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Thomas is a doctoral student studying how traditional natural language pipelines can be transformed and improved through the use of Large Language Models.  He is also exploring how to make video games more accessible to the blind and visually impaired.  While he isn’t programming, he leads visually impaired students at Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center in Austin through teambuilding exercises during their journey back into the workforce.

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Dr. Morozov's area of research interests is cryptography based on coding and correlated randomness, including post-quantum cryptography and secret sharing, with applications to cloud computing.

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Dr. Namuduri has research interests in:

  • UAV Networks and Communications
  • Rate Distortion Analysis
  • Consensus Buidling in Distributed Systems
  • Video Surveillance
  • Secrecy Capacity
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Brooke Nodeland is a Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas.  Prior to joining the faculty at UNT, she was a faculty University of Phoenix and an associate faculty member at Collin County College.  She received her B.S. and M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of North Texas and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas.  She teaches Computer Crime, Senior Seminar, Crime and Justice in the United States, and Community Corrections both in the traditional and online classroom.

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Dr. O'Connor has research interests in information forensics, security informatics, representing, and using photographs, 

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Apurba is a graduate student in the Network Security Lab at UNT. His research areas include blockchains and formal verification. He also labels himself as a part-time athlete and loves and participates in all forms of exercise.

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Dr. Victor R. Prybutok is the Vice Provost of the Toulouse Graduate School at the University of North Texas and a Regents Professor of Decision Sciences in the Information Technology and Decision Sciences Department in the College of Business.  Prior to becoming the Vice Provost he served from fall 2014 to summer 2016 as the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research in the College of Business at the University of North Texas.

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Vinh Quach is a doctoral student and a research assistant in the Network Security Lab at the University of North Texas (UNT). His primary research areas include Zero Trust, Zero Knowledge Proof, and Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT). He obtained his Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and has over 10 years of experience in the biotechnology field.

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Ishan Ranasinghe is a doctoral student and a research assistant in the Network Security Lab (NSL) at the University of North Texas (UNT). The key areas of his research are Human-Machine Collaboration, Remote Collaboration, and the Future Workforce. Ishan is studying how humans can intervene to make the autonomous system more efficient and reliable. He obtained his Master's degree in Computer Science from St. Cloud State University. He has over seven years of experience in the academic and research field.

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