Md Mojibur Rahman Redoy Akanda

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I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science under the supervision of Prof. Nitesh Saxena at SPIES Lab, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

I began my Ph.D. in Spring 2022, and my broader research interests lie in emerging systems security, while my recent work focuses on the intersection of security and accessibility (accessibility-triggered security) in digital systems. This includes authentication mechanisms for diverse users, identifying security leakages that affect them, and ensuring secure authentication for emerging platforms such as AR/VR devices. I have published several papers in prestigious, top-tier venues, including ACM CCS (3 papers), The Web Conference (WWW), and USENIX Security, along with publications in respected journals and contributions to book chapters. I also have several projects under review at top-tier venues and others in progress, with submissions planned for leading conferences and journals.

[August 13, 2025] Presented our paper at the USENIX Security '25 held in Seattle, Washington, USA.
[July 14, 2025] Received a Travel Grant Award from the USENIX Association to attend USENIX Security '25 in Seattle, USA.
[July 02, 2025] Our paper "Harnessing Vital Sign Vibration Harmonics for Effortless and Inbuilt XR User Authentication" is accepted to ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2025.
[June 27, 2025] Received a Travel Grant Award from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University for attending The Web Conference 2025 (WWW2025).
[June 06, 2025] Our paper "SoK: Inaccessible & Insecure: An Exposition of Authentication Challenges Faced by Blind and Visually Impaired Users in State-of-the-Art Academic Proposals" is accepted to USENIX Security '25.
[April 28 - May 2, 2025] Presented our paper at The Web Conference 2025 (WWW2025) held in Sydney, Australia.
[April 18, 2025] Invited to serve on the program committee of SECURWARE 2025 .
[April 14, 2025] I have completed the "Academy for Future Faculty (AFF) Associate Fellow Program" at Texas A&M University, part of the CIRTL@TAMU initiative.
[January 20, 2025] Our paper "Broken Access: On the Challenges of Screen Reader Assisted Two-Factor and Passwordless Authentication" is accepted to ACM Web Conference (WWW) 2025.
[November 15, 2024] Our paper "SAFARI: Speech-Associated Facial Authentication for AR/VR Settings via Robust Vibration Signatures" is accepted to ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2024.
[March 7, 2024] Received the Graduate Leadership Excellence Award from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
[October 30, 2023] Our paper "FaceReader: Unobtrusively Mining Vital Signs and Vital Sign Embedded Sensitive Info via AR/VR Motion Sensors" is published in ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2023.
[September 10, 2023] Our poster "Unobtrusively Mining Vital Sign and Embedded Sensitive Info via AR/VR Motion Sensors" is presented at MobiHoc 2023.
[July 5, 2023] Our book chapter "IoT and Deep Learning-Based Smart Healthcare with an Integrated Security System to Detect Various Skin Lesions" is published in Artificial Intelligence for Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis in Smart Healthcare, CRC Press (2023).
[March 20, 2022] Our journal paper "Fault Classification with Convolutional Neural Networks for Microgrid Systems" is published in International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems (ITEES 2022).
[December 10, 2021] Our journal paper "Smart-Devices in Human Behavior Manipulation: Process Diagram with Exploratory Assessment" is published in International Journal of Engineering, Science and Information Technology (IJESTY 2021).
[November 15, 2021] Our journal paper "A Noble Security Analysis of Various Distributed Systems" is published in International Journal of Engineering, Science and Information Technology (IJESTY 2021).
[June 20, 2019] Our conference paper "Voice-Controlled Smart Assistant and Real-Time Vehicle Detection for Blind People" is published in Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies: Select Proceedings of ICAECT 2019.