Akond Rahman

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Assistant Professor

3104 Shelby Center

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Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, North Carolina State University
M.S. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Research Interests

Cybersecurity
DevOps
Software engineering

In The News

CSSE assistant professor to deliver keynote on security vulnerabilities at International Conference on Software Engineering

Akond Rahman wants to bring greater attention to security vulnerabilities in configuration scripts and foster collaboration between academia and industry to ensure that security research has a tangible impact.

Assistant professor in CSSE part of multi-institution cyber workforce development program

Akond Rahman is Auburn's principal investigator on a consortium designed to provide students with extra cybersecurity training in preparation for potential Department of Defense-related careers.

Assistant professor in CSSE develops techniques to detect software container orchestration vulnerabilities

Akond Rahman is principal investigator on a three-year, $553,295 National Science Foundation grant for the project, “Resilient Operations for Deployment Units Used in Container Orchestration,” aimed at targeting and strengthening software resilience.

#GINNing Podcast: Everybody Loves Rahman

Akond Rahman, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, discusses his NSF-funded contributions to strengthening the nation’s cyber infrastructure on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Professor in CSSE earns two NSF grants to research software security weaknesses

Akond Rahman is principal investigator on two National Science Foundation awarded projects.