Name: Dr. Naresh Kshetri

Affiliation: Full-Time Faculty, Department of Cybersecurity, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA.

Email: nxkics@rit.edu / kshetrinaresh@gmail.com

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Dr. Naresh Kshetri is Full-Time Faculty, Department of Cybersecurity, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA.

Educational Qualifications:

• PhD (Computer Science) University of Missouri – St. Louis, Missouri
• Master of Science (Cybersecurity) Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri
• Master of Computer Application (MCA) University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
• Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) Pokhara University, Lekhnath, Pokhara

Employment & Professional Work Experience:

• I am presently a full-time Faculty (Cybersecurity) at Department of Cybersecurity, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Lindenwood University, Department of Math, CS & IT, Incoming Faculty, Assistant Professor (Cybersecurity): 15 August 2022 -2024
• Lindenwood University, Department of Math, Cs & IT, Adjunct Instructor (Computer Science): August 2021 – May 2022
• UMSL, College of Education, Technology and Learning Center (TLC) Lab, Student Assistant Technical: May 2019 – May 2022
• UMSL, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Graduate Teaching Assistant / Graduate Research Assistant: 06 Aug 2018 – May 2022
• UPTEC Allahabad, Allahabad, India, Lecturer / System Officer: May 2015 – Nov 2016
• NAMUNA Science College, Gaindakot, Nawalparasi, Computer Science Teacher, November 2009 – March 2011

Additional Experiences:

• UPTEC Allahabad, Allahabad, India, Examination Incharge, 02 February 2016 – 30 November 2016
• UPTEC Allahabad, Allahabad, India, Assistant Examination Incharge, 24 October 2015 – 01 February 2016
• Self-employed, Freelance Software Developer (Part Time), 2011 – Till Date

System Experiences:

• ASP.NET, VISUAL STUDIO, SQL SERVER R2, MS ACCESS, MySQL
• JSP, SERVLET, STRUTS 1.0, VB, ORACLE 10 G,
• Tools: vim, Eclipse, NETBEANS RC, Spyder
• Languages Known: Python, C#, Java, C++, C, JavaScript, HTML, and XML
• Operating System: Windows, Linux, Mac OS

Research Interest:

• Computer Ethics: AI Ethics, Robot / Machine Ethics, Autonomous Weapons, Autonomous Vehicles Ethics
• Cyber Defense: Need of Defense/Intelligence, Cyber practices/strategies, Ethical Defense Models, Countermeasures
• Online Crime: Cyber-enabled crimes, URL redirection, credential phishing & cyber-attacks as social engineering base
• Blockchain Technology: Concepts and applications, Security and privacy, Blockchain in Agribusiness and Farming
• Cybersecurity: Systems and Web Security, Trust and privacy, Blockchain Security, Data Security over Internet

Current & Past Projects:

• Cyber Awareness, Lindenwood University 2022, Project: Cyber ethics knowledge and awareness
Coding/Lab: LU Lab (ongoing)
• Crime Prediction, United University / UMSL 2022, Project: Rape crime prediction and analysis in India
Coding/Lab: Machine Learning Lab / CEC Lab (ongoing), Description: Earlier statistical evaluation of Indian crime facts concentrated especially on quotes of crimes against women and/or any specific form of crimes towards girls. Given this study gap the goal of this examination is to apply the discipline of system studying that has emerged within the recent years for this cause. In this work, Linear Regression based totally syste gaining knowledge of strategies were applied on crime information to reveal the impact of rape towards ladies in India, additionally a prediction for destiny is made to higher recognize the up rise of crime in opposition to ladies.
• Blockchain Technology in Agriculture, UMSL 2022, Project: BCT meets Agriculture: Indian sugarcane farming
Coding/Lab: CEC Lab (ongoing), Description: The use of blockchain technology can help such farmers to automate the process with high trust. We have presented our case study and analysis for the Indian sugarcane farming with data collected from farmers. The system implementation, testing, and result analysis has been shown based on the case study. The overall purpose of our research is to emphasize and motivate the agricultural products and benefit the farmers with the use of blockchain technology
• Autonomous Weapon Systems, UMSL 2021, Project: The rise in AWS & RW: Is it Security or Threat?
Coding/Lab: CEC Lab (ongoing), Description: Nation states (some secretly, some openly), are investing in RW and AWS. New technologies have combined with countries’ security worries to give rise to a new arms race. Because a country / nation can enter the automated weapons space in a way that is impractical for nuclear weapons, nations are trying to make their presence known in both the offline and online battlefields. We have ethically analyzed these ongoing developments, focusing both on global security and global threat. Also, we have outlined the major concern (as either security and threat) in response to such robot weapons and autonomous weapons
• Online crime Project (CS5880 – Fall 2021), UMSL 2021, Project: Analysis of online crime in pre/post Covid
Coding/Lab: CEC Lab, Department of Computer Science, UMSL
• Topics in CG Project (CS6410 - Spring 2020), UMSL 2020, Project: GPU particle animation using mouse
Coding: HTML, JavaScript, GLSL ES, WebGL, Chrome Developer Tools
• CG Project (CS5410 - Fall 2019), UMSL 2019, Project: GUI-based program animating Polyhedrons
Coding: HTML, JavaScript, GLSL ES, WebGL, Chrome Developer Tools
• ADSA Project (CS5130 - FA18), UMSL 2018, Project: Cycle Detection in a DAG
Coding: Java, NetBeans 8.1, and MySQL 5.7
• Major Project (MCA 6th sem) University of Allahabad 2014, Project: Annual Report Preparation System
Coding: Java, Struts 1, NetBeans7.3, and Oracle 10g
• Mini Project (MCA 5th sem) University of Allahabad 2013, Project: Online Book Sales System
Coding: C#, VS 2010, ASP.NET and MS SQL SERVER
• Project IV (BCA 8th sem) Pokhara University 2010, Project: Personal Blog
Coding: PHP, HTML 5.0, JavaScript
• Project III (BCA 6th sem) Pokhara University 2009, Project: College Website
Coding: PHP 5.0 and Oracle 9i
• Project II (BCA 4th sem) Pokhara University 2008, Project: Library Management System
Coding: Visual Basic 6.0 and SQL Server 2000
• Project I (BCA 2nd sem) Pokhara University 2007, Project: Mark sheet of school students
Coding: C programming language

