Professor Chitkushev (chit-KOO-shev) is an internationally recognized scholar in cybersecurity and network applications across healthcare, biomedical, and financial information systems. His work is renowned for leveraging computational and AI-driven models to analyze health and economic data, with a strong focus on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity challenges within complex systems.<\/p>\n
He is the founding director of the Metropolitan College Health Informatics program and head of the Digital Forensics Research Laboratory. As a cofounder of Boston University’s Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS), he was part of the team that established BU as a\u00a0Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense and Research<\/a>, as designated by the National Security Agency and the US Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n Dr. Chitkushev currently serves as the cybersecurity expert on the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis Oversight Council, appointed by the Attorney General of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n Selected Publications: Books and Book Chapters<\/strong> Zhen, Z., Wang, Y., Keskin, D. B., Brusic, V., Chitkushev, L., and Zhang, G. L. \u201cDeep Learning Models for Vaccinology: Predicting T-cell Epitopes in C57BL\/6 Mice.\u201d In International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science<\/em> (Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023): 182\u2013192.<\/p>\n Lyu, M., Xin, L., Jin, H., Chitkushev, L. T., Zhang, G., Keskin, D. B., & Brusic, V. \u201cProtocol for Classification Single-Cell PBMC Types from Pathological Samples Using Supervised Machine Learning.\u201d In Computational Vaccine Design<\/em>, edited by P. Reche (Springer, 2023): 53\u201367. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-1-0716-3239-0_4 <\/a><\/p>\n Zhang, G., Keskin, D., and Chitkushev. \u201cExtraction of Immune Epitope Information.\u201d In Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: ABC of Bioinformatics<\/em>, edited by S. Ranganathan, K. Nakai, and C. Schonbach (Elsevier, 2018).<\/p>\n Grasa, E., Bergesio, L., Tarzan, M., Trouva, E., Gaston, B., Salvestrini, F., . . . Chitkushev, L. \u201cRecursive InterNetwork Architecture, Investigating RINA as an Alternative to TCP\/IP (IRATI).\u201d In Building the Future Internet Through FIRE -2016 FIRE Book: A Research and Experiment Based Approach<\/em>, edited by M. Serrano, N. Isaris, H. Schaffers, J. Domingue, M. Boniface, and T. Korakis (River Publishers, 2017): 491\u2013520.<\/p>\n Chitkushev, L., Jacobs, S., and Zlateva, T. \u201cIdentities, Anonymity and Information Warfare.\u201d In Conflict and Complexity: Countering Terrorism, Insurgency, Ethnic and Regional Violence <\/em>, edited by P. V. Fellman, Y. Bar-Yam, and A. A. Minai (New York, New York: Springer, 2015): 221\u2013232. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-1-4939-1705-1_11<\/a> <\/p>\n Selected Publications: Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n Yun He, Xiaoqi Jia, Shengzhi Zhang, and Lou Chitkushev. \u201cSeFS: A Secure and Efficient File Sharing Framework based on the Trusted Execution Environment.\u201d EAI Endorsed Transactions<\/em> vol. 9 (2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4108\/eetss.v9i1.2854<\/a><\/p>\n Choi, KS., Henry, P., Park, I, and Chitkushev, L. \u201cBalancing Public Safety and Privacy: A Media Analysis of Robotic Technology in Law Enforcement.\u201d Journal of Applied Security Research<\/em> 20, no. 4 (2025): 558\u2013585. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/19361610.2025.2530599<\/a><\/p>\n Javaheri, T., Heidari, S., Yang, X., Yerra, S., Seidi, K., \u2026 Chitkushev, L., \u2026Rawassizadeh, R. \u201cXKidneyOnco: An Explainable Framework to Classify Renal Oncocytoma and Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma with a Small Sample Size.\u201d bioRxiv<\/em> (preprint, 2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.01.23.576782<\/a><\/p>\n Todorovska, A., Peshov, H., Rusevski, I., Vodenska, I., Chitkushev, L. T., and Trajanov, D. \u201cUsing ML and Explainable AI to understand the interdependency networks between classical economic indicators and crypto-markets.\u201d Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications<\/em> vol. 624 (2023): 128900. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.physa.2023.128900<\/a><\/p>\n Rizinski, M., Peshov, H., Mishev, K., Chitkushev, L. T., Vodenska, I., and Trajanov, D. \u201cEthically Responsible Machine Learning in Fintech.\u201d IEEE Access<\/em> 10 (2022): 97531\u201397554. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/access.2022.3202889 <\/a><\/p>\n Zhang, G.L., Zhu, J., Chitkushev, L., and Vodenska, I. \u201cThe Public Health Responses to Pandemic COVID-19 in the United States\u2014Challenges faced by the health information systems.\u201d China Health<\/em> (2021): 95\u201396.<\/p>\n Zhang, G., Chitkushev, L., Olsen, L. R., Keskin, D., and Brusic, V. \u201cTANTIGEN 2.0: a knowledge base of tumor T cell antigens and epitopes.\u201d BMC Bioinformatics<\/em> 22 (suppl 8), article 40 (2021). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12859-021-03962-7<\/a><\/p>\n Wang, T., Gan, Y., Arena, S. D., Chitkushev, L. T., Zhang, G., and Rawassizadeh, R. \u201cAdvances for Indoor Fitness Tracking, Coaching, and Motivation: A Review of Existing Technological Advances.\u201d IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine<\/em> 7, no. 1 (2021): 4\u201314. