Miguel Vargas Martin, BSc, MASc, PhD, PEng is an Associate Professor at the University of
Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Before joining UOIT, he was a post-doctoral researcher at
Alcatel Canada and Carleton University (Ottawa). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario
and holds a PhD in Computer Science, a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, and a Bachelor of
Computer Science. He has reported his work in over fifty journals, book chapters, conference papers,
technical reports, and pending patents, and so far has supervised over 20 students at the graduate and
undergraduate level. His current research interests include virtual learning environments, computer
forensics, mitigation of denial-of-service attacks, security and human computer interaction, hidden
communication channels, and web modeling and optimization.