whoami (PhD @UF -> Research Scientist @GeorgiaTech)
I am a cybersecurity researcher with a PhD (2023) and MS (2017) in Computer Science from the University of Florida. At Georgia Tech’s School of Cybersecurity & Privacy, I work as a Research Scientist with an amazing group (CPSec lab).
My research focuses on discovering previously unknown cybersecurity vulnerabilities in real-world systems and standards. I analyze the impact of these vulnerabilities using large-scale measurement studies and user studies to understand how they affect deployed systems and operational practices. I also work on developing defenses with formal guarantees and build practical tools and solutions that help users and operators better understand and evaluate the security of their systems. My work aims to bridge the gap between vulnerability discovery, real-world impact assessment, and usable security.
Publications
- ACM CCS’25: One Video to Steal Them All: 3D-Printing IP Theft through Optical Side-Channels. Keywords: IP-theft, AdditiveManufacturing, 3D printing, ML.
- ACM CCS’25: A Sea of Cyber Threats: Maritime Cybersecurity from the Perspective of Mariners. Keywords: UserStudy, MaritimeSecurity
- ACM CCS’24: Release the Hounds! Automated Inference and Empirical Security Evaluation of Field-Deployed PLCs using Active Network Data (Second author). Featured in Georgia Tech (ECE) news. Keywords: CPSsecurity, PLCs, ML
- IEEE S&P’22: Hardening Circuit Design IP Against Reverse-Engineering Attacks (First author) [Paper]. Keywords: IP Theft, LogicLocking HardwareSecurity, HardwareObfuscation, LogicEncryption, ProvableSecurity, Cryptography
- CODASPY’21: Brittle Features of Device Authentication (Second author) [Paper]. Keywords: ML, DeviceAuthentication, Attack.
- ACM CCS’17: Standardizing Bad Cryptographic Practice - A teardown of the IEEE P1735 standard for protecting electronic-design intellectual property (First author) [Paper]. Researach led to 7 CVEs, and has also been featured in The Register, threatpost, The Hacker News, and other cybersecurity news publications. Keywords: HardwareSecurity, IEEEStandard, P1735, Attack.