Alesia Chernikova

Alesia Chernikova serves as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Research Fellow) at Northeastern University in Boston, focusing on critical cybersecurity challenges at the intersection of machine learning and network infrastructure security.

Her core research domains include:

• Adversarial Machine Learning
• Cybersecurity and Network Defense
• Resilience Engineering for Cyber Networks
• Malware Propagation Modeling

Analysis of her 2019-2024 publications reveals consistent expertise in adversarial attack mitigation for neural networks and cyber networks. Her work bridges theoretical epidemiological models with practical security applications, particularly in autonomous vehicle systems and constrained operational environments where traditional defenses fail.