AI for Cybersecurity

AI Faculty Research Area

AI for Cybersecurity focuses on developing and applying AI techniques to address concrete cybersecurity problems, such as malware analysis, intrusion detection, vulnerability discovery, threat intelligence, automated network authentication, phishing detection, web security, and automated incident response. This research area explores how AI models can process and reason over large-scale, heterogeneous security data, such as program binaries, network traffic, logs, and code, to identify malicious behavior, attribute attacks, and predict emerging threats. This area also examines how AI models can be leveraged to automate and manage network access by analyzing signals transmitted by connected devices. Core challenges include handling adversarial manipulation, data scarcity and imbalance, evolving attack patterns, and real-time operational constraints across diverse domains. Ultimately, the object is to build scalable, adaptive, and resilient AI-driven security systems that augment human analysts’ capabilities and strengthen the defense of complex digital infrastructures.

 

Faculty

Rakesh Bobba.

Rakesh Bobba

Associate Professor

Email

rakesh.bobba@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Energy Systems | Cybersecurity | Networking and Computer Systems

Bechir Hamdaoui.

Bechir Hamdaoui

Professor

Email

hamdaoui@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Cybersecurity | Communications and Signal Processing | Networking and Computer Systems

Sanghyun Hong.

Sanghyun Hong

Assistant Professor

Email

sanghyun.hong@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Cybersecurity

Vincent Immler.

Vincent Immler

Assistant Professor

Email

vincent.immler@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Electronic Materials and Devices | Integrated Electronics | Cybersecurity

Zane Ma.

Zane Ma

Assistant Professor

Email

zane.ma@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Cybersecurity | Networking and Computer Systems