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

Deze Lyu

Education: B.S. in Mathematics-Computer Science, University of California San Diego; M.S. in Computer Graphics and Game Technology, University of Pennsylvania.

PhD: Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. in in Computing and Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), starting in Fall 2025. My research interests include computer graphics, game engine architecture, and game development, with a focus on real-time rendering, physically based simulation, and character animation.

Email: dl6822@rit.edu