Hello there!! I'm Shihab Ahmed, a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Information Technology at the Department of Computer & Information Sciences, Towson University. I am advised by Dr. Md Sajidul Islam Sajid. My research interests broadly cover System Security and Malware Analysis. My current research work particularly focused at the crossection of Cyber Deception and Generative AI. I received my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Information and Communication Technology from Comilla University in November, 2021 and November, 2022, respectively.
Shoot me an email if you want to collaborate on a project, have a question, or just want to say hi~
Publications
- Secure Development of a Hooking-Based Deception Framework Against Keylogging Techniques
Md Sajidul Islam Sajid, Shihab Ahmed, Ryan Sosnoski
IEEE Secure Development Conference (SecDev) 2025
Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, Oct 2025
PDF Datasets Presentation (Available Soon) - SPADE: Enhancing Adaptive Cyber Deception Strategies with Generative AI and Structured Prompt Engineering
Shihab Ahmed, A B M Mohaimenur Rahman, Md Morshed Alam, Md Sajidul Islam Sajid
IEEE CCWC 2025
Las Vegas, NV, Jan 2025
PDF Datasets Presentation (Available Soon) - tRF-BERT: A transformative approach to aspect-based sentiment analysis in the bengali language
Shihab Ahmed, Moythry Manir Samia, Maksuda Haider Sayma, Md. Mohsin Kabir, M. F. Mridha
PLOS ONE Journal, 2024
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Recent News
- October 15, 2025: Presented our paper "Secure Development of a Hooking-Based Deception Framework Against Keylogging Techniques" at IEEE Secure Development Conference (SecDev) 2025.
- September 11, 2025: Awarded IEEE Secure Development Conference Student Travel Grant.
- August 12, 2025: Our paper titled "Secure Development of a Hooking-Based Deception Framework Against Keylogging Techniques" was accepted at IEEE Secure Development Conference (SecDev) 2025.
- January 17, 2025: Awarded Towson University Spring 2025 Doctoral Student Scholarship.
- January 08, 2025: Received best presenter award at IEEE CCWC 2025 for presenting my paper "SPADE: Enhancing Adaptive Cyber Deception Strategies with Generative AI and Structured Prompt Engineering".
- January 08, 2025: Presented my paper "SPADE: Enhancing Adaptive Cyber Deception Strategies with Generative AI and Structured Prompt Engineering" at IEEE CCWC 2025.
- November 30, 2024: Our paper titled "SPADE: Enhancing Adaptive Cyber Deception Strategies with Generative AI and Structured Prompt Engineering" was accepted at IEEE CCWC 2025.
- September 20, 2024: Our paper titled "tRF-BERT: A transformative approach to aspect-based sentiment analysis in the bengali language" was accepted in PLOS ONE Journal.
- August 26, 2024: Officially started my PhD at Towson University ✨