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2026

Ayomikun Akindahunsi defended his MS Thesis

Ayomikun A. Akindahunsi defended his Master's Thesis, titled "Efficient Implementation of the BFV Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme on Google TPUs," on July 29, 2026. The members of his dissertation committee included Dr. Gaj (Chair), Dr. Kaps, Dr. Khasawneh. (07/30/2026)

Kowsyap Pranay Kumar Musumuri defended his MS Thesis

Kowsyap Pranay Kumar Musumuri defended his Master's Thesis, titled "Reconfigurable High-Speed Hardware Accelerator for the MAYO Post-Quantum Signature Scheme," on July 29, 2026. The members of his dissertation committee included Dr. Gaj (Chair), Dr. Kaps, Dr. Pudukotai Dinakarrao. (07/30/2026)

GMU visit by Dr Xie and Dr Basu Roy

Visit of Dr. Jiafeng (Harvest) Xie and Dr. Debapriya Basu Roy

On July 27, 2026, at the invitation of Dr. Gaj, the following two well-known researchers in the area of efficient and secure implementations of Post-Quantum Cryptography visited GMU: Dr. Jiafeng (Harvest) Xie, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University, and Dr. Debapriya Basu Roy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Xie gave a seminar titled "Hardware Acceleration for Post-Quantum Cryptography: Algorithmic Derivation and Architectural Innovation," followed by the talk by Dr. Basu Roy, titled "Hardware Implementation of a Stealthy and Lightweight Backdoor for CRYSTALS-Kyber in Hybrid Cryptosystems." The event included lunch attended by Dr. Xie, Dr. Basu Roy, Dr. Khasawneh, Dr. Zhang, and Dr. Gaj. On the right is a photo of Dr. Gaj with the visitors. (07/28/2026)

Trip to the National Cryptologic Museum

On May 29, 2026, Dr. Gaj, Dr. Mark, and Mohammadreza Fasihi (President of the GMU IEEE Student Branch) organized a trip to the National Cryptologic Museum, located near the headquarters of the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, MD. The event was intended as a team-building and social event for members of the Center for Trusted, Accelerated, and Secure Computing and Communication (C-TASC) and the IEEE Student Branch at GMU. It included the guided tour of the museum and the group lunch in the nearby bakery. The event was attended by about 20 GMU participants. (05/30/2026)

Luke Beckwith received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

During the ECE Departmental Awards Ceremony held on May 15, 2026, Luke Beckwith received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for the PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, granted to those students who have completed an outstanding PhD thesis and contributed to their field through excellence in research. (05/16/2026)

Luke Beckwith defended his Ph.D. Thesis

Luke Beckwith defended his Ph.D. Thesis, titled "Efficient and Secure Implementation of Post-Quantum Cryptography," on April 30, 2026. The members of his dissertation committee included Dr. Gaj (Chair), Dr. Kaps, Dr. Khasawneh, and Dr. Zhang. (05/01/2026)