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I was awarded two NIST Grant- Semiconductor Design Grant (for four years) and High-Performance Computing Lab (for three years) at A&M Central Texas.
My research interest primarily focuses on the areas of cybersecurity, cyber investigation, adversarial machine learning, IoT, and workforce development. With the recent and emerging cyber threats to various levels of organizations, I engaged myself in research activities to facilitate a robust, scalable, and adaptable form of strong authentication to mitigate these ongoing threats. My research contributions expanded on all the major scholarship categories--peer-reviewed publications, textbook chapters, patents, and grants. My research portfolio qualified me to receive my permanent residency in the category of outstanding researcher (EB1B).
I received my US citizenship on June 27, 2025.
External Grant Awards
External Grant Awards
- Awarded the NIST grant for Semiconductor Design Lab for $1.99 M (four-year period) as a lead PI (October 2026-September 2030).
- Awarded the NIST grant for High-Performance Computing Lab for $995K (three-year period) as a Co-PI (October 2026-September 2029).
Research Publications
Research Publications
Total citations: 645+. (As of October 2026, in Google Scholar), h-Index: 12, i-10 Index: 14. (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3520-2935)
- US Utility Patent
✓ "Adaptive multi-factor authentication system." U.S. Patent Application 14/968,676. Issued on March 06, 2018. [cited 40 times]
✓ "Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication System with Multi-User Permission Strategy to Access Sensitive Information." U.S. Patent Application 16/387839. Issued on June 15, 2021. [cited 13 times]
Graduate Level Textbook
Graduate Level Textbook
✓ Dipankar Dasgupta, Arunava Roy and Abhijit Kumar Nag, “Advances in User Authentication”, Springer- Verlag, September 2017. (Downloaded more than 24000+ times as of November 2026.) [has six chapters, textbook, and its chapters are cited more than 270 times]
- Peer-reviewed journal
✓ Rifa Tasfia, Anita Chennamaneni, and Abhijit K Nag, Revisiting Adversarial Robustness in NIDS: A Multi-Dataset Evaluation of Test-Time Evasion Attacks, published in the International Journal of Information Security (2026) [Q1 Journal] [Supported by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) federal funding Agency]
✓ Khan, A.S., Tabassum, S., Nag, A.K. et al. Resource-efficient multimodal AI for post-diagnostic prostate cancer risk stratification for home-based monitoring. Scientific Reports (October 7, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-75102-1 (2nd most cited journal in the world in 2025) [Q1 Journal]
✓ Priyanka Rani, Abhijit Kumar Nag, and Rifat Shahriar, A Data-Driven Classification Framework for Cyber Security Breaches, IEEE IT Professional, February 23, 2024. [Acceptance Rate: 25%, According to Cabell’s ranking]
✓ Abhijit Kumar Nag, Vikram S Bhadauria, Camille Gibson, Ram C Neupane, Daniel Creider. A Conceptual Learning Framework of Cybersecurity Education for Military and Law Enforcement: Workforce Development. Published in International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society, September 2022. [double-blind peer-review process] [cited 6 times]
✓ Kishor Datta Gupta, Abhijit Kumar Nag, Md Lutfar Rahman, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Nafiz Sadman, “Utilizing Computational Complexity to Protect Crypto-currency Against Quantum Threats: A Review”, IEEE IT Professional, October 12, 2021. [Acceptance Rate: 25%, According to Cabell’s ranking] [cited 9 times]
✓ Md Manjurul Ahsan, Kishor Datta Gupta, Abhijit Kumar Nag, Subash Pouydal, M A Parvez Mahmud, and Abbas Z. Kouzani, “Applications and Evaluations of Bio-inspired approaches in Cloud Security: A Review”, IEEE Access, October 2020 [Q1 Journal] [cited 49 times]
✓ Abhijit Kumar Nag, “A Survey on Computational Intelligence Techniques in User Identity Management.” Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (JSCI), Volume 17-4, 2019.
✓ Dipankar Dasgupta, Abhijit Kumar Nag, Denise Ferebee, Sanjib Kumar Saha, Kul Prasad Subedi, Arunava Roy, Alvaro Madero, Abel Sanchez, John R. Williams. Design and implementation of Negative Authentication System. International Journal of Information Security, November 2017. [corresponding author] [cited 9 times]
Submitted Peer-reviewed Journals/Conferences
Submitted Peer-reviewed Journals/Conferences
✓ Information Extraction Framework and its implementation performing text mining on the Reviews of AI Products – A decision-making approach using SAS, in a Taylor and Francis Journal (A journal) [submitted in July 2026].
