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Hi, there đź‘‹! My name is Ahsan (pronouns: he / him). I earned Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University with an emphasis on Cybersecurity and Data Science. Currently, I am working at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) as a Security Engineer. I hold 8+ years of combined industry and research experience in the fields of Software Development, Cybersecurity, and AI. I am interested in applying AI to solve real-world cyber problems, investigating security concerns of AI itself, and cultivating proficiency in defensive and offensive security.
I have published 10 peer-reviewed scholarly articles in ransomware, malware, cryptography, adversarial ML, DGA, and network covert communication. Additionally, I participate in professional services by providing peer reviews for conference manuscripts.
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| Jan 2022: | In the spirit of open science, as well as with the department's approval, I have shared the developed contents of the course, Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming in C/C++, on both my website and Github. |
| Oct 2021: | I'm happy to share that one of our research works, entitled "Similarity Analysis of Ransomware based on Portable Executable (PE) File Metadata," has been accepted to present at the 2021 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence conference. [GitHub Repository] |
| Aug 2021: | I have been selected to teach the "Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming in C++" course (a class of 75+ Computer Science Undergraduate Students) this Fall as a Graduate Teaching Associate for the Department of Computer Science, Tennessee Tech University. [LinkedIn Post] |
| July 2021: | I had been a part of the NSF AFJROTC Summer Cyber Academy during the months of June and July (6 weeks) as one of the instructors. We virtually hosted 16 cadets across the nation to teach them the Cybersecurity Essentials at Tennessee Technological University. [LinkedIn Post] |
| June 2021: | Our paper, “Domain Generating Algorithm based Malicious Domains Detection,” has been accepted at the 8th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (IEEE CSCloud 2021). |
| Apr 2021: | One of our research work has been awarded for the best poster in the 2021 Student Research and Creative Inquiry Day (CS Graduate Track) at Tennessee Tech University. [LinkedIn Post] |
| Dec 2020: | During Summer 2020, I mentored six Computer Science undergraduate students (grouped into three teams) to introduce them to Machine Learning and Cybersecurity. The teams submitted their work at the 2020 IEEE ICCIT (International Conference on Computer and Information Technology) and got accepted. [LinkedIn Post] |
| Oct 2020: | I have been selected to represent the Computer Science (CS) Graduate Students (50+) of Tennessee Tech University in the CS Strategic Planning Core Group during Spring 2021 semester. |
| Aug 2020: | Our paper, “An I/O Request Packet (IRP) Driven Effective Ransomware Detection Scheme using Artificial Neural Network,” has been accepted at the IEEE 21st International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science (IEEE IRI 2020). |
| Apr 2020: | I have successfully completed my Ph.D. pre-proposal research presentation, where I discussed some of the prospective research avenues with my advisory committee members -- Dr. Ambareen Siraj, Dr. Michael Rogers, Dr. Maanak Gupta, Dr. Denis Ulybyshev, and Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud, in fulfillment of my dissertation. |
| Feb 2019: | I have completed an online certification course on Neural Networks and Deep Learning, offered by deeplearning.ai. [Certification]. |
| Dec 2019: | I have been selected to give a technical talk on "CyberAWARE Software Engineering" at BRAC University on Mon, Dec. 9 and American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) on Wed, Dec. 11. |
| Sep 2019: | I have been selected to present a talk on "Encryption and Ciphers Introduction" to mainly Computer Science students at Tennessee Tech University on November 21, 2019. |
| June 2019: | I have volunteered at the GenCyber Program at Tennessee Tech University, a week long summer cybersecurity camp for students which has been jointly funded by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). [LinkedIn Post] |
| June 2019: | I have completed an online certification course on Machine Learning using Python and R, offered by Udemy. [Certification] |