Nursaid Polater was born in Van, Turkey in 1991. He received a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Yıldız Technical University, Turkey, in 2014; an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering for Renewable and Sustainable Energy from the University of Nottingham, U.K., in 2017; and a Ph.D. in the Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Birmingham, U.K., in 2023. During his doctoral studies, he was a member of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE).

Following the completion of his Ph.D., he joined the eDrive System team at AVL Hungary Kft. as a Software & Function Engineer. Dr. Polater is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Yozgat Bozok University in Yozgat, Turkey. His research focuses on electric machines, drives and power electronics, multi-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors, and the modeling and control of renewable hybrid traction systems for electric vehicles.

I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Ohio University. Prior to joining Ohio University, I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in the summer of 2025. I earned my undergraduate degree from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

I am leading Secure, Trustworthy, User-Centric Systems and Digital Identity Lab (STUrDy Lab) at Ohio University. My research lies at the intersection of security, privacy, and ubiquitous computing, with a focus on:

• Secure and privacy-preserving authentication systems, including multi-factor and passwordless methods [CCS’ 24, MobiCom’23, WWW’25]
• Speech privacy and side-channel attacks using smart devices, AR/VR platforms, and wearable devices [CCS’25*, S&P’25, CCS’24, CCS’23, ICDCS’23]

*Distinguished Paper Award

Several of our works have received distinguished paper award at top-tier security conferences, notable media coverage and recognition in the global security research community.