Ahmet Kurt
Assistant Professor at East Texas A&M University
Bryan, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAhmet Kurt is an assistant professor and blockchain researcher with nine years of experience specializing in payment channel networks, Lightning Network applications, and applied cybersecurity. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from Florida International University where his dissertation focused on enabling third-layer Bitcoin applications, and he has hands-on experience auditing Ethereum smart contracts through a security apprenticeship at Nethermind. His research portfolio spans practical systems — from an offline Lightning payment mesh achieving up to 95% success to a threshold-cryptography LNGate for resource-constrained devices that outperforms credit-card latency — as well as crypto-forensics work that produced a machine-learning wallet artifact detector with near-perfect accuracy. He combines embedded and networking roots (ESP8266, ns-3 mesh enhancements) with applied cryptography to design scalable, censorship-resistant payment protocols and even demonstrated Lightning’s misuse potential with a fast, resilient botnet proof-of-concept. Based in Bryan, Texas, he balances academic teaching and research with industry-facing security practice, bringing a pragmatic streak to blockchain trust and threat modeling.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
ESL Course, ESL Course at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Antalya Bilim UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at Florida International UniversityGithub contributions (5)
denizkurosaki/NeYapsam
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:59 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
Ahmeett/NeYapsam
Dec 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 1 month
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