonna Williams) presented our research paper “Anomaly Detection to Protect Networks from Advanced Persistent Threats Using Adaptive Resonance AI Concepts” at the Student Showcase at Penn State Altoona
Ph.D. dissertation proposal
My Ph.D. Student (Ruoqi Wei) presenting her Ph.D. dissertation proposal on deep learning computer vision (October 2020)
IEEE ICSSA 2020 - October 2020
My Undergrad Students (Shakir Campbell and Kieran Alden) presented our research paper “Why Compliance is needed for Internet of Things?” at the “IEEE 6th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), October 28-30, 2020 Altoona PA, USA.”
IEEE ICSSA 2020 - October 2020
My Undergrad Students (Anthony Avella, Andrew Gibson, Marcus Ryan, Ryan Strimple and Ian Menovich) presented our research paper “VM based Malware Security Protection on Android Platform” at the “IEEE 6th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), October 28-30, 2020 Altoona PA, USA.”
Best Student Paper Award - IEEE ICSSA 2020 (October 2020)
My Undergrad Students (Tanner Flock, Travis Flock, and Iyonna Williams) presented our research paper “Anomaly Detection to Protect Networks from Advanced Persistent Threats Using Adaptive Resonance AI Concepts” at the “IEEE 6th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), October 28-30, 2020 Altoona PA, USA.” Received Best Paper Award
Journal Publication - September 2020
Threat Model for Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Network at Device-Level. Internet of Things; Engineering Cyber Physical Human Systems – Elsevier, Volume 11, September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2020.100240
Journal Publication - July 2020
A Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) to Evaluate the Security Readiness of Cloud Service Providers. Journal of Cloud Computing - Springer 9, 42 (2020). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13677-020-00192-9
Journal Publication - July 2020
Protecting Financial Transactions through Networks and Point of Sales. Journal of Cyber Security Technology. 4:4, 211-239, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/23742917.2020.1796474
Journal Publication - April 2020
Enhanced Grey Risk Assessment Model for Support of Cloud Service Provider. EEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 80812-80826, 2020. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9064787
Keynote (March 2020)
Dr. Rizvi was invited to deliver a keynote to the Fourth International Workshop on Security, Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Things (SPT-IoT). This workshop was part of IEEE PerCom 2020 which was held in Austin-TX during March 2020. Dr. Rizvi delivered a keynote (Secure IoT: Building Trust in IoT Devices, Data, and Networks)
My undergraduate students (RJ Orr, Austin Cox, Prithvee Ashokkumar) research paper has been published in the Internet of Things; Engineering Cyber Physical Human Systems – Elsevier, (December 2019).
The title of the paper is "Identifying the Attack Surface for IoT Network". Paper can be found here (PDF)
My undergraduate students (Kieran Alden, Shakir Campbell, Jarrett Imler, and Luke Ritchey ) participated at the Penn State Altoona Expo 2019. Students presented their research papers at the 2019 Students Expo, Penn State University (October 03, 2019)
Guest Speaker, Tatiana Zwerling (IT Auditor | Office of Internal Audit |Pennsylvania State University), visited my IST 220 class (Telecomm. and Net.) and SRA 221 (Overview of Information Security) class for a guest lecture on "IT Auditing: Best Practices" at Penn State Downtown (Sep. 25/26 2019)
My undergraduate students (Kieran Alden and Shakir Campbell) presented a research paper at the 5th IEEE International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26 2019, Pölten, Austria. The title of the paper is " A Hybrid Framework for Detecting Repackaged Applications on the Android Market”
Syed Rizvi, Kieran Alden and Shakir Campbell, “A Hybrid Framework for Detecting Repackaged Applications on the Android Market,” 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria, (in press)
My undergraduate students (Jarrett Imler, Luke Ritchey, and Michael Tokar) presented a research paper at the 5th IEEE International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26 2019, Pölten, Austria. The title of the paper is " Securing PKES: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into PKES Forcefield For Anomaly Detection”
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My undergraduate student (Nicholas McIntyre) presented a research paper at the 5th IEEE International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26 2019, Pölten, Austria. The title of the paper is " Computing Security Scores for IoT Device Vulnerabilities"
Syed Rizvi, Nicholas Mcintyre and Jungwoo Ryoo, “Computing Security Scores for IoT Device Vulnerabilities,” 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria, (in press)
My Undergrad Students (Jarrett Imler, Luke Ritchey, and Michael Tokar) Presented our CAR Security Research to SRA Advisory Board Meeting (Penn State - Altoona, April 19 2019)
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (April 2019)
My undergraduate student, Jarrett Imler, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria. The title of the paper is "Securing PKES: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into PKES Forcefield For Anomaly Detection"
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (April 2019)
My undergraduate student, Luke Ritchey, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria. The title of the paper is "Securing PKES: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into PKES Forcefield For Anomaly Detection"
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (April 2019)
My undergraduate student, Michael Tokar, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria. The title of the paper is "Securing PKES: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into PKES Forcefield For Anomaly Detection"
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (April 2019)
My undergraduate student, Nicholas Mcintyre, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria. The title of the paper is "Computing Security Scores for IoT Device Vulnerabilities"
