Media Contacts

If you are with the media, and wish to inquire information about CIERTA and its faculty, please feel free to contact our media representatives.

Dr. Kemal Akkaya

Phone: (305) 348-3017

Email: kakkaya@fiu.edu

Office: EC 3915

Dr. Selcuk Uluagac

Phone: (305) 348-3710

Email: suluagac@fiu.edu

Office: EC 3141

Areas of Expertise for CIERTA Faculty

If you would like to interview our faculty or seek expert opinion for media articles, please refer to the following table of cybersecurity areas and the corresponding faculty names:

Area of Expertise	Faculty
Power Grid Security	Ashiqur Rahman, Kemal Akkaya, Hadi Amini, S. S. Iyengar
Automated Vehicle Security	Hadi Amini, Kemal Akkaya, Ashiqur Rahman, S. S. Iyengar, Selcuk Uluagac
Drone Security	Kemal Akkaya, Selcuk Uluagac, Hadi Amini, Xuyu Wang, Ashiqur Rahman, Tauhidur Rahman, S. S. Iyengar
Smart Cities	Kemal Akkaya, Xuyu Wang, Hadi Amini, Jason Liu, Ashiqur Rahman, Sukumar Ganapati, S. S. Iyengar, Selcuk Uluagac
Ransomware	Amin Kharraz, S. S. Iyengar, Selcuk Uluagac
Usable Security/Privacy, User Privacy	Kemal Akkaya, Selcuk Uluagac, Christian Poellabauer, Yanzhao Wu, Fahrad Shirani, Amin Kharraz
AI/ML Security	Kemal Akkaya, Xuyu Wang, Hadi Amini, Jason Liu, Mark Finlayson, Yanzhao Wu, Fahrad Shirani, Ashiqur Rahman, S. S. Iyengar, Selcuk Uluagac
AI Regularization / Ethics / Security	Xuyu Wang, S. S. Iyengar, Donavon A. Johnson
Deepfakes	S. S. Iyengar
Credit Card Fraud	Kemal Akkaya, S. S. Iyengar, Selcuk Uluagac, Bogdan Carbunar
Online Dis/Misinformation	Mark Finlayson, Sukumar Ganapati, Bogdan Carbunar, Donavon A. Johnson
Social Engineering	Amin Kharraz, S. S. Iyengar, Donavon A. Johnson, Selcuk Uluagac
Fintech/Cryptocurrencies	Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Hannibal Travis, Donavon A. Johnson, Kemal Akkaya
Blockchain	Kemal Akkaya, Ashiqur Rahman
Security Policies	Sukumar Ganapati, Kemal Akkaya, Selcuk Uluagac, Donavon A. Johnson, S. S. Iyengar
Voting Security	S. S. Iyengar
Medical Data Security/Privacy	Xuyu Wang, Fahrad Shirani, Ashiqur Rahman, Amin Kharraz, Selcuk Uluagac
Digital Forensics	Kemal Akkaya, Fahrad Shirani, Raju Rangaswami, Amin Kharraz, S. S. Iyengar, Selcuk Uluagac
Online Fraud and Crime	Amin Kharraz, S. S. Iyengar, Donavon A. Johnson, Bogdan Carbunar, Selcuk Uluagac
Hospital Security	Ashiqur Rahman
Network Security	Julio Ibarra
Wireless Security	Kemal Akkaya, Selcuk Uluagac