Vivek Shandilya

Vivek Shandilya

Vivek M Shandilya ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Dept of Computer Science

vshandilya@bowiestate.edu

Education

  • PhD Computer Science, University of Memphis, 2015
  • MS Computer Science, University of Memphis, 2011
  • BE (Bachelor of Engineering) Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bangalore University, 2005

Areas of Expertise

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Optimization, Cyber Security, Data Science

Biography

Dr. Vivek Shandilya is assistant professor in the department of computer science and the director of SOPSS Lab (sopss.org) in Bowie State University. He got his bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bangalore University, MS and PhD in Computer Science from University of Memphis. His work involves investigating and establishing the structures in the interaction of intelligent agents with conflicting & mutually unknown motivations in stochastic systems. This problem manifests in optimization & security situations of computational, biological, and socio-economic systems. His current projects are related to the cyber security , data science, recommendation systems and security of cloud and IOT in healthcare applications.

Research Interests

Primary Research Theme: Artificial Intelligence

Primary Research Expertise

  • Interaction of Intelligent Agents in Stochastic Systems

Primary Research Projects

  1. Recommendation System for Crowdsourcing
  2. Game-Theoretic Modeling of Cancer Cells Behavior

Bios of Students

  • Two doctoral students and one master's student working on optimization and security projects.

Secondary Research Interests:

  • Algorithmic and Complexity Problems Related to Network Security

Secondary Research Projects:

  1. Game-Based Security Architecture
  2. Moving Target Defense
  3. Security in Cloud-Based Systems and IoT

Service Interests

  • I am the director of the SOPSS Lab (sopss.org), leading the security and optimization group at Bowie State University.
  • I am reviewer for the top journals and conferences, on the technical program committees of the conferences and chair many sessions.
  • I am a foreign examiner for doctoral dissertation.
  • I have been consistently judge for the National Science Projects Competition for high school students at county and state level in Florida for past 5 years.

Awards & Honors

  • Was supported by Office of Naval Research National Laboratories grant during doctoral studies. (2010)

  • Was part of a team which was awarded NSF S-Stem grant (award number: 1356544) (2021)

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