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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.

    Current Fellows

    Computer Science Fellows

    Setareh Akbari
    Project: Machine Learning Prediction of Transactions, Properties and Anomalies on Cryptocurrency Networks

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

    Morgan Dunn
    Project: VR Training Simulation Framework

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

    Hamideh Khaleghpour
    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

    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

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

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

    Cyber Studies Fellows

    Julian Atuguba
    Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

    Corey Bolger
    Project: Defining and measuring information security awareness

    Amorita Christian
    Project: Cybersecurity of operational technology in water systems

    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

    Dmytro Kashchuk
    Project: Applying organizational psychology to security culture in organizations

    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

    Philip Shumway
    Project: Naturalistic Observations of Login Attempts

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

    Gerard Vera
    Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

    Cyber Fellows Alumni

    Rohan Aby
    Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

    Ryan Brue
    Project: Detecting Natural Gas Emissions to the Atmosphere

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

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

    James Higgs, Ph.D.
    Project: Anti-Money Laundering in the Sharing Economy

    Alex Howe, Ph.D.
    Project: AI and ML for Anomaly-Based IDS for Industrial Control Systems

    Elizabeth Kresock, Ph.D.
    Project: Feature Selection Methods for a fMRI Study of Major Depressive Disorder

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

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

    Mohsen Saffari, Ph.D.
    Project: AC Optimal Power Flow Optimization of Large Scale Power Distribution Networks

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

    Jack Tilbury, Ph.D.
    Project: The Impact of Security Alert Overload

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