Arjun Arunasalam
Scholar

Arjun Arunasalam

Google Scholar ID: Uzjc37UAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Florida International University
Security and Privacy
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
126
 
H-index
5
 
i10-index
4
 
Publications
15
 
Co-authors
10
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • 1. Two papers accepted to IEEE S&P Oakland 2026; 2. Work on LLMs and Values accepted to EMNLP 2025 main findings; 3. Research on user privacy concerns with conversational AI agents (in collaboration with UC Irvine) accepted to IEEE S&P; 4. User-centered work on investigating Indicators of Compromise for Industrial Control System Security published in Elsevier's Computers & Security journal; 5. Study on online communities of threat actors accepted into an IEEE S&P magazine special issue on cybercrime and online harm; 6. Paper on XR Security accepted into USENIX 25; 7. Gave an invited talk at UIowa as part of the rising star event.
Research Experience
  • Now recruiting two PhD students for Fall 2026 at FIU (Computer Science), focusing on human-AI interfaces, XR, and online cybercrime. Prior experience in applied AI and user-centered methodologies is highly valued.
Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University, supervised by Dr. Z. Berkay Celik; Bachelors in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Background
  • Assistant Professor at Florida International University (Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences). His research goal is understanding and improving human-centered security, privacy, and trust in sociotechnical systems.
Miscellany
  • Looking for PhD students interested in human-AI interfaces, XR, and online cybercrime to join his team.