News & Events

Student & Alumni Updates

Congratulations to our outstanding IT² participants! If you are a current or former participant with news to share, feel free to email Dr. Niki Pissinou at pissinou@fiu.edu.

• Our IT² alumnus, Charles Kamhoua (M.S. '08, Ph.D. '11), earned national award for work in blockchain and game theory in cybersecurity.

  He received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-USA) Harry Diamond Memorial Award which recognizes U.S. government individuals "for contribution and leadership in the area of blockchain and game theory for cybersecurity while in U.S. government service." For more information, visit the FIU News article.

  Spring 2022

• Our Ph.D. student, Sheila Alemany (M.S. '22), earned the 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her work in adversarial machine learning.

  Spring 2021

Past Conferences held in Miami

• IEEE GLOBECOM 2010
  Executive general chair: Dr. Kia Makki
• IEEE INFCOM 2008
  Technical program committee chair: Dr. Kia Makki
• IEEE ICCCN 2002
  General chair: Dr. Kia Makki
• NSF International Workshop on Research Challenges in Security and Privacy for Mobile and Wireless Networks 2006
  General co-chair: Dr. Kia Makki
• NSF International Workshop on Theoretical Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks
  General co-chair: Dr. Kia Makki
• International Conference on Information Society (I-Society 2008)
  General co-chair: Dr. Kia Makki

IT² Career

If you are interested in joining the IT² team, please contact Dr. Niki Pissinou at pissinou@fiu.edu