C2SR Faculty and Research Staff
Center Director
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Specialty:
Big Data, Cyber Security, Smart Grids
- prakash.ranganathan@UND.edu
- 701.777.4431
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Upson II Room 366G
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Core Team
Cybersecurity Research Eng I
- jamison.j.jangula@UND.edu
- 701.777.3368
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Collaborative Energy Complex
2844 CampusRoad Stop 8153
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8153
Senior Grant Proposal Spec
- elizabeth.o.west@UND.edu
- 701.777.6712
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Upson II Room 160N
243 Centennial Drive Stop 8153
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8153
Research Associates

Dr. Utku Köse
Specialties: Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical, Intelligent Optimization, Computer Education
- utku.kose@UND.edu
- Upson II, Room 212
243 Centennial Dr Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165

Dr. Neena Goveas
Specialties: Machine Learning on Embedded Devices, Cybersecurity, Wireless Sensor Networks
- neena.goveas@UND.edu
- Upson II, Room 212
243 Centennial Dr Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Affiliated Faculty
Professor and Director of the AIR Center
- naima.kaabouch@UND.edu
- 701.777.4460
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Upson II Room 366D
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Professor
- h.salehfar@UND.edu
- 701.777.4432
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Upson II Room 366J
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
- hassan.reza@UND.edu
- 701.777.4127
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Upson II Room 366E
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Assoc. Professor
- jun.liu@UND.edu
- 701.777.4982
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Upson II Room 366H
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
- emanuel.grant@UND.edu
- 701.777.4133
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Upson II Room 366M
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Associate Professor
- jeremiah.bartz@UND.edu
- 701.777.4600
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Witmer Hall Room 317
101 Cornell Street Stop 8376
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8376
Assistant Professor
- sicong.shao@UND.edu
- 701.777.4955
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Upson II Room 206
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202
- jielun.zhang@UND.edu
- 701.777.4986
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Tech Accelerator Room 2053
4201 James Ray Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Assistant Professor
- ahmed.abdelhadi@UND.edu
- 701.777.4013
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Upson II Room 366N
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Part-time Instructional
- william.souza@UND.edu
- 701.777.6489
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Upson II Room 160
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Assistant Professor
- diego.fregolent@UND.edu
- 701.777.4977
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Leonard Hall Room 12
81 Cornell St Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Advnd CyberInfrastructure Mgr
- aaron.bergstrom@UND.edu
- 701.777.2075
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Chester Fritz Library Room 320A
3051 University Ave Stop 8399
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8399
ACIREF Sr
- david.apostal@UND.edu
- 701.777.6407
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Computational Rsch Ctr-Chester Fritz Library Room 320B
3051 University Ave Stop 8399
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8399
External Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Massimiliano Albanese
Associate Professor & Associate Chair for Research, Dept. of Information Sciences
and Technology Associate Director, Center for Secure Information Systems
- Dr. Massimiliano Albanese is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. He serves as the Associate Director of the Center for Secure Information Systems (CSIS), and as the Associate Chair for Research of the Department of Information Sciences and Technology. Dr. Albanese received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2005 from the University of Naples Federico II, and joined George Mason University in 2011 after serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests are in the area of Information and Network Security, with particular emphasis on Modeling and Detection of Cyber Attacks, Cyber Situational Awareness, Network Hardening, Moving Target Defense, Configuration Security, and Vulnerability Metrics. Dr. Albanese has participated in sponsored projects totaling $12.9M, with a personal share of $3.5M. He holds a U.S. Patent and has co-authored a book and over 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Albanese is one of the three recipients of the 2014 Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award, one of the most prestigious honors at Mason. He has served on the technical program committee of numerous conferences, and he is a member of the Editorial Board of IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Springer International Journal of Information Security, and Elsevier Computer & Security.
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Research Hall, Suite 417
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030, USA