Daniel Adu Worae 🔐

Daniel Adu Worae

(he/him)

Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering

University of Notre Dame

Professional Summary

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. My research focuses on secure, interpretable, and privacy-preserving IoT systems, with emphasis on network traffic analysis, anomaly detection, retrieval-augmented generation, and LLM-augmented operational intelligence.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering

2023-07-01

University of Notre Dame

M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering

2023-08-01
2026-01-01

University of Notre Dame

M.E. in Computer Science and Technology

2021-09-01
2024-07-01

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

B.S. in Computer Engineering

2016-10-01
2020-10-01

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Interests

IoT security and privacy Network traffic analysis Anomaly detection Retrieval-augmented generation LLM agents for security operations Blockchain systems
Research

My research develops systems that help administrators understand, secure, and preserve privacy in Internet of Things environments. I work at the intersection of network systems, security, machine learning, and large language model agents, with emphasis on transforming IoT traffic, packet captures, logs, and operational evidence into trustworthy security intelligence.

Current themes include interpretable IoT traffic analysis, transformer-based anomaly detection, retrieval-augmented security reasoning, and privacy-preserving communication for connected devices.

Selected Publications
Adaptive Traffic Camouflage: Causal and Resource-Aware Defense Against IoT Fingerprinting featured image

Adaptive Traffic Camouflage: Causal and Resource-Aware Defense Against IoT Fingerprinting

A causal, resource-aware IoT traffic camouflage controller that reduces device fingerprintability under explicit bandwidth and latency constraints.

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NEXUS-MI: Communication-Aware Federated Personalization for Gateway-Coordinated Motor-Imagery Brain-Computer Interfaces featured image

NEXUS-MI: Communication-Aware Federated Personalization for Gateway-Coordinated Motor-Imagery Brain-Computer Interfaces

Gateway-coordinated federated EEG personalization that reduces communication cost while evaluating subject-level reliability.

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Revelation: An AI Agent-Powered Framework for Holistic Interpretation of IoT Network Traffic featured image

Revelation: An AI Agent-Powered Framework for Holistic Interpretation of IoT Network Traffic

An AI-agent framework that converts IoT packet captures into structured, retrievable evidence for grounded traffic interpretation.

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Hiding in Plain Sight: An IoT Traffic Camouflage Framework for Enhanced Privacy featured image

Hiding in Plain Sight: An IoT Traffic Camouflage Framework for Enhanced Privacy

A practical IoT traffic camouflage framework that compares obfuscation mechanisms for privacy leakage reduction and overhead.

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IoT Shepherd: Leveraging LLMs for Contextual Intelligence and Secure IoT Ecosystem Management featured image

IoT Shepherd: Leveraging LLMs for Contextual Intelligence and Secure IoT Ecosystem Management

An IoT management framework combining documentation-grounded assistance, anomaly detection, and evidence-based mitigation guidance.

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Recent News
Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy featured image

Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy

I passed my oral candidacy examination and advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

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Serving on the ICDM 2025 Demo Track Program Committee featured image

Serving on the ICDM 2025 Demo Track Program Committee

I am serving as a Program Committee Member for the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2025) Demo Track.

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Journal Paper Published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems featured image

Journal Paper Published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Our work on blockchain-based EV pricing and oraclized state-of-charge estimation was published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

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Journal Paper Published in Journal of Industrial Information Integration featured image

Journal Paper Published in Journal of Industrial Information Integration

Our work on predictive contracts and blockchain-enabled recalibration for industrial networks was published in Journal of Industrial Information Integration.

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Joined the Graduate Student Board at Notre Dame

I joined the Graduate Student Board at the University of Notre Dame, contributing to graduate student leadership, representation, and service.

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Wiley–IEEE Press Book Published featured image

Wiley–IEEE Press Book Published

The 14-chapter book Attribute-based Encryption (ABE): Foundations and Applications within Blockchain and Cloud Environments was published by Wiley–IEEE Press.

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