Team

Leadership Team

Dr. Christos Papadopoulos
Professor and Sparks Family Chair of Excellence in Global Research Leadership
University of Memphis

Dr. Jeremy Daily
Associate Professor of Systems Engineering
Colorado State University

Mr. David Balenson
Associate Director, Networking and Cybersecurity
Senior Supervising Computer Scientist
USC Information Sciences Institute

Mr. Stephen Christensen
Connected Vehicle Specialist
Geotab, Inc.

Key Personnel

Spiros Thanasoulas
Research Associate, Network Security Research Group
University of Memphis

Ted Guild
Connectivity Standards Lead
Geotab Inc.

Students

Bhargav Acharyna
Research Assistant, PhD Student, Network Security Research Group
University of Memphis

Bidhya Shrestha
Research Assistant, PhD Student, Network Security Research Group
University of Memphis

Rik Chatterjee
Research Assistant, PhD Student, Systems Cyber Lab Colorado State University

Chandrima (Dimpy) Ghatak
Research Assistant, PhD Student, Systems Cyber Lab Colorado State University

Advisory Board

Dr. Andre Weimerskirch
Vice President for Platform Software, Cybersecurity and Functional Safety
Lear Corporation

Dr. Anita Nikolich
Director of Research and Technology Innovation and Research Scientist
School of Information Sciences (iSchool)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Gedare Bloom
Associate Professor; and Director, Embedded Systems Security Lab
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Dr. HuyKang (Hugo) Kim
Professor, School of Cybersecurity; and Director, Hacking and Countermeasure Laboratory
Korea University

Mr. Mike Branch
Vice President of Data & Analytics
Geotab, Inc.

Mr. Mike Westra
In-Vehicle Cyber Security, Technical Manager
Ford Motor Company

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