Students

Graduated Students

Enrico Casella - Graduated Spring 2023
Thesis Title: Machine-Learning-Powered Cyber-Physical Systems
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Kentucky

Ashtuoth Timilsina - Graduated Spring 2023
Thesis Title: Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Smart Residential Environments with User Behavioral Modeling
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Kentucky

Seifalla Mustafa - Graduated Spring 2020
Report title: Development of a simulator for a residential energy sharing market
Master of Science, University of Kentucky

Vijay Shah - Graduated Summer 2019
Thesis Title: A Diverse Band-aware Dynamic Spectrum Access Architecture for Connectivity in Rural Communities
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Kentucky

Joedocei Hill - Graduated Spring 2018
Report title: Realistic Models For Characterizing The Performance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Master of Science, University of Kentucky

Ruoxi Zhang - Graduated Spring 2018
Thesis title: A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities
Master of Science, Missouri S&T

Maria Angelin - Graduated Summer 2017
Thesis title: Multi Stage Recovery from Large Scale Failures in Interdependent Networks
Master of Science, Missouri S&T

Visiting Students

Giovanni Della Negra - Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy - 2024

Christian Cumini - Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy - 2024

Stefano Bassino - Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy - 2024

Vincenzo Agate - University of Palermo, Italy - 2018

Vincenzo Agate - University of Palermo, Italy - 2018

Enrico Casella - University of Palermo, Italy - 2017

Valeria Dolce - University of Palermo, Italy - 2016

Riccardo Musmeci - University of Palermo, Italy - 2016

Agostino Sturaro - University of Padua, Italy - 2015

Stefano Ciavarella - Sapienza University, Italy - 2015

Students Achievements & Awards

[Apr 2025] - Xu receives the Outstanding PhD student Award from the College of Engineering

[Mar 2025] - Xu receives the Outstanding PhD student Award from the Department of Computer Science

[Mar 2025] - Xu receives the Outstanding Paper Award from the Department of Computer Science

[Feb 2025] - Xu and Jackson receive a travel award to attend IEEE PerCom 2025

[Apr 2024] - Xu has been named CPS Rising Star 2024

[Feb 2024] - Xu receives a travel award to attend IEEE PerCom 2024

[Jan 2024] - Xu receives a travel award to attend Texas Power and Energy Conference 2024

[Oct 2023] - Xu receives a travel award to attend IEEE ICNP 2023

[Apr 2023] - Enrico Casella received the Outstanding Graduate Student (PhD) award from the CS department!

[Mar 2023] - Xu Tao, Ashutosh Timilsina, and Enrico Casella received a travel award to attend IEEE PerCom 2023!

[Oct 2022] - Enrico won first place for his poster presentation at the Commonwealth Computational Summit 2022!

[Mar 2020] - Seun Adekunle - visiting high school student - wins first place for his poster at the Central Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair!

[Dec 2019] - Eura selected for Honorable Mention for CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award!

[May 2019] - Vijay successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis! - photo

[May 2019] - Enrico receives a travel award to attend IEEE SMARTCOMP 2019!

[May 2019] - Vijay receives a travel award to attend IEEE SECON 2019!

[May 2019] - Eura Shin receives the 2019 Barry Goldwater Scholarship! Read more!

[Apr 2019] - Seun Adekunle - visiting high school student - wins second place for his poster at the KY State Science Fair, Energy: Physical category!

[Mar 2019] - Vijay received the Outstanding Graduate Student (PhD) award from the CS department!

[Mar 2019] - Brian receives a job offer from Cisco! Read more!

[Dec 2018] - Vijay receives a travel award to attend IEEE COMSNETS 2019!

[Nov 2018] - Brian won first place for his poster presentation at the KAS conference!

[Oct 2018] - Atieh and Vijay won first place for their poster presentation at the Commonwealth Computational Summit!

[Jun 2017] - Vijay receives a travel award to attend ACM SenSys/BuildSys 2017!

[Mar 2017] - Vijay receives a travel award to attend ACM WiSec 2017!

[May 2017] - Vijay receives a travel award to attend IEEE PerCom 2016!