Erald Troja

Assistant Professor

Computer Science, Mathematics and Science

The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies

PhD, Computer Science, The Graduate Center, CUNYMPhil, Computer Science, The Graduate Center, CUNYMS, Computer Information Systems, Brooklyn CollegeBS, Computer Science, Brooklyn College

I am an Assistant Professor with the Mathematics, Computer Science and Science Division of St. John's University's Collins College of Professional Studies.

I am the acting Program Coordinator for the Cyber Security Systems program and main point of contact (POC) for St. John's University Cyber Security Center of Academic Excellence (CAE).

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Prior to joining St. John's, I served as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at IONA College teaching Computer Science and Cyber Security courses.

I have over 20+ years of industry experience working as a Sr. Systems Engineer for Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications.

My research interests include security and privacy with a focus on secure and privacy-preserving computations, location privacy and applied cryptography as well as mobile computing with a focus on location-based services, spatial databases, cognitive radio networks and delay tolerant networks.

My recent publications have been accepted in top tier conferences and journals such as ICNC, MILCOM, VTC, SIGSPATIAL, ICC, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks and IEEE Access.

Teaching Interests

I enjoy teaching various topics on the areas of networking, network/wireless security and applied cryptography through hands-on laboratory applications.

Research Interests

My research interest topics include but are not limited to Location Privacy, Privacy-Preserving Computations, Dynamic Spectrum Access Cognitive Radio, Applied Cryptography.

Courses Taught

CSS

1005

FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBER SECURITY

CSS

1015

WIRELESS SECURITY

CSS

1032

CYBER THREATS AND DETECTION

CUS

1185

DATA SECURITY & CRYPTOGRAPHY

Select Publications

Journal Articles

Troja, E., Yadav, N., Lin, I., and Diep, N. U. (2021). Privacy-Preserving Crowd-Sensing for Dynamic Spectrum Access With Malicious Workers. IEEE Access. vol. 9, pp. 24234--24248.

Bakiras, S., Troja, E., Xu, X., and Naves, J. F. (2020). Secure and Anonymous Communications Over Delay Tolerant Networks. IEEE Access. vol. 8, pp. 88158--88169.

Troja, E., and Bakiras, S. (2017). Optimizing privacy-preserving DSA for mobile clients. Ad Hoc Networks. vol. 59, pp. 71--85.

Troja, E., and Bakiras, S. (2015). Leveraging P2P interactions for efficient location privacy in database-driven dynamic spectrum access. International Journal of Network Security. vol. 17, pp. 569--578.

Troja, E., and Bakiras, S. (2015). Efficient Location Privacy for Moving Clients in Database-driven Dynamic Spectrum Access.

Conference Proceedings

Troja, E., DeBello, J. E., and Truong, L. M. (2023). A Framework for Infusing Cybersecurity Programs With Real-World Artificial Intelligence Education. 2023 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON).

Troja, E., DeBello, J. E., and Truong, L. M. (2023). Teaching Effective and Gamified Cybersecurity using the Metaverse: Challenges and Opportunities. 2023 IEEE World Engineering Education Conference (EDUNINE).

Troja, E., DeBello, J. E., Yadav, N., Aliasgari, M., Truong, L. M., and Worden, J. Mitigating Autonomous Vehicle GPS Spoofing Attacks through Scene Text Observations. Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. vol. 56,

Troja, E., Yadav, N., and Truong, L. M. (2022). Machine Learning Architecture for Signature-Based IoT Intrusion Detection in Smart Energy Grids. Palermo: MELECON2022 – The 21st IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON22). pp. 7.

Troja, E., Yadav, N., Bukhari, S., and Truong, L. M. (2022). Personalized Outsourced Privacy-Preserving Database Updates for Crowd-Sensed Dynamic Spectrum Access. Palermo: MELECON2022 – The 21st IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON22). pp. 7.

DeBello, J. E., Schmeelk, S., Dragos, D., Truong, L. M., and Troja, E. (2022). Teaching effective Cybersecurity through Escape the Classroom Paradigm. Tunis: EDUCON2022 – IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference. pp. 7.

Troja, E., DeBello, J. E., and Nicole, R. (2021). Teaching Efficient Computer Science and Cybersecurity courses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In: EDUCON 2021.

Troja, E., and Ice, L. (2021). Fraud-resilient Privacy-preserving Crowd-sensing for Dynamic Spectrum Access. In: VTC 2021.

Troja, E., and Gitter, J. (2019). Privacy-preserving Crowd-sensing for Dynamic Spectrum Access. In: MILCOM 2019-2019 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM). pp. 1--6.

Bakiras, S., Troja, E., and Xu, X. (2017). An anonymous messaging system for delay tolerant networks. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). pp. 1--6.

Troja, E., and Bakiras, S. (2016). Privacy-preserving location-aware mobile advertisement. In: 2016 IEEE Trustcom/BigDataSE/ISPA. pp. 783--790.

Troja, E., and Bakiras, S. (2015). Efficient Location Privacy for Moving Clients in Database-driven Dynamic Spectrum Access.

Troja, E., and Bakiras, S. (2014). Leveraging p2p interactions for efficient location privacy in database-driven dynamic spectrum access. In: Proceedings of the 22nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems. pp. 453--456.

Others

Troja, E. (2016). Efficient Location Privacy In Mobile Applications.