Minhaz Zibran
Professor, Computer Science
Idaho State University, USA
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Minhaz F. Zibran, PhD
Minhaz F. Zibran, PhD
Professor & Graduate Program Director
Department of Computer Science
Idaho State University, ID, USA.
Faculty Lead, SECReT (Software Engineering and Cybersecurity Research Team)
Email: zibran (at) isu [dot] edu
Research Interests
My research in software engineering and cybersecurity fights software bugs and security vulnerabilities using program code analysis and manipulation while also taking into account the human factors that affect software quality. My research methodology involves static (and dynamic) program analysis, source code manipulation, sentiment analysis, machine learning, empirical studies, prototype development and evaluations.Â
To enumerate, my research interests include (but not limited to) the followings.
Software Security
Usable Security & HCI
Software Quality Assurance
Program Analysis
Program Comprehension
Affective Computing
Empirical Software Engineering
Applied AI and Machine Learning
News and Updates
Awarded with the NASA EPSCoR Faculty Fellowship, 2025.
Best Paper Award received at the MSR 2025 mining challenge track, Ottawa, Canada, April 28-29, 2025.
Biggani.org has published an interview with me in both Bangla and English on Jan 7, 2025.
Received the 3rd Best Paper Award at ISPR-2024, Turkey on May 27, 2024.
Presented a keynote speech at ICAETA-2024, Italy on May 24, 2024.
Delivered a keynote speech at ICoSSE-2024 in Paris, France on April 20, 2024.
Our research has been featured in a local newspaper on June 23, 2023. [PDF]
TechGuide has published a short interview with me about the importance of a software engineering degree.
Current Teaching
CS 4416/5516: Foundations in Cybersecurity and Resilience, Fall 2025
CS 6692: Special Problems in Computer Science, Fall 2025
CS 4417/5517: Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence, Spring 2025
CS 6692: Special Problems in Computer Science, Spring 2025
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