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Dr. Anwar Haque is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Western University, Canada, and a Faculty of Science Distinguished Research Professor. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Prior to academia, he was Associate Director at Bell Canada. His research focuses on 5G networks, IoT, cybersecurity, AI, and autonomous systems, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications and $15M in collaborative grants. Dr. Haque leads the Western Information & Networking Group (WING) Lab and is the founder/CEO of Bamboo Innovations Inc., a tech startup developing socially responsible smart technologies. Leadership roles include industry expert-in-residence in the Faculty of Science, Undergraduate Chair of the Computer Science Department, and member of Western’s Senate. He has delivered over 30 keynote talks and media features include BBC Earth and The Globe and Mail. Awards include the IEEE CCECE Leadership Award and multiple grants from NSERC, MITACS, and Bell Canada. His work spans network reliability, smart grids, and cybersecurity, with industry partnerships like the Bell-Western 5G Research Centre.

• Network Security
• 5G and Beyond Networks
• IoT
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Reza Shokri is a Dean's Chair Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS), School of Computing. His research lies at the intersection of data privacy, security, and trustworthy machine learning, with a focus on quantifying privacy risks and developing robust, fair, and interpretable models. PhD in Computer Science, EPFL His research interests center on data privacy and trustworthy machine learning , particularly in the context of deep learning and federated systems. He investigates how machine learning models memorize training data, leading to privacy leakage, and designs frameworks to audit and mitigate such risks. His work bridges theoretical guarantees with practical applications, emphasizing the trade-offs among privacy, fairness, robustness, and utility. His recent publications (2023–2025) reveal a strong trend in analyzing privacy in large language models (LLMs), membership inference attacks, federated learning, and fairness. These works are published in top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CCS, and FAccT, highlighting his leadership in both AI and security communities. Notable scientific awards include: Asian Young Scientist Fellowship (2023) Intel Outstanding Researcher Award (2023) Best Paper Award, ACM FAccT (2023) IEEE S&P Test-of-Time Award (2021) Caspar Bowden Award for Privacy Enhancing Technologies (2018) NUS Presidential Young Professorship (2019–2023) VMware Early Career Faculty Award (2021) He has advised numerous PhD and Master’s students, many of whom have contributed to high-impact publications. He has also received research grants from major industry partners including Meta, Google, Intel, and VMware. He leads the Data Privacy and Trustworthy Machine Learning Lab at NUS and has served on program committees for top conferences such as IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, and FAccT, including co-chairing roles at HotPETs and Shadow PC of IEEE S&P. He has delivered tutorials at ICML and CCS on privacy auditing in machine learning. His lab focuses on developing tools and frameworks—such as the ML Privacy Meter—for assessing and improving the privacy properties of machine learning models, with applications in regulatory compliance and secure AI deployment.

• Data Privacy
• Trustworthy Machine Learning
• Security
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Roya Ensafi is the Morris Wellman Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan. She is the Founder and Director of the Censored Planet Lab, which focuses on Internet censorship measurement and digital equity. Her research lies at the intersection of networking, security, and privacy, with a strong emphasis on detecting censorship, surveillance, and digital inequity through scalable systems. Positions: Associate Professor (University of Michigan), Lab Director (Censored Planet) Recent Awards: Sloan Research Fellowship, NSF CAREER (2023), IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize (2016, 2022, 2023), USENIX Security Internet Defense Prize (2022) Her work develops systems like Censored Planet for global censorship monitoring, VPNalyzer for evaluating commercial VPN security, and Splintering Net for studying regionalized Internet access. By combining remote measurement techniques with user studies, her research addresses both technical and policy dimensions of digital freedom. Key methodologies include TLS handshake analysis, cross-layer latency metrics, and large-scale network probing. The Censored Planet project operates a global censorship detection network covering 221 countries, while VPNalyzer received the Consumer Reports Digital Lab fellowship. Collaborations include Google Jigsaw for data visualization systems used by over 100 organizations. Her 2024 work on digital discrimination in sanctioned states extends earlier groundbreaking research on Kazakhstan's HTTPS interception (2019) and Russia's Twitter throttling (2021). Scientific Awards: 2024: Distinguished Paper Awards at USENIX Security Symposium 2023: NSF CAREER Award 2022: IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize, USENIX Security Internet Defense Prize, First Prize in Internet Defense Prize, CSAW '22 Applied Research Competition First Place 2021: Recognized as Highest Scoring Short Paper at ACM IMC 2015: IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize 2022: Finalist for ACUM Outstanding Advisor Award Her lab trains both current and alumni PhD/Master's students including Ram Sundara Raman, Diwen Xue, Reethika Ramesh (now at Palo Alto Networks), and Victor Ongkowijaya (PhD at Princeton). She teaches EECS 388 Introduction to Security at the University of Michigan, covering software and network security principles. Her work has been featured in The Economist, New York Times, and BBC for analyzing global censorship trends.

