Group News
Naureen successfully completed her PhD dissertation and has begun her tenure-track appointment as an assistant professor at College of Computing, Grand Valley State University! (All the best to Naureen! 
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Our paper on locking down relay and spoofing attacks in Wi-Fi connection establishment is accepted to appear in IEEE TDSC journal—see our Publications. (Congrats to Naureen! )
Our first work on C-V2X digital twinning will appear at the first IEEE Workshop on Digital Twins over NextG Wireless Networks (DTwin)—see our Publications. (Congrats to Geoff! 
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Our paper on securing 5G and Wi-Fi coexistence using overshadowing and beamforming is accepted to appear in IEEE TIFS journal. (Congrats to Sid! 
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Our paper on defending against Deep Learning-based modulation classification attacks is accepted for IEEE INFOCOM 2024 conference. (Congrats to Naureen! )
Our paper on supporting transition to post-quantum authentication in connected vehicles through optimizing the V2V spectrum is accepted for NDSS 2024 conference. (Congrats to Geoff!)
Two separate papers, one on breaking modulation obfuscation and the other on securing Wi-Fi connection establishment, accepted to appear in ACM WiSec conference. (Congrats to Naureen!)
Our journal paper on Protecting 5G Sidelink Scheduling in C-V2X is accepted to appear in IEEE TWC. (Congrats to Geoff!)
Dr. Rahbari received NSF CAREER Award ($600K) to investigate Reliable and Quantum-resistant Connected Vehicle Security!
Naureen accepted an internship offer from Modern Hire to join them in Summer 2023 as a Data Science Intern.
Our paper on Wi-Fi security and formal analysis is accepted to appear in IEEE CNS'22 conference. (Congrats to Naureen!)
Two papers on spectrum sharing security (one related to connected vehicle security) accepted to appear in IEEE GLOBECOM'22 conference (congrats to Sid!).
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November 19, 2025
Manifesting quantum: How RIT researchers are navigating the next frontier of physics
RIT researchers are zeroing in on quantum photonics, the creation, control, and detection of light. Photonics has long been a specialty of the university. RIT led the team that developed the first quantum photonic wafer, which is key to the future of mass-produced quantum communication systems.
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May 13, 2025
RIT showcase offers glimpse of early tech innovation cycle
TechTarget speaks to Paloma Hamilton, fifth-year mechanical engineering student; Geoff Twardokus, electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student; and Christopher Collison, director of RIT's AI Hub and Initiatives, about the innovative developments featured at Imagine RIT.
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September 10, 2024
RIT faculty play large role in NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace research
Nine RIT faculty members attended the 2024 Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Principal Investigators’ Meeting Sept. 4-5, in Pittsburgh.
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August 14, 2024
RIT researchers present novel dynamic defense model for thwarting wireless attacks at IEEE INFOCOM
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) recently presented a cutting-edge defense mechanism against advanced wireless attacks at the prestigious IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). The paper, authored by Professor Hanif Rahbari and computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Naureen Hoque, was showcased at the top-ranked networking conference held in Vancouver in May.