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Dr. Cihan Tunc

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Email: Cihan.Tunc@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Arizona, 2015
    Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering
    Dissertation: Autonomic cloud resource management
  • MSc, Northeastern University, 2010
    Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering
    Dissertation: Variation and defect tolerance for nano crossbars
  • BS, Bahcesehir University, 2008
    Major: Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Professional Memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. (2006 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • CSCE 3560 - Cloud Security, 4 courses.
  • CSCE 3600 - Principles of Systems Programming, 5 courses.
  • CSCE 5550 - Introduction to Computer Security, 9 courses.
  • CSCE 5562 - Cloud Security, 2 courses.
  • CSCE 5933 - Topics in Computer Science and Engineering, 2 courses.
  • CSCE 5934 - Directed Study, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5950 - Master's Thesis, 5 courses.
  • CSCE 6933 - Advanced Topics in Computer Science and Engineering, 1 course.
  • CSCE 6940 - Individual Research, 8 courses.
  • CSCE 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 4 courses.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Pacheco, J., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2019). Smart Cities. Cyber Resilience of Systems and Networks. 403--423. Springer, Cham.
  • Tunc, C., Hariri, S., Battou, A. (2017). A design methodology for developing resilient cloud services. Handbook of System Safety and Security. 177--197. Syngress.

