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Dr. Eman El-Sheikh is Associate Vice President at the University of West Florida. She leads the Center for Cybersecurity and is also a Professor of Computer Science at UWF. Eman has extensive expertise in cybersecurity education, research, and workforce development. She received several awards related to cybersecurity education and diversity and was recognized among the 2020 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity by Security Magazine. 

Dr. El-Sheikh leads several national and regional initiatives, including the National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program and the Southeast Regional Hub for the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. Eman received numerous grants to enhance cybersecurity education, workforce development, and capacity building. She launched the Cybersecurity for All庐 Program to enhance competencies and hands-on skills for evolving cybersecurity work roles. The program was recognized among the 2020 Innovations in Cybersecurity Education. 

Dr. El-Sheikh teaches and conducts research related to the development and evaluation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for cybersecurity. She has published several books, including most recently, Computer and Network Security Essentials by Springer Publishing, over 75 peer-reviewed articles and given over 100 invited talks and presentations. 

Eman also co-founded the Florida Women in Cybersecurity Affiliate. She holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Michigan State University.

Dr. Ezhil Kalaimannan, an Associate Professor, conducts research in the wide areas of cybersecurity and network defense. Other significant areas include wireless networking, digital forensics, algorithmic theory, graph theory, operations research, and cybersecurity education. He is currently a co-PI on a $2.3 million grant titled 鈥淎rgo Cyber Emerging Scholars (ACES): Developing a Cybersecurity Community of Practice鈥�, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps庐: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. The goals of this grant program are aligned with the U.S. strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce.


Dr. Kalaimannan joined the University of West Florida鈥檚 (UWF鈥檚) faculty in 2014 after graduating from the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (concentration in Cybersecurity). He has an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University in India. He primarily teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Cybersecurity and Computer Science at UWF.

Degrees & Institutions:
Ph.D., University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2014
M.S., University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2009
B.E., Anna University (Chennai, India), 2006

Research:
Dr. Kalaimannan鈥檚 current research focuses on the security of cyber-physical systems (Electrical Smart Power Grids) and fingerprinting networked operating systems (OS鈥檚) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Dr. Kalaimannan鈥檚 research has been published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Operations Research by Elsevier, Access by IEEE, Internet of Things (IoT) by IEEE, Security and Privacy by Wiley, and Security and Privacy by IEEE.

Current Courses:
CNT4007 - Theory and Fundamentals of Computer Networking
CNT4403 - Computer & Network Security
CIS5775 - Cybersecurity Principles
CNT5407 - System & Network Security
Classes Taught:
Undergraduate:
CNT4007 - Theory and Fundamentals of Computer Networking
CIS2530 - Introduction to Cybersecurity
COP3014 - Algorithm and Program Design
CNT4403 - Computer and Network Security
Graduate:
CIS5775 - Cybersecurity Principles
CNT5407 - System & Network Security