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Jeffrey
Zheng, Ph.D.

Phone: 903.233.3342
Email: JeffreyZheng@letu.edu

  • Associate Professor of Computer Science


Dr. Zheng holds a doctoral degree in Computer Science and a master's degree in Statistics, both from Texas Tech University. Prior to LeTourneau University, Dr. Zheng worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stephen F. Austin State University for 5 years. His research interests include cybersecurity training and education, machine learning, etc.

 

Education

  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Texas Tech University, 2020
  • M.S. Statistics, Texas Tech University, 2013
  • B.S. Sichuan University, China, 1994

 

Experience

  • Associate Professor, LeTourneau University, 2025-Present
  • Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2020-2025
  • Enterprise Programmer/Analyst V, Texas Tech University, 2019-2020
  • Adjunct Instructor, Texas Tech University, 2019-2020
  • Adjunct Instructor, Lubbock Coding Academy, 2019-2020

 

Publications

  • O. Ariyo and J. Zheng, "A Study On Security and Privacy Risks of Self-Disclosure On Social Networking Sites During COVID-19 Pandemic," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), Osaka, Japan, 2022, pp. 2828-2832, doi: 10.1109/BigData55660.2022.10021102.
  • F. Abri, J. Zheng, A. S. Namin and K. S. Jones, "Markov Decision Process for Modeling Social Engineering Attacks and Finding Optimal Attack Strategies," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 109949-109968, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3213711.
  • J. Zheng and A. Siami Namin, "Enforcing Optimal Moving Target Defense Policies," 2019 IEEE 43rd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2019, pp. 753-759.
  • Jianjun Zheng and Akbar Siami Namin. A Survey on the Moving Target Defense Strategies: An Architectural Perspective. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, January 2019.
  • Jianjun Zheng and Akbar Siami Namin. “Defending SDN-based IoT Networks Against DDoS Attacks Using Markov Decision Process”. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, December 10-13, Seattle, WA, 2018.
  • Jianjun Zheng and Akbar Siami Namin. “A Markov Decision Process to Determine Optimal Policies in Moving Target”. 2018 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communication Security (ACM CCS ’18). October 15-19, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
  • Jianjun Zheng and Akbar Namin. “The Impact of Address Changes and Host Diversity on the Effectiveness of Moving Target Defense Strategy”. 2016 IEEE 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), June 10-14, Atlanta, GA, 2016.

 

Conference Presentations

  • “Enforcing Optimal Moving Target Defense Policies”. 2019 IEEE 43rd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2019
  • “Defending SDN-based IoT Networks Against DDoS Attacks Using Markov Decision Process”. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, December 10-13, Seattle, WA, 2018.
  • “A Markov Decision Process to Determine Optimal Policies in Moving Target”. 2018 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communication Security (CCS ’18). October 15-19, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
  • “The Impact of Address Changes and Host Diversity on the Effectiveness of Moving Target Defense Strategy”. 2016 IEEE 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), June 10-14, Atlanta, GA, 2016.