C2SR Alumni
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Akshay Ram, with a Master's degree in Computer Science from UND and further studies in AI and ML at the University of Texas at Austin, has a solid foundation in Python programming. At the DECS lab, Akshay contributed to drone battery optimization projects, addressing challenges in electromagnetic interference. Akshay's work in aviation technology, particularly in aircraft trajectory prediction, was presented at AeroConf 2024. He was also involved in FAA projects, focusing on GPS interference detection. Currently, Akshay is a Cybersecurity Analyst at C2SR, where he utilizes his skills in machine learning to enhance cybersecurity, particularly for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs).
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Jaya Preethi Mohan is a Computer Scientist II for Power Systems Research at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the Department of Energy. She works for the Electricity Grid Security Department under the Electricity and Environment Division. She started as a Masters Intern at PNNL and worked on the HPC software package maintenance with cloud deployments for a research computing project (Exascale Grid Optimization). Jaya is a Master of Science in Computer Science graduate from the University of North Dakota (UND). She graduated with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering in 2019 from Dr. M.G.R Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, India. Jaya worked at IBM for 2 years as the Cloud Backup & Restore Operations Specialist and Linux Support associate from 2019 to 2021. She also worked as a graduate research assistant in NSF and FAA projects at DECS UND from 2021 to 2023. She is interested in working with Cloud, HPC, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Cyber Security.
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Farishta Rahman is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of North Dakota, she works under the supervision of Dr. Prakash Ranganathan. She is an active member of the Data, Energy, Cyber and Systems (DECS) Lab, and contributes to the Center for Cyber Security Research (C2SR). She completed her BSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Military Institute of Science and Technology in Bangladesh in 2021. Her research focuses on investigating the temporal characteristics of time series data in order to identify and implement appropriate statistical and machine learning techniques for modeling and prediction.