Rate My Professor Denis Ulybyshev

Denis Ulybyshev is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Technological University, a position he has held since August 2019. He also affiliates with the Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center. Ulybyshev earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University in 2019, along with a Master's degree in Computer Science from the same institution that year, and a Master's degree in Automatic Control Systems from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2004. Before joining Tennessee Tech, he served as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in Purdue's Department of Computer Science from 2012 to 2019, contributing to projects on data leakage detection, secure V2X systems, privacy-preserving data dissemination, and end-to-end security in untrusted clouds. His industry experience spans eight years, including roles as Embedded Software Engineer at Samsung Electronics developing firmware for printers, Software Developer and Technical Marketing Engineer at Schneider Electric designing energy management and industrial control systems, and Cybersecurity Software Engineer intern at Coze Health building HIPAA-compliant software with end-to-end encryption.

Ulybyshev's research specializations include web, database, operating system, cloud, and blockchain-based systems security; cryptography; cyber-physical systems such as SCADA and programmable logic controllers; distributed systems; machine learning for anomaly detection and recommendation systems; and assistive software for visually impaired people. Notable publications are 'End-to-End Database Software Security' (MDPI Software, 2023, co-authored with M. Rogers, V. Kholodilo, B. Northern), 'VERCASM-CPS: Vulnerability Analysis and Cyber Risk Assessment for Cyber-Physical Systems' (MDPI Information, 2021, co-authored with B. Northern, T. Burks, M. Hatcher, M. Rogers), 'Secure Monitoring and Notification System for Cloud Infrastructures' (IEEE SoutheastCon, 2022, co-authored with R. Ujiie, V. Kholodilo, B. Northern), and his Ph.D. thesis 'Data Protection in Transit and at Rest with Leakage Detection' (Purdue University, 2019). He has received major awards including the CERIAS 2019 Diamond Award for outstanding academic achievement, Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2018), and Purdue Computer Science Corporate Partners Award (2017). As lead or co-principal investigator, he has contributed to grants totaling over $4.7 million from 2019 to 2022, such as the NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service ($4,443,669, 2021-2026), Tennessee Tech Faculty Research Award ($9,995, 2021-2022) for mobile assistive software, and NASA grants for secure sensor networks. Ulybyshev advises two Ph.D., one Master's, and seven undergraduate students, teaches courses like Information Assurance & Cryptography, Application Security, and Software & Systems Security, and serves on committees including the Cyber Security Curriculum Committee and Faculty Senate Academic Council.