• Networking
• Security
• Privacy
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Amir Houmansadr is an Associate Professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research focuses on network and AI security, privacy-enhancing technologies, and censorship circumvention. He holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012) and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin (2012-2014). Key research areas include secure communication systems, adversarial ML attacks, federated learning defenses, and analyzing censorship mechanisms like the Great Firewall of China. He leads the SPIN research group, which develops tools like CensorLab and MassBrowser. Notable contributions include exposing GFW vulnerabilities and advancing privacy-preserving AI models. Awards include the DARPA Director’s Award (2024), ACM CCS Distinguished Paper (2023), and NSF CAREER Award (2016). His work has been featured in media outlets like The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, and MassLive. He advises over 20 students and has served on program committees for top security conferences (IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, USENIX Security). Current courses include CMPSCI 660: Advanced Information Assurance.

• Security and Privacy
• Network Security
• AI/ML Security
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Prof. Bryan Ford leads the Decentralized/Distributed Systems (DEDIS) lab at EPFL. He focuses on secure decentralized systems, including blockchain technology, privacy, and systems security. He earned his Ph.D. from MIT and held faculty positions at Yale University and EPFL. His work spans distributed consensus protocols, peer-to-peer networking, and privacy-preserving systems. Key projects include QuePaxa (timeout-free consensus), UIA (global connectivity for mobile devices), and MedCo (secure healthcare data sharing). He advises numerous PhD students and contributes to open-source projects like Bitcoin collective signing and privacy networks like Riffle. Education: Ph.D., MIT; Postdoctoral work at Yale Research interests include blockchain scalability, consensus algorithms, and cryptographic privacy. His lab develops systems like TRIP for coercion-resistant voting and F3B to mitigate blockchain front-running. His work on NAT traversal and peer-to-peer protocols (e.g., STUN/ICE) remains foundational in network architecture. He emphasizes practical, auditable security solutions such as CertiKOS and atomic cross-chain transactions (Atom). Notable contributions: CoSi (collective signing), OmniLedger (sharded blockchain), and privacy-preserving protocols like PURBs (Protected Unsealable Recursive Boxes). His lab collaborates with Swiss Post to audit e-voting systems and designs democratic cryptocurrencies like PoPCoin.

• Secure Decentralized Systems
• Blockchain Technology
• Systems Security
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Dr. Feng Cheng is a Senior Researcher and head of the IT Security Engineering (Sec-Eng) Team at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), Germany, and serves as the Representative of the Chair "Internet Technologies and Systems" at the Digital Engineering Faculty, University of Potsdam. He holds a PhD from the University of Potsdam, an MEng from Beijing University of Technology, and a BEng from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research is centered on data-driven security engineering, security analytics, network security, cloud security, firewall, IDS/IPS, attack modeling, and penetration testing. Dr. Cheng's research interests span a broad range of cybersecurity domains, with a strong emphasis on security analytics , data-driven threat detection , cloud and network security , and authentication . His work integrates advanced data engineering and machine learning techniques to enhance security operations, including intrusion detection, threat intelligence, and security information and event management (SIEM). Key application areas include IoT security, mobile security, and web security. The recent publications of Dr. Cheng and his team reflect a significant trend towards leveraging big data analytics , machine learning , and graph-based methods for cybersecurity. Their work focuses on developing frameworks for blockchain-based public key infrastructures, advanced SIEM analytics, malware detection using NLP, and chaos engineering for cloud security. This demonstrates a strong commitment to creating practical, scalable, and intelligent solutions for modern security challenges in complex, distributed environments. Dr. Cheng is actively involved in the academic community as a member of ACM and IEEE, a program committee member for numerous international conferences, and an organizer of workshops on cloud computing and cybersecurity. He has also served on editorial boards for international journals. He supervises a large group of PhD, master's, and bachelor's students, guiding research on topics such as security analytics, cyber threat intelligence, digital credentials, and behavioral authentication. He leads the Sec-Eng team, which conducts research on a diverse portfolio including the Security Analytics Lab, HPI-VDB (vulnerability database), Lock-Keeper (physical separation technology), and the Security Lab Generator for scenario-driven security training.

