Charles Kamhoua M.A. ’08, Ph.D. ’11, an alumnus from FIU’s School of Engineering and Computing, just lately gained the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-USA) Harry Diamond Memorial Award. The honour acknowledges U.S. authorities people “for contribution and management within the space of blockchain and recreation concept for cybersecurity whereas in U.S. authorities service.”
Kamhoua is presently a senior electronics engineer on the U.S. Military Fight Capabilities Growth Command’s Military Analysis Laboratory. Kamhoua earned a bachelor’s in electronics from the College of Douala in Cameroon, a rustic in west-central Africa. He acquired his grasp’s diploma in telecommunication and networking and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, each from FIU.
His dissertation work, which was carried out beneath the supervision of Niki Pissinou — professor and director of the Telecommunications and Data Expertise Institute — targeted on “Modeling Safety and Cooperation in Wi-fi Networks Utilizing Recreation Principle.”
“I’m humbled to obtain this essential technical recognition,” Kamhoua mentioned concerning the current award. “I by no means envisioned I’d come this far after I was instructing faculty in Cameroon, however alternatives are there for those who work laborious and search them out.”
He makes a speciality of blockchain and recreation concept for cybersecurity and cyber-deception. Since graduating from FIU in 2011, Kamhoua has been a prolific researcher, having authored or co-authored greater than 250 technical papers, 5 of which acquired finest paper awards. He has additionally authored or edited 4 books associated to community safety and holds three U.S. patents, with a number of extra beneath evaluation.
“Dr. Kamhoua’s analysis report in blockchain and recreation concept for cybersecurity is exemplary,” mentioned Sachin Shetty, professor at Outdated Dominion College, who has collaborated on a number of initiatives with Kamhoua. “His management and partnership with trade and academia has resulted in options that tackle complicated cybersecurity challenges within the battlefield and industrial sector.”
Together with an excellent profession in analysis, Kamhoua has acquired recognition from all kinds {of professional}, civil and governmental organizations. He has been a visiting researcher at Harvard and Oxford universities and acquired consideration and accolades from the White Home, U.S. Congress and the Pentagon for his contributions. He’s the recipient of the 2020 Sigma Xi Younger Investigator Award for excellent management and contribution to recreation concept utilized to cybersecurity and the 2019 U.S. Military Civilian Service Commendation Medal.
In 2019, Kamhoua acquired the Federal 100-FCW annual award, which is given to people which have had an distinctive impression on the federal authorities’s IT efforts and the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Huge Knowledge Greatest Journal Paper Award. In 2018, he was granted a Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellowship, and the 12 months prior, he acquired the 2017 Air Drive Analysis Laboratory Data Directorate Fundamental Analysis Award “for excellent achievements in fundamental analysis.”
Kamhoua can be the recipient of the Fred I. Diamond Award for the most effective paper printed at AFRL’s Data Directorate, the 2016 FIU Charles E. Perry Younger Alumni Visionary Award, the 2015 Black Engineer of the 12 months Award (BEYA), and the 2015 NSBE Golden Torch Award—Pioneer of the 12 months.
“None of those achievements would have been potential with out the schooling I acquired at FIU and the assist and encouragement I acquired from college, particularly my mentor, Dr. Niki Pissinou,” Kamhoua concluded.
