Service (Academic Citizenship)
Media Appearances
Give a TV interview at a local news channel (KCEN Channel 6) on how to guide your kids in using social media platforms. It is also aired on several other local news channels. URL: https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/community/20-years-of-facebook-taking-a-look-at-the-evolution-of-facebook-and-where-it-began-kcen-kags/500-5cb5d274-7278-4b83-be24-f98a9c9874fa
Give TV interviews at two local news channels (KXXV Channel 25 on 1/22 and KCEN Channel 6 on 1/25) on how to protect identities while filing taxes online in 2024. URL: https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/stay-safe-cyber-attacks-tax-season/500-5d4b4472-5725-4057-8bed-e3f6253c62b9
Give a TV interview at local news channel KWTX Channel 10 related to cybersecurity issues of CashApp on December 5, 2023. Url: https://www.kwtx.com/2023/12/06/local-organization-loses-6000-cash-app-fraud-activity/
Give a TV interview at local news channel KXXV Channel 25 related to drones on video surveillance on March 27, 2023. Url:
https://www.kxxv.com/news/killeen-police-using-fleet-of-drones-to-solve-prevent-crime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh0C_u283FA
Give a TV interview at local news channel KCEN Channel 6 related to banning the Tiktok app on December 16, 2022. Url: https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/us-senate-passes-bill-banning-tiktok-on-federal-employee-phones-house-to-vote-next-on-whether-or-not-the-ban-will-stand-with-nationwide-ban-up-in-air/500-4877acc9-11aa-4024-b42d-b79bdc8c0d55
Give a TV interview at local news channel KWTX Channel 10 related to alarming trends of threats using the Airdrop feature. Url: https://www.kwtx.com/2022/10/21/central-texas-school-district-warns-parents-about-alarming-trend-involving-threats-sent-via-airdrop/
Give a TV interview at local news channel KXXV on Spam Text message rise issues on October 10, 2022.
Url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDEViNb_t8
Yahoo! News also picked up this news story:
https://news.yahoo.com/spam-texts-rise-t-says-223411191.html
Give a TV interview at local news channel KXXV on SpaceX Satellites in Texas on September 13, 2022. Url: https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/mclennan-county/string-of-lights-over-night-sky-in-waco-believed-to-be-spacex-satellites
Give a TV interview at local news channel KXXV on 2022 Cybersecurity Camp on June 08, 2022. Url:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXsrWyK-yY
Give a TV interview at local news channel KXXV on the Smart App launch for Killeen, TX on April 29, 2022.
Give a TV interview on the local news channel KXXV on Cyberattack Threats in recent events on February 25, 2022. Url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHDUoIbaW4Y
Give a TV interview at KWTX Channel 10 on Concerns over Cyberattack grow due to current situation on February 24, 2022. URl: https://www.kwtx.com/2022/02/25/concerns-over-cyberattacks-grow-russia-invades-ukraine-us-levies-sanctions/
Give a TV interview at a local news channel (KWTX) on cryptocurrency mining on January 25, 2022. Url: https://www.kwtx.com/2022/01/25/decrypting-crypto-how-bitcoin-is-mined/
This same story was picked up by two other news stations.
https://www.ktre.com/2022/01/25/decrypting-crypto-how-bitcoin-is-mined/ and https://www.kltv.com/2022/01/25/decrypting-crypto-how-bitcoin-is-mined/
Give a TV interview at a local news channel (KWTX) on successful Cyber Monday shopping on November 29, 2021. Url: https://www.kwtx.com/2021/11/29/experts-offer-tips-successful-cyber-monday-shopping/
Give a TV interview at a local news channel (KWTX) on mortgage scams targeting VA home loans on July 18, 2021. Url: https://www.kwtx.com/2021/07/18/new-scams-are-targeting-va-home-loans/#:~:text=TEMPLE%2C%20Texas%20(KWTX)%20%2D,for%20VA%20guaranteed%20home%20loans.&text=They're%20also%20using%20fear,or%20they%20owe%20late%20fees.
Give a TV interview on Local News Channel (KXXV) on the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attacks on June 10, 2021.
