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Maanak Gupta

Applied And Basic Cyber Security (ABCyS) Access Control Models Cyber Physical Systems Security AI-driven Malware Analysis Cloud Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) Security
Tennessee Technological University Computer Science

About

Maanak Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University where he is director of the Applied and Basic Cyber Security (ABCyS) laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), under the supervision of Prof. Ravi Sandhu in December 2018, and has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Cyber Security, UTSA. He is also an associated faculty with the CEROC: Cybersecurity Education, Research & Outreach Center at Tennessee Tech. His primary area of research includes security and privacy in cyber space. In particular, he is interested in studying scientific foundational aspects of access control and their applications in real world 21st century technologies including cyber physical systems, precision agriculture, smart cars, Internet of Things, cloud computing, and Big Data. He is also interested in AI and machine learning driven security solutions including malware analysis and classification for Cloud IaaS. His scholarly work is regularly published at top peer-reviewed security venues including ACM SIGSAC conferences and refereed journals. He was awarded the 2019 computer science outstanding doctoral dissertation research award from UT San Antonio. His research has been funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, US Department of Defense (DoD) and private industry. He holds an MS in Information Systems from Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

Research Performance Summary

229
Total Papers
5904
Total Citations
38
H-Index
1975-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Effect of a keto-steroid of Commifora mukul L. on hypercholesterolemia & hyperlipidemia induced by neomercazole & cholesterol mixture in chicks

Year: 1975

Citations: 11

Venue: N/A

Latest Recorded Paper

A Survey of Agentic AI and Cybersecurity: Challenges, Opportunities and Use-case Prototypes

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2601.05293

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
4
2025
20
2024
18
2023
22
2022
22
2021
30
2020
19
2019
4
2018
10
2017
7
2016
2

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 67
Journal 47
Book 7

Top Coauthors

Gupta Sandhu Abdelsalam

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 24
Citations 229
Avg. Citations / Paper 9.5
H-Index 6

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 111
Citations 4937
Avg. Citations / Paper 44.5
H-Index 33

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 24
Citations 570
Avg. Citations / Paper 23.8
H-Index 8

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 30
Citations 42
Avg. Citations / Paper 1.4
H-Index 4

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 20
Citations 57
Avg. Citations / Paper 2.9
H-Index 4

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 0
Avg. Citations / Paper 0
H-Index 0

1995-1999

Period Stats
Papers 9
Citations 39
Avg. Citations / Paper 4.3
H-Index 3

1990-1994

Period Stats
Papers 4
Citations 13
Avg. Citations / Paper 3.2
H-Index 1

1985-1989

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 0
Avg. Citations / Paper 0
H-Index 0

1980-1984

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 1
Avg. Citations / Paper 0.5
H-Index 1

1975-1979

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 16
Avg. Citations / Paper 8
H-Index 2

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

mgupta@tntech.edu
9313726287

Detected Research Keywords

Attribute Access Control Cooperative Smart Farming Smart Collaborative Systems Assisted Malware Analysis Dynamic Groups Attribute Groups Attribute Access Secure Cloud Assisted Access Control Model Access Control Smart Adversarial Evasion Attacks