Dr. Sicong Shao is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of North Dakota (UND). Prior to joining UND, he was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, where he also received his PhD. His research interests include cybersecurity, machine learning, AI, and software engineering. Dr. Shao leads the Intelligent Software and System Security Lab (iSSSL), which focuses on advancing cutting-edge research in system security, software security, digital forensics, and AI-assisted cybersecurity techniques.

I am looking for highly motivated graduate students to work with me. If you are interested, please email me at sicong.shao@und.edu

Current Students

• Qinxuan Shi, PhD student in Computer Science at UND, Jan. 2024 - Present (BE, Nanjing University; MS, University of Florida)
• Zhanglong Yang, PhD student in Computer Science at UND, Jan. 2024 - Present (BS, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)
• Brian Terry, PhD student in Computer Science at UND, Jan.2024- Present (BS, University of Georgia; ME, University of Georgia; MS, University of West Georgia)
• Ali Haidar, PhD student in Computer Science at UND, Aug. 2024 - Present (MS, Arizona State University)
• Desmond Amadigwe, PhD student in Computer Science at UND, Jan. 2025 - Present (MS, Hood College)
• Preeti Choubey, PhD student in Computer Science at UND, Jan. 2025 - Present (MS, Boston University)

News

• 01/2025 Welcome Desmond and Preeti, who join my lab as new graduate students.
• 11/2024 Dr. Shao (PI) received the Early Career Scholars Program award from UND.
• 11/2024 One paper accepted to IEEE ICCC 2024.
• 10/2024 Dr. Shao servered as Co-Chair for IEEE CARS 2024.
• 10/2024 One paper accepted to IEEE ECICE 2024.
• 08/2024 Dr. Shao (Co-PI) received Industry University Cooperative Research Center planning grant from NSF.
• 08/2024 Welcome new student Ali Haidar to join my lab.
• 08/2024 Two papers accepted to IEEE CARS 2024.
• 07/2024 One paper accepted to DDDAS 2024.
• 06/2024 Welcome new student Brian Terry to join my lab.
• 02/2024 Dr. Shao (PI) received SARJ award through NSF RII Track 2 FEC from NSF EPSCoR Edge AI Program.
• 01/2024 Welcome new students Qinxuan Shi and Zhanglong Yang, who join my lab.
• 01/2024 Dr. Shao was invited to server as guest editor for a special issue in the Electronics journal.
• 10/2023 Three papers accepted to AICCSA 2023.
• 09/2023 One paper accepted to IEEE UEMCON 2023.
• 08/2023 One paper accepted to ICMLA 2023.
• 08/2023 Dr. Shao joined SEECS at UND as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.