📢 Exciting News!
I will be joining the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio University as a Tenure-track Assistant Professor.
I have already recruited a student for Fall 2025 and am currently looking to recruit another Ph.D. student to join my research group starting Fall 2026.
If you are interested, please send your CV and other relevant credentials to:
📧 mahdad@tamu.edu
📧 tanvir.mahdad@gmail.com
đź‘‹ About Me
From Fall 2025, I will be joining the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Ohio University as tenure-track Assistant Professor. I recently completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. My doctoral research was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Nitesh Saxena at the SPIES Lab. Prior to that, I completed my undergraduate studies at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
🔬 Research Interests
My research lies at the intersection of security, privacy, and ubiquitous computing, with a focus on:
- Secure and privacy-preserving authentication systems, including multi-factor and passwordless methods
- Speech privacy and side-channel attacks using smart devices, AR/VR platforms, and wearable devices
đź“„ Publications
I have authored 13 peer-reviewed papers in top-tier venues, including:
- ACM CCS (3 papers)
- IEEE S&P
- ACM MobiCom
- The Web Conference (WWW)
- IEEE ICDCS (2 papers)
- ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
My work has received notable media coverage and recognition in the global security research community. I also have six additional papers currently under review.