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Hello! My name is Kambiz (pronounced come-bees) Ghazinour! I'm Professor and Chair of Department of CyberSecurity at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Canton. We have two popular programs ofCybersecurity and Data Science (AI).

I am directing the Advanced Information Security and Privacy (AISP) lab. If you are interested to join the lab, feel free to send me an email.

Prior to this position, I was an Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science at Kent State University from 2015 to 2019. I received my PhD In 2012 in the area of Data Security and Privacy from University of Calgary and was a Post-doc Fellow at the University of Ottawa and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario from 2012 to 2014.

In 2007, I received my Masters at the University of New Brunswick in the area of High Performance Scientific Computing. In 2003 I received my Bachelors in Software Engineering and from 1998 to 2005, I took on many roles including Software Developer, Systems Analyst and Database Administrator.

Research Description

My current research interests include, but are not limited to:

  • Data Security and Privacy

  • Data Analysis

  • Privacy Enhancing Technologies

  • Usable Security and Privacy

  • Public Safety and Education

  • Social Media

  • Healthcare Systems

Positions

Professor and Chair (CJ)
SUNY The State University of New York 2019

Education

Ph.D. (Computer Science)
University of Calgary, Canada 2012

Publications

J. McHatton, and K. Ghazinour
Mitigating Social Media Privacy Concerns - A Comprehensive Study
Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Workshop on Security and Privacy Analytics 27-32 (2023)