Computer Science & Engineering · University of Colorado Denver
Cybersecurity · Digital Forensics · Resilient Systems

Advancing Cybersecurity through Intelligent and Resilient AI Systems

My research and teaching advance cybersecurity, critical-infrastructure protection, IoT/IIoT forensics, blockchain security, and AI-supported threat analysis.

Research Security and digital forensics
Teaching Applied cybersecurity education
Systems IoT, cloud and infrastructure
AI Threat analysis and agentic AI security

Research interests

  • Critical-infrastructure and cyber-physical systems security
  • IoT/IIoT forensics and incident response
  • AI/ML for threat prediction and agentic AI security
  • Cloud, edge and smart-environment forensics
  • Blockchain security and privacy-preserving systems

Current focus

Mitigating 51% Attacks in Blockchain Systems Through Early Detection and Checkpoint-Based Defense

This work studies early warning for mining-pool concentration and checkpoint-based controls that limit damaging chain reorganizations.

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Research

Applied and interdisciplinary work spanning secure distributed systems, digital forensics, and emerging AI security.

Education

Hands-on cybersecurity teaching that connects technical foundations with real-world investigation and defense.

Collaboration

Academic and industry collaboration across cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, IoT and distributed systems.