Dr. Rahman is seeking a smart, self-motivated, hardworking Ph.D. student. The student should be comfortable with programming, algorithms, and logic. Added qualities include scholarly publications, preferably in cybersecurity, IoT/CPS, and/or artificial intelligence.

* An elaborated list of criteria for a potential Ph.D. student is as follows:

  • Smart, self-motivated, and TRULY hardworking
  • Comfortable with programming, algorithms, and logic
  • Good academic ranking in undergraduate/MS
  • Research background to some extent
  • GRE and TOEFL/IELTS scores satisfy the University/Department’s minimum requirements
  • Preferred qualities include:
    • Research background in Cybersecurity, IoT/CPS, or adversarial machine learning
    • Scholarly publications
    • GRE scores: Quantitative > 162, Verbal > 145, and Writing >= 3.5,
    • TOEFL >= 95, IELTS >= 7

 

** The fulfillment of the requirements that make a Ph.D. student ready for graduation, i.e., the successful dissertation defense:

  • Success in defining and solving three related research problems (on the dissertation topic)
  • Two top-tier conference publications, plus success in publishing multiple papers in other reputed conferences
  • One publication in a prestigious journal and multiple under revision/submission
  • Elegant in technical writing
  • The ability to critically reviewing papers