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CURRICULUM VITAE

Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025

Contact Information

Personal Information
Professional Information
E-mail: bhanukiran.gurijala(AT)hotmail(DOT)com
Department of Computer Science
Website: https://www.gurijalas.com
The University of Texas at El Paso
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbhanukirangurijala
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, Texas – 79968
Phone: +1-(915)-747-5827
E-mail: bgurijal(AT)utep(DOT)edu

Education

Degree
Institution
Date
Ph.D. in Computer Science
The University of Texas at El Paso
Aug 2016
M.S. in Software Engineering
The University of Houston-Clear Lake
Dec 2008
B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering
Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
Jun 2005

Professional Experience

Title
Organization
Year
Provost's Faculty Fellow in Artificial Intelligence (AI), InSPIRE
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Sep 2025 - Present
Associate Professor of Instruction
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Apr 2023 - Present
Visiting Professor
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech)
Aug 2019 - Jan 2022
Assistant Professor
North American University (NAU)
Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
Quality Assurance Analyst
Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Inc. (HCSS)
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
Programmer Analyst
UR International Inc.
May 2008 - Feb 2009
Senior Software Engineer
iGate Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Sep 2005 - Dec 2006

Honors and Awards

  • Invited Official Nominator, VinFuture Prize Foundation, 2026 –

  • 2017 Outstanding Graduate Student in Computer Science, UTEP

  • 2012 Excellent Summer Intern (including cash award $1000), HCSS

  • 2007 – 2008 Dollars for Scholars Scholarship ($2000 for exceptional merit), UHCL

  • 2001 Excellence in Education (for exceptional merit, standing 2nd in district for class 12 along with cash award), Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), India

Certifications and Licensure

AI & Higher Education

  • AI for Work and Life, University of North Florida, Issued – 11/14/2025. See Credential here. No Expiration.

  • Certificate in AI for Higher Education – AI for Higher Education Leaders Specialization, Digital Education Council; Issued – 11/02/2025. See Credential here. No Expiration.

  • Google Prompting Essentials, Coursera, Issued – 10/28/2025. See Credential here. No Expiration.

  • Google AI Essentials, Coursera, Issued –10/22/2025. See Credential here. No Expiration.

 

Accreditation & Evaluation

  • Program Evaluator for Computer Science, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET); Since May 2025

  • Program Evaluator for Software Engineering, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET); Issued – 05/06/2024; Expires – 05/06/2029. See Credential here.

 

Teaching Excellence

  • Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and The American Council on Education (ACE); Issued – 10/30/2022. See Credential here. No Expiration.

  • Effective Teaching Practices, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and The American Council on Education (ACE); Issued – 04/28/2021. See Credential here. No Expiration

 

Industry

  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), EC-Council; Preparation in Progress

  • Scrum Master Certified (SMC), SCRUMstudy; Issued – 09/22/2020; Expires – 09/22/2023. See Credential here.

  • Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC), SCRUMstudy; Issued – 09/20/2020. See Credential here. No Expiration.​

Media Appearances

  • Interviewed by KVIA-TV, "Cybersecurity expert shares growing online dangers this Safer Internet Day", 02/09/2026, aired on 02/10/2026, Web Story Link, Aired Video Link

  • Interviewed by KFOX, "Integration of AI in higher education (on campus)", 08/12/2025, aired on 08/20/2025, Aired Video Link 

  • Article published in The Conversation, an independent non-profit news organization “What is Pegasus? A Cybersecurity expert explains how the spyware invades phones and what it does when it gets in”, 8/9/2021, Web Story Link 

  • Interviewed by WVNS TV News following the Colonial Pipeline Attack, “Explainer: what is a cyber-attack?”, 5/12/2021, Web Story Link 

Professional Memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association (SA), Senior Member, 2025 –

  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Senior Member, 2023 –

  • IEEE Computer Society, Senior Member, 2021 –

  • IEEE, Senior Member, 2021 –

  • IEEE Young Professionals, Senior Member, 2021 –

  • IEEE Young Professionals, Member, 2019 – 2021 and 2014 – 2017

  • Project Management Institute (PMI), Member, 2017 –

  • ACM, Professional Member, 2016 – 2023

  • Honor Society, Member, 2015 –

  • Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA), Member, 2013 –

  • American Society for Quality (ASQ), Member, 2011 –

  • ACM, Student Member, 2010 – 2016

  • IEEE Computer Society, Member, 2009 – 2021

  • IEEE, Member, 2008 – 2021

Research and Teaching Interests

  • My research interest lies in cyber-security and software engineering, and artificial intelligence (AI), especially in secure software development, quality assurance, formalisms, AI for cybersecurity, cybersecurity for AI, and applying principles of software engineering to cybersecurity.

