Md Nazmul Kabir Sikder
MONARCH HALL
NORFOLK VA 23529
Research Assistant Professor focused on Generative AI security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, and trustworthy embedded AI. Previously a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow specializing in secure, privacy-aware, and explainable AI for critical infrastructure. My research spans hybrid AI, including LLMs, agentic AI, computer vision, and time-series forecasting, to secure AI-enabled systems, support anomaly detection, and enable robust decision-making in cyber-physical environments, with interdisciplinary publications and contributions to NSF proposal development.
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (2024)
M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (2022)
B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), (2015)
Research Interests
Security and Trustworthy AI,
Agentic AI,
LLMs,
CPS
Articles
- Context-driven Deep Learning Forecasting for Wastewater Treatment Plants.
- Assessing the Fidelity and Utility of Water Systems Data Using Generative Adversarial Networks: A Technical Review.
- Deep H2O: Cyber attacks detection in water distribution systems using deep learning.
- P2O: AI-Driven Framework for Managing and Securing Wastewater Treatment Plants.
Book Chapters
- Outlier detection using AI: a survey. In AI Assurance: Towards Valid, Explainable, Fair, and Ethical AI (pp. 231–291).
- The application of artificial intelligence assurance in precision farming and agricultural economics.
Conference Proceeding
- Model-Agnostic Scoring Methods for Artificial Intelligence Assurance.
- DeepAg: Deep Learning Approach for Measuring the Effects of Outlier Events on Agricultural Production and Policy.
- Quantification of Peak Demand Reduction Potential in Commercial Buildings due to HVAC Set Point and Brightness Adjustment.
- Implementation of microcontroller based Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) using SEPIC converter.
- 2025: Presidential Postdoc Fellowship, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
- 2022: IWS 2022 Winner, The Water Research Foundation
- 2014: Robotics BUET 2014, BUET