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cyber security, applied cryptography, network security
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Biography

Dr. Attila Altay Yavuz is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the Director of the Applied Cryptography Research Laboratory, and the Co-Director of the Center for Cryptographic Research at the University of South Florida (USF). He was an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at Oregon State University (August 2014 - August 2018) and in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, USF (August 2018 - June 2021). He was a member of the security and privacy research group at the Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center North America (2011-2014). He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in August 2011. He received his MS degree in Computer Science from Bogazici University (2006) in Istanbul, Turkey. He is broadly interested in the design, analysis, and application of cryptographic tools and protocols to enhance the security of computer networks and systems. Attila Altay Yavuz is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, Cisco Research Award (thrice - 2019,2020,2022), unrestricted research gifts from Robert Bosch (five times), USF Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, USF Excellence in Innovation Award, and USF College of Engineering’s Outstanding Research Achievement Award. His research on privacy-enhancing technologies and intra-vehicular network security has achieved worldwide deployments. He has authored more than 95 products including research articles in top conferences, journals, and patents. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM.

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Employment (5)

University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2018-09-01 to present | Associate Professor (The Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
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University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2018-08-01 to 2021-06-01 | Assistant Professor (The Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
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Oregon State University: Corvallis, US

2014-09-01 to 2018-07-31 | Assistant Professor (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science )
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Robert Bosch (Germany): Pittsburgh , US

2011-12-01 to 2014-08-01 | Research Scientist (Research Laboratory )
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Boğaziçi University: Istanbul, TR

2004 to 2006 | Researcher (Computer Science )
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Education and qualifications (3)

North Carolina State University: Raleigh, US

2007-01-01 to 2011-08-31 | Ph.D. (Computer Science )
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Bogazici University : Istanbul, TR

2004-09-01 to 2006-09-01 | MS (Computer Science )
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Yildiz Technical University : Istanbul, TR

1999-09-01 to 2004-06-01 | BS (Computer Engineering )
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Professional activities (15)

University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

Graduate Services Committee (The Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
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IEEE Foundation: Piscataway, New Jersey, US

Associate Editor (IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing)
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IEEE Foundation: Piscataway, New Jersey, US

2020 to present | Senior Member
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University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2018-09-01 to present | Ph.D. Thesis Committee (The Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
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University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2018-09-01 to present | Recruitment Committee (The Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
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Association for Computing Machinery: New York, US

2011 to 2032 | Member
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University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2022 | Excellence in Innovation Award (USF)
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Cisco Systems (United States): San Jose, California, US

2022 | Cisco Research Award
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IEEE Foundation: Piscataway, New Jersey, US

2020 to 2021 | • IEEE Senior Membership Elevation Committee
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University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2020 | Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award (USF)
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University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2020 | College of Engineering’s Outstanding Research Achievement Award (College of Engineering)
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Cisco Systems (United States): San Jose, California, US

2020 | Cisco Research Award
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Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Institute: San Jose, California, US

2020 | Distinguished Research Award
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Cisco Systems (United States): San Jose, California, US

2019 | Cisco Research Award
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National Science Foundation: Alexandria, US

2017-03-31 | CAREER Award
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Funding (11)

Trustworthy Digital Forensics for Heterogeneous Internet of Things

2022-01 to present | Award
Cisco Systems (United States) (San Jose, California, US)
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Trustworthy and Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning Platforms

2020-09 to present | Award
Cisco Systems (United States) (San Jose, California, US)
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Low-cost, Scalable and Practical Post-Quantum Key Distribution

2020-06 to 2022-05 | Contract
United States Department of Energy (Washington, US)
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The Center for Cryptographic Research (Internal Grant)

2020-01 to 2021-01 | Grant
University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida, US)
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Distributed Oblivious Random Access Machine

2019-12 to present | Award
Robert Bosch (United States) (Farmington Hills, Pittsburgh , US)
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Cloud Security Technologies and Oblivious Random Access Machine

2018-12 to present | Award
Robert Bosch (United States) (Farmington Hills, Pittsburgh , US)
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NSF Travel Grant

2018-01 to 2018-02 | Grant
National Science Foundation (Alexandria, US)
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OSU EECS RIU Initative

2017-04 to 2017-12 | Grant
Oregon State University (Corvallis, US)
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NSF CAREER: Lightweight and Fast Authentication for Internet of Things

2017-03 to 2023-07 | Award
National Science Foundation (Alexandria, US)
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Lightweight, Delay-Aware and Scalable Cryptographic Services for Smart-Grids

2015-09 to 2018-07 | Grant
United States Department of Energy (Washington, US)
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Towards Practical Privacy Enhancing Technologies

2014-09 to 2018-09 | Award
Robert Bosch (United States) (Farmington Hills, Pittsburgh , US)
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