Give a tv interview at Local News Channel (KXXV) on computers providing children access to technology on April 29, 2021. Url: https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/anonymous-donation-of-400-computers-will-give-foster-children-access-to-technology
Give a TV interview at Local News Channel (KXXV) on Online Tax Season Cybercrime and User Identity, January 23, 2021. Url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTTOJpeuank
Give a TV interview at Local News Channel (KXXV) based on Cybersecurity threats on consumers during the holiday season, November 16, 2020. Url:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgWqWwpJ7gU
Local news channel (KXXV) telecasted on January 16, 2020, a new story that includes one of Dr. Nag’s previous interviews on emerging cybersecurity issues, challenges, and current cyber trends.
Gave a TV interview at Local News Channel (KXXV) based on Apple expansion in Texas and its impact on the Central Texas region, on November 20, 2019. Url:
https://www.tamuct.edu/news/category/general/apple-mnfctr.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fteiojP2m74
Gave a TV interview at Local news Channel (KXXV) based on recent Cybersecurity issues on voting machines, October 24, 2019. Url:
https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/aging-voting-machines-pose-security-threat
Gave a TV interview at a Local news channel (KXXV) based on a recent data breach incident and users’ cyber awareness, October 10, 2019. Url:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGQtIpfMuYU
https://www.tamuct.edu/news/category/faculty-staff-news/cyber-security.html
Gave a TV interview at a Local news channel (KXXV) based on cybersecurity awareness and user privacy on social media applications, July 17, 2019. Url: https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/popular-faceapp-poses-cybersecurity-concerns
Invited/Accepted Research Talk
Presented an invited talk on Breaking the Barrier: Diverse ICT Research and Future Opportunities in Industry and Academia at the 10th International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security on December 21, 2023.
Presented an invited talk on Password Security and Authentication techniques at Killeen ISD Career Center, Killeen, TX (October 11, 2018).
Presented a tutorial on a topic titled “Computational Intelligence in User Identity Management” at the IEEE SSCI 2017 conference in Honolulu, Hawaii (November 28, 2017).
Research Colloquium talk on “An Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication System- Design and Implementation” at Computer Science Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX (November 17, 2017).
Presented Cybersecurity Puzzle Based Learning project on National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) K-12 Subgroup Meeting on November 09, 2016.
Service Awards and Honors
Selected in Marquis Who's Who 2024 Honored Listee.
Received the 2020 Excellence in Service Award in the College of Business for outstanding service accomplishments in the department, college, university, and professional communities.
Accepted as a special session chair at the 19th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (IEEE ICMLA-2020) in Miami, Florida. Url: https://www.icmla-conference.org/icmla20/ss/SS-8.pdf
Accepted as a session chair at the 23rd World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics Conference, July 06-09, 2019.
Accepted as a special session(track) chair at the IEEE CICS conference on IEEE-SSCI 2018.
Accepted as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member at the IEEE CICS conference, 2017- present.
Brief Service Summary
Guest reviewer for peer-reviewed, well-reputed journals
European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) (2014- )
Evolutionary Computation Journal (ECJ) (2014-)
Elsevier Journal of Computers & Security (COSE) (2014-)
Information Sciences (INS) (2014-)
Soft Computing (SOCO) (2017-)
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (2018 -)
Reviewer of the peer-reviewed conferences
IEEE Access (2020-)
IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) (2020-)
Americas' Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) (2020-)
Cognitive Science Society (COGSCI) (2020-)
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (2020-)
World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics (WMSCI) (2015-)
IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) (2015-)
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) (2016-)
IEEE INFOCOM (2017- )
IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking, and Communications (ICNC) (2017- )
IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems (2017 -)
Reviewer of various textbook chapters published by Prospect Press in 2019-2020.
The book title: Web Development with ASP.NET, C#, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap.
Chapters: 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, and 15.
Professional Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), 2017- present.
Professional Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017 – present.
Department Co-Ordinator for the department since Fall 2022 to assist department website updates, student advising, student hiring, undergraduate program assessments, and degree equivalency checking.