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (April 2019)
My undergraduate student, Kieran Alden, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria. The title of the paper is "A Hybrid Framework for Detecting Repackaged Applications on the Android Market"
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (April 2019)
My undergraduate student, Shakir Campbell, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 25-26, St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria. The title of the paper is "A Hybrid Framework for Detecting Repackaged Applications on the Android Market"
My Undergrad Students (Jarrett Imler, Luke Ritchey, and Michael Tokar) presented our research paper “Securing PKES against Relay Attacks Using Coordinate Tracing and Multi-Factor Authentication” at the “53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2019), Baltimore MD, March 20-22-2019”
Our research paper can be cited as: S. Rizvi, J. Imler, L. Ritchey and M. Tokar, "Securing PKES against Relay Attacks using Coordinate Tracing and Multi-Factor Authentication," 2019 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/CISS.2019.8692
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (Feb 2019)
My undergraduate student, Jarrett Imler, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, MD, USA, March 2019. The title of the paper is "Securing PKES against Relay Attacks using Coordinate Tracing and Multi-Factor Authentication"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (Feb 2019)
My undergraduate student, Luke Ritchey, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, MD, USA, March 2019. The title of the paper is "Securing PKES against Relay Attacks using Coordinate Tracing and Multi-Factor Authentication"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (Feb 2019)
My undergraduate student, Michael Tokar, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, MD, USA, March 2019. The title of the paper is "Securing PKES against Relay Attacks using Coordinate Tracing and Multi-Factor Authentication"
Meeting with the client (Altoona Food Bank) to show the progress of the Database Project titled "Database Modernization for the Altoona Food Bank". The project was done as part of IST 440w course. (Feb 2019)
My Undergrad Students (J. Imler, L. Ritchey, and M. Tokar) presented our research on CAR security at Student Showcase (Penn State - Altoona, December, 2018). Their research paper “Securing PKES against Relay Attacks Using Coordinate Tracing and Multi-Factor Authentication” was accepted at the “53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2019), Baltimore MD, March 20-22-2019”
Guest Speaker, Mohammad Rizvi (IT Leader at PwC), visited my IST 220 class (Telecommunication and Networking) for a guest lecture on "Information Technology: Trends, Next Gen Customers Engagement & Uses Cases" at Penn State Downtown (Nov. 29, 2018)
My undergraduate students (R. Pipetti, N. McIntyre, and J. Todd) presented a research paper at the 4th IEEE International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA), July 26-27 2018, Seoul, South Korea. The title of the paper is "An Attack Vector for IoT Networks”
Guest Speaker, Victoria McIntyre (Cybersecurity Specialist at The Pennsylvania State University – State College), visited my IST 220 class (Networking & Telecommunications) for a guest lecture on "IT Security - Best Practices" at Penn State Downtown (Monday October 29)
My Undergrad Students group (RJ Orr, Austin Cox, and Prith Ashokkumar) presented our research “Attack Surface for Internet of Things (IoT) Networks”. Penn State - Altoona, May 2018. This research work was done as part of IST 440w
My Undergrad Student, Josh Zalman, presented our research on Cryptocurrency and Digital Blockchain Technology (Penn State - Altoona, May 2018)
Weekly meeting with the PwC adviser (Mohammad Raza) as part of the IST 440W course in spring 2018 semester. Students were investigating the possible implementation of use cases utilizing IoT devices and cloud platform technologies
One of my Undergrad Students Group Performed IT Auditing & Risk Management for Altoona Lung Specialists as part of their IST 440W class (Final Presentation at ALS: May, 2018)
Student group [Jonathan Willett (Lead), Donte Perino, Hannah Roddy, Dennis Smith, and Joshua Zalman] presented their findings on May 2nd 2018 at the Penn State Altoona - Downtown buildings. The project was advised by a PwC adviser as part of IST 440w class. (Penn State - Altoona, May 2018)
Thirteen of my Undergrad Students Participated at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 14, 2018)
One of my undergrad students group (Ryan Pipetti, Nicholas McIntyre, and Jonathan Todd) participated in the Poster category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received third place. The group presented the research project on “An Analysis of IoT Framework: Security Threats and Challenges” 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 14, 2018.
One of my undergrad students group (Sean Harrity, Mason Sosnoski, Nick Belfonti, and Brennan McKendree) participated in the Poster category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received second place. The group presented the research project on “Maintaining Secure Cloud Computed Data with Minimal Performance Impacts” 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 14, 2018.
One of my undergrad students group (Andrew Kurtz and Joseph Pfeffer) participated in the Oral Presentation category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received second place. The group presented the research project on “Securing the Internet of Things (IoT): A Security Taxonomy and Matrix.” 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 14, 2018.
Undergrad Students Participated at 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 14, 2018)
One of my undergrad students group (RJ Orr, Austin Cox, and Prith Ashokkumar) participated in the Poster Presentation category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona”. The group presented the research project on “Defining and Attack Surface for Internet of Things (IoT) Networks” 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 14, 2018.
