Efrén López-Morales
Office: RFEB 209
6300 Ocean Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
¡Hola! I am a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) advised by Carlos Rubio-Medrano.
During my Ph.D. I completed an internship at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken, Germany advised by Ali Abbasi and Thorsten Holz. Additionally, I was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Santa Cruz hosted by Alvaro Cardenas.
Before joining TAMUCC I completed a Master's Degree at Arizona State University working in the Security Engineering for Future Computing (SEFCOM) Laboratory advised by Adam Doupé, Yan Shoshitaishvili, Ruoyu "Fish" Wang, and Tiffany Bao.
My research area is computer security. My research interests are Cyber-Physical Systems Security, Satellite Security, and Cyber Deception. My research has been published in top-tier cybersecurity conferences including the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) and the USENIX Security Symposium and has won awards such as Best Paper Award at the CPSIoTSec Workshop.
My research has been recognized and supported by the Center for Cyber Safety and Education (2024), the Scholar Achievement in Graduate Education (SAGE) Fellowship (2021-2023), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (2024), the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) (2024), and the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) (2021-2025).
For a comprehensive view of my research and accomplishments please refer to my publications page and CV.
During my Ph.D. I completed an internship at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken, Germany advised by Ali Abbasi and Thorsten Holz. Additionally, I was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Santa Cruz hosted by Alvaro Cardenas.
Before joining TAMUCC I completed a Master's Degree at Arizona State University working in the Security Engineering for Future Computing (SEFCOM) Laboratory advised by Adam Doupé, Yan Shoshitaishvili, Ruoyu "Fish" Wang, and Tiffany Bao.
My research area is computer security. My research interests are Cyber-Physical Systems Security, Satellite Security, and Cyber Deception. My research has been published in top-tier cybersecurity conferences including the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) and the USENIX Security Symposium and has won awards such as Best Paper Award at the CPSIoTSec Workshop.
My research has been recognized and supported by the Center for Cyber Safety and Education (2024), the Scholar Achievement in Graduate Education (SAGE) Fellowship (2021-2023), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (2024), the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) (2024), and the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) (2021-2025).
For a comprehensive view of my research and accomplishments please refer to my publications page and CV.
🚀 Exciting News! I am on the job market and actively seeking tenure-track faculty positions in Computer Science starting in Fall 2025! Feel free to contact me for opportunities.
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| Oct 18, 2024 |  Our paper ICSNet: A Hybrid-Interaction Honeynet for Industrial Control Systems [Preprint] won the Best Paper Award at the 6th Workshop on CPS&IoT Security and Privacy (co-located with CCS) [Official Announcement] ! |
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| Oct 17, 2024 | Our paper By the Numbers: Towards Standard Evaluation Metrics for Programmable Logic Controllers’ Defenses [Preprint] won the Best Presentation Award at the 2nd International Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security (RICSS) (co-located with CCS) [Official Announcement] ! |
| Oct 2, 2024 | My dissertation research was accepted to the 1st Doctoral Symposium co-located with CCS . I am honored to have been selected for this prestigious award which includes a travel grant to present my work in Salt Lake City, UT. [Official Announcement]. |
| Sep 2, 2024 |  Our paper By the Numbers: Towards Standard Evaluation Metrics for Programmable Logic Controllers’ Defenses [Preprint] has been accepted to the 2nd International Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security (RICSS) (co-located with CCS)! |
| Aug 19, 2024 | I passed my qualifying exams, and I am now a Ph.D. candidate 🧙 I will be on the job market this 2024-2025 cycle! |