Other Professional Development Activities:

• Reviewer appointed for ICCCIS-2022 IEEE International Conference (04-05 November 2022) organised by Sharda University, Greater Noida, India (http://www.icccis.in)
• Attended “Patent Searching” livestream webinar by IEEE-USA/US Patent and Trademarks Office on 17 Aug 2022, Tuesday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WWtj5roU6E)
• Reviewer for AICTC-2022 International Conference (17-18 December 2022) hosted by Government Engineering College, Bikaner, RJ, India (https://www.aictc.in)
• Attended the online seminar “Cybersecurity in Education” on 16 May 2022, supported by the Australian Government, sponsored by Australia-Japan Foundation (https://cybersecurityineducation.com)
• Successfully completed CITI program course (Social & Behavioral Research – Basic/Refresher, 1 – Basic Stage), Record ID: 48009835. Completion Date: 21 March 2022
• STLCyberCon2021 – Virtually participated in Saint Louis Cybersecurity Conference. Sponsored by UMSL. 12 November 2021
• High school leadership IT summit – Attended in high school leadership IT submit. Jointly organized by UMSL & Daugherty Business Solutions. 19-21 July 2021
• FICC Conference – Attended Future of Information and Communication Conference 2021 online. Presented a paper on “Blockchain Technology”. Vancouver, Canada. 29-30 April 2021
• STLCyberCon2019 – Participated in UMSL’s Annual Cybersecurity Conference. Organized by Information Systems and Computer Science departments. 15 November 2019, JC Penny Conference Center

Working Papers and Preprints:

• N. Kshetri, “Knowledge and awareness of computer ethics and cyber ethics between CS and non-CS university, students: An empirical study” (2022, ongoing)
• D. Kumar and N. Kshetri, “Rape crime prediction and analysis in India through Machine Learning approaches and techniques (2022, ongoing)
• N. Kshetri, C.S. Bhushal, D. Kumar, “Blockchain technology meets Agriculture: The case study and analysis of the Indian sugarcane farming” (2021, ongoing)
• N. Kshetri, R. Zaidi, A. Nepal, K.W. Miller, “The rise in Autonomous Weapons Systems: Is it a Security or Threat? An ethical analysis” (2021, ongoing)

Books and Chapters:

• N. Kshetri, “Blockchain Technology for improving transparency and citizen’s trust”, Book series: Advances in Information and Communication, Chapter No: 52, Chapter DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73100-7_52, Springer Nature, FICC 2021, Vol I, AISC 1363

Publications:

• N. Kshetri and A. Sharma, “An overview of online crime, attacks in pre & post COVID scenario with respective counter measures and security strategies” Journal of Engineering, Computing & Architecture (JECA), ISSN: 1934-7197 (Online), Impact Factor: 6.1, Volume – XI, Issue – XII, DOI: 17.0002.JECA.2021.V11I12.200786.7902, Page: 13-33, December (2021)
• N. Kshetri, C.S. Bhushal, D. Chapagain, “BCT-AA: A survey of Blockchain technology-based applications in context with Agribusiness” Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Electronic Journal 3834004, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3834004, DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3834004 May (2021)
• N. Kshetri, “A Survey of Computer Ethics (w.r.t. Artificial Intelligence, Robot Weaponry, Fuzzy Systems, Autonomous Vehicles)” International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), ISSN: 2278-3075 (Online), Impact Factor: 1.0, Volume – 10, Issue – 4, DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.D8582.0210421, February (2021)
• N. Kshetri and K.W. Miller, “A Study of Cyber-Defense Ethics & Initiatives by Governments of Under Developing Nations: A Study of Selected Countries'' International Journal of Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis (IJAEMA), ISSN: 0886-9367, Impact Factor: 6.3, Volume XIII, Issue I, 977-986, January (2021)
• N. Kshetri, “Cyber Strategy of Government of Nepal (GoN)” Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Electronic Journal 3552143, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3552143, DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3552143 (2018)

Conference Proceedings:

• N. Kshetri, “Blockchain Technology for improving transparency and citizen’s trust” Proceedings of the 2021 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), 29 - 30 April 2021, Vancouver Canada (2020)

Theses:

• N. Kshetri “The global rise of Online devices, Cybercrime and Cyber defense: Enhancing ethical actions, counter measures, cyber strategy, and approaches”, PhD Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Missouri – St. Louis (2022)
• N. Kshetri “Cyber Threat & Counterintelligence in Nepal”, Master’s (MS) Thesis, Department of Math and Computer Science, Webster University (2017)