• Data-Driven Security Engineering
• Security Analytics
• Network Security
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Subir Biswas is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Michigan State University (MSU), part of the College of Engineering. His research focuses on wireless networking, low-power protocols, vehicular networks, and health monitoring systems, conducted through the NeEWS laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and degrees from Jadavpur University. Education: Ph.D., Computer Engineering, University of Cambridge (1994) M.S., Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University (1989) B.S., Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University (1987) Professional Experience: Professor, MSU ECE (2011–present) Associate Professor, MSU ECE (2003–2010) Research interests include traffic analysis firewalls, pricing calculus for social wireless networks, low-energy green networking, and ultrasound-based sensor systems . He leads the NeEWS lab, exploring embedded systems and network middleware. His work spans IoT, cybersecurity, and biomedical applications like wearable sensors for autism monitoring and hydration tracking. Publications emphasize innovative protocols (e.g., pulse position coding) and machine learning for network optimization. Collaborations include NSF-funded projects and industry partnerships (e.g., Tellium Optical Systems).

• Wireless Data Networking
• Low-Power Network Protocols
• Vehicular Networks
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Vyas Sekar is the Tan Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), with a courtesy appointment in the Computer Science Department. He is affiliated with CyLab and co-directs the Future of Enterprise Security initiative. His research focuses on networking, cybersecurity, distributed systems, and IoT security, with an emphasis on data-driven approaches and network verification. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (2010) from CMU; B.Tech. from IIT Madras (President of India Gold Medal recipient). Professional roles include Chief Scientist at Conviva and co-founder of Rockfish Data. Research Interests: Cybersecurity, network security, software-defined networking (SDN), IoT security, DDoS defense, privacy-preserving data sharing, and network performance optimization. Recent work includes developing tools like Pigasus (FPGA-accelerated intrusion detection), Nomad (cloud side-channel mitigation), and frameworks for anomaly detection in IoT networks. Articles Trends: Recent publications address advanced threats like LLM-driven network attacks, stealthy automotive network exploits (CANDid), and optical-layer DDoS defenses. Emphasis on practical solutions (e.g., SketchPlan for telemetry, Pryde for firewall evasion detection). Awards: ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award (2022), IIT Madras Young Alumni Achiever Award (2022), Intel Outstanding Researcher Award (2021), and NSF CAREER Award (2016). Recognized for contributions to intrusion prevention, network security, and IoT resilience. Grants & Projects: Led NSF-funded ONSET project (optical-layer DDoS defense), CyLab's Secure IoT Initiative, and collaborations with industry partners like Intel, Facebook, and Nokia Bell Labs. Advises graduate students in cybersecurity and networking. Labs & Teams: Active contributor to CyLab, co-developer of frameworks like Lumos (hidden IoT device detection) and KalKi (IoT security platform). Engages in interdisciplinary research across CMU’s Robotics Institute and Software Engineering Institute.

• Networking
• Cybersecurity
• Network Security
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Raphael Bousso is a Professor and holds the Chancellor's Chair in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, within the Department of Physics. He maintains strong affiliations with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, reflecting his dual institutional presence in theoretical physics research. His academic journey commenced with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1998, followed by pivotal postdoctoral appointments at Stanford University and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. In 2002/03, he was a fellow at Harvard University's physics department and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study before joining UC Berkeley in July 2003. Bousso's research centers on quantum gravity and theoretical cosmology , where he confronts fundamental conflicts between quantum mechanics and general relativity. His seminal work on the black hole information paradox—particularly the 'firewall paradox'—challenges whether information is preserved during black hole evaporation. He has pioneered the covariant entropy conjecture and quantum focusing conjecture, reshaping understanding of holography. His landscape research in string theory provides critical frameworks for explaining the cosmological constant and matter abundance coincidences. Analysis of his publication record reveals persistent focus on holographic principles applied to black holes and cosmology. His work consistently bridges abstract quantum gravity concepts with observable cosmological phenomena, demonstrating exceptional continuity in addressing the measurement problem in eternal inflation and the implications of string theory's landscape. No specific scientific awards are documented in the provided materials, though his Chancellor's Chair appointment signifies institutional recognition of his scholarly impact. While student advising details are absent from the source text, his leadership of the Bousso Group drives collaborative research in quantum gravity. The text provides no explicit grant information, though his sustained publication output implies active research funding. He directs the Bousso Group at UC Berkeley, which serves as the primary research hub for exploring holography, black hole physics, and cosmological implications of string theory through theoretical and mathematical approaches.