  • Recently working on cyber-security concerns for Internet of Things (IoT) especially drones, and cybersecurity for high-risk Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems.

  • Full-time teaching experience of ~9 years and ~4 years of part-time teaching experience, offering undergraduate and graduate-level diverse computer science, software engineering, and cybersecurity courses using face-to-face, online, and hybrid modes.

  • Mentoring capstone project teams at undergraduate and graduate levels.

  • Handling small, medium, and large classes.

  • Interested in teaching Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Cyber-Security courses for undergraduates and graduates.

Professional Skills

  • Good written and oral communication skills as evidenced by articles published, serving as a panelist, master of ceremonies, and presentations given to a wide range of audiences.

  • Programming Languages: Java, JSPs, SQL, ASP.NET, C#, Python, C, C++, 8086 Assembly Language, and ARM Assembly Language.

  • Logic Programming Languages: Prolog.

  • Statistical Programming Languages: Basic SAS 9.2 and R.

  • Security Tools: ZAP 2.6.0, Burp suite v1.7.24.

  • Web Technologies: JDBC, Servlets, EJBs, Struts Framework, HTML.

  • IDEs: Eclipse, Jdeveloper, Visual Studio, PyCharm, µVision.

  • Database: MS SQL Server 2014, IBM DB2 8.1, Oracle 9i, MS Access.

  • Tools: Ranorex 7.1, Rational Rose Enterprise Edition, Crystal Reports XI, SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 (SSRS), Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Visio 2013, Microsoft Visual Source Safe (VSS) 6.0, Tortoise SVN subversion, Junit, OnTime, Jira.

  • Servers: Weblogic 8.1, Tomcat 5.X, JBoss 4.2.1.

  • Design: Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams (use case, class, sequence, component, and deployment diagrams).

  • Software Metrics: COCOMO, COCOMO II, CMMI Levels.

  • Content Management Framework: Drupal 7.

  • Hypervisors: VMware, VirtualBox.

Industry Experience

Around 6 years of full-time experience working for the software industry in different roles and shouldering various responsibilities.​

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Quality Assurance Analyst, HCSS, Houston, TX, USA, Aug 2016 – Aug 2017        

​Actively involved and co-managed the cyber-security initiative.

As scrum master, facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.

Part of the team involved in automating and managing test suite for testing all products.

Actively involved in developing content and teaching quality assurance and quality control concepts to developers and quality personnel.

 

Software Testing Intern, HCSS, Houston, TX, USA, May 2013 – Aug 2013 & Jun 2012 – Aug 2012

Actively involved in automating regression testing for one of the major products.

Guided and led a team of four interns to generate automated scripts for regression testing.

Created test case specifications, designed, and wrote test cases.

Involved in the design meetings for adding new features to the product.

Helped improve organization of software artifacts for easier access and maintainability.

 

Data-warehousing Intern, Vigna Inc., Lawrenceville, GA, USA, Apr 2009 – Dec 2009

Created reports using SSRS and Crystal Reports XI for financial firm

 

Programmer Analyst, UR International Inc., Houston, TX, USA, May 2008 – Feb 2009

Created reports using SSRS and Crystal Reports XI for Texas State Government.

Programming using Java

 

Student Tech II, University Computing and Telecommunications, UHCL, Houston, TX, USA, Jan 2007 – Aug 2007     

Involved in requirements gathering and creating Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document, and user manual documentation.

Programming using UIX and performed Unit testing using Junit.

 

Senior Software Engineer, iGate Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India, Sep 2005 – Dec 2006

Programming using J2EE and Struts.

Involved in client calls and helped in updating SRS and Design documents.

Conducted Knowledge Transfer (KT) Sessions to the team members.

Involved in writing test cases and integration testing of the application.

