Summary
Muslum Ozmen is an assistant professor and cryptography researcher with eight years of experience bridging academic research and industry practice. His work focuses on lightweight cryptography for constrained IoT devices (including drones and medical devices), privacy-preserving blockchains, digital signatures, searchable encryption, and post-quantum schemes. He completed an MS at Oregon State and a PhD at Purdue, and transitioned from research roles at Purdue and University of South Florida to an academic appointment at Arizona State University while interning on cyber-physical systems at Toyota Research Institute. Muslum combines rigorous theoretical foundations with applied evaluation on real-world platforms, emphasizing practical, low-overhead security for resource-constrained systems. He is also fluent in both electrical engineering and computer science perspectives, able to translate hardware constraints into cryptographic design choices. Based in Tempe, he blends teaching experience with active research that targets deployable privacy and post-quantum solutions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Oregon State University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Purdue University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University