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Cliff C. Zou  (Changchun Zou)

Professor
Program Coordinator of Master Degree in Digital Forensics

Program Coordinator of Master Degree in Cyber Security and Privacy

Director, UCF Alliance for Cybersecurity

Member, UCF Cybersecurity and Privacy Cluster

Data Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Central Florida
4328 Scorpius St,
Orlando, FL 32816-2362

Email:  changchun.zou@ucf.edu

Tel:       407-823-5015

Curricula Vitae

Fall 2024 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 12pm-1:30pm (HEC-243, Phone: 407-823-5015, Zoom meeting: https://ucf.zoom.us/j/4074302761   

Research Interests

Education

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Teaching 

Funding

Publications (Google Scholar Citation)
     Book Chapter

     Referred Journal

      Referred conferences and workshops

          Technical reports and other publications

Patent

Professional Service

2024: SciSec , ICCC, ADIoT,
2023: DFRWS, MSN, ICCC, UEMCON
2022: WoWMoM, Blockchain, DFRWSICCC,
2021: WoWMoM, SciSec, ICCC, SocialSec, BSC, Blockchain
2020: ICDCN, WoWMoM, SPTM, SciSec, FutureTech, SocialSec, SecureComm, Blockchain, BSC, IEMCON, HotICN, ICCC, UEMCON
2019: WoWMoM, SocialSec, SciSec, FutureTech, DSIT, IEMCON, Malcon, CloudNet
2018: WoWMoM, Securecomm, SciSec, CloudNet, IEMCON, Inscrypt, Malware
2017: WoWMoM, DCNET, TrustCom, Malware, Securecomm, Inscrypt
2016: ICC, ICC, DCNET, WoWMoM, Securecomm, FutureTech, Malcon, Inscrypt
2015: ICDCN,ICC,WoWMoM,DCNET,TrustCom, MALCON,SecureComm, Inscrypt  
2014: ICDCN,DCNET, WoWMoM, Globecom, SMPE,NSS,DHSS, STA,CIACS, ICCVETrustCom, Inscrypt, WCSP   
2013: NSS,GLOBECOM,WoWMoM,STA, ICC,DCNET,TrustCom,FutureTech, INTERNET, ICCVE,Inscrypt, NCIA          
2012: ICC,WoWMoM,DCNET,NPC,STA,GLOBECOM, INTERNET, Future Tech, Malware,ICCVE   
2011: Malware, SecureComm, Trustcom, CSA,DCNET, WoWMoM, ICCCN, GLOBECOM, STA
2010: STA, ICPADS, Milcom, MMM-ACNS, Trustcom, IWCMC, ICC,NSS
2009: IWCMC, CHINACOM, NSS, PACCF , SecureComm, Malware
2008:
SecureComm, NSS, Malware
2007: GLOBECOM, ICESS,
2006:
WORM

Honors

Current PhD Students

Graduated Students

BS (Honors in the Major with a research thesis): 
      Erich Dondyk (graduated in May 2012), thesis: "Denial of Convenience Attack to Smartphones Using a Fake Wi-Fi Access Point"
      Corey McCall (graduated in December 2010), thesis: "A System that Implements Automatic Medication Management and Passive Remote Monitoring to Enable Independent Living of Healthcare Patients"

MS:  
      Haiou Xiang (graduated in August 2007), thesis: "Bluetooth-based Worm Modeling and Simulation"
PhD
      Baber Aslam (graduated in May 2012), Assistant Professor at National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan. Dissertation: "Networking and Security Solutions for VANET Initial Deployment Stage"
      Ping Wang (graduated in December 2010, working in Symantec Inc., Lake Mary, FL), dissertation: "The Next Generation Botnet Attacks And Defenses"
      Faisal Amjad (graduated in May 2015), Assistant Professor at National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan. Dissertation: "Opportunistic Spectrum Utilization by Cognitive Radio Networks: Challenges and Solutions" 
      Omar Nakhila (graduated in May 2018), dissertation: "MASQUERADING TECHNIQUES IN IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS"
      Afraa Attiah (graduate in May 2018), Assistant Professor at College of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. dissertation: "ENERGY EFFICIENT AND SECURE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS DESIGN"
     Hossein Rezaeighaleh (graduated in December 2020), dissertation: "Improving Security of Crypto Wallets in Blockchain Technologies"
     Lan Luo (graduated May 2022, co-advised with Dr. Xinwen Fu), dissertation: "TOWARDS SECURE AND TRUSTWORTHY IOT SYSTEMS"
     Anne Tall (graduated May 2022), dissertation: "BIG DATA PROCESSING ATTRIBUTE BASED ACCESS CONTROL SECURITY"
     Roy Laurens (graduated May 2023), dissertation: "A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CREDIT/DEBIT CARD TRANSACTION FRAUD DEFENSE FRAMEWORK FOR ONLINE MERCHANTS"
     Bryan Pearson (graduated May 2023, co-advised with Dr. Xinwen Fu), dissertation: "DISCOVERING VULNERABILITIES AND DESIGNING TRUSTWORTHY DEFENSES IN IOT SYSTEMS AND DEVICES"
     Mohammed Alkhowaiter (graduated December 2023) dissertation: "Detecting Manipulated and Adversarial Images: A Comprehensive Study of Real-world Applications"
     MnassAlyamiar (graduated May 2024, co-advised with Dr. Yan Solihin), dissertation: "Internet-of-things Privacy In Wifi Networks: Side-channel Leakage And Mitigations"
     Edward Amoruso (graduated May 2024), dissertation: "Privacy and Security of the Windows Registry"
     Ibrahim Alwhbi (graduated August 2024), dissertation: "Eavesdropping-driven Profiling Attacks On Encrypted Wifi Networks: Unveiling Vulnerabilities In Iot Device Security"