I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University under the supervision of Prof. Elisa Bertino. I am affiliated with the Cyber Space Security Lab (Cyber2Slab) and CERIAS. My research focuses on the security of cellular networks, with an emphasis on Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN). I develop methods to identify vulnerabilities in O-RAN architecture and protocol behavior using large language models, formal verification techniques, and program analysis. I also design and curate large-scale testbeds and datasets to support empirical evaluation and benchmarking of next-generation cellular networks. Prior to this, I worked on the reverse engineering and analysis of unknown or proprietary communication protocols. My research in this space explored deep learning-based approaches for inferring protocol structure and semantics from raw network traces to support anomaly detection, protocol fuzzing, and security auditing. My broader research interests include network security, cellular network security, IoT security and privacy, systems and software security, and machine learning for security.

I earned both my M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Sabanci University. Previously, I worked as a Research Intern at Purdue University under the supervision of Dr. Z. Berkay Celik. During this internship, we developed a secure and robust context-based group pairing scheme for heterogeneous IoT devices. Our work, titled “One Key to Rule Them All: Secure Group Pairing for Heterogeneous IoT Devices”, was accepted to IEEE S&P 2023.

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