✓ A Generative AI–Enabled Optimization Framework for Regional Solid Waste Management, submitted to the Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Management (Q1 Journal) in August 2026.
- Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
✓ Vlad Serban, Akshay Mhatre, Abhijit Kumar Nag, Deepti Gupta, “Healthcare Data Privacy and Security Vulnerabilities in LLMs”, published in the 11th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, August 2026.
✓ Vikram Karthick, Deepti Gupta, and Abhijit Kumar Nag, “Responsible AI for Real-Time Clinical Appropriateness Validation in Interventional Cardiology”, published in the 11th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, August 2026.
✓ Eman Hammad, Abhijit Kumar Nag, Anitha Chennamaneni, Mohsen Aghashahi, Erdogan Dogdu, A Deep-Defense Approach for Next-Gen Cyber-Resilient Inter-Dependent Critical Infrastructure Systems, 2021 Resilience Week (RWS), October 2021. [cited 5 times]
✓ Abhijit Kumar Nag and Anitha Chennamaneni. A Survey on Emerging Trends of Cyber Threats to Academic Research, AMCIS 2020 conference, August 12-16, 2020 (TREO paper) [360+ downloads from AIS portal]. [cited 1 time]
✓ Abhijit Kumar Nag. An Adaptive Approach for an Intelligent Order Shipment Scheduling with Dynamic Warehouse Selection, 47th Annual Conference on SWDSI 2020, March 11-14, 2020.
✓ Abhijit Kumar Nag and Dipankar Dasgupta. A Survey on Computational Intelligence Techniques in User Identity Management, 23rd World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, July 6-9, 2019. (Received Best Paper Award)
Federal Grant Applications
Federal Grant Applications
Submitted an AIM-AHEAD PAIR grant as a lead PI with the collaboration from the Department of Nursing, Texas A&M University-Central Texas. Title: Using AI/ML to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality among women of childbearing age facing health disparities. Co-PI: Dr. Amy Mersiovsky.
Submitted an EDA Recompete Strategy Development Grant as a collaborative member (PI of our institution) of the Killeen Economic Development Council Consortium on October 05, 2023.
Submitted an EDA Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs Strategy Planning Grant as a collaborative member (PI of our institution) of the Killeen RTH Strategy Development Consortium on August 15, 2023.
Submitted an external federal grant as a PI of a sub-awardee for the NCAE-C Cyber Curriculum and Research 2020 Program (Funding agency: Department of Defense (DoD), Lead institution: University of Memphis) on June 12, 2020.
Submitted an external federal grant as a Lead Instructor (Co-PI) for the GenCyber Summer camp in 2018-2021 (Funding agency: NSF and NSA).
Internal Grant Awards (Texas A&M System)
Internal Grant Awards (Texas A&M System)
Applied the Texas Semiconductor Institute (TSI) Grant to develop innovative course content for Digital Circuit Design to build our next-generation chip workforce (September 2023).
Received 2021 TEES grant (Awarded First prize as a Co-PI) for the 2021-2023 period. Title: A Deep-Defense Approach for Next-Gen Cyber-Resilient Interdependent Critical Infrastructure Systems.
Partnering Institutions:
Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, and Angelo State University.
Received 2019 TEES grant (Awarded First Prize as a lead PI for the 2019-2022 period). Title: Powering Up: Cybersecurity Education for a Dispersed Workforce.
Partnering Institutions:
Prairie View A&M University; Texas A&M University-Commerce; Texas A&M University-Texarkana; and Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
Link: https://tarc.tamu.edu/funded-collaborations/
Received a university library grant in 2018 to design a curriculum for a one-hour workshop on Password Strength Analysis for K-12 students.
Research Awards and Honors
Research Awards and Honors
Awarded IEEE Senior membership and ACM Senior Membership in 2025.
Awarded the Distinguished Graduate Faculty in 2024 for the overall teaching, research, and service performance for the last 7 years.
Awarded the Faculty Development Leave for the Fall 2024 semester to conduct research and professional development.
Awarded the 2023 Ruqayya Faculty Fellowship award by the Subhani Foundation for the 2023-2025 academic year.
Received Faculty Course Release Award from College for conducting research in Spring 2023.
Selected as a finalist for the 10th Annual Outstanding Research Awards Banquet in the category of Outstanding Faculty/Staff Quantitative Scholarship Award.
Selected as a finalist for the 8th Annual Outstanding Research Awards Banquet in the category of Outstanding Faculty/Staff Qualitative Scholarship Award.
Received Faculty Senate Summit Scholarship Award for peer-reviewed publications in 2023 and 2025.
Received Best Paper Award for the conference paper titled “A Survey on Computational Intelligence Techniques in User Identity Management”, July 09, 2019.
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