 

Intern, USi Internetworking Pvt. Ltd., India, Jan 2005 – Jun 2005

Part of team involved in requirements gathering and creating SRS.

Actively involved in programming and testing (unit and integration level) the application.

Teaching Experience

Full-time teaching experience of ~9 years and ~4 years of part-time teaching experience. Experience offering undergraduate and graduate-level diverse courses in computer science, software engineering, and cybersecurity areas using face-to-face, online, and hybrid modes. 

 

Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 2023 –                

Key Courses Taught

Advanced Object-Oriented Programming (undergraduate level) (Fall 2026, 2025, 2024 & 2023, Spring 2026, 2025 & 2024, Summer 2026, 2025 & 2023)

Computer Science Problems (Independent Study on IoT Security) (undergraduate-level) (Fall 2025, and Summer 2023)

Introduction to Computer Science (undergraduate-level)(Summer 2024)

Software Construction (undergraduate and graduate-level) (Fall 2026, 2025, 2024 & 2023)

Software Engineering: Design and Implementation (undergraduate-level) (Fall 2026, 2025 & 2023, Spring 2026, 2025 & 2023)

Software Integration and Verification and Validation (undergraduate and graduate-level) (Spring 2023)

Wireless Networks (undergraduate and graduate-level)(Spring 2024 & 2023)

Teaching Modalities

Face-to-face, online, hybrid

Contributions

Curriculum development, capstone mentoring, and multi-section coordination

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Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 2022 – 2023  

Key Courses Taught             

Advanced Object-Oriented Programming (undergraduate-level)(Fall 2022)

Introduction to Computer Science (undergraduate-level)(Fall 2022)

Software Construction (undergraduate and graduate-level)(Fall 2022)

Software Integration and Verification and Validation (graduate-level Spring 2022)

Wireless Networks (undergraduate and graduate-level)(Spring 2022)

Teaching Modalities

Face-to-face, online, hybrid

Contributions

Curriculum development and multi-section coordination

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Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Computer Science and Information Systems Department, West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech), 2019 – 2022 

Key Courses Taught             

Foundation of Cybersecurity (sophomore-level) (Fall 2021)

Cybersecurity Principles and Practice (senior-level) (Spring 2021 & 2020)

Computer System Concepts (junior-level) (Spring 2021 & 2020)

Operating Systems Structure (senior-level) (Fall 2021, 2020 & 2019)

C# (junior-level) (Fall 2020)

Data Structures (sophomore-level) (Fall 2020 & 2019)

Computer Languages – Python (junior-level) (Fall 2020)

Computer Science II – Java (freshman-level) (Spring 2020)

Computer Science I – Java (freshman-level) (Fall 2019)

Teaching Modalities

Face-to-face, online, hybrid

Contributions

Curriculum development, advising undergraduate Computer Science and Information Systems students, involved in setting up a new Cybersecurity minor and Area of Emphasis (AoE) in the department, creating and developing curriculum for the new courses that are part of the Cybersecurity minor and AoE, capstone mentoring, and multi-section coordination.

 

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, North American University (NAU), 2017 – 2019

Key Courses Taught

Advanced Computer and Network Security (graduate-level, online) (Summer 2019)

Advanced Operating Systems (graduate-level, online) (Summer 2019)

Business Intelligence (graduate-level, online) (Summer 2019 & 2018)

Advanced Algorithms (graduate-level, online) (Spring 2019 & 2018)

Computer Organization (sophomore-level) (Fall 2018 & 2017, and Spring 2019 & 2018)

Systems Programming using UNIX and C (sophomore-level) (Spring 2019 & 2018)

Introduction to Computer Science II – Java (freshman-level) (Fall 2018 & 2017, and Spring 2019 & 2018)                                                                                                                                   

Introduction to Computer Science I – Python (freshman-level) (Fall 2018 & 2017, and Spring 2019 & 2018)

Computer Architecture (graduate-level, online) (Fall 2018)

Algorithms (junior-level) (Fall 2018 & 2017)

Data Structures (sophomore-level, online) (Summer 2018)

Operating Systems (junior-level) (Fall 2017)

Teaching Modalities

Face-to-face, online, hybrid

Contributions

Curriculum development, advising undergraduate and graduate Computer Science students, capstone mentoring, and multi-section coordination.

