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Attila A. Yavuz

Applied Cryptography Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Intra-Vehicular Network Security

About

Dr. Attila Altay Yavuz is currently an Associate Professor in the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing, the Director of Applied Cryptography Research Laboratory, and the Co-Director of the Center for Cryptographic Research at the University of South Florida (USF). He was an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University (August 2014 - August 2018) and in the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing, USF (August 2018 - June 2021). He was a member of the security and privacy research group at the Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center North America (2011-2014). He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in August 2011. He received his MS degree in Computer Science from Bogazici University (2006) in Istanbul, Turkey. He is broadly interested in the design, analysis, and application of cryptographic tools and protocols to enhance the security of computer networks and systems. Attila Altay Yavuz is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, Cisco Research Award (thrice - 2019,2020,2022), unrestricted research gifts from Robert Bosch (five times), USF Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, USF Excellence in Innovation Award, and USF College of Engineering’s Outstanding Research Achievement Award. His research on privacy-enhancing technologies and intra-vehicular network security is in the process of technology transfer with potential worldwide deployments. He has authored more than 90 products including research articles in top conferences, journals, and patents. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM.

Research Performance Summary

143
Total Papers
2787
Total Citations
31
H-Index
2006-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Sat05-6: Nameps: n-tier satellite multicast security protocol based on signcryption schemes

Year: 2006

Citations: 20

Venue: IEEE Globecom 2006

Latest Recorded Paper

Diamond: Design and Implementation of Breach-Resilient Authenticated Encryption Framework For Internet of Things

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00353

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
4
2025
24
2024
10
2023
13
2022
5
2021
7
2020
14
2019
11
2018
10
2017
10
2016
7

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 53
Journal 21
Book 4

Top Coauthors

Yavuz Behnia Ozmen

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 28
Citations 35
Avg. Citations / Paper 1.2
H-Index 3

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 49
Citations 568
Avg. Citations / Paper 11.6
H-Index 16

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 47
Citations 1529
Avg. Citations / Paper 32.5
H-Index 23

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 10
Citations 454
Avg. Citations / Paper 45.4
H-Index 8

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 9
Citations 201
Avg. Citations / Paper 22.3
H-Index 5

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

attilaayavuz@usf.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Post Quantum Era Post Quantum Authentication Searchable Symmetric Encryption Authentication Internet Things Post Quantum Cryptography Baf Efficient Publicly Efficient Publicly Verifiable Secure Audit Logging Cognitive Radio Networks Dynamic Searchable Symmetric