Rate My Professor Moses Garuba

Garuba's research specializations encompass cybersecurity in cloud computing, big data security, blockchain-enabled federated learning for securing Internet of Things devices, and security engineering for resilient mobile cyber-physical systems. He has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications, including 'AI as asset and liability: A dual-use dilemma in higher education' (2025), 'Cybersecurity in Big Data Era: From Securing Big Data to Data-Driven Security' (2016), 'A Survey on Recent Advances in Cloud Computing Security' (2018), 'Security through block vault in a blockchain enabled federated cloud framework' (2020), and 'On the Security of Information Dissemination in the Internet of Vehicles' (2017). His scholarly work has garnered over 1,140 citations. As co-principal investigator, he secured a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the project 'Security Engineering for Resilient Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems' in 2018, addressing national security needs in cyber-physical protections. At Hampton University, he supervises student teams participating in high-profile competitions such as Lockheed Martin's 9th Annual Ethics in Engineering Case Competition. Garuba also serves as an ABET CAC/EAC Program Evaluator and has been involved in advisory boards and grant-funded collaborations enhancing data science and cybersecurity education at HBCUs.