Hi there! I am Shamim, a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Software Engineering in the College of Computing and Software Engineering (CSSE) at Kennesaw State University. I earned my PhD in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University under the supervision of Dr. Akond Rahman. Prior to that, I completed my bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). My research lies in software engineering with a strong focus on open-source and cloud-native security, particularly in the context of DevOps, secure software development, and software supply-chain resilience. I study how security vulnerabilities emerge from misconfiguration, automation pipelines, and dependency management in modern open-source ecosystems, and I develop practitioner-oriented solutions to mitigate these risks. Previously, I received the Bronze Award in the ACM Student Research Competition at FSE 2021 in the graduate category.

Currently I am looking for a PhD student to join in my research group from Fall 2026.

News

• August 12, 2025: Kowshik Chowdhury and Weyman joined our research group. Welcome Kowshik and Weyman.
• April 01, 2025: Our paper on Kubernetes dynamic security testing got accepted at FSE 2025!
• March 12, 2025: I presented our ongoing research in open source security in Georgia Tech Open Source and Scientific Software Workshop.
• January 06, 2025: K M Ferdous joined our research group. Welcome Ferdous!
• December 12, 2024: Our paper on Kubernetes security education got accepted in CSEE&T 2025 co-located with ICSE 2025!
• November 01, 2024: Our paper on Kubernetes security configurations got accepted at ICSE 2025!
• May 31, 2024: Defended my PhD dissertation. Alhamdulillah!
• April 29, 2024: Accepted the tenure-track assistant professor position from Fall 2024 at Kennessaw State University. Excited to join academia.
• August 13, 2023: I presented my work on Kubernetes security analysis to practitioners at WindRiver, on May 24, 2023.
• May 18, 2023: Joined Wind River Inc. as a Research Intern.
• Nov 28, 2022: Passed PhD proposal defense. Now a doctoral candidate!
• Nov 26, 2022: Our paper got accepted at the ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).
• May 22, 2022: Joined GEODIS LLC. as a data science intern.
• October 21, 2021: I presented my work on Kubernetes security attack mitigation with security best practices in CAE in Cyberseucrity Community organized by National Security Agency(NSA).
• August 20, 2021: I won bronze award ACM Student Research Competition Award at FSE 2021 in graduate category.
• June 20, 2020: Our paper in Kubernetes security best practices got accepted in SecDev 2020.
• Januray 20, 2020: Started my masters at Tennessee Tech University under the supervision of Dr. Rahman