Rate My Professor Shambhu Upadhyaya

Shambhu Upadhyaya is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, where he joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1986 and was promoted to Professor in 2008. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 1987, ME in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 1982, and BE in Electrical Engineering from the same institution in 1979. Throughout his career at UB, he has held key administrative roles, including Director of the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) since 2002, Associate Department Chair (2015–2017), Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education (2017–2022), Strategic Lead for Cybersecurity Research and Education (2022–2023), and currently Director of the SEAS/SOM Cybersecurity MS Program since 2023.

Upadhyaya's research specializations include cybersecurity with focuses on intrusion detection, alert correlation, insider threat modeling, authentication, simulation of advanced persistent threats, wireless networks security, web security, and fault tolerance and dependability in distributed systems. He is an IEEE Fellow (2021), recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities (2019), UB’s Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award (2021–2022), SEAS Senior Teacher of the Year Award (2015), and multiple best paper awards, including at the 2nd IEEE International Swarm Intelligence & Other Forms of Malware Workshop (2007), 11th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference (2008), and 13th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (2018). Notable publications comprise "Decepticon: a Theoretical Framework to Counter Advanced Persistent Threats" (Information Systems Frontiers, 2021, with R. Baksi), "Surviving Advanced Persistent Threats in a Distributed Environment – Architecture and Analysis" (Information Systems Frontiers, 2015, with R. Mehresh), "An Analysis of Complexity of Insider Attacks to Databases" (ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, 2021, with G. Kul), and "Dynamically Partitioned Test Scheduling with Adaptive TAM Configuration for Power-Constrained SoC Testing" (IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of ICs and Systems, 2005, with D. Zhao). He has contributed editorially as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Computers (2001–2006) and Coordinating Editor for Information Systems Frontiers.