My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, visited my IST 220 class (Networking & Telecommunications) and SRA 111 class (Introduction to Security & Risk Analysis) for a guest lecture (Penn State - Altoona, March 2018). Jonathan presented his research work on IoT and connected CAR networks
My Undergrad Student, Andrew Kurtz, visited my IST 220 class (Networking & Telecommunications) for a guest lecture (Penn State - Altoona, March 2018)
Guest Speaker, Kevin Ford (Linux security analyst for Webstaurant, Inc. in Lititz, PA), visited my IST 220 class (Networking & Telecommunications) for a guest lecture on "IT Security - Best Practices" at Penn State Downtown (Feb. 2018)
My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, Presented our Research (CAR Security Project using AIDES Model) at the Student Showcase, (Penn State - Altoona, December, 2017)
My Undergrad Student, Joe Pfeffer and Andrew Kurtz, Presented our Research (IoT Security Matric) at the Student Showcase, (Penn State - Altoona, December, 2017)
Guest Speaker, Dr. Ryoo (Head, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology), visited my IST 402 class for a guest lecture on "Internet of Things: Security and Data Privacy Issues and Challenges" at Penn State Downtown (December 2017)
My undergraduate student, Joseph Pfeffer, presented a research paper at the 2017 Complex Adaptive Systems conference (Chicago, IL- November 2017)
My undergraduate student, Joseph Gualdoni,Presented a Research Paper at the at the 2017 Complex Adaptive Systems conference (Chicago, IL- November 2017)
Syed Rizvi, Hannah Roddy, Joseph Gualdoni, aned Ilva Myzyri, “Three-Step Approach to QoS Maintenance in Cloud Computing Using a Third Party Auditor,” 2017 Complex Adaptive System, Chicago, IL, October 30-November 1, 2017. (PDF)
My undergraduate student, Donte Perino, presented a research paper at the 2017 Complex Adaptive Systems conference (Chicago, IL- November 2017)
Joseph Gualdoni, Andrew Kurtz, Ilva Myzyri, Megan Wheeler, Syed Rizvi, “Secure Online Transaction Algorithm: Securing Online Transaction Using Two-Factor Authentication,” 2017 Complex Adaptive System, Chicago, IL, October 30-November 1, 2017 (PDF)
My three Undergraduate SRA students (Donnre Perino, Joseph Gualdoni and Joesph Pfeffer) attended the 2017 Complex Adaptive System conference in Chicago, IL from October 30-November 1, 2017. They presented three research papers at the conference
Syed Rizvi , Jonathon Willet, Donte Perino, Chandler Condo, “A Threat to Vehicular Cyber Security and the Urgency for Correction,” 2017 Complex Adaptive System, Chicago, IL, October 30-November 1, 2017. (PDF)
Guest Speaker, Ahmer Muzammil (Director PMO/Clinical Applications), visited my IST 402 class (Emerging Issues and Technologies) for a guest lecture on "Healthcare IT: Issues and Challenges" at Penn State Downtown (October 24, 2017)
My Undergrad Students (Andrew Kurtz) Presented a Research Paper at the 33rd Annual Regional Conference in Cooperation with ACM SIGCSE (Allentown, PA - October 2017)
Ray Zimmerman, Syed Rizvi, Sarah Hoover, Joseph Gualdoni, and Andrew Kurtz. 2018. Taint flow analysis to improve Android application security. J. Comput. Sci. Coll. Vol. 33, No. 3 (January 2018), pp. 83-97. (PDF)
My Undergrad Students (Lamjed Zahrouni) Presented a Research Paper at the 2017 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT) (Jordan - October 2017)
Lamjed Zahrouni, Dayton Blackwood, Syed Rizvi, and Joseph Gualdoni, “Preventing Identity Theft Using Biometrics based Authentication System,” 2017 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT), pp. 1-6, October 11 - 13, 2017, Amman, Jordan (PDF)
Guest Speaker, Mohammad Rizvi (IT Leader at PwC), visited my IST 402 class (Emerging Issues and Technologies) for a guest lecture on "Business Applications of Next Gen. Technologies" at Penn State Downtown (September 28, 2017)
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (August 2017)
My undergraduate student, Lamjed Zahrouni, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2017 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT), Oct 11 - 13, 2017, 2017 | Amman - Jordan. The title of the paper is "Preventing Identity Theft Using Biometrics Based Authentication System"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (August 2017)
My undergraduate student, Donte Perino, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2017 Complex Adaptive Systems conference, October 30 - November 1, 2017 | Chicago, IL, 2017. The title of the paper is "A Threat to Vehicular Cyber Security and the Urgency for Correction"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (August 2017)
My undergraduate student, Hannah Roddy, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2017 Complex Adaptive Systems conference, October 30 - November 1, 2017 | Chicago, IL, 2017. The title of the paper is "Three-Step Approach to QoS Maintenance in Cloud Computing Using a Third Party Auditor"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (August 2017)
My undergraduate student, Joseph Gualdoni, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 2017 Complex Adaptive Systems conference, October 30 - November 1, 2017 | Chicago, IL, 2017. The title of the paper is "Secure Online Transaction Algorithm"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (August 2017)
My undergraduate student, Andrew Kurtz, received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the 33rd Annual Regional Conference in Cooperation with ACM SIGCSE, October 20-21, 2017, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. The title of the paper is "Taint Flow Analysis to Improve Android Application Security"
Evan English, Daniel Stacey, Syed Rizvi, and Donte Perino, “Cloud Reliability and Independence Standard: A Three Tiered System for Optimal Cloud Storage,” To IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance, July 24th - 25th, Altoona PA. (Accepted - presented)
My Undergrad Students (Ilva Myzyri) Presented a Research Paper at the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (IEEE ICSSA 2017) (Altoona PA - July 2017)
Joseph Gualdoni, Andrew Kurtz, Syed Rizvi, Ilva Myzyri, and Megan Wheeler, “Multi-Layer Defense Model for Securing Online Financial Transactions,” To IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance, July 24 - 25, Altoona PA. (Accepted - presented)
Dr. Rizvi serving as a Program Co-Chair of IEEE ICSSA 2017 (July 24th - July 25th at Penn State Altoona)
Dr. Rizvi presented "Special Topics Lecture" at Summer School - Co-located with IEEE ICSSA 2017 (July 19 2017 at Penn State Altoona)
Prof. Rizvi presented a special topic lecture at summer school, co-located with the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance. The title of the talk was **Towards a Secure and Trustworthy Cloud Environment**.
Dr. Rizvi gave an "Introduction writing workshop" at Summer School - Co-located with IEEE ICSSA 2017 (July 19 2017 at Penn State Altoona)
Prof. Rizvi gave a talk on "how to write an introduction" in a summer school, co-located with the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance.