• Quantum Gravity
• Theoretical Cosmology
• String Theory
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Dr. Dijiang Huang is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University (ASU). He joined ASU in 2005 after completing his Ph.D. in Telecommunications and Computer Networking from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (2004). His research focuses on cybersecurity, mobile computing, and cloud computing, supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and industry partners like HP. He has received prestigious awards, including the ONR Young Investigator Award and HP Innovative Research Award. Education: B.E. in Telecommunications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (1995) M.S. in Computer Science, University of Missouri-Kansas City (2001) Ph.D. in Telecommunications and Computer Networking, University of Missouri-Kansas City (2004) Research Interests: Huang’s work emphasizes secure communication protocols, privacy-preserving techniques, and resilient network architectures. He has pioneered frameworks like Secure Group Communication (SeGCom) and Attribute-Based Cryptography , addressing challenges in VANETs, SDN, and edge computing. His recent projects include developing Waterfall for SDN security and SmartDefense for DDoS mitigation. Grants & Awards: ONR Young Investigator Award (2008) HP Innovative Research Award (2008) NSF grants for secure mobile cloud frameworks and cyber-physical systems Professional Contributions: Huang has served as a reviewer for journals like IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and conferences such as ACM MobiArch. He co-developed the Open Human-Robotic Mobile Networking and Security Testbed (OHReST) and the Virtual Laboratory (VLab) for cybersecurity education.

• Computer Network Security
• Mobile Computing
• Cloud Computing
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Oliver Gasser is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI-INF) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he has co-lectured courses such as Advanced Computer Networking and Master Course Computer Networks. His research focuses on Internet measurement, security, and privacy, with a strong emphasis on IPv6, DNS, BGP, and web tracking technologies. His research interests include Internet measurement, IPv6 deployment, BGP security, DNS infrastructure, web tracking, privacy technologies, and network resilience. He has made significant contributions to understanding IPv6 hitlists, router fingerprinting, hypergiant content delivery networks, and consent banner manipulation on the web. His work combines large-scale active measurements with data analysis to uncover systemic issues in Internet infrastructure and privacy practices. The recent publications highlight a consistent focus on measurement-driven research across networking, security, and privacy. Trends include analyzing IPv6 adoption patterns, detecting covert tracking mechanisms in web cookies, evaluating security of Internet protocols like DNS and BGP, and improving measurement methodologies for large-scale network studies. His work often involves developing open tools and datasets that advance reproducibility in networking research. PAM 2023 Best Paper Award TMA 2023 Best Paper Award TMA 2023 Fast Track Award PAM 2018 Best Paper Award IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize 2018 IMC 2017 Community Contribution Award TMA 2017 Best Dataset Award CoNEXT 2023 Community Contribution Award Oliver Gasser has advised or co-advised over 40 master’s and bachelor’s theses at MPI-INF and TUM, demonstrating strong mentorship in academic research. He has led several measurement projects that have received external funding, including development of the IPv6 Hitlist Service and tools for analyzing web tracking. His community service includes extensive participation in program committees for major networking conferences such as IMC, CoNEXT, PAM, and TMA. He leads and contributes to several open research initiatives including the IPv6 Hitlist Service, SNMPv3 Measurement Service, MPTCP Measurement Service, DNS Observatory, and the BannerClick tool for automated cookie banner interaction. These platforms provide valuable resources for the global networking research community and support reproducible science.