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Lecturer, Computer Science, UTEP, Aug 2014 – Dec 2014 & Jun 2010 – Aug 2010    

Key Courses Taught  

Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers (sophomore-level course) (Fall 2014) co-taught as co-instructor

Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (graduate-level core course) (Summer 2010), Software Engineering program co-taught as principal instructor

Teaching Modalities

Face-to-face, online, hybrid

Contributions

Curriculum development and multi-section coordination

 

Lead Graduate Teaching Assistant, Computer Science, UTEP, 2010 –  2014     

Key Courses Assisted/Taught                        

Software Engineering Design and Implementation (senior-level course) (Spring 2014)

Software Engineering Requirements (senior-level course) (Fall 2013)

Data Structures (sophomore-level course) (Spring 2013)

Advanced Object-Oriented Programming (junior-level course) (Fall 2012 & 2011)

Elementary Data Structures (freshman-level course) (Fall 2012 & Spring 2012)

Automata, Computability and Formal Languages (junior-level course) (Spring 2011)

Software Architecture (graduate-level core course) (Fall 2010)

Computer Architecture II (junior-level course) (Spring 2010)

Teaching Modalities

Face-to-face

Contributions

Assisted the instructor in course and lab delivery, grading, project guidance, office hours for student interactions, and mentoring.​

Supervised all TAs as lead TA from Fall 2010 (around 20 TAs each semester), conducted evaluations of all TAs from both faculty and students, proposed and implemented new ways of accountability for both TAs and students that resulted in a better learning experience and optimal utilization of TAs.

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Software Engineering, UHCL, Sep 2007 – Dec 2007

Key Courses Assisted/Taught

Personal Software Processes (graduate-level course) (Fall 2007)

Teaching Modalities

Face-to-face

Contributions

Assisted the instructor in course delivery, grading, project guidance, office hours for student interactions, and mentoring.

Research Experience

Mentor, UTEP                                                                                                Aug 2025 – Dec 2025

Involved as a mentor, mentoring an undergraduate student who is working on the impacts of integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Computer Science Senior Design Project, and the best practices. 

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Mentor, UTEP                                                                                                Sep 2024 –

Involved as a mentor mentoring two undergraduate students on the project titled “Data Poisoning Attacks on High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Systems and the Efficacy of Countermeasures”. This project focuses on the key data poisoning techniques and the efficacy of their countermeasures on high-risk AI Systems.

                                                                                                                       Feb 2024 –

Involved as a mentor mentoring two undergraduate students on the project titled "Cybersecurity for Civilian Drones". This project focuses on the key cybersecurity threats to civilian drones and how to mitigate them.

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CAHSI LREU Mentor, UTEP                                                                        Feb 2024 – Nov 2024

Involved as a mentor with the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) Local Research Experience for Undergraduates (LREU) program. Mentored two undergraduate students (women) on the project titles "Cybersecurity for High-Risk Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems", which resulted in posters, that we plan to present at GMiS Conference.

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Mentor, UTEP                                                                                                Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

Involved as a mentor mentoring two undergraduate students on the project titled “Cybersecurity Issues in Civilian Drones and Efficacy of Countermeasures”. This project focuses on the key attack techniques and the efficacy of their countermeasures on the security posture of civilian drones.

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Research Associate, Cyber-shARE, UTEP                                                  Jun 2014 – May 2016

Conducted research and developed a metadata management system to support and promote interdisciplinary research (IDR).

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Other Research Experience:

  • Developed an approach for detecting and preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks on Web applications as part of my dissertation research. Currently working on protecting the intellectual property that resulted from my dissertation work.

  • Assisted in writing a grant proposal for NSF.

  • Experience writing mini grants for equipment and promoting undergraduate research.

  • Involved as Co-PI and submitted grant proposal for Innovation Grants Program.

  • Conducted preliminary research work on using model-based testing (MBT) for testing aspect-oriented programs (AOP).

  • Conducted an extensive literature study on MBT by surveying over 100 papers and wrote extended abstracts for 45 of those.