My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, Presented our IBM Funded Research Project to Grant-Seeking Workshop (Penn State - Altoona, May 11, 2017)
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (May 2017)
My undergraduate student, Donte Perino, received travel grant to attend summer school and present a research paper at the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2017), Altoona, PA, July 24-25, 2017. The title of the paper is "Cloud Reliability and Independence Standard: A Three Tiered System for Optimal Cloud Storage"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (May 2017)
My undergraduate student, Ilva Myzyri, received travel grant to attend summer school and present a research paper at the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2017), Altoona, PA, July 24-25, 2017. The title of the paper is "Multi-Layer Defense Model for Securing Online Financial Transactions"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (May 2017)
My undergraduate student, Hannah Roddy, received travel grant to attend summer school and present a research paper at the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2017), Altoona, PA, July 24-25, 2017. The title of the paper is "Three-Step Approach to QoS Maintenance in Cloud Computing Using a Third Party Auditor"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (May 2017)
My undergraduate student, Jonathan Willett, received travel grant to attend summer school and present a research paper at the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2017), Altoona, PA, July 24-25, 2017. The title of the paper is "BDACA: Big Data Access Control Architecture"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (May 2017)
My undergraduate student, Lamjed Zahrouni, received travel grant to attend the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2017), Altoona, PA, July 24-25, 2017.
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (May 2017)
My undergraduate student, Evan English, received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2017), Altoona, PA, July 24-25, 2017. The title of the paper is "Cloud Reliability and Independence Standard: A Three Tiered System for Optimal Cloud Storage"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (May 2017)
My undergraduate student, Joseph Pfeffer, received a travel grant to attend the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2017), Altoona, PA, July 24-25, 2017.
One of my undergrad students group (Jessica Seifer and Michelle Colucci) participated in the Oral Presentation category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received third place. Available at: http://altoona.psu.edu/urcaf/2017. The group presented the research project on “Security Risk Analysis Internet of Everything Dashboard.” 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 8, 2017.
Undergrad Students Participated at 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 8, 2017)
One of my undergraduate student (Jonathan Willett) participated in the Internship category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received second place. Available at: http://altoona.psu.edu/urcaf/2017. The student presented the research project as a poster on “Rethinking a Security System to Prevent the Hacking of Your Car.” 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 8, 2017.
Undergrad Students Participated at 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 8, 2017)
One of my undergrad students group (Evan English and Dan Stacey) participated in 'Poster Presentations' at the "2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received second place. Available at: http://altoona.psu.edu/urcaf/2017. The group presented the research project as a poster on “A New Framework for Business Applications of Cloud Computing.” 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 8, 2017.
One of my undergrad students group (Jessica Seifer and Michelle Colucci) participated in the Oral Presentation category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” and received second place. Available at: http://altoona.psu.edu/urcaf/2017. The group presented the research project on “Security Risk Analysis Internet of Everything Dashboard.” 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 8, 2017.
Undergrad Students Participated at 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 8, 2017)
One of my undergrad student (Lamjed Zahrouni) participated in Poster Presentations' at the "2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona” . The student presented the research project as a poster on "Biometrics as an Identity Theft Prevention Technology."15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 8, 2017.
Undergrad Students Participated at 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 8, 2017)
Candidate advised student group (Mitch Lesko, Ronald Brown, Javon Wilson ) that participated in the Poster Presentation category at “The 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona”. The group presented the research project as a poster on “Eliminating Rogue Access Point from Wireless Networks.” 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair, Altoona Campus, April 8, 2017.
My Undergrad Student, Joseph Pfeffer, Presented a Research paper at the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. March 2017)
Syed Rizvi, Trent Bolish and Joseph Pfeffer, "Security Evaluation of Cloud Service Providers Using Third Party Auditors," Second International Conference on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing, Cambridge city, Churchill College. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 22-23 March 2017. (in press)
My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, Presented a Research paper at the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. March 2017)
Syed Rizvi, Jonathan Willett, Donte Perino, Tyler Vasbinder and Seth Marasco,"Protecting an Automobile Network Using Distributed Firewall System," Second International Conference on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing, Cambridge city, Churchill College. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 22-23 March 2017.
My student Jonathan Willett - Spotlight (Read the article)
Jonathan Willett shares his undergraduate research experience. Read his story and watch the video: http://altoona.psu.edu/feature/secure-your-ride
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (January 2017)
My undergraduate student, Jonathan Willett, received travel grant to attend and present our research paper at The Second International Conference on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing, Cambridge city, Churchill College. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 22-23 March 2017. The title of the paper is "Protecting an Automobile Network Using Distributed Firewall System"
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (September 2016)
My undergraduate student, Joe Pfeffer, received travel grant to attend and present our research paper at The Second International Conference on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing, Cambridge city, Churchill College. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 22-23 March 2017. The title of the paper is "Protecting an Automobile Network Using Distributed Firewall System"
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My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, Presented our IBM Funded Research Project to SRA and Seoul Women's University (SWU) students, (Penn State - Altoona, Jan. 11 2017)
Research Presentations by Seoul Women's University (SWU) and Penn State SRA Students (Penn State - Altoona, Jan. 11 2017)
My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, Presented our Research at Student Showcase, (Penn State - Altoona, December, 2016)
My Undergrad Student, Joe Pfeffer, Presented our Research at Student Showcase, (Penn State - Altoona, December, 2016)
My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, Presented our Research Project to IBM at Penn State (Altoona PA, October 20, 2016)
My Undergrad Student, Jonathan Willett, Presented Automobile Security Project at the Rail Transportation Engineering Advisory Board – Penn State Altoona Downtown - October 17th - 18, 2016
My Undergrad Student, Tyler Vasbinder, Presented a Research paper at the 2nd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance ICSSA 2016 (St. Pölten, Austria, August 2016)
Syed Rizvi, Jonathan Willet, Tyler Vasbinder, Donte Perino and Seth Marasco, “Hybrid Security System – An Innovative Scheme to Protect Automotive Networks,” 2nd International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2016), St. Pölten, Austria, August 24-25 2016 .
