Lab Director
Jerry Park (PhD, IEEE Fellow) received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in 2003. Park has taken a leave of absence from Virginia Tech to join Samsung Electronics in January 2021. He is currently an Executive Vice President and the CIO in the Mobile eXperience (MX) Division at Samsung Electronics. Park leads the B2B R&D Group within the Global Mobile B2B Team, where he oversees the development of B2B products, including business-centric smart phones, tablets, and notebook PCs. He also leads the development of Samsung Knox-branded software solutions and services for on premise as well as cloud-based B2B use cases.
Prior to Samsung, he was a Professor and a Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow (endowed fellowship) in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Dr. Park was also the Site Director of an NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (I-UCRC) called Broadband Wireless Access & Applications Center (BWAC). He was also a Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science (by courtesy) at Virginia Tech. Park served as an Executive Committee member of the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) from 2016 to 2018. NSC is a large consortium of industry stakeholders and universities collaborating with multiple US federal government agencies through a $1.25 billion agreement to support the research and development of advanced spectrum access technologies. Park’s research interests include dynamic spectrum sharing, cognitive radio networks, wireless security and privacy, applied cryptography, and IoT technologies. Current or recent research sponsors include the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and several industry sponsors. In 2022, Park received an Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Alumni Award from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, his alma mater. Park is a recipient of a 2017 Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, a 2014 Virginia Tech College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award, a 2008 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, a 2008 Hoeber Excellence in Research Award, and a 1998 AT&T Leadership Award. He is currently serving on the editorial boards of a number of IEEE journals, and is actively involved in the organization of a number of flagship conferences. Park is currently serving as the Steering Committee Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN). He is an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to dynamic spectrum sharing, cognitive radio networks, and security issues.
Park is widely recognized for his pioneering work on enforcement and security issues in cognitive radio networks and dynamic spectrum sharing ecosystems. His current research interests include:
- Network slicing and related cybersecurity issues
- Dynamic spectrum sharing and related security and enforcement issues
- Coexistence of heterogeneous wireless technologies
- Internet-of-Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and networking
- Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications and networking
- Wireless security and privacy
- Applied cryptography
- Application of machine learning to wireless communications/networking
Park has taken a leave of absence from Virginia Tech to join Samsung Electronics in January 2021. He is currently an Executive Vice President in the Mobile eXperience (MX) Division at Samsung Electronics.
Education:
- Ph.D., School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2003
- M.S., Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea, 1997
- B.S., Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea, 1995
PhD Co-Advisers:
Professional Appointments:
- Dec 2021 – present: Executive Vice President and CIO, Samsung Electronics
- Jan 2021 – Dec 2021: Senior Vice President and CIO, Samsung Electronics
- Nov. 2020 – present: Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow (endowed fellowship)
- June 2017 – 2020: Steering Committee Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN)
- Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2018: Executive Committee Member, National Spectrum Consortium
- July 2015 – present: Full Professor, Virginia Tech
- Apr. 2013 – 2020: Site Director, NSF IUCRC (Industry-University Cooperative Research Center): Broadband Wireless Access & Applications Center (BWAC)
- July 2009 – June 2015: Associate Professor (with tenure), Virginia Tech
- Aug. 2003 – June 2009: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
- May 1997 – June 1998: Cellular Systems Engineer, Motorola Korea Inc.
Honors and Awards:
- 2022 Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Alumni Award
(Awarded by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University) - 2020 Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow (endowed fellowship)
- 2017 Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Research Excellence
- 2017 IEEE Fellow (with the citation: “for contributions to dynamic spectrum sharing, cognitive radio networks, and security issues”)
- 2015 Cisco Faculty Research Award
- 2014 Virginia Tech College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award
- 2014 Best Paper Award from the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN)
- 2008 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
- 2008 Hoeber Excellence in Research Award
- 1998 AT&T Leadership Award (graduate school scholarship provided by the AT&T Foundation)
Teaching:
- Spring 2020: ECE/CS 5566: Network Architecture and Protocols II
Current Postdoctoral Research Associates
Dennis Ogbe, Ph.D.
Dennis Ogbe received the B.S. degree (with honors) in electrical engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 2014 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 2020. He is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. During the summer of 2016, he was an intern at Nokia Bell Labs in Arlington Heights, IL. His current research interests are in the areas of signal processing for wireless communications, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, information theory, software-defined radio, and cybersecurity for 5G and beyond-5G networks.
Email: dogbe at vt dot edu
Web: https://ogbe.net
Current PhD Students
Jinshan Liu
Jinshan Liu received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, in 2014. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. In May 2017, he received a simultaneous M.S. degree in Math department at Virginia Tech. His research interests include Wi-Fi technologies, applied cryptography, and security in deep learning.
Contact Information: jinshan at vt dot edu
Alireza Famili
Alireza Famili received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with the specification in communications from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 2016. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA in 2018. Alireza is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering at the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA. His research interests include security issues in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and wireless communications/networking.
