Dr. Vasudha Vedula
- Position: Assistant Professor
- Department: Cybersecurity and Information Technology
- Office Location: Building 4, Room 232
- vvedula@uwf.edu
- Campus: 850.474.2137
- Google Scholar
Biography
Dr. Vedula, an Assistant Professor for the Department of Cybersecurity and Information Technology, is passionate about cybersecurity research and has been an active teacher since 2011. The courses taught range from C programming, Data structures, to Computer Networks, Network Security, and Augmented and Virtual Reality.
Degrees & Institutions
- Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Master in Engineering Technology, Bowling Green State University
- Master in Technology in Information Technology, Andhra University, India
- Bachelor in Technology in Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India
Research
Network Security, Defenses against poison attacks in Federated Learning, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence for Network Security, and LLM security. She is currently working on analyzing the efficiency and applicability of the publicly available IoT datasets for AI-based network attack detection.
Current Courses
- Information Security
- Computer and Network Security
Special Interests
Vedula likes to communicate and collaborate with students to understand their perspective on the influence of LLMs in higher/university education. Additionally, she likes to explore the options to conduct sessions that bring awareness in the communities about cybersecurity and the ethical use of AI and/or LLMs.
