Md Sharif Ullah is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Central Arkansas. Before that, he was a research assistant in the Center for Secure and Intelligent Critical Systems at Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC). He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, under the guidance of Dr. Sachin Shetty. Along with academia, he has collaborative research experience with diverse industry R&D, such as Nokia Bell Labs, Accenture Technology Lab, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He was a winner of EPRI’s first cybersecurity research challenge.

Research Interest

Dr. Ullah has actively pursued research in the fields of cybersecurity and cyber resiliency with an emphasis on cyber threat analysis with integrated machine learning and attack surface management. His research interest includes but not limited to:

• Cyber-Physical System Security (CPS)
• Cyber Threat Analysis
• Adversarial Behavior Analysis
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)