Graduate Student Research

Research & Fieldwork

The Department of Computer Science is dedicated to advancing graduate research in cybersecurity, promoting close collaboration between faculty and students to tackle cutting-edge challenges. Our graduate research program is designed to deepen students' expertise, enhance professional development, and encourage innovative problem-solving in the cybersecurity domain. Through faculty mentorship, students gain hands-on experience and engage in research that has real-world applications, culminating in opportunities to present findings to industry professionals and academic audiences.

Recent examples of student research projects are shown below.


Job Adegede
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Ivancic

Job Adegede poster

Implementing Facial Recognition Authentication in Physical Access Control System


Taofeek Agboola
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Ivancic

Taofeek Agboola poster

Design and Implementation of Mini SIEM/SOAR For Comprehensive Monitoring in Azure


William Lister
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Ivancic

William Lister poster

Broadening the Knowledge Cybersecurity Students Utilizing Simulated Server Exploitation



Adwaith Thiruvoth
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pushkar Ogale

Adwaith Thiruvoth poster

Enhancing Email Security: A Machine Learning Approach for Phishing Detection


Oluwatosin Yusuf
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Ivancic

Oluwatosin Yusuf poster

Optimizing DDoS Attack Detection through Machine Learning based on Feature Selection Strategies