About Me
I am a 5th year Ph.D. candidate at the University of Florida, under the supervision of Dr. Sara Rampazzi. I work in sensor and cyber-physical systems security. I am part of CPSec Lab and FICS Research.
My primary research is in securing sensors and cyber-physical systems, with particular emphasis on autonomous systems. As part of my research, I uncover and study new vulnerabilities in sensors used in autonomous systems and the downstream signal processing and machine learning pipelines. I build effective countermeasures against these vulnerabilities using physical invariability in sensor characteristics, contextual information, and machine learning techniques. Using my research, I aim to contribute to more robust cyber-physical and autonomous systems, ensuring the safety of the people who use them and increasing their trust in these technologies.
News
[April 2026] I received the Gator Engineering Award in Professional Excellence, the highest distinction for an engineering graduate at the University of Florida. Special thanks to my advisor Dr. Rampazzi for all the support.
[April 2026] Our work revealing vulnerability in stereo cameras was directly accepted to ACM CCS 2026.
[Mar 2026] I successfully defended my PhD dissertation! Huge thanks to my advisor and the program committee!
[Mar 2026] Our work RepliGuard led by Jennifer and Yungwoo is accepted to ACM SecDev 2026.
[Oct 2025] Our work demonstrating laser injection attack on traffic lights is accepted to ACM TCPS
[Sep 2025] Our work uncovering three new vulnerabilities in thermal image perception systems is accepted to NDSS 2026.
[Aug 2025] Our work on Reproducibility in security conferences lead by Ozzy won the best paper award at ACM REP!
[Aug 2025] Our work Sound of Interference is presented at USENIX 25. Congratulations to the team and great job Arifu!
[May 2025] Starting my summer internship at Toyota Infotech Labs, focusing on fine-tuning large language models for safety and trust.
[Apr 2025] Successfully passed my Ph.D. prelims and am now a Ph.D. candidate! Thankful to my advisor, committe, and collaborators for their support.
[Mar 2025] Grateful to be awarded the Gartner Group Graduate Fellowship by UF’s CISE Department.
[Feb 2025] I will be serving as the program committe member for VehicleSec 25 (Co-located with USENIX). Please consider submitting
[Jan 2025] Our work demonstrating a novel elecromagnetic side-channel on digital microphones is accepted to USENIX 2025. Congratulations to the team!!
[Nov 2024] Our paper Invisible Reflections is selected as the Applied Research Competition Finalist at CSAW '24 (Top 7%).