Undergrad Students Participated at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Exhibition at Penn State University - University Park (April 2016)
One of my undergrad students group (Gabriel Labrador, Jeremy Savan, and Matt Guyan) participated in 'Poster Presentations' at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Exhibition. They presented our research project “Proposed Architecture for a Hybrid VM-Honeypot Intrusion and Detection Prevention Systems”
Undergrad Students Participated at 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 16, 2016)
One of my undergrad students group (Jonathan Willet, Tyler Vasbinder, Donte Perino and Seth Marasco) participated in 'Poster Presentations' at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Exhibition. They presented our research project “Hybrid Security System”
One of my undergrad students group (Gabriel Labrador, Jeremy Savan, and Matt Guyan) participated in 'Poster Presentations' at the 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona. They presented our research project “Advocating for Hybrid Intrusion Detection Prevention System and Framework Improvement” and received 3rd place
Undergrad Students Participated at the 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 16, 2016) and at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Exhibition at Main Campus
One of my undergrad students (Kelsey Karpinski) presented our research paper as a poster at the 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona. She presented our research paper “Novel Architecture of Self Organized Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks” and she received "The University Libraries Award for Information Literacy".
Kelsey Karpinski also participated at the 2016 Undergraduate Exhibition -at Penn State - University Park. She presented a poster "Self Organized Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks Architecture"
Undergrad Students Participated at the 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 16, 2016)
One of my undergrad students group (Whitney Hernandez, Kelly Bennett, and Jessica Seifer) participated in Oral Presentations at the 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona. They presented our research project “A Hybrid Repackaged Application Detection System” and received 3rd place
The same group (Whitney Hernandez, Kelly Bennett, and Jessica Seifer) also participated at the 2016 Undergraduate Exhibition -at Penn State - University Park
Undergrad Students Participated at 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State University - Altoona Campus (April 16, 2016)
One of my undergrad students group (John Willett, Tyler Vasbinder, and Donte Perino) participated in 'Oral Presentations'. They presented our research project “Hybrid Security System” and received 2nd place
My Undergrad Student, Nathan Showan (from UP campus) Presented a Research paper at Complex Adaptive Systems 2015 (November 2015 (November 2015 San Jose CA)
Syed Rizvi, Nathan Showan, and John Mitchell, “Analyzing the Integration of Cognitive Radio and Cloud Computing for Secure Networking,” Complex Adaptive Systems 2015, Volume 61, Pages 206–212, San Jose CA, November 2-4, 2015. (PDF). doi:10.1016/j.procs.2015.09.195
Visiting Google and Apple with my undergrad students, Kelsey Karpinski and Nathan Showan (November 2015 San Jose CA)
My Undergrad Student, Kelsey Karpinski Presented a Research paper at Complex Adaptive Systems 2015 (November 2015 (November 2015 San Jose CA)
Syed Rizvi, Kelsey Karpinski, Taryn Walker, and Brennen Kelly, “Utilizing Third Party Auditing to Manage Trust in the Cloud,” Complex Adaptive Systems 2015, Volume 61, 2015, Pages 191–197, San Jose CA, November 2-4, 2015. (PDF)
My Undergrad Student Katie Cover Presented a Research paper at IEEE CSCloud 2015 (November 2015)
Syed Rizvi, Abdul Razaque, and Katie Cover, “Third-Party Auditor (TPA): A Potential Solution for Securing a Cloud Environment.” accepted to The 2015 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (CSCloud 2015), November 3 - 5, New York USA.
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Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (September 2015)
My undergraduate student, Katie Cover, received travel grant to attend and present our research paper at The 2015 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (CSCloud 2015), November 3 - 5, New York USA. The title of the paper is "Third-Party Auditor (TPA): A Potential Solution for Securing a Cloud Environment"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (September 2015)
My undergraduate student, Kelsey Karpinski, received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at 2015 ComplexAdaptive Systems conference at San Jose CA during November 2-4, 2015. The title of the paper is "Utilizing Third Party Auditing to Manage Trust in the Cloud"
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (September 2015)
My undergraduate student, Nathan Showan (from University Paark), received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at 2015 ComplexAdaptive Systems conference at San Jose CA during November 2-4, 2015. The title of the paper is "Analyzing the Integration of Cognitive Radio and Cloud Computing for Secure Networking"
My Undergrad Student Katie Cover Presented a Research paper at IEEE BigDataSecurity (August 2015)
Syed Rizvi, Abdul Razaque and Katie Cover, “Cloud Data Integrity Using a Designated Public Verifier.” To The IEEE International Symposium on Big Data Security on Cloud (IEEE BigDataSecurity) 2015 New York, US, August 24 - 26, 2015.
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (July 2015)
My undergraduate student, Katie Cover, received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at The IEEE BigDataSecurity, New York during August 24 - 26, 2015.
