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Vir Phoha
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materTexas Tech University
Kurukshetra University
Known forAuthentication protocol
Biometric device
Machine learning
AwardsAAAS Fellow (2018)
NAI Fellow (2020)
Scientific career
InstitutionsSyracuse University
Louisiana Tech University
ThesisSelf-repair and adaptation in collective and parallel computational networks (1992)
Doctoral advisorWilliam J. B. Oldham
WebsiteOfficial Website

Vir Virander Phoha is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science.[1]

Phoha is known for developing practicable foundations of behavioral biometrics for active and continuous authentication. His research focuses on attack-averse authentication, spoof-resistance, anomaly detection, machine learning, optimized attack formulation, and spatial-temporal pattern detection and event recognition. Phoha's work also provides protection for many classified information systems and his inventions have resulted in the widespread commercial use of active authentication biometric methods.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Education

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Phoha earned his MSc in Mathematical statistics at Kurukshetra University in Kurukshetra, India. He came to the United States in 1988 as a graduate student at Texas Tech University,[8] where he worked under William J. B. Oldham. His 1992 PhD thesis was titled "Self-repair and adaptation in collective and parallel computational networks".[9][10]

Career

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Phoha began his career as professor of computer science at the University of Central Texas, now the Texas A&M University–Central Texas and was a faculty at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Later, he was a professor of computer science and the director of the Center for Secure Cyberspace at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.[11][12] In 2015, Phoha was appointed professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University.[13]

Phoha has published 250 papers and six books on security related topics and holds 14 U.S. patents in behavioral authentication.[8]

Phoha serves as an associate editor for Digital Threats: Research and Practice and Transactions on Computational Social Systems journals.[14][15]

Awards

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In 2008, Phoha was selected as a distinguished scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery.[16]

In 2017, Phoha was awarded the IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation in Academia Award for his contributions to authentication using behavioral biometrics.[2][17] He is also a fellow of Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS).[18]

In 2018 He was elected as Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[3][19]

In 2020, Phoha was elected as a National Academy of Inventors fellow.[8]

In 2022, he was named IEEE Fellow.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Vir V. Phoha - College of Engineering & Computer Science". Syracuse University. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wheeler, Matt (August 31, 2017). "Engineering and Computer Science Professors Recognized by IEEE". SU News. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Wheeler, Matt (November 27, 2018). "ECS Professor Vir V. Phoha Named a 2018 AAAS Fellow". SU News. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Wearables May Enhance Smartphone Security". Syracuse Engineer. Jun 9, 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Vir V. Phoha Biography". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. ^ Beckley-Forest, Thomas (27 April 2015). "Team of Syracuse University professors conduct pioneering research in personal cyber-security field". The Daily Orange. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  7. ^ Iyer, Kavvitaa S. (20 April 2015). "Hackers using startling new ways to steal your passwords". TechWorm. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Dyer, Brandon (December 8, 2020). "Professor Vir Phoha Elected as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow". SU News. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  9. ^ Phoha, Vir Virander (August 1990). Self-repair and adaptation in collective and parallel computational networks: a statistical approximation (Thesis). Texas Tech University. hdl:2346/17490. OCLC 23104461. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  10. ^ Li, B.; Wang, W.; Gao, Y.; Phoha, V. V.; Jin, Z. (July 2020). "Wrist in Motion: A Seamless Context-Aware Continuous Authentication Framework Using Your Clickings and Typings". IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science. 2 (3): 307. doi:10.1109/TBIOM.2020.2997004. ISSN 2637-6407. S2CID 219811233. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  11. ^ "2012-13 Annual Report" (PDF). College of Engineering and Science. 2013. p. 6. Retrieved 11 March 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. ^ Sahinoglu, Mehmet (April 29, 2016). Cyber-Risk Informatics: Engineering Evaluation with Data Science. John Wiley & Sons. p. xvii. ISBN 978-1-119-08752-6. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  13. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1527795 - TWC: Small: Collaborative: Spoof-Resistant Smartphone Authentication using Cooperating Wearables". www.nsf.gov. National Science Foundation. August 21, 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  14. ^ "DTRAP Editorial Board". dl.acm.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Transactions on Computational Social Systems - IEEE SMC". www.ieeesmc.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Louisiana Tech professor recognized as 2008 Distinguished Scientist". EurekAlert! AAAS (Press release). 11 November 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  17. ^ "CASE Faculty Members Receive IEEE Awards – Syracuse CASE". case.syr.edu. August 24, 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Fellows and Honorary Members". www.sdpsnet.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  19. ^ Korte, Andrea (27 November 2018). "AAAS Honors Accomplished Scientists as 2018 Elected Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science (Press release). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  20. ^ Stirling, Diane (14 December 2022). "3 Faculty Members Attain Prestigious IEEE Fellow Recognition". Syracuse University News. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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