Rate My Professor Denis Ulybyshev

Ulybyshev's research specializations include web, database, operating system, cloud, and blockchain-based systems security; cryptography; cyber-physical systems such as SCADA and programmable logic controllers; distributed systems; machine learning for anomaly detection and recommendation systems; and assistive software for visually impaired people. Notable publications are 'End-to-End Database Software Security' (MDPI Software, 2023, co-authored with M. Rogers, V. Kholodilo, B. Northern), 'VERCASM-CPS: Vulnerability Analysis and Cyber Risk Assessment for Cyber-Physical Systems' (MDPI Information, 2021, co-authored with B. Northern, T. Burks, M. Hatcher, M. Rogers), 'Secure Monitoring and Notification System for Cloud Infrastructures' (IEEE SoutheastCon, 2022, co-authored with R. Ujiie, V. Kholodilo, B. Northern), and his Ph.D. thesis 'Data Protection in Transit and at Rest with Leakage Detection' (Purdue University, 2019). He has received major awards including the CERIAS 2019 Diamond Award for outstanding academic achievement, Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2018), and Purdue Computer Science Corporate Partners Award (2017). As lead or co-principal investigator, he has contributed to grants totaling over $4.7 million from 2019 to 2022, such as the NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service ($4,443,669, 2021-2026), Tennessee Tech Faculty Research Award ($9,995, 2021-2022) for mobile assistive software, and NASA grants for secure sensor networks. Ulybyshev advises two Ph.D., one Master's, and seven undergraduate students, teaches courses like Information Assurance & Cryptography, Application Security, and Software & Systems Security, and serves on committees including the Cyber Security Curriculum Committee and Faculty Senate Academic Council.