Conference paper selected for journal publication in STCC (July 2015)
Dr. Rizvi’s research paper, ASemi-Distributed Access Control Management Scheme for Securing CloudEnvironment, published in IEEE CLOUD 2015 conference. It was recognized and selected by the program committee for the publication in Services Transactions on Cloud Computing(STCC) as an extended paper. This conference paper also received considerable attention in the literature and it has been cited in five other articles including one citation in a PhD dissertation and two citations in top-ranked journals (Journal of Supercomputing - Springer and Neurocomputing – Elsevier).
My Undergrad Student Joshua Clark Presented a Research paper at MobiPST 2015 (July 2015)
Syed Rizvi, Jesse Braughler, Joshua Clark, Adam Contino, and Rebecca Tsang, "Minimizing Black Hat SEO to Improve Security in Mobile Platforms," To The 5th International Workshop on Privacy, Security and Trust in Mobile and Wireless Systems (MobiPST 2015), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, August 6, 2015.
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (July 2015)
My undergraduate student, Joshua Clark , received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at The 5th International Workshop on Privacy, Security and Trust in Mobile and Wireless Systems (MobiPST 2015), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, August 6, 2015
Undergrad Students Participated at 2015 Undergraduate Exhibition at Penn State University Park Campus (April 07, 2015)
One of my undergrad students group (Kelsey Karpinski, Taryn Walker, Brennen Kelly) presented a poster **Utilizing Third Party Auditing to Manage Trust in the Cloud** at The 2015 Undergraduate Exhibition, Penn State University Park Campus, April 07, 2015.
Undergrad Students Participated at 2014 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona (April 2015)
One of my undergrad students group ( Diamond Fair, Jaren Schugar, Tyler Milewski, Scott Swetkowski) presented a poster **DMZ: A potential Solution to Secure Cloud Environment ** at The 2015 Undergraduate Exhibition, Penn State University Park Campus, April 07, 2015.
One of my undergrad students group (Kelsey Karpinski, Taryn Walker, Brennen Kelly) presented a poster on “A Framework to Validate Security Controls of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)” at The 2015 Undergraduate Exhibition, Penn State University Park Campus, April 07, 2015. (Secured 3rd place)
Received Best Paper Award in 9th ACM IMCOM (January 2015)
One of Dr. Rizvi’s conference papers (A Stakeholder-Oriented Assessment Index for Cloud Security Auditing) received the best paper award from the 9th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (IMCOM). IMCOM is considered as one of the prestigious conferences in the area of information management and communication technologies. IMCOM 2015 received research papers from some of the best universities around the world (e.g., George Mason University, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indian Institute of Technology – India, Seoul National University – Korea, etc.). A total of 417 research papers were submitted to the conference. After a strict review process, only 109 papers were selected for presentation and publication in the ACM proceedings with an acceptance rate of 28.77%. Dr. Rizvi’s research paper received a best paper award from more than 100 (109 already shortlisted papers) presented papers at the conference. The paper was later recommended for the SCI journal as one of 20 selected papers from 109 accepted papers at the 2015 IMCOM. It is indeed a great achievement of Dr. Rizvi by competing with some of the best-renowned universities in the world and be recognized for both the best paper award and publication in an SCI journal. Recently, Dr. Rizvi published the extended version of this paper in a special issue “Everything as a Service: cloud computing for innovative services and paradigm” of Journal of Supercomputing.
Diamond Fair, Jaren Schugar, Tyler Milewski, and Scott Swetkowski presented a research paper at CISSE 2014 (December 2014)
Diamond Fair, Jaren Schugar, Tyler Milewski, and Scott Swetkowski, John Mitchell, "A DMZ based Authentication Scheme for Securing Cloud Environment," International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 2014), December –12-14, 2014
Syed Rizvi with his undergrad students presented a research paper at Complex Adaptive System Conference (November 2014)
Syed Rizvi, Katie Cover and Chris Gates, “'A Trusted Third-Party (TTP) Based Encryption Scheme for Ensuring Data Confidentiality in Cloud Environment,” 2014 Complex Adaptive Systems, November 3-5, 2014 | Philadelphia, PA.
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (September 2014)
My undergraduate student, Katie Cover, received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at Complex Adaptive System Conference at Philadelphia, PA., November 3-5, 2014
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (September 2014)
My undergraduate student, Chris Gates, received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at Complex Adaptive System Conference at Philadelphia, PA., November 3-5, 2014
John Mitchell Presented a Research paper at SAM'14 Conference (July 2014)John Mitchell and Syed Rizvi, “A Framework for Leveraging Cloud Computing to Facilitate Biometrics,” 2014 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'14), Las Vegas, USA, July 21 - 24, 2014.
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (July 2014)
My undergraduate student, John Mitchell, received travel grant to attend and present a research paper at WorldComp'14 conference at Las Vegas, NV, July 21-24, 2014
Undergrad Students Participated at 2014 Undergraduate Exhibition at Penn State University Park Campus (April 09, 2014)
One student group (John Regola, John Mitchell, Brandon Baez) participated in **The 2014 Undergraduate Exhibition at Penn State University Park Campus** and secured 2nd place https://undergradresearch.psu.edu/exhibition/winners.cfm. The group presented a poster on **Analyzing Cloud Computing as a Potential Solution for Next Generation Biometric Security Systems**
One of my undergrad students (Nathan Showan) presented a poster on "Investigating Security Issues in Cognitive Radio (
Undergrad Students Participated at 2014 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Altoona (April 2014)
Meek, C., Rizvi, S., and Ryoo, J., Software-Defined Networks: Issues and Challenges, Oral Presentation, Undergraduate Research Fair, Penn State Altoona, April, 2014. Second Place http://www.altoona.psu.edu/urf/2014.php
McIntyre, V., Shea, P., Csicsmann, N., Rizvi, S., and Ryoo, J., Biometric-Based Authentication in the Cloud and its Challenges, Oral Presentation, Undergraduate Research Fair, Penn State Altoona, April, 2014. Third Place http://www.altoona.psu.edu/urf/2014.php
Cover, K., Gates, C., and Rizvi, S., A New Cryptographic Protocol for Secure Data Sharing in Public Clouds, Poster Presentation, Undergraduate Research Fair, Penn State Altoona, April, 2014.
