I am an Assistant Professor in the School of EECS at Washington State University (WSU). I lead the Cyber-Physical Systems Security Research Lab (CPS2RL). Before joining EECS@WSU, I held an Assistant Professor position in the School of Computing at Wichita State University from 2021-2022. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). My doctoral work focused on securing real-time systems, particularly integrating security as a first-class design principle in real-time schedulers.
See more on my curriculum vitae and research publications.
Graduate Student Openings (Fall 2027)
I look forward to hiring two PhD students who will be working on the topics related to (i) security and resiliency of real-time and CPS/IoT/V2X/edge systems, (ii) quantum cyber-physical systems, and (iii) building resource-aware real-time AI/ML frameworks. Students with prior research experience, expertise in computer systems (operating systems, embedded systems programming, Linux kernel development), and a significant online presence (contributing to open-source tools and maintaining active visibility on GitHub or similar platforms) are strongly encouraged to contact me.
Please do not send me AI-generated "template emails," as they do not help me understand your interests or qualifications. If you want to work with me, please write a few lines in your own words explaining why you are interested in joining my research group. I want to hear from YOU, not from a machine!
Recent News
- November 2026
I am invited to serve on the technical program committee of ISORC'27. - October 2026 (#3)
One paper accepted to IEEE BigData'26. Congratulations to Adi, Moqsadur and team! - October 2026 (#2)
I am invited to serve on the technical program committees of RTAS'27 and ECRTS'27. - October 2026 (#1)
WSU Insider featured our work on cybersecurity in digital agriculture! - September 2026 (#2)
I have been elevated to IEEE Senior Member! - September 2026 (#1)
Our project on building AI-driven resilient solutions for the EPICS framework, led by UTA, has been selected for a Genesis Phase I Award. - August 2026
Awanish successfully defended his master’s thesis! He will continue his PhD under my supervision beginning in Fall 2027. - July 2026 (#2)
WSU Insider featured our work! - July 2026 (#1)
Our recent EMSOFT'26 publication, led by Babar, shows new vulnerabilities in differentially private real-time schedulers. Very well done, Babar and Tamim! - June 2026
Mohammad, Zain, and I will be organizing a technical track on AI-enabled resilient solutions for autonomous systems (AIRAS) at SAC 2027. Consider submitting! - May 2026
I am invited to serve on the technical program committee of SIGSPATIAL'26. - April 2026 (#7)
I received the Early Career Research Excellence Award from the School of EECS. - April 2026 (#6)
Our paper on software-defined vehicle security has been accepted to ACM CSUR. - April 2026 (#5)
Song received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from VCEA. Congratulations! - April 2026 (#4)
Awanish received the ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Travel Grant to attend ICPE'26. Congratulations! - April 2026 (#3)
Tamim received the ACM SIGBED Student Travel Award and IEEE TCRTS Student Travel Grant to attend CPS-IoT Week 2026. Congratulations! - April 2026 (#2)
I received 2026 VCEA Summer Grant! Thank you VCEA ADR! - April 2026 (#1)
Our research on time-sensitive network flow scheduling, led by Tamim, has been accepted to RTAS'26. Well done, Tamim! Many thanks to Zain for shaping this idea! - March 2026 (#2)
VCEA featured our research! - March 2026 (#1)
Tamim received an internship offer for Summer 2026 from PNNL! Congratulations! - February 2026
Our work on imputing agricultural weather data, led by Awanish, is accepted to ICPE'26! This work is also selected as one of the best paper award candidates. Well done, Awanish!
See older news here.
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