• Internet Measurement
• IPv6
• BGP
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Joss Wright is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute , University of Oxford. He co-directs the Oxford EPSRC Cybersecurity Doctoral Training Centre and the Oxford Martin Programme on the Wildlife Trade, focusing on computational approaches to social science questions about information control and privacy. Education : PhD in Computer Science from the University of York (research on anonymous communication systems), postdoctoral work at the University of Siegen (cloud computing security). His research spans internet censorship , privacy-enhancing technologies , and cyber-enabled crime (notably the online illegal wildlife trade ). He bridges technical analyses of security systems with their social and political implications, advising the European Commission and UK Parliamentary Science Committee on digital policy. Recent work includes machine learning applications to detect patent filing trends related to wildlife trade and analyzing Chinese smart city surveillance for human rights risks. He has contributed to media outlets like the Guardian and New Scientist. Notable projects include the Oxford Martin Programme on Wildlife Trade and studies on discriminatory effects of internet filtering . He supervises students like William Lugoloobi (DPhil in Social Data Science) and former advisee Samantha Bradshaw (now Assistant Professor at American University).

• Internet Censorship
• Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
• Cybercrime
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Zakir Durumeric is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, leading the Stanford Empirical Security Research Group. His research focuses on Internet security, trust, and safety, emphasizing large-scale network measurement and open-source tool development. He founded Censys, a platform providing global Internet device data, and maintains tools like ZMap, ZGrab, and Retina. Research interests include cybercrime prevention, censorship analysis, disinformation tracking, and platform governance for online harassment. Notable contributions include studies on the Mirai botnet, TLS certificate ecosystems, and vulnerabilities like Heartbleed and Logjam. Awards include the IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize (2015) and a Test of Time Award (2022). Teaches courses: CS155 (Computer & Network Security), CS356 (Systems & Network Security), and CS249i (Modern Internet). Advises over 20 students, including Catherine Han, Kimberly Ruth, and Liz Izhikevich. Develops open-source software such as ZMap Toolkit and ASdb, and maintains datasets like CrUX Top Million Websites. Recent work explores toxic online behavior, misinformation ecosystems, and regional censorship mechanisms in China. His lab’s tools are widely adopted in academia and industry for security research and policy guidance.

• Internet Security
• Cybersecurity
• Network Measurement
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Kyprianos Papadimitriou is a Researcher at the Microprocessor and Hardware Laboratory within the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technical University of Crete . He holds a PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering (2012) and has been involved in teaching laboratory courses such as Logic Design , Computer Architecture , and VLSI/ASIC Circuit Design . Research Areas : His work spans Reconfigurable Systems , Hardware Design , Computer Architecture , RFID Systems , and Real-Time Systems . He has developed innovative approaches in FPGA-based dynamic reconfiguration, MPSoC security, and 3D stereo vision for surveillance. Key Trends : Runtime reconfiguration for FPGAs Security frameworks for NoC-based MPSoCs Low-cost embedded vision systems Optimization of reconfiguration overhead Hardware task scheduling methodologies Genetic algorithm implementations on FPGAs Scientific Contributions : 1 USA patent (2005) Co-author of VLSI-SoC 2013 paper nominated for 1st Prize Active member of scientific committees (FPL, ReConFig) Peer reviewer for IEEE, Elsevier, and Springer journals Session chair at IEEE CNS and HPCC conferences Grants & Projects : Participated in competitive European and national programs, serving as scientific manager, coordinator, and technical coordinator. Developed spin-off company (2003-2005) to commercialize master's thesis research. Laboratory & Teaching : Affiliated with the Microprocessor and Hardware Laboratory , focusing on practical training in digital systems, processor-based systems, and VLSI design.

• Reconfigurable Systems
• Hardware Design
• Digital Systems
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Erisa Karafili is an Associate Professor in Cybersecurity at the University of Southampton. She leads Teaching Methods Innovation at the GCHQ/EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE) and is a Champion in Security by Design at ACE-CSR. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, she joined the University in 2020 after roles including a Marie Curie Fellowship at Imperial College London, where she investigated cyber-attack attribution techniques. Her research focuses on formal methods applied to security, IoT threat models, and secure data sharing frameworks. Education: PhD in non-classical logics applied to multi-agent systems security from the University of Verona. Previous positions include PostDoc at Technical University of Denmark and Researcher at Imperial College London. Research Interests: Cyber-attack attribution, IoT security, formal methods in cybersecurity, data privacy, and argumentation-based reasoning for security. Awards: Higher Education Academy Fellowship. Current PhD Students: Betul Gokkaya, Mohammed Homaid Alquliti, Peter Geoffrey Williams, Steve Johnson. Active Projects: Heterogeneous Material Integrated MEMS/NEMS-Photonics Platform for Secure Communication (collaborative with Jize Yan and others).

• Cybersecurity
• Formal Methods in Security
• IoT Threat Models
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