Irfan Ahmed
About
I am an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). I am also a VCU NIRA Scholar, a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a Faculty Fellow of VCU Cybersecurity Center. Before VCU, I was a Canizaro-Livingston Endowed Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity at the University of New Orleans (UNO), New Orleans, LA. I run the Security and Forensics Engineering (SAFE) Research Lab at VCU. My research interests are broadly in cybersecurity, currently focusing on digital forensics, malware, and cyber physical system security, including industrial control system, and additive manufacturing. I am a recipient of the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, an Outstanding Research Award from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), the UNO's Early Career Research Prize, the Dean's Faculty Fellow Award at the VCU College of Engineering, USCYBERCOM Commander Award, and USCYBERCOM Guardian Award. My research work has been supported in part by the NSF, NSA, DHS, DOE, ONR, ARO, ORAU, USCYBERCOM and VA CCI, and has received four Best Paper Awards at DFRWS'25, DFRWS'22, ISC'13 and ICRC'11, three Best Student Paper Awards at DFRWS'23, DFRWS'22 and DFRWS'20, and three Outstanding/Best Poster Awards at CODASPY'16, ACSAC'23, DFRWS'24.
Research Performance Summary
First Recorded Paper
Binding Update Authentication Scheme for Mobile IPv6
Year: 2007
Citations: 5
Venue: 3rd International Symposium on Information Assurance and Security (IAS)
Latest Recorded Paper
PBL4DF: Problem-Based Learning for Digital Forensics in Community Colleges
Year: 2025
Citations: 0
Venue: 13th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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