Mahzabin Tamanna

Hello, My name is Mahzabin Tamanna, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science program at North Carolina State University. Currently, I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Laurie Williams and Dominik Wermke. I am a member of the Realsearch lab, the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research (WSPR) Lab, and the Secure Software Supply Chain Center (S3C2). I have a Master's degree in Computer Science from North Carolina A&T State University and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from American International University-Bangladesh. My research focuses on the security issues within the software supply chain, human factors in software security, AI Security, and cutting-edge technologies.

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[Aug 2026] Wrapped my Summer Internship as an AI Secuirty Resercher @ LAS (NCSU and NSA). Find Details of My Summer Project here ( MARS)

[May 2026] Started my Summer Internship as an AI Secuirty Resercher @LAS (NCSU and NSA)

[Mar 2026] Attended the RSA Conference 2026 in San Francisco as a security scholar. 👩‍💻

[Feb 2026] Presented our work at the 2026 NC Cybersecurity Symposium!

[Nov 2025] Attended and presented at EEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷

[Aug 2025] Achieved Leadership Training and Certificate.

[Jul 2025] Our paper "Your Build Scripts Stink: The State of Code Smells in Build Scripts" got accepted in the 2025 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2025 🎉.

[Jul 2025] Attended The International Symposium Association on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC) in Canada, 2025 🇨🇦

[Jun 2025] Our Paper "Security implications of user non-compliance behavior to software updates: A risk assessment study" has been accepted in Journal of Information Systems and Application 🎉

[Apr 2025] Attended CVE/FIRST VulCon 2025.

[Apr 2024] Attended CRAWP Grad Cohort in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[Apr 2024] Achieved CRAWP Grad Scholarship.

[Feb 2024] Passed my written preliminary examination on 29th FEBRUARY 2024.

[Jan 2023] Interview- prep Lead at Women-in Computer Science (Wics)- (ACM-W)

[Aug 2022] Started my PhD in Computer Science program at North Carolina State University.

[Jun 2022] Successfully defended my thesis for the MSc in Computer Science program.

[Jan 2021] Started my MSc in Computer Science program at North Carolina A&T State University.

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