Dr. J. M. Vyas, VC-NFSU along with Mr Chee Kiong TAN, Asst. Director Support Office, EDIT-INTERPOL & Mr Fabio Bruno, Head-DFL, Innovation Centre, INTERPOL inaugurated a 3-day 7th International DFEG meeting organized by INTERPOL & Hosted by NFSU on 8th November 2022. Prof. S. S. Iyengar, Distinguished Professor, Florida International University (USA) was felicitated with the “Lifetime Achievement Award”. More than 350 delegates from 46 nations are attending this meeting.
During the inauguration ceremony, Prof. (Dr.) S.O. Junare-Director, NFSU Delhi Campus; Prof. (Dr.) Purvi Pokhriyal-Director, NFSU Gandhinagar Campus; Shri C.D. Jadeja – Executive Registrar, NFSU; Prof. (Dr.) Naveen Kumar Chaudhary-Director, NFSU Goa Campus & Dean – School of Cyber Security & Digital Forensics; Deans and Associate Deans of various schools of NFSU were also present.
Lifetime Achievement Award at INTERPOL DFEG Meet
US Army funded FINDS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
One of FINDS’s strategic mission areas is to contribute to the development of a robust, well-prepared pipeline of security professionals to tackle emerging threats to our cyber infrastructure assets. Our efforts in this area feature a range of tools and products, from comprehensive research projects to developing applied security solutions, to webinars and conferences.
Driven by a heightened vision on cybersecurity workforce development by the Army Research Office and US Army Development Command. FINDS is committed to providing cybersecurity training and workforce development programs across HBCU/MSI institution. Many of FINDS’ initiatives will be based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop standardized process for digital forensics and cybersecurity training. To this end, the collaborating HBCU/MSIS institutions are working together to address the urgent workforce development requirements and design effective workforce development initiatives which are highlighted below. The FINDS follows a participatory action research approach in cooperation with minority students, faculty, industries, and federal agencies. The board of researchers utilize both quantitative and qualitative research approaches in order to train HBCU students to work at Federal agencies and labs. Researchers from NIST and AFRL will participate in these collaborations and provide a platform for internships for advanced training in the area of deepfake. Furthermore, the FINDS researchers at GSU,JSU, FAMU, and FIU will train the participants in areas such as systems security, malware analysis, algorithm analysis, prototype and modeling. Minority students will be involved at every step of collecting data, designing, and implementing the projects. Involving minority graduate students/faculty will lead to develop a strong research culture within the HBCU community and also increase student access and success in degree programs in the STEM and Data Science fields. Project findings will be integrated with undergraduate and graduate security related courses the investigators teach at their respective institutions. As new technologies are introduced and used by the society, the need for a wider understanding of cybersecurity has become a necessity. In an effort to support this understanding, FINDS is supporting and developing initiatives to engage students in cybersecurity early on in their programs. FINDS is committed to host and develop workshops and training programs for minority students and foster an interest in cybersecurity careers. The student engagement initiatives will ensure that this important field will see the required growth in available skilled workforce. The FINDS follows a participatory action research approach in cooperation with minority students, faculty, industries, and federal agencies. The board of researchers utilize both quantitative and qualitative research approaches in order to train HBCU students to work at Federal agencies and labs. Researchers from NIST and AFRL will participate in these collaborations and provide a platform for internships for advanced training in the area of deepfake. Furthermore, the FINDS researchers at GSU,JSU, FAMU, and FIU will train the participants in areas such as systems security, malware analysis, algorithm analysis, prototype and modeling. Minority students will be involved at every step of collecting data, designing, and implementing the projects. Involving minority graduate students/faculty will lead to develop a strong research culture within the HBCU community and also increase student access and success in degree programs in the STEM and Data Science fields. Project findings will be integrated with undergraduate and graduate security related courses the investigators teach at their respective institutions.WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
National Scale Workforce Development Initiative
Research And Education Integration
Student Engagement
Student Projects
US Army Funded Forensic Investigations Network in Digital Sciences (FINDS) Research Center of Excellence – Summer Workshop 2023
“The Forensic Investigations Network in Digital Sciences (FINDS) Research Center of Excellence” offered a volunteer research program for over 100 selected students from USA, India, Poland, and around the world for over a 7-week period during summer 2023 from June 19th to August 4th, 2023. The experience is a virtual research experience via ZOOM and students learned the following:
- Investigation of research problems
- Digital Forensics Workshop in week 1 and a Research 101 Course.
