Awards

Achievements/Awards

• [2019] IEEE Senior Member
  • Member grade elevation in recognition of significant contributions to the profession.
• [2019] Researcher of the Year Award 2018-2019
  • Within the EECS Department, The University of Toledo
• [2019] Honorary Recognition, Student Disability Services
  • For serving University of Toledo students with Disabilities
• [2018] Best Paper Award
  • Our paper "Remote Desktop Backdoor Implementation with Reverse TCP Payload using Open Source Tools for Instructional Use" won the Best Paper Award at the 9th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics, and Mobile Communication Conference, University of British Columbia, Canada, November 1-3, 2018.
• [2018] Best Student Paper Award
  • Our paper "Human Error Prediction Using Eye Tracking to Improvise Team Cohesion in Human-Machine Teams” won the Best Student Paper Award (2 awards among 1400 accepted papers) at the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Florida, USA, July 22-26, 2018. Praveen Damacharla, Ph.D. student in the EECS Department presented the paper. (Link)
• [2018] Cyber Education and Cyber Threat Mitigation Faculty Fellow
  • Within the Division of Technology & Advanced Solutions (DTAS) at University of Toledo, August 2018.
• [2018] College of Engineering Dean's RA Research Award 2018
  • Stipend support for a student to recognize and reward efforts in graduate education, mentoring, funding, and research.
• [2017] International Travel Award 2017
  • Invited Lecture at the 3rd NYUAD Transportation Symposium, New York University Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 19-20, 2017.
• [2017] Covered by 13abc and Toledo Blade 2017
  • On multiple cybersecurity-related incidents nationally and internationally.
  • More details could be found here, here and here.
• [2017] Best Poster Award
  • Our paper "Design and Implementation of a customized encryption algorithm for Authentication and Secure Communication between devices" won the Best Poster Award at IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON) 2017, Dayton, Ohio. The paper was presented by Bhavana Daddala, MS student in the EECS Department.
• [2017] Researcher of the Year Award 2016-2017
  • Within the EECS Department, The University of Toledo
• [2016] Covered by news channel including NBC24 and WTOL 2016
  • On multiple cybersecurity topics and my new lab CSTAR (Cyber Security and TeAming Research).
  • Videos can be found here.
• [2015] Covered by Toledo Business Journal
  • Detailed article covering our lab ACRL.
  • The news article can be found here.
• [2013-2015] University Fellowship Award Recipient (Details)
  • For academic sessions 2014-15 and 2013-14.
  • Highest award to Ph.D. students at the University of Toledo by Graduate Council.
• [2011-2013] Graduate Assistant
  • Webmaster role at College of Graduate Studies, University of Toledo
• [2009] Level-1 PKF (Product Knowledge Framework) Certified
  • Valid for COBOL based Exceed-Host Application developed by CSC India Pvt. Ltd. for AVIVA (formerly known as NU).
• [2007-2008] AMUAAW Scholarship Award Recipient
  • AMU Alumni Association Washington Award for Academic excellence.
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