Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Cyber Security
  Cybersecurity, Privacy and Resiliency for – Internet of Things/Vehicles, Machine Learning, Cloud / Edge Computing, Space Communication Security, 5G/6G Systems, Quantum Systems, Post-Quantum Cybersecurity 
• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  Multimodal Big Data (Image, Voice, Video, Text) Analytics, Data Mining, Machine /Deep Learning (ML), Quantum Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing/Understanding
• Application/Interdisciplinary areas
  Intelligent Cyber Physical Social Systems, Smart Cities, Disaster Resilience, Health and Biomedical Informatics, Environmental and Geosciences, and Policy enablement

External Research Grants

1. National Science Foundation Grant ($799,985) “Expand QISE: Track 1: RLQSC: Reinforcement Learning for the Optimal Design of Programmable Quantum Sensor Circuit”   – Role – PI  , 2022-2025.
2. National Science Foundation Grant ($434,431) “NSF MRI: Acquisition of a GPU-based High-Performance Computing Instrumentation for Smart City Research at Cleveland State University”   – Role – Co-PI  , 2022-2025.
3. National Science Foundation Grant ($397,826) “NSF SaTC: EDU: Transdisciplinary Cybersecurity Education for Law and Engineering Students”   – Role – Co-PI  , 2021-2024.
4. Public Interest Technology – University Network Challenge Grant ($180,000) “CSUO-NR The PIT Quantum Computing Training Pipeline”   – Role – Co-PI  , 2022-2024.
5. Ohio Department of Higher Education’s (ODHE) RAPIDS Grant ($227,318) “Purchase equipment to improve CSU’s cybersecurity training capabilities”   – Role – Co-PI  , 2022-2024.
6. GE Lighting Grant ($50,000; CSU Portion-$20,295) “Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for Smart Home”   – Role – Co-PI  , 2021-2022.
7. Center for Disease Control and Cuyahoga County Board of Health Grant ($234,043) “Cuyahoga County Overdose Data to Action Initiative”   – Role – Co-PI  , 2020-2021.
8. National Science Foundation Grant ($324,783) “REU Site: Computing and Geosciences in the Coastal Carolina Region”   – Role – Lead PI  , 2016-2019.
9. South Carolina – INBRE through NIH and Tideland Health ($33,000) “Current state analysis of time spent on work tasks among medical clinicians at Tidelands Health”,   – Role – Co-PI, 2016-2017 .
10. National Science Foundation Grant ($108,524) Proposal “NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a Computing Cluster for Atmospheric and Geophysical Research”  – Role – Sr. Personnel.  2016-2019. 

Research Related Resources

1. Reading Research Papers:[Link to Youtube Video]
2. What is Research in Computing Science? [Link to the Resource]
3. Basic Research Skills in Computing Science:[Link to the Resource]
4. The Researchers’ Bible:[Link to the Resource]
5. Advice on Research and Writing:[Link to the Resource]
6. Tips for Writing Technical Papers:[Link to the Resource]
7. How to give a technical presentation (how to give a scientific talk):[Link to the Resource]
8. Should Computer Scientists Experiment More?[Link to the Resource]
9. Efficiently read papers:[Link to the Resource]