Faculty
Kaushal Kafle
Assistant Professor
BEH 309 | 813-396-0717
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Biography
Dr. Kaushal Kafle is an Assistant Professor in the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing at 国产福利资源. His research interest is in the area of security and privacy, with the primary focus on identifying and preventing risks in consumer-oriented software. His work has been featured in various news outlets and has been published in multiple top security venues such as IEEE S&P, USENIX and ACM CCS. He has won the 鈥楤est Paper Award鈥� at ACM CODASPY鈥�19 and the 'Best Poster Award' at Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) - 2023. He was a Commonwealth of Virginia Engineering and Science (COVES) Policy fellow of 2023.
Research Interests
IoT Security, Emerging OS Security, Privacy Policy analysis
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, William & Mary
B.E. in Computer Engineering, Tribhuvan University
Honors and Awards
- Commonwealth of Virginia Engineering & Science (COVES) Policy Fellow, 2023
- Best Poster Award, CCI Symposium 2023
- Best Paper Award, ACM CODASPY 2019
- International Student Opportunity Award, William & Mary - 2020, 2021
- Travel Award 鈥� IEEE S&P (2024), ACM WiSec (2024), NDSS (2024), Computing Research Association (2023), USENIX Security Symposium (2018)
Key Activities
- Conference Program Committee: NDSS 2024, Safethings 2024, SaTS 2024
- Journal Review: ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, 2024
- Volunteer: Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI) workshop by CRA, 2023
- Selection Committee: COVES Fellow 2024, Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine (VASEM)
- Artifact Evaluation Committee: USENIX (2021, 2022, 2023), ACSAC 2023
- External reviewer: NDSS (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024), USENIX (2019, 2021), ACSAC (2022, 2023), ICISS (2019, 2022, 2023), ACNS (2024), CNS (2022)