Leadership

  • Member of the AI Risk Management Working Group, Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2025 –

  • Provost's Faculty Fellow in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2025 –

  • Member of the Advisory Board, Masters in Software Engineering, UTEP, TX, USA, 2025 – , and 2010 – 2011

  • Faculty Mentor, UTEP Miners Cybersecurity Clinic, UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2025 –

  • Faculty Collaborator, CodeCore, UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2025 –

  • Faculty Advisor, Free and Open-Source Software Club (FOSS), UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2024 – 

  • Faculty Advisor, IEEE Student Organization, WVU Tech, Beckley, WV, USA, 2021 – 2022

  • Member of the Advisory Council, Academy of Careers and Technology, Beckley, WV, USA, 2021 – 2022

  • Member of the Advisory Board, Computer Science & Information Systems, WVU Tech, Beckley, WV, USA, 2019 – 2022

  • Faculty Mentor, ACM ICPC Programming Competition, WVU Tech, Beckley, WV, USA, 2019  

  • Faculty Advisor, ACM Chapter, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2018 – 2019   

  • Strategic Planning Committee Member, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2018 – 2019

  • Steering Committee Member, Distance Education, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2018 – 2019

  • Steering Committee Member, Student Success Office, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2018 – 2019

  • Member of the Advisory Board, Computer Science, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2017 – 2019

  • Faculty Advisor, ACM-W Chapter, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2017 – 2019

  • Member of the advisory board, Office of International Programs (OIP), UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2012 – 2013

University Service

  • Member of the Software, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Committee, Computer Science, College of Engineering, UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2024 –

  • Member of the Fundamentals, CQI Committee, Computer Science, College of Engineering, UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2022 –

  • Member of the Faculty Evaluation Committee, College of Engineering, WVU Tech, Beckley, WV, USA, 2021 – 2021  

  • Member of the Faculty Search Committee, Computer Science, WVU Tech, Beckley, WV, USA, 2019 – 2022    

  • Awards Committee Member, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2018 – 2019

  • Liaison, Institutional Assessment and Improvement Planning, Computer Science Department, NAU, Stafford, TX, USA, 2017 – 2019

  • Webmaster, Indian Student Association (ISA), UTEP, El Paso, TX, USA, 2013 – 2016

Professional Service

International/Global Level

  • Invited Official Nominator, VinFuture Prize Foundation, 2026 –

  • Member, ACM US Technology Policy Committee, 2025 –

  • Member, ACM Expanding Regions Technology Policy Committee, 2025 –  

  • CSAB/ABET Program Evaluator for Computer Science, 2025 –

  • Member, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), IEEE P3722 – Guide for Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education, 2025 –

  • Program Committee Member (Artifact Evaluation), The ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE), 2025 –

  • CSAB/ABET Program Evaluator for Software Engineering (Visits completed as of 2025 – 2), 2024 – 2029

  • Proctor, IEEEXtreme Programming Competition, 2024 –

  • CSAB/ABET Program Evaluator Candidate for Software Engineering, 2023 – 2024

  • Member, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), IEEE P3396 – Recommended Practice for Defining and Evaluating Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk, Safety, Trustworthiness, and Responsibility, 2023 –

  • Member, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), IEEE P3349 – Standard for Space System Cybersecurity, 2023 –

  • Secretary and Member, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), IEEE P3407 – Standard for End-to-End Software Testing Automation Tools, 2023 –

  • Member, IEEE Senior Member Application Review Panel, 2023 –

  • Program Committee Member (Artifact Evaluation), The ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA), 2023 – 2024

  • Special Session Organizer and Chair, The 5th International Conference on Communication, Management, and Information Technology, 2018

  • Member of the Technical Program Committee, GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC), 2017 –

  • Journal Reviewer, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2015 –

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National Level

  • Judge, TAA Textbook Awards Program, TAA, 2023 –

  • External Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure, Missouri Western State University, 2021

  • Judge, TAA Textbook Awards Program, TAA, 2019 – 2020

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Volunteer/Outreach/Community Service

  • ​Judge, Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, El Paso, TX, USA, 2024 –

  • Judge, Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, El Paso, TX, USA, 2024 –

  • Cybersecurity Expert, STEMCARE, Beckley, WV, USA, 2021

  • Guest Speaker/Presenter, Independence High School, Sophia, WV, USA, 2021

  • Judge, Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Morgantown, WV, USA, 2021

  • Judge, Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Morgantown, WV, USA, 2021

  • Judge, Math Field Day, Beckley, WV, USA, 2020    

  • Judge, First Lego League Robotics, Beckley, WV, USA, 2019    

  • Member, American Red Cross, 2010 –  

Publications

  • Gurijala, Bhanukiran, "A unified cyber-enhanced approach for detecting cross-site scripting attacks on Web applications" (2016). ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso. AAI10152104.

