Academic curriculum vitae

Naeem Roussas

Systems and security researcher working on Linux networking, threat intelligence, and public-infrastructure assurance.

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Education

B.S. in Cybersecurity, Southern New Hampshire University, expected December 2026
Cumulative GPA: 3.953 / 4.00. CAE-CD accredited program.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude track (accelerated credit-transfer completion).

Cyber Defense Academy, homeschool, 2021 to 2025
High school general education and information-systems coursework completed through homeschooling alongside full-time IT and security work.

Publications

  1. N. Roussas, “From Certification to Field Assurance: A Reproducible Public-Evidence Analysis of Hart Verity Voting Systems, 2019 to 2026,” Workshop for Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE), Rice University, Dec. 2026. [Sole Author]
  2. N. Roussas, “The Assurance Gradient: Certification-Gap Analysis Across Voting Machines, Electronic Poll Books, and Voter Registration Systems,” EVT/WOTE, Rice University, Dec. 2026. [Sole Author]
  3. N. Roussas, “Security Failures in Game-Related Software Supply Chains: Lessons From Fractureiser, Traffic, and ScarCruft/BirdCall,” IEEE Computer, 2026. Accepted, in press. DOI: 10.1109/MC.2026.3730022. [Sole Author]
  4. N. Roussas, “Measurement-First Behavioral Anomaly Detection at the Kernel Boundary: Reproducible Methods for eBPF-Based Network Security Evaluation,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2026. [Sole Author]
  5. N. Roussas, “QXDP: Sub-Byte Packet Quantization and Runtime Bytecode Synthesis for Line-Rate Polymorphic DDoS Mitigation,” working paper, 2026. [Sole Author]
  6. N. Roussas, “Refusal Under Uncertainty: Reproducible Benchmarks for Abstention in Security-Critical Systems,” working paper, 2026. [Sole Author]

Open-source tools

QXDP, GhostNIC, EdgeSight, PolicyContinuity, QUICScope, and AEGIS-LOOP.

Recognition and memberships

EPA bug-bounty award through Bugcrowd. Vendor-validated and triaged command-injection report against the Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro through HackerOne.

InfraGard member, US Digital Response volunteer, and Ballotpedia volunteer.

Research interests

eBPF/XDP kernel networking, embedded firmware and binary analysis, network measurement, election infrastructure assurance, applied threat intelligence, and public-sector cybersecurity.