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Cyber Fellows

Meet Cyber Fellows

Facing today’s cybersecurity challenges with big ideas and bold solutions

Cyber Fellows are moving science forward now and you can be a part of it. This unique initiative enables Ph.D. students to pursue research with high commercialization potential involving cybersecurity, data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, human/social behavior, and more, before transforming that research into cutting-edge startups.

Initiative Leadership

  • Rose Gamble, D.Sc.
  • Tyler Moore, Ph.D.
  • Randy Roberts

    • Rose Gamble, D.Sc.

      As vice president for research and economic development, Rose Gamble leads the activities surrounding the growth of the university research enterprise. This role oversees the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, which manages proposal preparation and guidance, contracting with federal, state, corporate, and philanthropic partners and project award funding; the Technology Transfer Office, which manages the university intellectual property committee, invention disclosure, patent application and commercial licensing; and Research Compliance, which manages human and animal studies.

    • Tyler Moore, Ph.D.

      Tyler Moore is the Tandy Professor of Cyber Security and Information Assurance in the Tandy School of Computer Science at the University of Tulsa (TU). His research focuses on security economics, cybercrime measurement, and cybersecurity policy. He is a founding editor in chief of the Journal of Cybersecurity, a new interdisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press. He was a 2016-17 New America Cybersecurity Fellow.

    • Randy Roberts

      Randy Roberts is the Cyber Innovation strategy manager responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Cyber Fellows initiative. Randy has more than 30 years of experience in IT leading teams in systems development, engineering, and operations, and has been focused on cyber security since 2004. Randy is the founder of Cyber Oklahoma Foundation and a board member of InfraGard Oklahoma Members Alliance. Randy has a B.S. in computer science from the University of Central Oklahoma.

    • Bob Blakley
    • Conor Godfrey
    • Abisoye Ajayi

      • Bob Blakley

        Bob was previously the global director of information security innovation at Citi. He recently served as a member of the National Academy of Science’s Committee on Technical Assessment of the Feasibility and Implications of Quantum Computing. He has also served as plenary chair of the NSTIC Identity Ecosystem Steering Group and as research and development co-chair of FSSCC – the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security. He is currently a member of the Forum on Cyber Resilience – a National Academies Roundtable.

      • Conor Godfrey

        Conor is a lifelong public servant at home and abroad with over a decade of experience building diverse coalitions to achieve national security goals. At TIL, he oversees a large portfolio of technology and workforce development initiatives designed to create a world-class cybersecurity and analytics ecosystem in the Tulsa region.  In this role, he draws on a wealth of national security experience at the federal level spanning defense, diplomacy, and development, as well as years of promoting U.S. trade and investment abroad.  Conor received a Master of Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He is a returned peace Corps Volunteer from the Republic of Guinea, a member of the Truman National Security Project, and an adopted Tulsan. He and his wife and son relocated to Tulsa during the summer of 2021.

      • Abisoye Ajayi

        Abisoye Ajayi has an impressive record of leveraging technology for social impact. She founded Pearls Africa, an organization that advocates for women's inclusion in computer science. Her impactful work has earned her numerous accolades, including the 2018 CNN Heroes Award and a place on BBC’s list of the 100 most influential women. Abisoye's career highlights include serving on the economic development council in Ekiti State, Nigeria, and as a board member at the YWCA in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Lagos, a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, and an MBA with a focus on Cybersecurity from Ottawa University. Currently, Abisoye is managing the Cyber Portfolio at Tulsa Innovation Labs, where she is poised to significantly influence the Tulsa region's Cyber ecosystem with her strategic and educational initiatives.

      Faculty

      Current Fellows

      Computer Science Fellows

      Jacob Brue
      Project: Building Personalized Explanations using Explainable AI (XAI) Systems

      Ryan Brue
      Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

      Morgan Dunn
      Project: VR Training Simulation Framework

      Timmy Flavin
      Project: Persuasive Guardian Agents (PGAs)Persuasive Guardian Agents (PGAs)

      Seth Hastings
      Project: Log Data Analysis for User Actions, Outcomes, and Characteristics

      Alex Howe
      Project: AI and ML for Anomaly-Based IDS for Industrial Control Systems

      Hamideh Khaleghpour
      Project: Machine Learning Prediction of Transactions, Properties and Anomalies on Cryptocurrency Networks

      Elizabeth Kresock
      Project: Feature Selection Methods for a fMRI Study of Major Depressive Disorder

      Jamie Li
      Project: Machine Learning Prediction of Transactions, Properties and Anomalies on Cryptocurrency Networks

      Eric Peterson
      Project: Human-AI Coordination in Video Games and Simulations

      Jacob Regan
      Project: Interpretable AI via Deep Generative Modeling for FDI Attacks Detection and Recovery

      Mohsen Saffari
      Project: AC Optimal Power Flow Optimization of Large Scale Power Distribution Networks

      Noah L. Schrick
      Project: Attack and Compliance Graph Generation and Analysis

      Joe Shymanski
      Project: Building Personalized Explanations using Explainable AI (XAI) Systems

      Mukesh Yadav
      Project: Leveraging Attack Graph State Estimation for Cyber Defense

      Mechanical Engineering Fellows

      Cameron Alred
      Project: Study of dynamics and control of discrete muscle-like actuators

      Ruben Kabantiyok
      Project: Trusted AI Through Personalized Explanations: Perx & Explore

      Nathan Rendon
      Project: Trusted AI Through Personalized Explanations: Perx & Explore

      Cyber Studies Fellows

      Rohan Aby
      Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

      Julian Atuguba
      Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

      Corey Bolger
      Project: Defining and measuring information security awareness

      Dallas Elleman
      Project: Attack graph formalism and analysis methods for cyberphysical systems

      Emil Eminov
      Project: Anti-Money Laundering in the Sharing Economy

      Ethan Flowerday
      Project: Project needs to be defined

      Wellington Gwavava
      Project: Anti-Money Laundering in the Sharing Economy

      James Higgs
      Project: Anti-Money Laundering in the Sharing Economy

      Daniel King
      Project: Automating the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) Method Using Graph Based Tools

      Adriaan Lombard
      Project: CHILL

      Jake Mead
      Project: Applying organizational psychology to security culture in organizations

      Samantha Phillips
      Project: Applying organizational psychology to security culture in organizations

      Logan Quirk
      Project: Self-Adaptive System Architecture for Critical Industrial Control Systems

      S M Zia Ur Rashid
      Project: Anti-Money Laundering in the Sharing Economy

      Philip Shumway
      Project: Naturalistic Observations of Login Attempts

      Jim Sill
      Project: Data Sovereignty & Data Privacy: Abuse & Misuse with Artificial Intelligence

      Jack Tilbury
      Project: The Impact of Security Alert Overload

      Connor Tucker
      Project: Integrating Process Safety and Network Security Requirements in Cyber Physical Systems

      Gerard Vera
      Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

      Events

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      TU Cyber Fellows Information for Prospective Students

      4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

      Tandy School of Computer Science Meet & Greet

      11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

      TU Cyber Security Luncheons

      11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

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