Contact information: afamili at vt dot edu
Tolga Atalay
Tolga Atalay received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2016 and MS in Telecommunications from Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, in 2018. He is currently a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests include network slicing for 5G and the corresponding cybersecurity issues within.
Contact information: tolgaoa at vt dot edu
Shihua Sun
Shihua Sun received the bachelor’s degree in optoelectronic science and engineering from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and the master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of California, San Diego, USA in 2018 and 2020, respectively. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA. Her research interests include application of machine learning to wireless communications/networking, next-generation Wi-Fi, and beyond 5G technologies.
Contact information: shihuas at vt dot edu
Sudip Maitra
Sudip Maitra received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2016. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Central Michigan University, Michigan, USA in 2020. Sudip is currently a Ph.D. student in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA. His research interests include V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communications, wireless security and privacy.
Contact information: smaitra at vt dot edu
Alumni
Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Hanif Rahbari, 2017
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Contact: rahbari at mail dot rit dot edu
PhD Level
He Li, 2020
Dissertation title: Privacy and Authentication in Emerging Network Applications
Affiliation: Facebook
Contact information: heli at vt dot edu
Gaurang Naik, 2020
Dissertation title: Coexistence of Vehicular Communication Technologies and Wi-Fi in the 5 and 6 GHz bands
Affiliation: Qualcomm, Inc.
Contact information: gaurang at vt dot edu
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Sudeep Bhattarai, 2018
Dissertation title: Spectrum Efficiency and Security in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Affiliation: Apple Inc.
Contact information: sbhattar at vt dot edu
Vireshwar Kumar, 2016
Dissertation title: Transmitter Authentication in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Affiliation: Assistant professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Contact information: viresh at vt dot edu
Bo Gao, 2014
Dissertation title: Coexistence of Wireless Networks for Shared Spectrum Access
Affiliation: Associate professor, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Contact information: bogao @ bjtu dot edu dot cn
Behnam Bahrak, 2013
Dissertation title: Ex Ante Approaches for Security, Privacy, and Enforcement in Spectrum Sharing
Affiliation: Assistant professor, University of Tehran, Iran
Contact information: bahrak at gmail dot com
Kaigui Bian, 2011
Dissertation title: Medium Access Control in Cognitive Radio Networks
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Peking University, China
Contact information: bkg at pku dot edu dot cn
Ruiliang Chen, 2008
Dissertation title: Enhancing Attack Resilience in Cognitive Radio Networks
Affiliation: Microsoft
Contact information: chenrik at gmail dot com
Animesh Patcha, 2006
Dissertation title: Network Anomaly Detection with Incomplete Audit Data
Affiliation: Big Switch Networks
Contact information: chenrik at gmail dot com
MS Level
Pranav Asokan, 2017
Thesis title: Privacy preserving authentication schemes and applications
Affiliation: Mathworks
Contact information: pranav06 at vt dot edu
Noah Luther, 2017
Thesis title: Implementing direct anonymous attestation on TPM 2.0
Affiliation: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Contact information: nluther at vt dot edu
Pradeep Reddy Vaka, 2017
Thesis title: Security and Performance Issues in Spectrum Sharing between Disparate Wireless Networks
Affiliation: Qualcomm
Contact information: pvaka at vt dot edu
Ahmed Ghumman, 2013
Thesis title: Countermeasures for static channel jamming attacks
Affiliation: Microsoft
Contact information:
Daniel Ali, 2012
Thesis title: Scalable Parameter Management Using Case-based Reasoning for Cognitive Radio Applications
Affiliation: Hexis Cyber Solution, Inc.
Contact information: daniel.ray.ali at gmail dot com
Jatin Thakkar, 2010
Thesis title: Securing Cognitive Radios with a Policy Enforcer and Secure Inter-component Transport Mechanisms
Affiliation: Deutsche Bank
Contact information: jatinst at vt dot edu
Amol Deshpande, 2010
Thesis title: Policy Reasoning for Spectrum Agile Radios
Affiliation: ViaSat Inc.
Contact information: amoldesh at vt dot edu
Swati Kanaujia, 2010
Thesis title: Rogue Access Point Detection through Statistical Analysis
Affiliation: Microsoft
Contact information: swatik at vt dot edu
Arya Afrashteh
Affiliation: Microsoft
Mike Snow, 2006
Thesis title: Data-Link Layer Traceback in Ethernet Networks
Affiliation: Virginia Tech Bioinformatics Institute
Contact information: sno at vt dot edu
Mike Chorzempa, 2006
Thesis title: Key Management for Wireless Sensor Networks in Hostile Environments
Affiliation: Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine
Contact information: mchorzem at vt dot edu
Timothy J. McNevin, 2005
Thesis title: Mitigating Network-Based Denial-of-Service Attacks with Client Puzzles
Affiliation: BAE Systems
Contact information: tmcnevin at vt dot edu
Undergraduate Level
- Bishwamoy Sinha Roy
- Brandon Brisbon
- Alex Welch