Teaching at FAU
Semester Year (Class Size): ~ 85-90% Very Good/Excellent ratings for all courses (Available upon request)
Two fully-online course developments: COP 3530 and CNT 4403, Center for Online and Continuing Education, FAU
- COP 3530: Data Structure & Algorithm Analysis
Sum 26 (80), Spring 26 (92), Fall 25 (93), Sum 25 (81), Spring 25 (97), Fall 24 (93), Sum 23 (128), Spring 23 (127), Fall 22 (139), Sum 22 (94), Spring 22 (108), Spring 20 (77), Spring 19 (78), Fall 17 (87), Sum 17 (72), Spring 17 (50), Sum 16 (59)
- CIS 5371/4634: Practical Aspects of Modern Cryptography
Fall 25 (63), Spring 25 (56), Spring 24 (60), Spring 23 (64), Spring 22 (36), Fall 20 (14), Fall 18 (29), Fall 17 (15), Fall 16 (9), Fall 15 (7)
- CNT 4403: Foundations of Cybersecurity
Sum 24 (73), Fall 21 (71), Spring 21 (56)
- COT 6427: Secret Sharing Protocols
Spring 26 (5), Fall 24 (12), Spring 20 (15), Spring 18 (18), Spring 17 (26), Spring 16 (11)
- COT 4930: Java Programming
Spring 18 (78)
- COT 4930: Intro to Security & Crypto
Spring 16 (22), Sum 15 (15)
- CIS 6370: Computer Data Security: One-month course
09/2025 (20), 10/2024 (18), 08/2022 (14), 11/2020 (11)
- Cybersecurity Bootcamp: One-week course
08/2024 (241), 08/2023 (161), 08/2021 (33), 05/2021 (17), 01/2021 (14)
- COT 6900/4900: Direct Independent Study
Twenty-five (25) projects since 2017
Teaching at SIU
Community Outreach
- An invited talk at the St Andrews Country Club
I gave a talk on digital currencies and blockchain technology on May 07, 2025.
Again, amazing questions raised by respected seniors of our community.
- An invited talk at the Sinai Residences' Symphony Hall
I gave a talk on digital currencies and blockchain technology on June 20, 2023.
I was bombarded with amazing questions raised by respected seniors of our community.
- An invited talk at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
I gave a talk on digital currencies and blockchain technology on December 01, 2022.
My audience were about 101 talented and respected seniors of our community.
- Four technical talks at FAU Alexander D. Henderson University School
I gave talks on digital currencies, secret sharing and MPC on 02/20/19, 02/22/19, 10/02/19, 03/26/21.
The first and third talks were presented to the 9th grade students.
The second and fourth talks were presented to the dual-enrolled students.
- An invited talk at the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILIR)
I gave a talk on digital currencies and blockchain technology on April 30, 2018.
My audience were about 15 talented and respected seniors of our community.
- Three-week course for local high school students: EGN 1935: Intro to Security & Crypto
Topics: mathematical foundations of cryptography, modern cryptography, and hot topics in cybersecurity.
This course was offered to 14 talented high school students who came from different local schools.
It was offered through nine full-day lectures over three weeks in Summer 2016.