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Petrou, D., Martinez-Gil, V., Castillo, F., Tunc, C., Bryce, R.C. (2023). Twitter Account Analysis for Drug Involvement Detection. 2023 3rd Intelligent Cybersecurity Conference (ICSC). 9--16.
  • Blake Putnam, E., Nihal Senarath, D., Ramirez Urquijo, G., Tunc, C., Bryce, R.C. (2023). A Lightweight Drone Simulator. 2023 10th International Conference on Software Defined Systems, SDS 2023. 52-59. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85180368674
  • Tufekci, B., Tunc, C., Dantu, R. (2023). Efficient Motion Control Strategy for Drone Swarms. Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, RAST 2023. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85168418183
  • Namdari, H., Tunc, C., Dantu, R. (2023). Phoenix: IoT Trust Evaluation Using Game Theory with Second Chance Protocol. 2023 10th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, IOTSMS 2023. 117-124. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85179621350
  • Tunc, C., Durflinger, J., Mahmoudi, C., Formicola, V. (2022). Autonomic ZTA-based Network Management Engine (AZNME). 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW). 25--30.
  • Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2022). Self-Protection for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (SP-UAV): Design Overview and Evaluation. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C). 128--132.
  • Shao, S., Satam, P., Satam, S., Al-Awady, K., Ditzler, G., Hariri, S., Tunc, C. (2021). Multi-Layer Mapping of Cyberspace for Intrusion Detection. 2021 IEEE/ACS 18th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--8.
  • Namdari, H., Tunc, C. (2021). Toward Resilience Methods in Cloud Computing. 2021 IEEE/ACS 18th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--2.
  • Tufekci, B., Tunc, C. (2021). Vulnerability and Threat Analysis of UAVs. 2021 IEEE/ACS 18th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--2.
  • Yao, L., Tunc, C., Satam, P., Hariri, S. (2020). Resilient Machine Learning (rML) Ensemble Against Adversarial Machine Learning Attacks. International Conference on Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems. 274--282.
  • Wu, C., Shao, S., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2020). Video anomaly detection using pre-trained deep convolutional neural nets and context mining. 2020 IEEE/ACS 17th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--8.
  • Fargo, F., Franza, O., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2020). VM Introspection-based Allowlisting for IaaS. 2020 7th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS). 1--4.
  • Pacheco, J., Benitez, V.H., Tunc, C., Grijalva, C. (2019). Anomaly behavior analysis for fog nodes availability assurance in IoT applications. 2019 IEEE/ACS 16th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--6.
  • Shao, S., Tunc, C., Al-Shawi, A., Hariri, S. (2019). Automated Twitter Author Clustering with Unsupervised Learning for Social Media Forensics. 2019 IEEE/ACS 16th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--8.
  • Fargo, F., Franza, O., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2019). Autonomic Resource Management for Power, Performance, and Security in Cloud Environment. 2019 IEEE/ACS 16th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--4.
  • Shao, S., Tunc, C., Al-Shawi, A., Hariri, S. (2019). One-Class Classification with Deep Autoencoder Neural Networks for Author Verification in Internet Relay Chat. 2019 IEEE/ACS 16th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--8.
  • Merzouki, M., Mahmoudi, C., Bohn, R., Tunc, C. (2019). Security Automation for Cloud-Based IoT Platforms. 2019 International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData). 1185--1191.
  • Shao, S., Tunc, C., Al-Shawi, A., Hariri, S. (2018). Autonomic Author Identification in Internet Relay Chat (IRC). 2018 IEEE/ACS 15th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--8.
  • Bernard, J., Shao, S., Tunc, C., Kheddouci, H., Hariri, S. (2018). Quasi-cliques analysis for IRC channel thread detection. International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications. 578--589.
  • Pacheco, J., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2018). Security framework for IoT cloud services. 2018 IEEE/ACS 15th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--6.
  • Yang, M., Djordjevic, I.B., Tunc, C., Hariri, S., Akoglu, A. (2017). An optical interconnect network design for dynamically composable data centers. 2017 IEEE 19th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications; IEEE 15th International Conference on Smart City; IEEE 3rd International Conference on Data Science and Systems (HPCC/SmartCity/DSS). 299--302.
  • Tunc, C., Fargo, F., Al-Nashif, Y., Hariri, S. (2017). Autonomic Cross-Layer Management of Cloud Systems. 2017 IEEE 2nd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W). 160--165.
  • Ozdemir, A.T., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2017). Autonomic fall detection system. 2017 IEEE 2nd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W). 166--170.
  • Tunc, C., Hariri, S., Merzouki, M., Mahmoudi, C., De Vaulx, F.J., Chbili, J., Bohn, R., Battou, A. (2017). Cloud security automation framework. 2017 IEEE 2nd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W). 307--312.
  • Shao, S., Tunc, C., Satam, P., Hariri, S. (2017). Real-time irc threat detection framework. 2017 IEEE 2nd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W). 318--323.
  • Hariri, S., Tunc, C., Badr, Y. (2017). Resilient Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems as a Service (rDaaS): A Design Overview. 2017 IEEE 2nd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W). 352--356.
  • Kumbhare, N., Tunc, C., Machovec, D., Akoglu, A., Hariri, S., Siegel, H.J. (2017). Value based scheduling for oversubscribed power-constrained homogeneous HPC systems. 2017 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing (ICCAC). 120--130.
  • Gu, S., Yao, L., Tunc, C., Akoglu, A., Hariri, S., Ritchie, E. (2016). An autonomic workflow performance manager for weather research and forecast workflows. 2016 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing (ICCAC). 111--114.
  • Yu, J., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2016). Automated Framework for Scalable Collection and Intelligent Analytics of Hacker IRC Information. 2016 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing (ICCAC). 33--39.
  • Pacheco, J., Tunc, C., Hariri, S. (2016). Design and evaluation of resilient infrastructures systems for smart cities. 2016 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2). 1--6.
  • Kumbhare, N., Tunc, C., Hariri, S., Djordjevic, I., Akoglu, A., Siegel, H.J. (2016). Just in time architecture (jita) for dynamically composable data centers. 2016 IEEE/ACS 13th International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--8.
  • Tunc, C., Kumbhare, N., Akoglu, A., Hariri, S., Machovec, D., Siegel, H.J. (2016). Value of service based task scheduling for cloud computing systems. 2016 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing (ICCAC). 1--11.
  • Machovec, D., Tunc, C., Kumbhare, N., Khemka, B., Akoglu, A., Hariri, S., Siegel, H.J. (2016). Value-based resource management in high-performance computing systems. Proceedings of the ACM 7th Workshop on Scientific Cloud Computing. 19--26.
  • Al Baalbaki, B., Pacheco, J., Tunc, C., Hariri, S., Al-Nashif, Y. (2015). Anomaly behavior analysis system for ZigBee in smart buildings. 2015 IEEE/ACS 12th International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). 1--4.
  • Tunc, C., Hariri, S., Montero, Fabian De La Pe\~na, Fargo, F., Satam, P. (2015). CLaaS: Cybersecurity Lab as a Service--design, analysis, and evaluation. 2015 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing. 224--227.
  • Hariri, S., Tunc, C., Satam, P., Al-Moualem, F., Blasch, E. (2015). Dddas-based resilient cyber battle management services (d-rcbms). Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 22nd International Conference on High Performance Computing Workshops (HiPCW). 65--65.
  • Khemka, B., Machovec, D., Blandin, C., Siegel, H.J., Hariri, S., Louri, A., Tunc, C., Fargo, F., Maciejewski, A.A. (2015). Resource management in heterogeneous parallel computing environments with soft and hard deadlines. 11th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC 2015). 10.
  • Tunc, C., Hariri, S., Montero, Fabian De La Pe\~na, Fargo, F., Satam, P., Al-Nashif, Y. (2015). Teaching and Training Cybersecurity as a Cloud Service. 2015 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing. 302--308.
  • Tunc, C., Fargo, F., Al-Nashif, Y., Hariri, S., Hughes, J. (2014). Autonomic resilient cloud management (arcm) design and evaluation. 2014 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing. 44--49.
  • Fargo, F., Tunc, C., Al-Nashif, Y., Akoglu, A., Hariri, S. (2014). Autonomic workload and resources management of cloud computing services. 2014 International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing. 101--110.
  • Fargo, F., Tunc, C., Al-Nashif, Y., Hariri, S. (2013). Autonomic performance-per-watt management (APM) of cloud resources and services. Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Cloud and Autonomic Computing Conference. 1--10.
  • Yuce, B., Korkmaz, S., Esen, V.B., Temizkan, F., Tunc, C., Guner, G., Baskaya, I.F., Agi, I., Dundar, G., Ugurdag, H.F. (2013). Synthesis of clock trees for Sampled-Data Analog IC blocks. East-West Design \& Test Symposium (EWDTS 2013). 1--4.
  • Ugurdag, F., Keskin, O., Tunc, C., Temizkan, F., Fici, G., Dedeoglu, S. (2011). RoCoCo: Row and Column Compression for high-performance multiplication on FPGAs. 2011 9th East-West Design \& Test Symposium (EWDTS). 98--101.
  • U\ugurda\ug, Hasan Fatih, Keskin, O., Tun\cc, Cihan, Temizkan, F., Fici, G., Dedeo\uglu, S. (2011). RoCoCo: row and column compression for high-performance multiplication on FPGAs. Design \& Test Symposium (EWDTS), 2011 9th East-West.
  • Tunc, C., Tahoori, M.B. (2010). On-the-fly variation tolerant mapping in crossbar nano-architectures. 2010 28th VLSI Test Symposium (VTS). 105--110.
  • Tunc, C., Tahoori, M.B. (2010). Variation tolerant logic mapping for crossbar array nano architectures. 2010 15th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC). 855--860.

