Students

I am lucky to work with very talented students and postdoctoral researchers that are part of the Cyber Security & Privacy Lab (CSP-Lab) at NYUAD. I also have working relations with former members of the Information Security Group (InfSec) at RUB. Currently, I am working with:

Current Group Members (NYUAD):

  • Labeeba Begum
  • Ala’ Darabseh
  • Dr. Syed Khandker
  • Zacharia Kornas (Ph.D. student)
  • Corban Villa (undergraduate student)

Graduated:

  • Dr. Muhammad Shujaat Mirza (NYUAD/NYU Courant), 8/2024: Towards Responsible AI: Safeguarding Privacy, Integrity, and Fairness
  • Dr. Liang Niu (NYUAD/NYU Tandon), 4/2024: A Data-Driven Exploration of Security and Privacy: Insights from Machine Learning and Beyond
  • Dr. Nian Xue (NYUAD/NYU Tandon), 8/2023: Enhancing Network Security: Deep-Learning based Solutions for Aerial Navigation and Experimental Validation of VPN Routing Table Vulnerabilities
  • Dr. Theodor Schnitzler (RUB), 6/2022: Analyzing Privacy and End User Information Exposure in Digital Communication Environments, now Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  • Dr. David Rupprecht (RUB), 7/2020: Enhancing the Security of 4G and 5G Mobile Networks on Protocol Layer Two, now Postdoctoral Researcher at RUB (DE) and founder of start-up Radix Security
  • Dr. Katharina Kohls (RUB), 7/2019: Internet Anonymity and Privacy in the Presence of Large-Scale Adversaries, now Professor at Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
  • Dr. Kai Jansen (RUB), 3/2019: Detection and Localization of Attacks on Satellite-Based Navigation Systems, now Head Of Research at PHYSEC GmbH (DE)

Previous PostDocs, Researchers, Visitors, Interns at NYUAD:

  • Michele Guerra, PhD student at the University of Molise (Italy)
  • Ahmad Salous, Research Assistant (part-time), now Instructor at NYUAD
  • Evangelos Bitsikas, Research Assistant, now PhD student at Northeastern University Boston
  • Sarah Pardo (co-advised by the HuDa-lab), Research Assistant, now Research Assistant in the Clinical AI Lab at NYUAD
  • Dr. Mathy Vanhoef, Postdoctoral Researcher, now faculty at KU Leuven
  • Raluca-Georgia Diugan, Research Assistant, now PhD student at IST (Institute of Science and Technology) Austria
  • Pratyush Ranjan Tiwari, Research Intern, now PhD student at Johns Hopkins University
  • David Ahmed, Research Assistant, next position at Saarland University, now CEO at Hexafarms
  • Tom van Goethem, Visitor, KU Leuven
  • Larissa Hoffaeller, Research Intern, Hasso Plattner Institute
  • Ghous Amjad, Research Intern, next position PhD student at Brown University, now at Google