- Weekly presentations on the progress
- DRAFT Research article
Details of the Projects : https://finds.fiu.edu/project.html
Student Research Assignments
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Kevin Lothridge, Chris Esposito & Matt RuddellTEAM: Jorge Paneque
Divyang Baria
Prince Bhuva
Christopher Buck
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Kevin Lothridge, Chris Esposito & Matt RuddellTEAM: Ashvi Dalal
Manthan Thaker
Megha Vyas
Mokshesh Sanghvi
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Kevin Lothridge, Chris Esposito & Matt RuddellTEAM: Bhumi Patel
Khushbu Patel
Victor Adankai
Heni Champaneria
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Kemal Akkaya, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, kakkaya@fiu.eduTEAM: Antsaniaina Christian Randrianarisoa
Parth Gandhi
Aashar Musthafa
Maradana Sandhya
Gaurav Gogia
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Latesh Kumar KJ (SIT)TEAM: Gor Parthavi
Maulik Patel
Niki Patel
Swapnil Patel
Shruti Patel
Mingming Peng
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Amin Kharraz, FIUTEAM: Maryna Vekslar
Muaaz Kapadiya
Kusum Chaudhary
Mithra Cheeran
Terron Cherry
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Natarajan Meghanathan, Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Jackson State University, Jackson, MississippiTEAM: Mojit Rajai
Rishi Dhamija
Foram Desai
Dharmik Fichadiya
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Natarajan Meghanathan, Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Jackson State University, Jackson, MississippiTEAM: Sundaresan Ramachandran
Meghakumari Rameshbhi-soni
Jeet Rami
Samruddhi Raut
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. S.S. Iyengar & Col Jerry Miller
| TEAM: Z | TEAM: Y |
|---|---|
| Jeetish Bundela | Naman Shah |
| Adrian Bustos | Yashvi Shah |
| Parth Ghughriwala | Gary White |
| Harsh Salot | Rahul Shadija |
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. S.S. Iyengar & Col Jerry MillerTEAM: Laura Penza
GN Chitra
Janei Elliston
Joan Tran
Amani Muller
Domonique Bess
Iris Ordenana
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. S.S. Iyengar & Col Jerry Miller
| Project 11A. Large-Scale Data Visualization (LSDV) 13 | Project 11B. Smartphone Forensics 13 | Project 11C. Social Media Forensics 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM: | TEAM: | TEAM: | TEAM: |
| Dipak Dabhi | Aman Mishra | Haimesh Chaudhari | Pavni Parghi |
| Francis Manna | Trevor Taylor | Parth Jani | Irina Raza |
| Janardan Pari | Manish Dabi | Ramiz Munshi | Jahnvi Sha |
| Gunagya Chordia | Yash Mehta | Kristoff Little | Jay Thakkar |
| Nilesh Panchal | |||
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. N.R. Sunitha, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engg., Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur, Karnataka, India.TEAM: Barad Gopi
Ahmon Ferguson
Parth Gandhi
Dhyeya Gohil
Yashas Hariprasad
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. N.R. Sunitha, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engg., Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur, Karnataka, India.TEAM: Deepak Vadlamudi
Rejayla Williams
Yu Wu
Vikrant Barul
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. N.R. Sunitha, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engg., Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur, Karnataka, India.TEAM: Aastha Amin
Sri Hitha
Nuwagaba Ivan
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Hongmei Chi, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU).TEAM: Nilima Dhoble
Rudra Rajput
Gowda S. Jayanth
Dania Jean-Baptiste
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Hongmei Chi, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU).TEAM: Purva Shah
Jayu Sharma
Pratham Sharma
Juhi Shrivastava
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Hongmei Chi, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU).TEAM: Shruti Chandra Nair
P.R. Jeevan
Chetan Kumar Rajapantual
Sourav Kunal
Mecca Thorton
TEAM: Neel Shukla
Prerna Singh
Morgan Smith
Professor/Mentor/Guide: Dr. Pawel Sniatala, Poznan University of TechnologyTEAM: Konrad Sniatala
Szymon Balinski
Piotr Kontowicz
Jay Makwana
Sanjay TankTEAM: Kuba Grylak
Michal Weissenberg
Nurjha Kureshi
Joel Maddirala
Raj Upadhyay
FuseCPA (Brooks-Iyengar) Algorithm (1996) – 138976 citation(s)
Prof. S S Iyengar is the co-inventor of the FuseCPA (Brooks-Iyengar) Algorithm (1996) – About “Brooks-Iyengar Algorithm Topic” : FuseCPA (Brooks-Iyengar) algorithm is a(n) research topic. Over the lifetime, 5223 publication(s) have been published within this topic receiving 138976 citation(s).The topic is also known as: Brooks Iyengar hybrid algorithm for noise tolerant distributed control which bridges the gap between sensor fusion and Byzantine fault tolerance providing an optimal solution to the fault event disambiguation in sensor networks. It provides a computationally inspired real-time fault-tolerant solution with applications in distributed control and software reliability.
HONORARY DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE TO DR. S. S. IYENGAR – Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poznan, Poland
https://news.fiu.edu/2023/computer-science-professor-elevated-with-honorary-degree-in-poland
Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poznan, Poland, bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Science to Dr. S. S. Iyengar, Distinguished University Professor and Ryder Professor of the Knight Foundation School of Computing & Information Science. To formally make this announcement to FIU’s leadership, a delegation of high-ranking university officials, including Rector Professor Teofil Jesionowski, PUT, and Rector Professor Jerzy Lis, AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST), Cracow, Poland, who was the reviewer of the honoris causa Ph.D., visited FIU on Thursday, January 19, 2023. The formal conferral of the honorary degree took place at Poznan University of Technology in Poland on May 25, 2023.
As a globally engaged university, this prestigious recognition demonstrates Dr. Iyengar’s 5 decades of profound and enduring contributions to scholarship, science, and improved quality of life in society beyond our national borders. It acknowledges Dr. Iyengar’s scientific advancements in the area of high-performance sensor fusion, digital forensics, design and analysis of efficient algorithmic techniques for various applications and continuous collaboration with NSF, DOD agencies, universities across the world including PUT, where Dr. Iyengar served as a Fulbright Specialist in 2019. For details on his contributions, awards, students supervised and fellowships from various societies,
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