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Biography

Sidd Kaza is the Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at Towson University. He is the Maryland E-Nnovation Endowed Professor of Cybersecurity. His research interests lie in cybersecurity, data mining, and application development and he is a principal investigator on several cybersecurity projects. He has received over $13 million dollars in funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Intel, and others. 

Dr. Kaza was on the ACM/IEEE/AIS/IFIP Joint Global Task Force on Cybersecurity Education that produced the first four-year . In 2018, he received the University System of Maryland Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2014 he received the Excellence in Scholarship award. Dr. Kaza is the Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder of , a not-for-profit startup organization focused on helping academic institutions build a cyber-ready workforce. 

Funded Grants

PI, 鈥淐yber4All: An Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Minor for all Undergraduates,鈥� Funded by: National Science Foundation (NSF), 2015, $280,706, 2015-2017.

Co-PI, 鈥淐yberWorkshops: Resources and, Strategies, and Support for Teaching Cybersecurity in Computer Science Courses (CReST),鈥� Funded by: National Science Foundation (NSF), 2014, $549,942 ($127,025 at TU), 2014-2016.

PI, 鈥淪ecurity Injections for CSO, CS1, and CS2:  Promoting Responsible Coding and Building a Community of Security Ambassadors,鈥� Funded by: National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012, $451,879, 2012-2015

Co-PI, 鈥淩evitalizing the Computer Science Undergraduate Curriculum Inside and Outside of the Classroom Using Mobile Computing Platforms,鈥� Funded by: National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012, $199,971, 2012-2014

Co-PI, 鈥淪cholarship for Service at Towson University,鈥� Funded by: National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012, $2,093,834, 2012-2016

Co-PI, 鈥淏asic Recruitment and Capacity Building,鈥� Funded by:  Department of Defense (DOD) 鈥� Information Assurance Scholarship Program, 2010, $95,815, 2010-2011

Co-PI, 鈥淏uilding Security In: Injecting Security throughout the Undergraduate Computing Curriculum,鈥� Funded by: National Science Foundation (NSF), 2008, $399,511, 2008-2011

Co-PI, 鈥淧iloting Pathways for Computational Thinking in a General Education Curriculum,鈥� Funded by: National Science Foundation (NSF), 2008, $164,981, 2008-2011

Co-PI, 鈥淓xpanding an Applied Information Technology Masters Program,鈥� Funded by: Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), 2008, $90,990, 2009-10

Selected Publications and Presentations

Taylor, B. and Kaza, S. (2016), 鈥淪ecurity Injections@Towson: Integrating Secure Coding into Introductory Computer Science Courses鈥�, ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), 16(4)

Siraj, A., B. Taylor, S. Kaza, S. Ghafoor (2015), 鈥淚ntegrating security in the computer science curriculum,鈥� ACM Inroads, 6(2), pp 77-81

Abbasi, A., F. Zahedi, S. Kaza (2012), 鈥淒etecting Fake Online Pharmacy Websites using Recursive Trust Labeling,鈥� ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), 30 (4),

Kaza, S., P. Hu, H. Hu, H. Chen (2011), 鈥淒esigning, Implementing, and Evaluating Information Systems for Law Enforcement 鈥� A Long-term Design-science Research Project,鈥� Communications of the Association of Information Systems (CAIS), 29

Kaza, S., J. Xu, B. Marshall and H. Chen (2009), 鈥淭opological Analysis of Criminal Activity Networks: Enhancing Transportation Security,鈥� IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 10(1). pp. 83-91.

Kaza, S. and H. Chen (2008), 鈥淓valuating ontology mapping techniques: An experiment in public safety information sharing: An Experiment in Public Safety Information Sharing,鈥� Decision Support Systems, 45(4), pp. 714-728

Conference Publications

Raina, S., Kaza, S., Taylor, B. (2014), 鈥淪egmented and Interactive Modules for Teaching Secure Coding: A Pilot Study,鈥� International Conference on e-Learning e-Education and Online Training, Bethesda, MD

Becker, A. B., Kaza, S., Goldberg A. (2014), 鈥淚nterplay between Traditional Media, Social Media, and the Law-making Process: A Study on the Marriage Equality Issue in Maryland,鈥� Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Krems, Germany