Regola, J., Mitchell, J., and Rizvi, S., Cloud Computing: A New Paradigm to Facilitate the Implementation of Biometrics at Large-Scale, Poster Presentation, Undergraduate Research Fair, Penn State Altoona, April, 2014.
Syed Rizvi Presented a Research paper at SpringSim'14 Conference (April 2014)
Syed S. Rizvi and Nathan D. Showan, “A Generic Layered Modeling for Cognitive Radio Networks,” In proceeding of the 2014 Spring Simulation Multi-Conference (SpringSim'14), April 13-16, 2014. Tampa, FL, USA.
Syed Rizvi Presented two Research papers at ASEE Zone I Conference (April 2014)
Syed Rizvi, Khaled Elleithy, and Mustafa Khan, “An Opportunistic Frequency Channels Selection Scheme for Interference Minimization,” In proceeding of 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone 1 Conference (ASEE), April 3-5, 2014 University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A. (PDF)
Rashmi Hagavane, Susmitha Pati, and Syed Rizvi, “Increasing Quality of Service (QoS) in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) by Using Timestamp Optimization Scheme,” In proceeding of 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone 1 Conference (ASEE), April 3-5, 2014 University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A. (PDF)
Syed Rizvi Presented a poster paper with his student at Network Security Conference (Jan 2014)
Syed Rizvi and Nathan Showan. “Bandwidth and End-to-End Delay Analysis of IP and End System Multicast (ESM).” Network Security Conference (FloCon 2014), Charleston, South Carolina, on January 13–16, 2014. (poster presentation)
Travel Grant for Undergrad Student (December 2013)
My undergraduate student, Nathan Showan, received a travel grant to attend and present a research paper at Network Security Conference at Charleston, South Carolina, on January 13–16, 2014.
Syed Rizvi Presented a Research paper at MTMI (September 2013)
Varun Rao and Syed Rizvi, “An Effective Malicious Node Detection Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, In Proceedings of the 2013 Modern Technology and Management Institute (MTMI). Review of Business and Technology Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 341 – 347, September 2013. ISSN 1941-9414.
Syed Rizvi Presented his Research at Colloquium - Penn State University
Syed Rizvi presented his research titled, An Optimized Time Management Algorithms (OTMA) Framework for Simulating Large-Scale Networks, at a Colloquium arranged by the Division of Business and Engineering, Penn State – Altoona, Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Syed Rizvi visited Broadcom in December 2012
Syed Rizvi visited Broadcom to find potential research funding opportunities during December 19 - 21, 2012. He also went to Apple and Google during his visit.
Syed Rizvi Received Research Development Grant (RDG) Award for Year 2013
Syed Rizvi and Dr. Ryoo have received RDG award for the year 2013 from the Research Foundation of Penn State Altoona. The seed money will be spent on Cloud Computing Security project.
Syed Rizvi Received Two Undergraduate Research Awards for the Spring and Summer of 2013 Semester
Syed Rizvi has received 2 Undergraduate Research Awards for spring and summer of 2013 from the Research Foundation of Penn State Altoona. The selected undergraduate students may involve in on the following two research projects:
A Stakeholder-Oriented, Assessment Framework for Cloud Computing Security Auditing
Overlay End System Multicast (ESM) for Stable and Fast Streaming of Multimedia Applications
Syed Rizvi has Successfully Defended his Ph.D. Dissertation
Syed Rizvi has successfully defended his PhD dissertation work. The final presentation was scheduled on December 16, 2010 at School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport. The PhD dissertation title was **A Generic Optimized Time Management Algorithms (OTMA) Framework for Simulating Large-Scale Overlay Networks**. The dissertation was recently published online by ProQuest publishers. The soft copy of the dissertation can be found at: http://gradworks.umi.com/34/41/3441248.html
Syed Rizvi is Serving as General Co-Chairs of SpringSim'11 poster session, Boston, MA, 04/2011
Syed Rizvi is serving as one of the General Co-Chairs of 2011 Spring Simulation Multiconference for Poster Track. SpringSim'11 Poster Track will be held in Boston, MA, on April 04, 2011. The conference is sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). The call for papers (CFP) for the SummerSim'10 Poster Track can be found here. The accepted short papers will be presented in the poster session as well as the poster proceedings. The proceeding will be published in the ACM Digital Library.
Syed Rizvi is Serving as the Technical Committee Member for 2010 Summer Simulation Multiconference (SummerSim'10) in Poster Track
Syed Rizvi is serving as a technical committee member for 2010 Summer Simulation Multiconference (SummerSim'10) Poster Track. SummerSim'10 Poster Track will be held in Crowne Plaza; Ottawa, ON, Canada, on July 11 - 15, 2010. 2010 Summer Simulation Multiconference is a part of the 2010 International Simulation Multi-conference (ISMC'10).
The conference is sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). The call for papers (CFP) for the SummerSim'10 Poster Track can be found here. The accepted short papers will be presented in the poster session as well as the poster proceedings. The proceeding will be published in the ACM Digital Library.