Conference Publications

  • Osuna, F., Gurijala, B., Esparza, P., Akbar, M., and Gates, A., “A Feasibility Study of an Approach to Extend Research Footprints Using Disparate Sources,” Proceedings of the First AAAI Workshop on Scholarly Big Data: AI Perspectives, Challenges, and Ideas, February 12-17, 2016, Phoenix, AZ.

Conference Posters and Presentations

  • Cybersecurity for High-Risk Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems, Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) November 2024, Presenter: Cristina Alarcon, Mentor: Dr. Bhanukiran Gurijala.

  • Evaluating the Impact of Model Poisoning on High-Risk Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems, Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) November 2024, Presenter: Kimberly Opara, Mentor: Dr. Bhanukiran Gurijala.

Presentations and Invited Lectures

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  • Co-Moderator, "AI Tools Showcase and Instructional Materials Builder Lab", Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), El Paso, Texas, USA, April 07, 2026.

  • Co-Moderator, "Course Foundations: Transparency, Policy, and AI-Ready Syllabi", Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), El Paso, Texas, USA, March 10, 2026.

  • Co-Moderator, "AI Tools Showcase and Instructional Materials Builder Lab", Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), El Paso, Texas, USA, February 24, 2026.

  • Master of Ceremonies, “AI Readiness: Prompt-Engineering & Designing Effective Prompts”, Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), El Paso, Texas, USA, February 03, 2026.

  • Co-Moderator, “Mentor Your AI Intern”, Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), El Paso, Texas, USA, October 16, 2025.

  • Master of Ceremonies, “AI in Action: Transparency, Trust, and Modeling What Works”, Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), El Paso, Texas, USA, September 11, 2025.

  • Master of Ceremonies, Panel Discussion on "The AI Shift: Student Reflections on Tech-Enhanced Learning", Institute of Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), 2nd Annual Leadership Forum, El Paso, Texas, USA, July 16, 2025.

  • Panelist, Institute for Scholarship, Innovation, and Research Excellence (InSPIRE), Clearing the Fog: Open Conversations about AI at UTEP, 2nd Annual AI Leadership Forum, El Paso, Texas, USA, June 11, 2025.

  • A Novel Unified Cyber-Enhanced Approach for Detecting Cross-Site Scripting Attacks on Web Applications. Invited Technical Presentation, IEEE West Virginia Section, Beckley, West Virginia, USA, November 14, 2019.

Grants

  • 2021 Innovation Grants Program, An Engineering Laboratory with Remote Access, Co-PI with Afrin Naz, Mingyu Lu, Stephen Goodman, Charan Litchfield, and Sanish Rai. (submitted September 2020).

Professional Development

  • Participated in the 2025 Global EdTech Summit that included: The Opener: AI as a Thought Partner, The Showcase: Pearson Authors in Action, The Spotlight: Learning's Next Frontier through AI Innovation, The Deep Dive: The Future of Assessment, The Keynote:Championing the AI Generation, October 16, 2025.

  • Participated in the Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1 – 4, 2025.

  • Participated in and completed Pearson's Shape the Future: Global Educator Series 2025 that included: AI & Assessment: The Essential Framework for Higher Ed, Teaching with AI: Practical Classroom Strategies, Game-Based Learning: Engaging Students in Higher Ed, and AI in Higher Ed Classroom: What Educators Need to Know A Panel Discussion.

  • Participated in and completed Machine Learning Miniseries.

  • Participated in and completed NSF I-Corps (entrepreneurship boot camp).

  • Participated in and cmpleted the CAHSI Affinity Research Group Model: Creating and Maintaining Effective Research Teams course.

  • Participated in and completed 10 hours of training in HyFlex Academy.

  • Participated in and completed Student Engagement with Technology Institute (SETI).

  • Participated in and completed Teaching with Artificial Intelligence Academy (TAIA).

  • Participated in and completed Python Essentials for Instructors.

References

Available on request.

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