Previously, he was a research assistant professor at the Center for Secure Cyberspace, Louisiana Tech University. His research interests are in developing algorithms for detecting and mitigating cyber-behavioral anomalies (e.g., unauthorized user-access behaviors) and network-centric anomalies (e.g., network attacks). Dr. Balagani’s work has appeared in prestigious journals including the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE Computer, and Pattern Recognition Letters. Additionally, Dr. Balagani holds two U.S. patents in network-centric attack detection. He received his Ph.D. in computer science, his M.S. in mathematics and computer science from Louisiana Tech University, and his B.S. in computer science and engineering from Bangalore University.