People | Wireless Network and Cyber Security Research Lab

Faculty

Ming Li

Ph.D. Students

Chenyi Wang, Jan. 2023 - Present (BS, University of Minnesota; MS, Columbia University)
Jingcheng Li, Aug. 2019 - Present (MS, Syracuse University), co-advised with Loukas Lazos
Ziqi Xu, Aug. 2019 - Present (MS, Syracuse University), co-advised with Loukas Lazos
Zhiwu Guo, Aug. 2017 - Present (BS & MS, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China), co-advised with Marwan Krunz

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researcher
- Iraklis Leontiadis, Oct. 2015 – Oct. 2016 (Ph.D, Eurecom, France)
  Initial Employment: Postdoctoral Researcher, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  Second Employment: Senior Researcher at the Security and Cryptography Laboratory, EPFL.
  Current Employment: Senior Researcher at Inpher.
Ph.D. Students
- Xiaolan Gu, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2024
  Dissertation: “ Privacy-Preserving and Robust Data Analytics under Distributed Settings "
  Initial Employment: Data Scientist in Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, LinkedIn
- Bo Jiang (co-advised with Ravi Tandon), Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Aug. 2017 - Aug. 2023
  Dissertation: “ Improving Privacy-utility Tradeoffs in Privacy-preserving Data Release with Context Information "
  Initial Employment: Privacy Research Scientist, TikTok
- Yanmao Man, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Aug. 2017 - Aug. 2022
  Dissertation: “ Attacks and Defenses on Autonomous Vehicles: From Sensor Perception to Control Area Networks "
  Initial Employment: Senior Engineer, HERE Technologies
- Mohamed Seif (co-advised with Ravi Tandon), Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Jan. 2017 – May 2022
  Dissertation: “ Security and Privacy in Information Systems: Algorithms and Fundamental Limits"
  Initial Employment: Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University
- Tianchi Zhao, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Aug. 2016 – May 2022
  Dissertation: “Online Learning Based Performance Optimization in Wireless Networks with Context Information "
  Initial Employment: Engineer, LitePoint
- Mingshun Sun, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Aug. 2016 – Dec. 2021
  Dissertation: “Secure Motion Claim Verification and Decision-Making for Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems "
  Initial Employment: Senior Data Scientist, HERE Technologies
- Yanjun Pan, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Aug. 2016 – Aug. 2021
  Dissertation: “Enhance Wireless Network Performance and Security with Reconfigurable Antennas "
  Initial Employment: Postdoctoral Researcher, ECE department, Virginia Tech, VA
  Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
- Boyang Wang, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Jan. 2014 – Jul. 2017
  Dissertation: “Secure Geometric Search on Encrypted Spatial Data"
  Initial Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, OH.
- Yantian Hou, Ph.D. in Computer Science, USU, Jan. 2012 – Jul. 2016
  Dissertation: “Interference Mitigation in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks with Advanced Physical-Layer Techniques”
  Initial Employment: Assistant Professor, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Ph.D. Students Collaborated With
- Nirnimesh Ghose, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, Jul. 2019 (Advised by Loukas Lazos)
  Dissertation: “Authentication and Message Integrity Verification without Secrets"
  Initial Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

M.S. Students Graduated
- Jesse Victors, M.S. in Computer Science, USU, Jan. 2014 – May 2015
  Thesis: “The Onion Name System: Tor-Powered Distributed DNS for Tor Hidden Services”
  Initial Employment: Cigital.
Undergraduate Thesis Supervised
- Max Von Hippel, Aug. 2018 - May 2019, University of Arizona, B.S. in Math and Minor in CS
  Honors Thesis: “Toward Automatic Vulnerability Discovery in CPS of Interdependent IoT Devices”
  Initial Employment: Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, Northeastern University.
  Major Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, First place in UA Computer Science Undergraduate Showcase, UA Math Department Excellence in Research Award.

Undergraduate Student Internships Supervised
- Tyler Wong, Nick Smith, Summer 2021, AEOP URAP program (Co-advised with Loukas Lazos)
  Research Topic: “Secure Vehicle Platooning Membership Verification”

High School Student Internships Supervised
- David Li, Ethan Sayre and Richard Peng, Summer 2021, AEOP HSAP program (Co-advised with Loukas Lazos)
  Research Topic: “Secure Wireless Trust Establishment for Heterogeneous IoT Devices”

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