Faculty

Junggab Son, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Director of IIS

Office: AEB 207
Email: junggab.son at unlv.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/junggabson/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5xaIVQ0AAAAJ&hl=en

 

Zuobin Xiong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Director of IIS

Office: AEB 205
Email: zuobin.xiong at unlv.edu
Website: https://zuobinxiong.github.io/

 

Ph.D. Students

Hongbi Jeong Ph.D. student in Computer Science, August 2023 - Present

Research interests: Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, and Generative AI
Email: jeongh11 at unlv.nevada.edu

An Huang Ph.D. student in Computer Science, January 2024 - Present

I am a PhD student majoring in Computer Science at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, under the supervision of Dr. Zuobin Xiong. I received my M.E. degree from School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2024 and my B.E. degree from School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2019. I used to work for Lotus and XYLink as a software R&D engineer from 2019 to 2023.

Email: huanga7 at unlv.nevada.edu

Shubham Joshi Ph.D. student in Computer Science, January 2024 - Present

Research interests: Cybersecurity, Computer Networks, Machine Learning
Email: joshis4 at unlv.nevada.edu

Dillon Davidson Undergraduate Intern, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024, Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Fall 2024 - Present

I am a senior CS student at UNLV planning to pursue a PhD after graduation and I am interested in researching vulnerabilities of cryptographic algorithms and vulnerabilities of AI algorithms.

Email: davidd11 at unlv.nevada.edu

Suprim Nakarmi Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Spring 2025 - Present

I am pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, working under the supervision of Dr. Zuobin Xiong. My research focuses on exploring security vulnerabilities in Federated and Graph Neural Networks. I hold a master's degree in computer science from the University of South Dakota, USA.

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Cybersecurity
Email: nakars2 at unlv.nevada.edu

Chahana Dahal Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Fall 2025 - Present

I am pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, working
under the supervision of Dr. Zuobin Xiong. My research focuses on exploring knowledge
correlations and unlearning in LLMs. I hold a bachelor's degree in computer science from
Westminster University.

Research Interests: Machine Learning, AI Safety, Knowledge Graph, LLM Memorization
Email: chahana.dahal at unlv.edu

Matthew Jackson Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Fall 2026 - Present

Research Interests: Machine learning, Cyber Security, and Cryptography
Email: jacksm28 at unlv.nevada.edu

Farshid Farhadi Khouzani Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Fall 2026 - Present

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. My research focuses on evaluating and developing trustworthy and reliable AI systems.

Research Interests: Machine Learning, AI Security, and Uncertainty Quantification
Email: farhadik at unlv.nevada.edu

Habiba Rinky Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Fall 2026 - Present

I am pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, working under Dr. Zuobin Xiong's supervision. I hold a dual master's degree in computer science and operations management from South Dakota State University.

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Machine Unlearning, Cybersecurity
Email: rinky at unlv.nevada.edu

Master's Students

Ian Wakayu Master's student in Computer Science, Fall 2025 - Present

I am working towards my master's degree in computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I also previously received my bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Research Interests: Machine Learning and Cybersecurity
Email: wakayi1 at unlv.nevada.edu

Cyril Udeani Master's student in Computer Science, Spring 2025 - Present

Cyril Udeani is currently pursuing an M.S. in Data Analytics at the Department of Computer Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, under the supervision of Dr. Junggab Son. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, an M.Sc in Mathematics from the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria, and a B.Sc in Mathematics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Cyril also serves as a reviewer for the International Journal of Computer Mathematics and Acta Mathematica Universitatis Comenianae, contributing to the peer-review process in applied mathematics. His work spans machine learning, data science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. With a background that bridges rigorous mathematics and modern AI engineering, Cyril is committed to developing secure, data-driven, and innovative solutions across both research and industry domains.

Undergraduate Interns

Visiting Scholars

Seunggeun Kim Visiting Scholar (Ph.D. Student in Hanyang University), July - December 2026

Research Interests: Adversarial Machine Learning, Machine Unlearning, AI Architecture
Email: daeryak0406 at hanyang.ac.kr

Jinwoo Song Visiting Scholar (Ph.D. Student in Hanyang University), July - December 2026

Research Interests: AI System Security, Automated Intrusion Detection System
Email: sjw030818 at hanyang.ac.kr

Hyeonwoo Cha Visiting Scholar (Ph.D. Student in Hanyang University), July - December 2026

Research Interests: computer architecture, storage stack optimization, parallel processing
Email: chw1119 at hanyang.ac.kr