Current PhD Students

  • Prianka Mandal, expected to graduate in Spring 2026
  • Victor Olaiya, expected to graduate in Spring 2027
  • Md. Akram Khan, expected to graduate in Spring 2028

Current Undergraduate Students

  • Nicolas Janis, expected to graduate in Spring 2026

Alumni

  • Amit Seal Ami (co-advised with Dr. Denys Poshyvanyk), PhD, graduated Spring 2025, now Assistant Professor at Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing, University of South Florida.
    • W&M International Student Achievement Award, 2024
    • IEEE S&P Distinguished Paper Award, 2024
    • Commonwealth of Virginia Engineering & Science (COVES) Fellow, 2022
    • Dissertation Fellowship, Coastal Virginia Center for Cyber Innovation (COVA CCI), $25,000, July 2021 - July 2022
  • Kaushal Kafle, PhD, graduated Spring 2024, now Assistant Professor at Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing, University of South Florida.
    • Best Poster, CCI Symposium, VA, 2023
    • Commonwealth of Virginia Engineering & Science (COVES) Fellow, 2023
  • Sunil Manandhar, PhD, graduated Summer 2022, now a research scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
    • S. Laurie Sanderson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring, 2021
    • Commonwealth of Virginia Engineering & Science (COVES) Fellow, 2021
    • Dissertation Fellowship, Coastal Virginia Center for Cyber Innovation (COVA CCI), $25,000, July 2021 - July 2022
    • Distinguished Reviewer, IEEE S&P 2021 Shadow PC
  • Bryan Burns, MS in CS, graduated Spring 2019
  • Alexandre Passin,Fall 2024, CCI research mentee
  • Beryl Jiang, Spring 2024, Honors Thesis
  • Sayyed Hadi Razmjo, Spring 2023, Charles Center Scholar 2022, Honors thesis
  • Kunyang (Ella) Li, BS in CS, Charles Center Scholar, 2020, Honors thesis, graduated Fall 2021
  • Caleb Atkins, BS in CS, Independent study, graduated in Spring 2020
  • Hanqiu Peng, BS in CS, Independent study, graduated in Spring 2020
  • Rozda Askari, BS in CS, Independent study, graduated in Spring 2019
  • Ruhao (Tony) Tang, BS in CS, Charles Center Scholar, 2018, Undergraduate Park Award for Excellence in Research, 2019, Honors Thesis, graduated Spring 2019

Undergraduate mentees (non-W&M)

  • Titus Voell, Christopher Newport University, COVA CCI Undergraduate Mentee, Spring 2023
  • Tricia Camaya, Norfolk State University, COVA CCI Undergraduate Mentee, Fall 2022
  • Raymond Herve Geistel, Old Dominion University, COVA CCA Undergraduate Mentee, Summer 2021
  • Andrew Piazza, Old Dominion University, COVA CCA Undergraduate Mentee, Summer 2020
  • Nii-kwartei Quartey, Christopher Newport University, COVA CCA Undergraduate Mentee, Summer 2020