Maanak Gupta –
Maanak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His area of research includes security and privacy in cyberspace focused on studying access control, malware analysis, AI and machine learning assisted cyber security, adversarial AI and their applications in technologies including cyber-physical systems, cloud computing, Internet of Things, and Big Data. His research has been funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, the US Department of Defense (DoD), and private industry. He has published over 75 research articles at peer-reviewed conferences and refereed journals and is regularly invited as a keynote and expert speaker globally.