SDSL Members
Principal Investigator
Dr. Yang Xiao is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Kentucky (UK). He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 2022. Before that, he received his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2014 and master's degree from University of Michigan in 2017.
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Ph.D. Students
Yue Li received the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky in 2023 and has been a Computer Science Ph.D. student in the same department and SDSL since Fall 2023. He received his bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. His research interests lie in distributed system security and decentralized systems.
Ifteher Alom joined the Computer Science department and SDSL as a PhD student in Fall 2023. He received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Computer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. His research interests include mobile network security, identity management, and blockchain applications.
Sudip Bhujel
joined the Computer Science department and SDSL as a PhD student in Fall 2024. He received his bachelor's degree from the Institute of Engineering (Thapathali Campus), Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His research interests include decentralized systems security, blockchain applications, and applied cryptography.
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Undergraduate Students
William Rillo is a senior-year student and has been conducting research in Wi-Fi ad hoc network security.
Undergraduate and Master Alumni
Maxwell Meier, MS student, Independent Work, Fall 2024. Topic: VoIP and called ID spoofing.
Athan Johnson, undergrad, Engineering Undergraduate Research Follow, Summer 2023. Topic: Decentralized identifiers, single sign-on.