Aqsa Yousaf
PhDResearch Focus: XAI/ML and Secure AI for Healthcare Applications
Students
I mentor graduate and undergraduate students in the Cyber-physical Systems Security Lab on research spanning cyber-physical systems security, autonomous vehicle security, trustworthy AI, AI/ML systems security, embedded systems, IoT security, and healthcare AI.
Current PhD Students
CurrentJoyce Odeh
PhDResearch Focus: Autonomous Vehicle Security
Muhammad Samee Sevas
PhDResearch Focus: Autonomous Vehicle Security
Azaz Mir
PhDResearch Focus: AI/ML Systems Security
Siddhant Shettiwar
PhDResearch Focus: AI/ML Systems Security
Myriam Ladhari
PhDResearch Focus: Autonomous Vehicle Security
Current MS Thesis Students
CurrentFarhan Sadiq
MS ThesisAnnjoy Njoroge
MS ThesisCurrent Undergraduate Students
CurrentMd. Ahanaful Alam
UndergraduateAlumni
Former StudentsPhD Alumni
Paul Agbaje
PhDResearch Focus: AI/ML Systems Security
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Montclaire State University, New Jersey
Website →Afia Anjum
PhD 2026Research Focus: IoT Communication Network Security
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University (TCU)
Website →Arkajyoti Mitra
PhD 2025Research Focus: CPS Security
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Website →Master’s Alumni
Jesse Kiprotich Chumo, M.S. Thesis, Spring 2026
Mohammad Sufyaan Saeed, M.S. Thesis, Fall 2025
Hetvi Samir Joshi, M.S. 2026
Pranali Sanjay Khose, M.S. 2024 — now at Amazon
Utsav Desai, M.S. 2025
Mayank Vekariya, M.S. 2024
Undergraduate Alumni
Abraham Mookhoek, B.S. 2024 — now a Ph.D. student at UTA
Hindar Saifaden
Mujaddad Fazeel, B.S. 2024
Kazi Md Waliul Azim
David Oyekola
Mustafa Daher
Turza Saha
