Dr. Robin Verma

Assistant Professor
WAEC 2007
304-696-5773
vermar@marshall.edu

Biography

Robin Verma received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi, India, in 2018. He was a postdoctoral researcher with the Cyber Center for Security and Analytics at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio, Texas. His research interests include digital forensics, Internet of Things (IoT) security and forensics, the application of machine learning in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and privacy-preserving technologies.

Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering (2012-2018), IIIT-Delhi, New Delhi, India
M.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering (2010 - 2012) with a specialization in Information Security, IIIT-Delhi, New Delhi, India
B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering (2008), GGSIPU, New Delhi, India

Critical thinking is essential to digital forensic education, enabling students to grasp fundamental concepts and objectively apply their learning to examine and solve problems. In addition, digital forensics is a multi-disciplinary subject that touches computer science, electronics, electrical engineering, and the legal domain, so realizing the relationship between these disciplines is vital to follow the data and appreciate measures to seize it and its further analysis for digital forensics investigations. I design my course material to help students understand the fundamentals, explore the context and use their problem-solving skills to propose solutions. These skills have helped my students get into respectful cyber security and digital forensics-related jobs in the industry. One of my students has chosen to pursue research and is currently a Ph.D. student at a respected US University. Therefore, I believe critical thinking prepares a student to excel in digital forensics and the larger field of cyber security.

Awarded the TCS Research Scholarship - July 2012 (which ended in June 2017; only 40 Ph.D. students from 61 top-ranking institutes and universities in India are funded by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) every year; roughly half of them get it in the July cycle, and the rest in the January cycle).
IFIP WG 11.9 and ADFSL Academic Conferences
Non-destructive data acquisition methodology for IoT devices: a case study on Amazon Echo Dot version 2. Albert Villarreal, Robin Verma, Oren Upton, and Nicole Beebe. IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2022).
QuickDedup: Efficient VM Deduplication in Cloud Computing Environments. Shweta Saharan, Gaurav Somani, Gaurav Gupta, Robin Verma, Manoj Singh Gaur, Rajkumar Buyya. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. Volume 139, pp. 18-31, May 2020.
DF 2.0: An Automated, Privacy Preserving, and Efficient Digital Forensic Framework That Leverages Machine Learning for Evidence Prediction and Privacy Evaluation. Robin Verma, Jayaprakash Govindaraj, Saheb Chhabra, and Gaurav Gupta, Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law. Volume 14, Number 2. June 2019.
DF 2.0: Designing an automated, privacy preserving, and efficient digital forensic framework, Robin Verma, Jayaprakash Govindaraj, and Gaurav Gupta, Thirteenth Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. San Antonio, Texas. May 17-18, 2018. 12.
Precognition: Automated Digital Forensic Readiness System for Mobile Computing Devices in Enterprises, Jayaprakash Govindaraj, Robin Verma, and Gaurav Gupta, Thirteenth Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. San Antonio, Texas. May 17-18, 2018. 11.
Perceptions of Data Privacy during Digital Forensic Investigations in India, Robin Verma, Jayaprakash Govindaraj and Gaurav Gupta, Twelfth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, New Delhi, India. January 4-6, 2016.
Now I See you - Forensic analysis of Mobile Ads to Identify user, Jayaprakash Govindaraj, Robin Verma, and Gaurav Gupta, Twelfth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, New Delhi, India. January 4-6, 2016.
A Collision Attack on Sdhash Similarity Hashing, Donghoon Chang, Somitra Sanadhya, Monika Singh and Robin Verma, 10th International Conference on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering, Malaga, Spain, 30th Sep - 2nd Oct 2015.
Forensic-Ready Secure iOS Apps for Jailbroken iPhones, Jayaprakash Govindaraj, Rashmi, Robin Verma and Gaurav Gupta, Eleventh Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics. Orlando, Florida. January 26-28, 2015.
A Tool for Extracting Windows 8.X App Static and Volatile Forensic Artifacts, Shariq Murtuza, Robin Verma, Jayaprakash Govindaraj and Gaurav Gupta, Eleventh Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, Orlando, Florida, January 26-28, 2015.
iSecureRing: Forensic ready Secure iOS apps for jailbroken iPhones, Jayaprakash Govindaraj, Rashmi, Robin Verma, Gaurav Gupta, 35th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Jose, May 19, 2014.
Preserving Date and Timestamps for Incident Handling in Android Operating System, R. Verma, J. Govindaraj and G. Gupta, Tenth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, January 8-10, 2014.
Detecting Counterfeit Currency and Identifying Its Source, Ankit Sarkar, Robin Verma, and Gaurav Gupta, Ninth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, Orlando, Florida, USA, January 27-30, 2013.
Cloud Forensics and Challenges, The hundredth Indian Science Congress Young Scientist Awards under Information and Communication Science & Technology (including Computer Sciences) Section, 2012-13.
Forensically Important Artifacts Resulting from Usage of Cloud Client Services, R. Verma, A. Gupta, A. Sarkar, and G. Gupta, at 28th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 28), Orlando, Florida, USA, 2012.