Kaushik Roy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT). He has been the recipient of roughly $9.2M in funds from National Science Foundation (NSF), DoD, Department of Energy (DoE), NSA and CISCO Systems. His current research is heavily focused on cybersecurity, cyber identity, biometrics, IoT, machine learning (deep learning), and big data analytics. He has over 130 publications, including 30 journal articles. Dr. Roy is the director for the Center for Cyber Defense (CCD), which is designated by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center for Academic Excellence in both Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) and in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R).