CEHC Adds Three New Professors to its Faculty Ranks
ALBANY, NY – February 1, 2022 – The College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany has appointed three new assistant professor positions in the informatics and cybersecurity disciplines.
“Our College has a unique culture and thrives because of the people in it,” said Robert P. Griffin, founding dean, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC). “The three new assistant professors will also thrive at ETEC, an exceptional environment for our students and faculty to promote innovation, foster social and academic growth, and support networking and the sharing of ideas and resources.”
These new faculty members will join the College this summer and begin teaching in the Fall 2022 semester.
M. Abdullah Canbaz joins the Information Sciences and Technology Department from the School of Sciences at Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana. Abdullah's research is at the intersection of security and privacy in networking, network science, and applied data science. He is the founder of Clever AI Technologies, a LegalTech startup that focuses on engineering human rights practices to tailor and expand tech solutions for human rights practice.
Abdullah holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey; and MS in Computer Science and Information Technologies from International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; and MS in Computer and Information Science from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; and a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno.
Kimberly Cornell joins the Information Sciences and Technology Department from the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York. Her research focuses on cryptographic protocol analysis and related areas, including indistinguishability. As an associate professor in Computer Science, she has instructed at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Information Systems and Cybersecurity.
Kimberly holds a BS in Computer Science from SUNY Plattsburgh; and an MS and a PhD in Computer Science from the University at Albany.
Omer Keskin will join the Cybersecurity Department after serving as a research graduate assistant to CEHC’s Assistant Professor, Unal Tatar, since 2019. His research encompasses cybersecurity, data analytics, and networking and assessing cyber risk for organizations, supply chains and critical infrastructures. Omer was formerly a teaching assistant at Old Dominion University.
He holds a BS in Systems Engineering from Turkish Military Academy; and MS in Engineering Management and a PhD in Systems Engineering, both from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia; and he will receive an MS in Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity from UAlbany in May 2022.