Syed Rizvi presented his research work with other Ph.D. students of the Computer Science & Engineering department. Dr. Elleithy, director of the WMC lab, has also attended the presentation. For complete photographs, please visit: Pictures and Presentation (PPT)
Syed Rizvi is Serving on the Program Committee for 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'09) Poster Sessions; Part of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'09)
Syed Rizvi is serving on the technical program committee for SpringSim'09 Poser Session in 2009. SpringSim'09-Posters Sessions 2009 will be held in San Diego, CA, USA, on March 22 -27, 2009. The conference is part of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference.
The conference is sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). The call for papers (CFP) for the SpringSim'09 Poser Session can be found here. The accepted short papers will be presented in the poster session as well as the poster proceedings. The proceeding will be published in the ACM Digital Library.
Syed Rizvi Will Be Presenting Three Research Papers In The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'08) Conference During July 2008
The WMC Research Group has three accepted papers in the 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'08) conference which will take place in Las Vegas, NV during July 14 – 17, 2008. The WORLDCOMP'08 is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. These three papers will be presented by Syed Rizvi in the conference during July 14-17, 2008. The accepted work is a unique research contribution in the area of wireless mesh/hypercube networks and large parallel and distributed networks. The following researchers have contributed in the accepted papers:
Syed S. Rizvi and Aasia Riasat, “Combining the Synchronous Protocol with the Optimistic Time Management Algorithm (TMA) to Improve the Latency and the Processor Idle Time,” The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing. WORLDCOMP'08, Las Vegas, Navada. July 14 – 17, 2008. PDF
Syed S. Rizvi and Aasia Riasat, “A New Architecture for Minimizing the Transmission Overhead for Large Parallel and Distributed Networks,” The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing. WORLDCOMP'08 - Las Vegas, Navada. July 14 – 17, 2008. PDF
Syed S. Rizvi, Khaled M. Elleithy, and Aasia Riasat, “An Efficient Single Bit Store and Forward (SBSF) Routing Algorithm for Mesh-Hypercube (M-H) Networks,” The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing WORLDCOMP'08. Las Vegas, Navada. July 14 – 17, 2008. PDF
Syed S. Rizvi Participated In The 9th IEEE Wireless Telecommunication Symposium (WTS 2008)
Syed Rizvi presented two papers in the 9th IEEE Wireless Telecommunication Symposium (IEEE WTS 2008) which was held in Pomona, California, April 24-26 2008. The accepted papers are based on the research work in wireless multiuser communications and the network security for wireless networks. The following researchers have also contributed in the accepted papersSyed S. Rizvi, Aasia Riasat, and Khaled M. Elleithy, “A Closed Form Expression for BER of Synchronous DS-CDMA Multi-user Detector,” 9th IEEE Wireless Telecommunication Symposium (IEEE WTS 2008), Pomona, California, April 24-26 2008. PDF
Jalpa Bani and Syed S. Rizvi, “A New Dynamic Cache Flushing (DCF) Algorithm for Preventing Cache Timing Attack,” 9th IEEE Wireless Telecommunication Symposium (IEEE WTS 2008), Pomona, California, April 24-26 2008.PDF
Syed S. Rizvi Presented A Paper in the 5th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2008)
Syed Rizvi presented one paper at the 5th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2008) which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, during April 7-9, 2008. The accepted paper is the result of the research work carried out in the research area of wireless multiuser communications. The following researchers have contributed to the accepted paper:
Syed S. Rizvi, Khaled M. Elleithy, and Aasia Riasat, “Transformation Matrix System for Reducing the Computational Complexity of Wireless Multi-user Receivers for DS-CDMA Systems,” 5th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations ITNG 2008, pp. 1251-1252, April 7-9, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Syed S. Rizvi Presented 2 Papers in The 9th LCI International Conference on High Performance Clustered Computing
Syed Rizvi presented two papers at the 9th LCI International Conference on High Performance Clustered Computing, which was held in National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, during April 29-May 1, 2008. The contribution of these accepted papers is the performance optimization of time management algorithms for large parallel and distributed networks. The following researchers have contributed to the accepted papers:
Syed S. Rizvi and Aasia Riasat, “Optimizing the Performance of Null Message Algorithm (NMA) for Large Parallel and Distributed Networks,” The 9th LCI International Conference on High Performance Clustered Computing, National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA, April 29-May 1, 2008.
Syed S. Rizvi and Aasia Riasat, “Performance Optimization of Large Parallel and Scalable Distributed Systems Using Trees and Butterflies Barriers with Optimistic Synchronization Algorithms,” The 9th LCI International Conference on High Performance Clustered Computing, National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA, April 29-May 1, 2008.
Syed S. Rizvi Presented Two Papers in The 9th INFORMS Telecommunications Conference: Telecommunications Modeling, Policy, and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Syed Rizvi presented two papers in the 9th INFORMS Telecommunications Conference: Telecommunications Modeling, Policy, and Technology, which was held in Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD during March 27-29, 2008. The two accepted papers are the result of the research work in the area of wireless multiuser communications and the capacity analysis of MANET. The following are the researchers that have contributed in this research work.
Syed S. Rizvi and Aasia Riasat, "Bit Error Rate (BER) Analysis of Synchronous DS-CDMA Multiuser Receivers," The 9th INFORMS Telecommunications Conference: Telecommunications Modeling, Policy, and Technology, March 27-29, 2008. Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (PDF)
Syed S. Rizvi, Aasia Riasat, and Muhammad S. Rashid, "A New Efficient 3-Phase Algorithm for Performing Capacity Analysis of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET)," The 9th INFORMS Telecommunications Conference: Telecommunications Modeling, Policy, and Technology, March 27-29, 2008. Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (PDF)
