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Ph.D. Graduates

Dr. Concepcion Sanchez Aleman (2020)
Research Area: Solving Complex Data-Streaming Problems by Applying Economic-Based Principles to Mobile and Wireless Resource Constraint Networks
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Verizon
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Abdur Bin Shahid (2019)
Research Area: Trajectory Privacy Preservation and Lightweight Blockchain Techniques for Mobility-Centric IoT
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now Assistant Professor at Robert Morris University
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Georges A. Kamhoua (2019)
Research Area: Mitigating Colluding Attacks in Online Social Networks and Crowdsourcing Platforms
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Verizon
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Samia Tasnim (2018)
Research Area: Reputation-aware Trajectory-based Data Mining in the Internet of Things (IoT)
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now Assistant Professor at the Univeristy of Toledo
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Wenrui Ma (2018)
Research Area: Traffic Aware placement of NFV Middleboxes in Software-Defined Networking
Advisor: Dr. Deng Pan
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Mingming Guo (2018)
Research Area: User-Centric Privacy Preservation in Mobile and Location-Aware Applications
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Korn Ferry
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Laurent Njilla (2015)
Research Area: Modeling Security and Resource allocation for Mobile Multihop Wireless Networks Using Game Theory
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at the Air Force Research Laboratory
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Xinyu Jin (2013)
Research Area: Trajectory Privacy Preservation in Mobile Sensor Networks
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Meta (formerly known as Facebook)
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Pasd Putthapipat (2013)
Research Area: Lightweight Middleware for SDR Inter-components Communication
Advisor: Dr. Jean Andrian
Now at DataX
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Dr. Sitthapon Pumpichet (2013)
Research Area: Novel Online Data Cleaning Protocols for Data Streams in Trajectory, Wireless Sensor Networks
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now Adjunct Faculty at Miami Dade College
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Tosmate Cheocherngngarn (2013)
Research Area: Cross-Layer Design for energy efficiency on Data Center Networks
Advisor: Dr. Deng Pan
Now at Microsoft
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Hao Jin (2012)
Research Area: Host and Network Optimizations for Performance Enhancement and Energy Efficiency in Data Center Networks
Advisor: Dr. Deng Pan
Now at Roblox
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Charles Kamhoua (2011)
Research Area: Modeling Security and Cooperation in Wireless Networks Using Game Theory
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at the Army Research Office
(Publications)

Dr. Kai Chen (2011)
Research Area: Mitigating congestion by integrating time forecasting and realtime information aggregation in cellular networks
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Microsoft
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Qian Wang (2010)
Research Area: Characterizing Internet Worm Spatial-Temporal Infection Structures
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Microsoft
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Yuri Labrador (2009)
Research Area: Communications 4th Generation Mobile Systems
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Blue Origin
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Qutub Bakhtiar (2009)
Research Area: Mitigating inconsistencies by coupling data cleaning, filtering and contextual data validation in Wireless Sensor Networks
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Director of Software Engineering at Lowe's
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Shishir Shankar Punjala (2009)
Research Area: Effective Reconfigurable Antenna Design to Enhance Performance and Enable Wireless Powering
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Zhiwen Wan (2008)
Research Area: Wireless Sensor Networks
Advisor: Dr. Hao Zhu
Now at Microsoft
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Xiwei Zhao (2008)
Research Area: Network Security
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Dr. Vinayak Ganapathy (2008)
Research Area: Network Management
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou

Dr. Xiangqian Chen (2007)
Research Area: Defense against Node Compromise in Sensor Network Security
Advisor: Dr. Kia Makki
Now at Indiana University Bloomington
(LinkedIn) (Publications)

Dr. Te-Shun Chou (2007)
Research Area: Ensemble Fuzzy Belief Intrusion Detection Design
Advisor: Dr. Kang Yen
Now at East Carolina University
(Publications)

Dr. Zhaomin Mo (2007)
Research Area: Data dissemination in VANETs
Advisor: Dr. Hao Zhu

Dr. Abdallah El Moutia (2007)
Research Area: Space Division Multiple Access for Wireless Sensor Networks
Advisor: Dr. Kia Makki
Now at Oceaneering International
(LinkedIn)

Dr. James Gadze (2007)
Research Area: Autonomic and Embedded Wireless Sensor Protocols for Critical Infrastructures
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Dr. Yu Dong (2007)
Research Area: Adding Concurrent Data Transfer to Transport Layer
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Meta (formerly known as Facebook)
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Garth V. Crosby (2007)
Research Area: Trust Based Security Mechanisms for Wireless Sensor Networks
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Texas A&M University
(Publications)

Dr. Dayou Qian (2006)
Research Area: Resource allocation in Multi-user Telecommunication Networks
Advisor: Dr. Chi Zhou
Now at Acacia Communications
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Chunming Liu (2006)
Research Area: System Design and Resource Management in The Next Generation Integrated WLAN/3G Cellular Networks
Advisor: Dr. Chi Zhou
Now at Oracle
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Stylianos Drakatos (2006)
Research Area: Context-Aware Data Caching for Mobile Environments
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at Florida International University
(LinkedIn)

Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh (2005)
Research Area: Secure Routing and Trust Computation in Multihop Infrastructureless Networks
Advisor: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Now at University of West Florida
(LinkedIn)