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Robert Akl - Associate Professor

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Dr. Akl has over 25 years of industry and academic experience. His research interests include Ad-hoc Networks, Bluetooth, Call Admission Control, Cellular Communication, Channel Coding, Compression, Computer Architecture, MIMO Systems, Multi-cell Network Optimization, Packet-networks, Telephony, VoIP, Wi-Fi, Wireless Communication, and Wireless Sensors.

Scott Belshaw - Associate Professor

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Dr. Scott Belshaw holds a Ph.D in Juvenile Justice from Prairie View A&M University, a member of the Texas A&M University System. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences and Psychology from the University of Houston. He also holds both a Master of Liberal Arts from Houston Baptist University and a Master of Arts in Criminology from the University of Houston - Clear Lake. Dr. Belshaw’s Ph.D dissertation examined sexually abused females in the juvenile justice system. His dissertation research has been cited and used by numerous advocacy groups and organizations.

Hakiza Bucuti - PhD Student

Hsia-Ching Chang - Associate Professor

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Cynthia Claiborne - PhD Student

Ram Dantu - Professor/CICS Director

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Dr. Ram Dantu is the director of the Center for Information and Cyber Security at UNT. He has 15 years of industrial experience in the networking industry, where he worked for Cisco, Nortel, Alcatel, and Fujitsu and was responsible for advanced technology products from concept to delivery. He is a full professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas (UNT). During 2011, he was a visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the School of Engineering.

Leslie Delval - PhD Student

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Leslie is a Research Assistant focusing on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. She also serves as Lab Manager for the Network Security Lab (NSL) since her undergraduate studies. She earned her B.S. in Computer Engineering at UNT specializing in Artificial Intelligence with a minor in Mathematics.

Mark Dockendorf - PhD Student

Song Fu - Professor

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As parallel and distributed computing systems become more and more large-scale and complex, new foundations are needed for understanding and controlling their integral properties. Dr. Fu’s research is dedicated to the investigation, establishment, and experimental evaluation of new theoretical foundations and system artifacts to significantly improve the system resilience, power & energy, and performance. His research interest is primarily in high-performance computing, distributed and cloud systems, including

Oscar Garcia - Professor in Emeritus

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Dr. Garcia's research interests were basically on physical layer security. He was the founding Dean of the new College of Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, during the period from July 2003 – 2008.

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