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Here is a copy of my latest CV.

General Information

Full Name Md Tanvir Arafin
Position Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Cyber Security Engineering, George Mason University
Email marafin@gmu.edu
Phone +1 (703) 993 1741
Office 322 Research Hall, 10401 York River Road, Fairfax, VA 22030

Education

  • 2018
    Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
    University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Thesis: Hardware-Based Authentication for the Internet-of-Things
    • Advisor: Gang Qu
  • 2016
    M.Sc., Electrical Engineering
    University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  • 2011
    B.Sc., Electrical & Electronic Engineering
    Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Academic Positions

  • 2022 – present
    Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
    George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
    • Department of Cyber Security Engineering
    • Affiliate Faculty, Center of Excellence in C5I (Jan. 2023 – present)
  • 2019 – 2022
    Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
    Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Assistant Director, Cybersecurity Assurance and Policy (CAP) Center (Aug. 2019 – May 2022)
  • 2011 – 2012
    Lecturer
    Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Industrial, Consulting, and Summer Positions

  • 2018 – 2019
    Software Engineer
    Bloomberg, New York, NY
  • 2016 – 2017
    Vulnerability Research Intern
    Cyber Innovation Group, Philips, Andover, MA
  • 2016
    Research Intern
    Security & Privacy Group, Bosch, Pittsburgh, PA

Honors, Awards, & Professional Recognitions

  • 2026
    • Departmental Nominee for the Beck Family Medal for Excellence in Research & Scholarship, George Mason University
  • 2025
    • Best Poster/Demo Award, ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec)
  • 2024
    • Best Hardware Demo Award, 2nd Place, IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
    • Departmental Nominee for the Dean's Award for Excellence in Service, George Mason University
    • Thank-a-Teacher Recognition, Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, George Mason University
  • 2023
    • Thank-a-Teacher Recognition, Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, George Mason University
  • 2022
    • Featured Paper of the Month, IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • 2018
    • Best Paper Award, IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST)
  • 2017
    • Best Paper Nominee, ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)
  • 2015
    • Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland, College Park
  • 2012
    • Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

Student Honors and Awards under My Supervision

  • 2026
    • DAC Young Fellow — Yanze Wu, Ph.D. Student, 63rd Design Automation Conference (DAC), George Mason University
  • 2025
    • Third Place, Student Research Competition — Yanze Wu, Ph.D. Student, PACT 2025, George Mason University
    • Best Paper Award — 8th Annual Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition (Justin Rockwell, Max Bedewi, Mack Bartsch, Bisesh Acharya, Craig Kimbal), George Mason University
  • 2024
    • Daniel R. Bannister PhD Retention Fellowship — Yanze Wu, Ph.D. Student, College of Engineering & Computing, George Mason University
    • First Place, National Transportation Cybersecurity Competition — Finn Schaefer, George Mason University
    • Second Place, National Transportation Cybersecurity Competition — Noor Mohammed, Sonia Shaukat, Caleb Hughston, Kayleigh Batchos, George Mason University
    • Third Place, National Transportation Cybersecurity Competition — Navraj Singh Gill, George Mason University
    • Best Paper Award — 7th Annual Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition (Blake Todorowski, Harris Laing, Michael Fox, Rohit Eagala), George Mason University

Invited Talks, Workshops, & Presentations

  • Hardware for Secure Autonomy, C5I Center Research Review, George Mason University, 2026
  • Blueprint for the T-1000: The Next Generation of Foundation Models at the Edge, Virginia Technology Summit, Micron, 2026
  • Hardware for Secure Autonomy, Innovation in Cybersecurity & AI Colloquium Talk Series, University of the District of Columbia, 2025
  • Ghosts in the Shell: Security Issues in Robotic Operating System, Hardware Demonstration, Whiskey and Widgets event, College of Engineering and Computing, George Mason University, 2024
  • Hardware Security @ C5I Center, Hardware Demonstration, Center Connect event, College of Engineering and Computing, George Mason University, 2024
  • Cyber Security Issues in Modern Robotics, EdgeRobot Research Seminar, California State University – Dominguez Hills, 2023
  • Hardware for Secure Autonomy, EdgeRobot Summer Research Seminar, California State University – Dominguez Hills, 2022
  • Design of Secure and Efficient Processing-In-Memory Systems for Large-Scale Applications, Tutorial Presentation, 34th International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), 2021
  • Hardware Lottery and the Perils of Computer Security, Invited Talk, Computer Science Department, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021
  • Autonomous Navigation Under Adversarial Attack, Abstract Presentation, 49th Annual IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR) Workshop, 2020
  • Physical Unclonable Functions for Security Applications, Invited Talk, COSC Colloquium Series, Computer Science Department, Morgan State University, 2020

