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
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
Research Interests: Machine Learning and Cybersecurity
Email: udeani at unlv.nevada.edu
Undergraduate Interns
Dorian Akhavan Undergraduate Intern, January 2024 - Present
Research Interests: Malware and Scam Detection, Cybersecurity
Email: akhavan at unlv.nevada.edu
Matthew Jackson Undergraduate Intern, October 2024 - Present
Research Interests: Machine learning, Cyber Security, and Cryptography
Email: jacksm28 at unlv.nevada.edu
Visiting Scholars
Jemin Ahn Ph.D. student, July 2021 - Present
Research interests: Web Browser, Network
Affiliation: Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan,
South Korea
Email: ahnjemin at hanyang.ac.kr
Hoon Ji Master & Ph.D. Integrated Student, August 2024 - Present
Research interests: Aerial Vehicle Security, IoT Device Security, Machine Learning Model Security
Affiliation: Master & Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan,
South Korea
Email: hoon.ji at unlv.edu
Jungmin Lee Master & Ph.D. Integrated Student, August 2024 - Present
Research interests: Network Security, Cybersecurity, AI Security
Affiliation: Master & Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan,
South Korea
Email: lsmp12 at hanyang.ac.kr
