He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University. His areas of expertise include Network Security, Machine Learning and Ads. He has published a number of top research papers to protect Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) against cyber-attacks. Recently he joined Pinterest to apply his Machine Learning knowledge to Pinterest Ads. He works on developing new ML pCTR models, relevance models, and conducts high impact projects in ads retrieval and targeting.