External Professional Service

  • Grant and Proposal Review
    • Proposal Reviewer, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), 2025
    • Report Reviewer, USDoT National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency, 2025
    • Panelist, Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC), National Science Foundation (NSF), 2022–2024
    • Technical Reviewer, Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), 2021
  • Conference Organization and Leadership
    • TPC Chair, Section 2: Hardware Security, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2025
    • Publicity Chair, IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium, 2025
    • Publication Chair, IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium, 2021–2024
  • Conference Technical Program Committees
    • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2023–2024, 2026
    • IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), 2026
    • ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2026
    • IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), 2020–2021, 2023–2024
    • IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST), 2021–2024
    • IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), 2021–2023
  • Conference Session Chair
    • IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), 2026
    • IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), 2020, 2022
    • IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), 2020, 2021
    • IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST), 2021
  • Journal Reviewing
    • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of ICs and Systems (TCAD)
    • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI)
    • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS I)
    • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)
    • IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS)
    • IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ)
    • IEEE Network Magazine
    • ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC)
    • Elsevier Integration, the VLSI Journal
    • Computer & Security
    • Springer Journal of Hardware and Systems Security

University and Departmental Service

  • George Mason University
    • Member, Departmental Tenure-Track Hiring Committee, CYSE Department, 2025–2026
    • Member, Ph.D. Proposal Committee, CYSE Department, 2025–2026
    • Member, Departmental Tenure-Track Hiring Committee, CYSE Department, 2024–2025
    • Chair, Ph.D. Proposal Committee, CYSE Department, 2023–2024
    • Member, Department Handbook Committee, CYSE Department, 2023–2024
    • Member, Grievance Committee, CYSE Department, 2023–2024
    • Chair, Graduate Committee, CYSE Department, SP 2023
    • Member, Advertisement Committee, CYSE Department, SP 2023
    • Member, Departmental Tenure-Track Hiring Committee, CYSE Department, 2022–2023
    • Member, Departmental Term-Track Hiring Committee, CYSE Department, 2022–2023
    • Chair, Colloquium Committee, CYSE Department, F 2022
    • Member, Graduate Committee, CYSE Department, F 2022
  • Morgan State University
    • Graduate Coordinator, ECE Department, 2020–2022
    • Undergraduate Coordinator, ECE Department, 2019–2020
    • Member, Curriculum Development Committee, Ph.D. in Secure Embedded Systems, 2020
    • Member, Faculty Development Committee, ECE Department, 2019–2022
    • Member, Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) Re-designation Committee, 2020, 2021
    • USENIX Campus Representative, Morgan State University, 2020–2022

Professional Memberships

  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008 – present
  • Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025 – present
  • Member, ACM Emerging Interest Group on Trustworthy and Responsible Systems, 2026 – present
  • Member, USENIX: The Advanced Computing Systems Association, 2020 – 2022
  • Member, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Honorary Society, 2019 – 2023
  • Student Member, IEEE Communication Society, 2010 – 2015

Media Coverage

Research Interests

  • Hardware Security
    • Side-channel attacks and countermeasures
    • Post-quantum cryptography acceleration
    • Hardware authentication and physically unclonable functions
  • Autonomous Systems Security
    • Secure localization and navigation
    • Robotic operating system vulnerabilities
    • Attack detection for cyber-physical systems
  • Computer Architecture
    • Processing-in-memory systems
    • Reconfigurable spatial architectures
    • AI/ML hardware accelerators