Vehicular network security
Sybil attacks, rogue and malicious nodes, intrusion detection, false-information attacks, and resilient communication in VANETs.
Wireless NetworkingSecure routing & communication
Connected Autonomous VehiclesVANETs & autonomous systems
Edge + 6GNext-generation computing
Network SecurityDetection, trust & resilience
Research
Building trustworthy wireless systems
The ANTS lab focuses on real-world networking and security problems where mobility, scale, and adversarial behavior make conventional approaches insufficient.
Edge & distributed computing
Fog/edge architectures, distributed detection, efficient routing, and low-latency processing for dynamic wireless environments.
6G, IoT & intelligent transportation
Security and networking foundations for connected autonomous vehicles, autonomous transportation, IoT, and next-generation wireless systems.
Selected publications
Recent work
Publications and research outputs from 2026.
2026
Infrastucture Preparedness for Autonomous Vehicles in Rural Areas
2026
Dynamic K-Means Clustering for Sybil Attack Detection in VANETs
2026
Sybil Attack Detection in VANETs: A Forgetting-Aware Approach Using Stochastic Gradient Descent with Exponential Weight Decay
2026
XTVD: Robust Cross-Temporal Misbehavior Detection for Time-Varying Attacks in VANETs
2026
Rethinking Misbehavior Detection Reliability in VANETs under Reaction-Aware Insider Attacks
News & activities
What’s happening in the lab
Recent milestones, publications, student achievements, and research activity.
Sep 2026
MDPI Sensors publication
Infrastucture Preparedness for Autonomous Vehicles in Rural Areas appears in MDPI Sensors (2026), with Anirudh Paranjothi as a coauthor.
Sep 2026
IEEE GLOBECOM 2026
Rethinking Misbehavior Detection Reliability in VANETs under Reaction-Aware Insider Attacks is part of the 2026 research program for IEEE GLOBECOM, highlighting new work on reliable misbehavior detection in vehicular networks.
Aug 2026
IEEE VTC-Fall 2026
XTVD: Robust Cross-Temporal Misbehavior Detection for Time-Varying Attacks in VANETs advances robust detection of time-varying attacks in vehicular ad hoc networks.
Jan 2026
CCWC 2026
Presented Dynamic K-Means Clustering for Sybil Attack Detection in VANETs with Gideon Adele and Mohammad S. Khan at IEEE CCWC 2026 in Las Vegas.
Oct 2025
WPMC 2025
Research team paper accepted at the IEEE WPMC Conference.
Sep 2025
IRF R2T Global Conference
Research team paper accepted for the IRF R2T Global Conference.
Aug 2025
IEEE WiMob 2025
Paper on sliding-window false-information tracing for connected and autonomous vehicles accepted at IEEE WiMob.
2025
Multiple research publications
New work appeared in Computer Networks and was accepted at conferences spanning network security, vehicular communications, and transportation systems.
Research funding
Translating research into impact
Recent funded activities support research on autonomous vehicles, rural and tribal transportation, and research experiences.
$15M
U.S. Department of Transportation (US-DoT)
TRAVELS — Tribal & Rural Autonomous Vehicles for Efficiency, Livability and Safety. Integrating automated vehicles, infrastructure, communications, and service design for safer, more accessible, efficient rural mobility. Link
OSU Share: $4M
$595,953
National Science Foundation (NSF)
RET Site: SecurAIty Nexus- An Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence and Computer Security Site for Oklahoma STEM Teachers. Hands-on AI and cybersecurity research helps Oklahoma STEM teachers bring these topics into their classrooms. Link
$120,000 (Including CS)
Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC) + U.S. Department of Transportation (US-DoT)
Preparedness of Autonomous Transportation in Rural and Tribal Communities. Assessing community and infrastructure readiness for safe, accessible autonomous transportation in rural and Tribal communities. Link
Teaching & mentoring
Teaching the systems behind tomorrow’s networks
Courses and independent-study opportunities span computer security, computer networks, seminars, and advanced computing.
- CS 4243/5243—Introduction to Computer Security
- CS 4283/5383—Computer Networks
- CS 6800—Advanced Topics in Computing
- CS 5070—Seminar and Special Problems
Research opportunities
Join ANTS
Ph.D. · M.S. Thesis · Undergraduate Research
Explore Ph.D., M.S. thesis, and undergraduate research opportunities in secure and intelligent networks, spanning vehicular security, connected and autonomous mobility, edge intelligence, IoT, and next-generation wireless systems.
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Let’s connect
For research collaborations, student opportunities, talks, or questions about the ANTS lab.
Office
230 MSCS
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74075