Afia Anjum

Afia Anjum

Graduate Researcher
Theoretical Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science @ Texas Christian University (TCU)

I currently serve as a Graduate Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), contributing to the U.S. Department of Energy's Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program, where I design methods to strengthen the security and adaptability of critical communication infrastructure. I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Arlington in Spring 2026, where I was a member of the Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab under the supervision of Dr. Habeeb Olufowobi. Prior to my doctoral studies, I served as a Lecturer at Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

My research bridges artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and next-generation wireless network architecture to develop secure, interpretable, and real-time communication frameworks for cyber-physical systems.

A PDF version of my CV is available here.

Ph.D. Position Available (Fall 2026 / Spring 2027)

I am seeking one highly motivated Ph.D. student to join my research group at TCU. Details on research areas and application procedures are available on the Prospective Students page.

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Apr 2026Successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation titled "Optimizing the Frontier: Enhancing Security and Efficiency of Wireless Communication Systems for Internet of Things" at the University of Texas at Arlington 🎓
Nov 2025Our paper “Unveiling Graph Copycats: Inference Attacks with Student Models” got accepted at PETS’26.
Nov 2025Our paper “Towards Enhanced Sparse-View Tomographic Reconstruction Using 3D Gaussian Splatting” got accepted at 3DV'26.
Oct 2025Got selected as an invited speaker for the IEEE TCCN Rising Star Symposium Series, organized by the IEEE TCCN Special Interest Group on AI/ML in Security.
Aug 2025Our paper "Beyond Detection: Comparative Explainability Study on Trypanosoma cruzi Using CAMs and DETR Attention" got accepted at IEEE BHI'25.
Jul 2025Our paper "SemPerGe: Unveiling Text-based Adversarial Attacks on Semantic Communication" has been accepted to CNS 2025.
Jul 2025Our paper "FedVLM: Scalable Personalized Vision-Language Models through Federated Learning" has been accepted to ECAI 2025.
Jul 2025Received USENIX travel grant award to attend VehicleSec 2025.
Apr 2025Our paper "Beyond the Glow: Understanding Luminescent Marker Behavior Against Autonomous Vehicle Perception Systems" has been accepted to the USENIX VehicleSec 2025.