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Z. Berkay Celik

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2011Rising activity

Publications

31

Citations

761

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Z. Berkay Celik's research centers on the security of computing systems that interact with the physical world, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices, industrial control systems, vehicles (CAN networks, autonomous and cooperative-perception systems), and emerging platforms like WebXR. Work spans finding software vulnerabilities, detecting attacks, and designing defenses, and more recently includes evaluating the security implications of large language models. This research is aimed at students interested in practical, systems-oriented cybersecurity problems involving real-world devices and networks.

IoT and smart-device securityVehicular and autonomous systems security (CAN, cooperative perception)Industrial control systems securityMalware, attack detection, and forensic investigationSecurity implications of large language models

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade with occasional gaps (e.g., 2017, 2020) but shows a recent increase, peaking at 6 publications in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
172018: 3 publications182019: 4 publications19202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 6 publications6252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×7
  • IEEE Security & Privacy×3
  • DergiPark (Istanbul University)×3
  • ACM Transactions on Internet of Things×2
  • USENIX Security Symposium×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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