    • Journal Article

  • Wu, C., Shao, S., Tunc, C., Satam, P., Hariri, S. (2021). An explainable and efficient deep learning framework for video anomaly detection. Other. 1--23. Springer US.
  • Shao, S., Tunc, C., Al-Shawi, A., Hariri, S. (2020). An Ensemble of Ensembles Approach to Author Attribution for Internet Relay Chat Forensics. Other. 11 (4) 1--25. ACM New York, NY, USA.
  • Machovec, D., Khemka, B., Kumbhare, N., Pasricha, S., Maciejewski, A.A., Siegel, H.J., Akoglu, A., Koenig, G.A., Hariri, S., Tunc, C., others. (2019). Utility-based resource management in an oversubscribed energy-constrained heterogeneous environment executing parallel applications. Parallel Computing. 83 48--72. North-Holland.
  • Tunc, C., Machovec, D., Kumbhare, N., Akoglu, A., Hariri, S., Khemka, B., Siegel, H.J. (2017). Value of service based resource management for large-scale computing systems. Other. 20 (3) 2013--2030. Springer US.
  • Pacheco, J., Tunc, C., Satam, P., Hariri, S. (2016). Secure and resilient cloud services for enhanced living environments. Other. 3 (6) 44--52. IEEE.

    • Other

  • Hariri, S., Pacheco, J., Tunc, C., Al-Nashif, Y. (2017). A Methodolgy for Designing Resilient and Smart Critical Infrastructures. Retrieved.

    • Ph.D. Thesis

  • Tunc, C. (2015). Autonomic cloud resource management. The University of Arizona.

Presentations Given

    Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Tunc, C. (Author & Presenter), Intel Software Professionals Conference (SWPC), Growing Concern of Information Technologies: Cybersecurity, Intel, Online, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Tunc, C. (Presenter), 4th International Conference on Life and Engineering Sciences (ICOLES 2021), Cloud Computing & IoT Challenges and Approaches, Online, Turkey. (2021 - 2021).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Ji, Y. (Coordinator/Organizer), Tunc, C. (Panelist), Qiu, C. (Panelist), Feng, Y. (Panelist), Texas CSTA Chapters Conference 2023, Recent Advances in Security and Privacy, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Bryce, R. (Principal), Tunc, C. (Co-Principal), "REU Site: TaMaLe - Testing and Machine Learning for Context-Driven Systems," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $404957 Funded. (2021 - 2025).
  • Tunc, C., "Faculty First Flight," University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Tunc, C., "Junior Faculty Summer Research Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Tunc, C. (Principal), "Model Extraction for Zero-Trust Architecture (ZTA) based Internet of Things (IoT) Compliance," sponsored by Siemens Corporation, Technology, IND, Funded. (2021 - 2021).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Tunc, C., "Autonomic Protection for UMAA service," sponsored by Avirtek through "Naval Air Warfare Center (Aircraft Division)", Federal, $40000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, PhD Admission Committee. (2023 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Distinguished Speaker Series. (September 2021 - 2022).
  • Committee Member, Grade Appeal Committee. (2021 - 2022).

Professional Service

  • Editor, Associate Editor, Springer Cluster Computing. (2015 - Present).
  • Guest Speaker, Intel Software Professionals Conference (SWPC) 2022. (2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, 15th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC2022). (December 6, 2022 - December 9, 2022).
  • Program Coordinator, 19th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2022). Abu Dhabi, (December 5, 2022 - December 5, 2022).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, 2021 Springer Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021). (2021 - 2021).
  • Guest Speaker, Intel Software Professionals Conference (SWPC) 2021. (2021 - 2021).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Symposium on Solutions for Smart Cities Challenges 2021 (SSCC2021). (2021 - 2021).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, The 13th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2021). (2021 - 2021).
  • Guest Speaker, 4th International Conference on Life and Engineering Sciences (ICOLES 2021). Istanbul, (September 24, 2021 - September 24, 2021).
  • Committee Chair, 18th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2021). (November 2, 2020 - November 5, 2020).