Naureen Hoque

Education: I completed my Master's degree in Computer Science from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), NE in 2018. I worked as a Lecturer at the Daffodil International University (Bangladesh) before joining UNL as a graduate student in 2016. I received the Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering from the North South University (Bangladesh).

PhD: I started my Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Fall 2019 under the supervision of Dr. Rahbari. My research interests are Security & Privacy, and Machine Learning.

Email: nh9502@rit.edu

Siddharth Dongre

Education: I completed my Master's degree in Computing Security from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY in May 2020. Prior to that, I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Pune University, India in July 2017.

PhD: II started my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Fall 2020. My research interests include secure spectrum sharing in cellular and Wi-Fi coexistence, beamforming in MIMO systems, and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications security.

Email: sd4767@rit.edu

Geoff Twardokus

Education: I earned the dual B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computing Security from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 2021. Prior to my studies at RIT, I earned two Associate of Science (A.S.) degrees, in Computer Science and in Mathematics, from Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, NY.

PhD: I started my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at RIT in August 2021 under the supervision of Dr. Rahbari. My research interests include secure vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication and security in emerging/next-generation vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies.

Email: geoff.twardokus@mail.rit.edu

Shima Mashhadi

Education: I received my B.Sc. degree from Alzahra University and my M.Sc. degree from Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, in 2018 and 2022, respectively, both in electrical engineering.

PhD: Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), starting in Fall 2023. My research interests are wireless security, machine learning, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

Email: sm3709@rit.edu