Bio
I am currently a part-time PhD student at UTSA. Prior to pursuing an education in Computer Science and Cybersecurity, I served as a Signals Intelligence Operator and Senior Cryptologic Linguist in the United States Army. Unfortunately my time with the Army ended early after an injury and medical complications led to my medical retirement, so I decided to pursue an education in Computer Science in order to continue being productive in my life after the military. Since then I've had the priviledge to learn about and research many aspects of AI and Cybersecurity. My current research focus is on vulnerabilities in Large Language Models and related technologies.
Research Interests
Cybersecurity
Large Langauge Models
Internet of Things Security
Wireless Communications
Work Experience
January 2026toPresent
Research Assistant
May 2024toDecember 2025
Student Researcher
May 2014toMarch 2018
Senior Cryptologic Linguist
April 2009toMay 2014
Signals Intelligence Operator
Education
MS in Cybersecurity Science
BS in Computer Science
AA in Arabic Studies
Recent Publications
- Pragyan, K. C., Rambod Ghandiparsi, Thomas Herron, John Heaps, and Mitra Bokaei Hosseini. "Towards Better Requirements from the Crowd: Developer Engagement with Feature Requests in Open Source Software.", IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW), pp. 123-130, 2025. [Paper]
- Pragyan, K. C., Rambod Ghandiparsi, Thomas Herron, John Heaps, and Mitra Bokaei Hosseini. "Demystifying Feature Requests: Leveraging LLMs to Refine Feature Requests in Open-Source Software.", IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), pp. 104-116, 2025. [Paper]