IJS - Editorial Board Member (EBM)

About Dr. Cihan Varol

Dr. Cihan Varol is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Sam Houston State University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Firat University, Elazig, Turkey in 2002, Master of Science degree from Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA in 2005, and Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Computing from University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2009. His research interests are in the general area of information (data) quality and its applications on Digital Forensics and Information Security areas, with specific emphasis on personal identity recognition, record linkage, entity resolution, pattern matching techniques, natural language processing, VoIP forensics, Data cleansing of VoIP artifacts, and web forensics. These studies have led to more than 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and two book chapters. He has supervised more than 30 Ph.D. and MS students for their thesis and graduation projects. As the Graduate Director for the department between 2015 and 2020, he was heavily involved with student recruitment and external review of the programs. He serves as a co-chair for the International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS) events. Also, he is currently the subgroup chair in IEEE’s P2834 – Secure and Trusted Learning Systems project, in which the group is creating security and digital forensic readiness standard for Learning Management Systems.

Dr. Cihan Varol handles review of manuscripts that are submitted under the following topics.

• Security in VoIP
• Security in internet and WWW
• Computer Forensics
• Privacy Protection
• Risk Assessment and Management