Md Tamjid Hossain
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 is a CISSP-certified privacy and security expert with 10+ years of experience across industry and academia; currently serving as an Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) of Computer Science and Cybersecurity and the director of CiPH3R-Lab (https://ciph3rlab.github.io/) at Texas A&M University-San Antonio (A&M-SA). His research interests include secure and trustworthy cybersecurity and AI/ML applications, adversarial machine learning, federated learning, reinforcement learning, blockchain, and critical infrastructure security. He has authored/co-authored several papers published in top conferences and journals, including IEEE TAI, IEEE CASE 2025, IEEE/RSJ IROS 2023, ICMLC 2023, ISGT NA 2023, CNS 2021, MSN 2021, CPSCom 2021, and IEMTRONICS 2021. Dr. Hossain has also served as a TPC member and reviewer for 20+ major conferences and journals, such as ICRA 2024, ICRA 2023, IEEE IoT, TII, TDSC, and Sensors. Currently, he is leading and collaborating with faculties/researchers from Purdue University Northwest (PNW), University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) in critical infrastructure security-related research projects. He has experience in collaborating with stakeholders to turn technical needs into practical data solutions while maintaining accuracy, privacy and policy alignment. He is also knowledgeable in business intelligence, data compliance, and regulatory requirements aligned with NIST SP 800-53, the NIST Privacy Framework/Cybersecurity Framework, and ISO/IEC 27001 in sensitive data environments.
In addition to his research accomplishments, Dr. Hossain has mentored 1000+ undergraduate and graduate students at University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) and Texas A&M-SA from 2020 to 2025. He has also served as a faculty mentor in National Science Foundation (NSF)’s CAHSI Spring 2026 LREU program. He has experience in serving as a cybersecurity consultant, faculty search committee member and program curriculum designer at the Department of CEMS at A&M-SA. His leadership skills, organizational abilities, and collaborative approach to technical problem-solving have been recognized with prestigious awards, including the ORSP’s Research Council Grant 2026, 2023 GSA Travel Grant and the 2016 Grameenphone Best Employee Award.
Current Research Interest:
- Data Privacy and Security of Critical Infrastructure
- Secure and Trustworthy AI/ML Application
- Neurocognitive Decision-support Mechanism for Autonomous agent (Agentic AI)
- Privacy-preserved Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) and Federated Learning (FL)
- Ethical Digital Forensics
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Research Lab: CiPH3R-Lab
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Summer-2026 | CSCI-1436/L | Programming Fundamentals I/Lab |
| Spring-2026 | CSEC-4326 | Security & Operation Practicum |
| Spring-2026 | CETE-4392 | Big Data Analysis & Security |
| Spring-2026 | CSEC-5311 | Big Data Analysis & Security |
| Spring-2026 | CSEC-4323 | Computer Forensics |
| Fall-2025 | CSCI-3366 | Programming Languages |
| Fall-2025 | CSEC-4323 | Computer Forensics |
| Fall-2025 | CSEC-5310 | Advance Topics in Computer Forensics |
| Fall-2025 | CSEC-3321 | Information Security |
| Summer-2025 | CSCI-1436/L | Programming Fundamentals I/Lab |
| 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. Ma, S. Khan, S. Islam, and M. T. Hossain, “Towards Practical UAV Intelligence: Data-Efficient Fine-Tuning of Small Vision Language Models for Emergency Response,” 8th International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications, and Networking, Jul 07-09, 2026, Rome, Italy (Accepted for publication).
- V. Balachandra, S. Islam, and M. T. Hossain, “VertiSplitRAG: Privacy-Preserving Retrieval-Augmented Generation Through Vertical Attribute Partitioning,” 8th International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications, and Networking, Jul 07-09, 2026, Rome, Italy (Accepted for publication).
- S. Awasthi, S. Islam, and M. T. Hossain, “Learning-based Denial-of-Key-Generation (DoKG) Attack Against Quantum Key Distribution,” IEEE 27th International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science (IEEE IRI), July 31-Aug 02, 2026, University of Washington Bothell, Seattle, WA, USA (Accepted for publication).
- M. T. Hossain, S. Islam, and G. Ma, “Rethinking Digital Forensics: An AI Framework for Ethical Cybercrime Investigations,” 23rd Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST 2026), Aug 26-28, 2026, Ottawa, Canada (Under review).
- H. Le, M. T. Hossain, and I. Alsmadi, “SecureFL-IoV: Differentially Private Federated Intrusion Detection for IoV Using a Two-Stage RF,” 2026 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), Sep 14-17, 2026, Newark, DE, USA (Under review).
- 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