Md Tamjid Hossain
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Md Tamjid Hossain
College Of Arts And Sciences
Department of Computational, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Assistant Professor
Science and Technology Building Room 211J
210-784-2369
mhossain@tamusa.edu
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Biography
Md Tamjid Hossain, CISSP, PhD is an expert privacy and security researcher. His research interest involves secure and trustworthy AI/ML applications, adversarial machine learning, federated learning, reinforcement learning, Blockchain, critical infrastructure security, etc. He has authored/co-authored 10+ papers in top conferences and journals (IROS2023, ICMLC2023, ISGT NA2023, CNS2021, MSN2021, CPSCom2021, IEMTRONICS2021, etc.). He has also served as a reviewer for 15+ major conferences and journals (ICRA2024, ICRA2023, IEEE IoT, TII, TDSC, Sensors, etc.). He was a key member of the Advanced Robotics and Automation (ARA) laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, and led 2 grant proposal preparation work for DoD (AFOSR) DEPSCoR ($600K/3yrs) and NSF SaTC ($1.2 Million/4yrs) program. Besides he has mentored 700+ UNR undergraduate students over the academic year 2020 to 2023. As a recognition of his leadership abilities, exemplary organizational skills, and collaborative approach to technical problem-solving, Dr. Hossain received prestigious awards including the 2023 GSA Travel Grant, and 2016 Grameenphone’s Best Employee Awards.
Personal Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/mdtamjidhossain/home
Awards/Certifications
| Year | Name of the certificate |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) by ISC2 (Certification Number: 2004136, Issued Date: June 01, 2024, Expiration Date: May 31, 2027) |
Teaching Summary
| Year | Rank | Company/Institute/University |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Present | Assistant Professor | Texas A&M University-San Antonio |
| 2020-2024 | Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant | University of Nevada, Reno |
Classes Teaching
| Semester | Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|---|
| Fall-2025 | CSCI-3366 | Programming Languages |
| Fall-2025 | CSCI-4323 | Computer Forensics |
| Fall-2025 | CSCI-5310 | Advance Topics in Computer Forensics |
| Fall-2025 | CSEC-3321 | Information Security |
| Summer-2025 | CSCI-1436 | Programming Fundamentals I |
| Spring-2025 | CSEC-4323 | Computer Forensics |
| Spring-2025 | CSCE-5311 | Big Data Analysis & Security |
| Spring-2025 | CETE-4392 | Big Data Analysis & Security |
| Fall-2024 | CSCI-3366 | Programming Languages |
| Fall-2024 | CISA-4323 | Computer Forensics |
| Fall-2024 | CSEC-4323 | Computer Forensics |
| Fall-2024 | CSEC-5310 | Advanced Topics in Computer Forensics |
Publications
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- G. Srikar, M. T. Hossain, B. Nguyen, T. Nguyen, T. X. Nghiem and H. M. La, "CRADLE: Cooperative Adaptive Decentralized Learning and Execution for UAV network to monitor Wildfire Front," 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE), 2025," (Accepted for Publication). Publication Link, GitHub Link
- M. T. Hossain, H. La, and S. Badsha, "Exploiting Gaussian Noise Variance for Dynamic Differential Poisoning in Federated Learning," IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE TAI), 2024," Notification Date: 01/30/2025. Journal Type: Q1, Journal Impact Factor (IF): 6.4 (Scopus Link), SJR H-index: 31 (Link), Paper Link
- M. T. Hossain, H. La, and S. Badsha, "RAMPART: Reinforcing Autonomous Multi-agent Protection through Adversarial Resistance in Transportation," ACM Journal on Autonomous Transportation Systems (ACM JATS), 2023. Paper Link
- M. T. Hossain, H. M. La, and S. Badsha, “BRNES: Enabling Security and Privacy-aware Experience Sharing in Multiagent Robotic and Autonomous Systems,” The 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023) (Accepted for publication). Paper Link
- M. T. Hossain, and H. M. La, “Hiding in Plain Sight: Differential Privacy Noise Exploitation for Evasion-resilient Localized Poisoning Attacks in multiagent Reinforcement Learning,” The International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), 2023. Paper Link
- S. Islam, I. Zografopoulos, M. T. Hossain, S. Badsha, C. Konstantinou, “A Resource Allocation Scheme for Energy Demand Management in 6G-enabled Smart Grid,” IEEE ISGT NA, 2023. Paper Link
- M. T. Hossain, S. Badsha and H. Shen, “Privacy, Security and Utility Analysis of Differentially Private CPES Data,” 9th IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS 2021), 2021. Paper Link
- M. T. Hossain, S. Islam, S. Badsha, and H. Shen, “DeSMP: Differential Privacy-exploited Stealthy Model Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning,” 17th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (IEEE MSN 2021), 2021. Paper Link
- A. Bhattacharjee, S. Badsha, M. T. Hossain, C. Konstantinou, and X. Liang, “Vulnerability Characterization and Privacy Quantification for Cyber-Physical Systems,” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (IEEE CPSCom-2021), 2021. Paper Link
- M. T. Hossain, S. Badsha, and H. Shen, “PoRCH: A Novel Consensus Mechanism for Blockchain-Enabled Future SCADA Systems in Smart Grids and Industry 4.0,” 2020 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference (IEEE IEMTRONICS), 2020, pp. 1-7, Doi: 10.1109/IEMTRONICS51293.2020.9216438. Paper Link