Member of College Level Promotion and Tenure Committee Member since Fall 2023 (Assistant to Associate Level and Associate to Full Professor level applications).
Faculty Senate Member, Texas A&M University-Central Texas, 2018-2020 and 2020-2022 period. Currently serving in the Faculty Affairs sub-committee in the Senate (2018-2020 and 2020-2022) and Budget sub-committee (2020-2022).
COBA Annual Faculty Evaluation Document Preparation Committee since Spring 2023. Already completed the draft for scholarship criteria for faculty with SA, and SP status.
COBA Undergraduate Curriculum and Assessment Committee co-chair since Fall 2021 (key contact person for BS and BAAS degree programs).
COBA member of Next Generation Distance Learning Classroom committee since Spring 2021.
COBA Faculty Qualification Document Preparation Committee in May 2021.
Member of Accreditation and Strategic Planning Steering Committee (2020-2022), College of Business, Texas A&M University-Central Texas.
At-Large Faculty Member of Enterprise Applications Steering Committee (2018-2019), Texas A&M University-Central Texas.
Academic Program Review Follow-up Committee (2017), Texas A&M University-Central Texas.
Participated in QEP High Impact Practices focus group for Institutional Research and Assessment, July 2021.
Participated and evaluated 72 syllabi as part of QEP WI Syllabus Review 2020 for Institutional Research and Assessment, July 2020.
Participated in a Webinar “Digital Measures by Watermark: Annual Review Reporting” on January 20, 2021.
Participated in Undergraduate Student Recruitment Sessions for CIS department on August 3rd, 2020 (two sessions).
Participated Active Shooter training session at Texas A&M University-Central Texas on September 10, 2019.
Member of University’s Website Development Advisory Committee, Texas A&M University-Central Texas since Spring 2018.
Member of COBA Curriculum Committee since Spring 2019 and assist in the approval process of courses or programs of three departments in the College of Business.
Completed Faculty Recruitment Training from HR office on October 30, 2019.
Member of Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor Hiring Committee for the CIS department since Fall 2019.
Member of Visiting Assistant Professor/Lecturer Hiring Committee for the CIS department in Summer 2020 and 2021.
Participated in Importance of Peer Review and Data Validation in Research Webinar organized by CITI training on July 22, 2020.
Participated in ABCSP organized Teaching Effectiveness Webinar: Course Learning Outcome Revision and Mapping Webinar on April 29, 2020.
Participated in QM East Regional Online Conference on April 24, 2020.
Participated in QM West Regional Online Conference on April 03, 2020.
Participated in Faculty Training for New Student Self Service (SSB9) on March 16, 2020.
Attended Proctorio Training - Proctored Testing using Google Meet on May 28, 2020.
Visited local software company (MilMedia, Inc in Killeen, TX) to discuss about potential internship opportunities for current students of CIS department with department chairperson (January 28, 2020).
Participated in “Respondus 4.0 and Test Bank Network: Quickly update Create Online Exams” (online training session) on February 4, 2020.
Visited Killeen ISD high school to share information about Cybersecurity Awareness and training as well as GenCyber grant program initiatives. (October 5, 2018)
Participated in “We END Violence” workshop at Texas A&M University-Central Texas in March 2017.
Participated in Technology Enhanced Learning Session by Steven Hill on September 12, 2017 and September 11, 2019.
Participated in Accessibility Panel Discussion in October 2017 and October 2019.
Participated in Advisor Training: Advising Students on October 24, 2017.
Participated as a member of a steering committee of a national initiative on Digital Polarization: A Project to Promote Online Civic Information Literacy since March 2018.
Participated in the “Student Schedule Planner Demo” from the Registrar Office on March 20, 2018.
Represented the Computer Information Systems (CIS) department at Warrior Preview Day on February 10, 2018, May 30, 2019 and October 12, 2019.
Participated in Concur Full Demo Training on February 15, 2018.
Participated in the Copyright Panel Meeting by Dr. Lisa Bunkowski on January 30, 2018.
Advising BS-Computer Science students regarding their course curriculum planning, course substitution and advanced elective selections from Spring 2018.