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Biography
Leads post-training for the FANAR language model, while focusing on AI safety, security, and threat intelligence applications. Past work includes file carving, media forensics, and digital attribution.
External positions
TOBB University
2015 → 2018
New York University Abu Dhabi
2012 → 2015
TOBB University
2009 → 2012
New York University
2004 → 2009
New Jersey Institute of Technology
2000 → 2004
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Active
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HBKU-OVPR-SRG-02-1: Advancing Qatar's AI Landscape: Developing an Arabic-Centric and Ethically-Aligned Large Language Model
Abdallah, M. M. (Principal Investigator), Al Fuqaha, A. (Principal Investigator), Sencar, H. T. (Lead Principal Investigator), Messaoud, S. (Principal Investigator), Senturk, R. (Principal Investigator), Ozalkan, S. (Principal Investigator) & Abdalla, A. (Graduate Student)
1/06/24 → 1/03/26
Project: Applied Research
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EX-QNRF-ARG-88: Combating financial fraud
Khalil, I. M. I. (Principal Investigator), Al-Sabah, M. S. F. A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Sencar, H. T. (Principal Investigator), Tanveer, T. A. (Research Assistant) & AlHallaq, A. N. R. (Research Assistant)
1/04/24 → 1/04/27
Project: Applied Research
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QCRI-CORE-000016: AI Security Applications
Sencar, H. T. (Lead Principal Investigator)
1/07/23 → 1/06/26
Project: Applied Research
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Explaining the role of Intrinsic Dimensionality in Adversarial Training
Altinisik, E., Messaoud, S., Sencar, H. T., Sajjad, H. & Chawla, S., 17 Jul 2025, p. 1-16. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Explaining the role of Intrinsic Dimensionality in Adversarial Training
Altinisik, E., Messaoud, S., Sencar, H. T., Sajjad, H. & Chawla, S., 2025, In: Proceedings of Machine Learning Research. 267Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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TechniqueRAG: Retrieval Augmented Generation for Adversarial Technique Annotation in Cyber Threat Intelligence Text
Lekssays, A., Shukla, U., Sencar, H. T. & Parvez, M. R., Jul 2025, p. 20913-20926. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Semantic Ranking for Automated Adversarial Technique Annotation in Security Text
Kumarasinghe, U., Lekssays, A., Sencar, H. T., Boughorbel, S., Elvitigala, C. & Nakov, P., 1 Jul 2024, ACM AsiaCCS 2024 - Proceedings of the 19th ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 49-62 14 p. (ACM AsiaCCS 2024 - Proceedings of the 19th ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
A3T: accuracy aware adversarial training
Altinisik, E., Messaoud, S., Sencar, H. T. & Chawla, S., Sept 2023, In: Machine Learning. 112, 9, p. 3191-3210 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)