Sajal Bhatia, PhD

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algorithms, c, C++, computer science, Computer Security, environments, html, Information Security, latex, linux, matlab, microsoft office, networking, Network Security, Programming, programming languages, python, Security, software engineering, tcpdump, unix, verilog, windows

About

Dr. Sajal Bhatia is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Director of Cybersecurity Programs within the School of Computing at Sacred Heart University, CT. His primary research interest revolves around Network Security - both in wired and wireless domain, in particular areas such as Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks synthetic traffic generation, critical infrastructure security, and intrusion detection. More recently he has been interested in exploring Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Cybersecurity Education. Prior to joining Sacred Heart, Sajal worked as Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Fordham University and at the Institute for Software Integrated System at Vanderbilt University where he was exploring the area of secure and resilient cyber-physical systems.



Sajal obtained his PhD from the Information Security Research Institute at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia in 2013. His PhD thesis entitled Detecting Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks and Flash Events was nominated for the University Outstanding Thesis Award by the external reviewers. Sajal holds bachelor’s degree in Communication and Computer Engineering awarded by the LNM Institute of Information Technology, India in 2008. Prior to starting his doctoral studies, he worked as a Project Associate at IIT Kanpur.