Dr. Ankur Chowdhary is a cybersecurity researcher. He received his Ph.D. (2020) and M.S. (2015) with specialization in cybersecurity from Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests include cloud security, software-defined networks, and application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the field of cybersecurity. Ankur has co-authored over 30 research papers and one textbook in the field of cybersecurity. Ankur co-founded cybersecurity startup CyNET LLC (2017). Ankur has been quite active in cybersecurity education. Ankur was ASU’s National Cybersecurity Defense Competition (NCCDC) captain (2015-2018), and he is current team coach (2018-). He co-founded hacking club DevilSec in 2019 to teach offensive and defensive security to students at ASU.