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/msmc.2020.3017936<\/a><\/p>\n Javaheri, T., Homayounfar, M., Amoozgar, Z., Reiazi, R., Homayounieh, F., Abbas, E., \u2026 Rawassizadeh, R. \u201cCovidCTNet: an open-source deep learning approach to diagnose COVID-19 using a small cohort of C.T. images.\u201d npj Digital Medicine<\/em> 4, article 29 (2021). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41746-021-00399-3 <\/a><\/p>\n Souma, W., Vodenska, I., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cClassification of Paper Values Based on Citation Rank and PageRank.\u201d Journal of Data and Information Science<\/em> 5, no. 3 (2020): 57\u201370. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2478\/jdis-2020-0031<\/a><\/p>\n Souma, W., Vodenska, I., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cNew Measures of Journal Impact Based on the Number of Citations and PageRank.\u201d Journal of Digital Information Management<\/em> 18, no. 1 (2020): 11\u201320. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6025\/jdim\/2020\/18\/1\/11-20<\/a><\/p>\n Emamalipour, M., Seidi, K., Zununi Vahed, S., Jahanban-Esfahlan, A., Jaymand, M., Majdi, H., \u2026 Zare, P. \u201cHorizontal Gene Transfer: From Evolutionary Flexibility to Disease Progression.\u201d Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology<\/em> vol. 8 (2020): 229. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fcell.2020.00229<\/a><\/p>\n Mishev, K., Gjorgjevikj, A., Vodenska, I., Chitkushev, L. T., and Trajanov, D. \u201cEvaluation of Sentiment Analysis in Finance: From Lexicons to Transformers.\u201d IEEE Access<\/em> vol. 8 (2020): 131662\u2013131682. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/access.2020.3009626<\/a><\/p>\n Vrijders, S., Staessens, D., Colle, D., Grasa, E., Tarzan, M., van der Meer, S., \u2026 Day, J. \u201cARCFIRE: Experimentation with the Recursive InterNetwork Architecture.\u201d Computers<\/em> 9, no. 3 (2020): 59. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/computers9030059 <\/a><\/p>\n Vrijders, S., Maffione, V., Staessens, D., Salvestrini, F., Biancani, M., Grasa, E., \u2026 Chitkushev, L. \u201cReducing the Complexity of Virtual Machine Networking.\u201d IEEE Communications Magazine<\/em> 54, no. 4 (2016): 152\u2013158. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/MCOM.2016.7452280<\/a><\/p>\n Chibishev, A., Glasnovic, M., Miletic, M., Smokovski, I., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cInfluence of age on the survival and mortality rate in acute caustic poisonings.\u201d Materia Socio Medica<\/em> 26, no. 4 (2014): 272\u2013276. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5455\/msm.2014.26.272-276<\/a><\/p>\n Zhang, G. L., Riemer, A. B., Keskin, D. B., Chitkushev, L., Reinherz, E. L., and Brusic, V. \u201cHPVdb: a data mining system for knowledge discovery in human papillomavirus with applications in T cell immunology and vaccinology.\u201d Database\u2014The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation<\/em> vol. 2014 (2014): 12 pages. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/database\/bau031<\/a><\/p>\n Chitkushev, L., Vodenska, I., and Zlateva, T. \u201cDigital Learning Impact Factors: Student Satisfaction and Performance in Online Courses.\u201d International Journal of Information and Education Technology<\/em> 4, no. 4 (2014): 356\u2013359. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7763\/ijiet.2014.v4.429 <\/a><\/p>\n Zhang, G. L., Sun, J., Chitkushev, L., and Brusic, V. \u201cBig Data Analytics in Immunology: A Knowledge-Based Approach.\u201d Biomed Research International<\/em> vol. 2014, 437987 (2014): 9 pages. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/2014\/437987<\/a><\/p>\n Chibishev, A., Pereska, Z., Simonovska, N., Chibisheva, V., Glasnovic, M., and Chitkushev, L. T. \u201cConservative Therapeutic Approach to Corrosive Poisonings in Adults.\u201d Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery<\/em> 17, no. 6 (2013): 1044\u20131049. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11605-013-2190-9 <\/a><\/p>\n Vodenska, I., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cImpact of Euro Adoption on Emerging European Countries.\u201d Management<\/em> 8, no. 1 (2013): 49\u201370.<\/p>\n Zhang, G. L., DeLuca, D. S., Keskin, D. B., Chitkushev, L., Zlateva, T., Lund, O., . . . Brusic, V. \u201cMULTIPRED2: A computational system for large-scale identification of peptides predicted to bind to HLA supertypes and alleles.\u201d Journal of Immunological Methods<\/em> 374, nos. 1\u20132 (2011): 53\u201361. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jim.2010.11.009<\/a><\/p>\n Trouva, E., Grasa, E., Day, J., Matta, I., Chitkushev, L. T., Bunch, S., . . . Hesselbach-Serra, X. (2011). \u201cTransport over Heterogeneous Networks Using the RINA Architecture.\u201d In Wired\/Wireless Internet Communications<\/em> vol. 6649, edited by X. MasipBruin, D. Verchere, V. Tsaoussidis, and M. Yannuzzi. Tech Univ Catalonia, Adv Network Architectures Lab (CRAAX), Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain: Springer-Verlag Berlin (2011): 297\u2013308.<\/p>\nResearch Interests<\/h2>
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\nVodenska, I., Chitkushev, L., Trajanov, D., Lazarev, G., and Trajanov, R. \u201cNavigating Global ESG Investment Regulations Using AI.\u201d In Sustainable Investing<\/em>, edited by A. Schmidt (New Jersey: World Scientific, 2024): 153\u2013194. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1142\/9789811297786_0006<\/a><\/p>\n