Current Research Interests:

• Cybersecurity and Reliability for - Distributed Systems (Internet of Things, Cloud / Edge Computing, Sensor/Mobile Systems)
• Artificial Intelligence and Data Science: Quantum Machine Learning, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning, Federated Learning, Deep Learning) and their Applications
• Application areas: Intelligent Cyber Physical Social Systems, Smart Cities, Blockchain, Disaster Resilience, Health Informatics, and Policy enablement

 

External Research Grants

1. National Science Foundation Grant ($799,985) “Expand QISE: Track 1: RLQSC: Reinforcement Learning for the Optimal Design of Programmable Quantum Sensor Circuit”   – Role - PI  , 2022-2025.
2. National Science Foundation Grant ($434,431) “NSF MRI: Acquisition of a GPU-based High-Performance Computing Instrumentation for Smart City Research at Cleveland State University”   – Role - Co-PI  , 2022-2025.
3. National Science Foundation Grant ($397,826) “NSF SaTC: EDU: Transdisciplinary Cybersecurity Education for Law and Engineering Students”   – Role - Co-PI  , 2021-2024.
4. Public Interest Technology – University Network Challenge Grant ($180,000) “CSUO-NR The PIT Quantum Computing Training Pipeline”   – Role - Co-PI  , 2022-2024.
5. Ohio Department of Higher Education’s (ODHE) RAPIDS Grant ($227,318) “Purchase equipment to improve CSU’s cybersecurity training capabilities”   – Role - Co-PI  , 2022-2024.
6. GE Lighting Grant ($50,000; CSU Portion-$20,295) “Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for Smart Home”   – Role - Co-PI  , 2021-2022.
7. Center for Disease Control and Cuyahoga County Board of Health Grant ($234,043) “Cuyahoga County Overdose Data to Action Initiative”   – Role - Co-PI  , 2020-2021.
8. National Science Foundation Grant ($324,783) “REU Site: Computing and Geosciences in the Coastal Carolina Region”   – Role - Lead PI  , 2016-2019.
9. South Carolina - INBRE through NIH and Tideland Health ($33,000) “Current state analysis of time spent on work tasks among medical clinicians at Tidelands Health”,   – Role - Co-PI, 2016-2017 .
10. National Science Foundation Grant ($108,524) Proposal “NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a Computing Cluster for Atmospheric and Geophysical Research”  – Role - Sr. Personnel.  2016-2019. 

 

Research Related Resources

• Reading Research Papers:[Link to Youtube Video]
• What is Research in Computing Science? [Link to the Resource]
• Basic Research Skills in Computing Science:[Link to the Resource]
• The Researchers’ Bible:[Link to the Resource]
• Advice on Research and Writing:[Link to the Resource]
• Tips for Writing Technical Papers:[Link to the Resource]
• How to give a technical presentation (how to give a scientific talk):[Link to the Resource]
• Should Computer Scientists Experiment More?[Link to the Resource]
• Efficiently read papers:[Link to the Resource]