FACULTY PROFILES

Kuldeep Singh

Assistant Professor of Instruction
Computer Science

Office Building: Chemistry and Computer Science Building
Office Room: 3.0602
Phone:
Email: ksingh2@utep.edu

Bio

Kuldeep Singh is currently working as an Associate Professor of Instruction at Department of Computer Science at University of Texas at El Paso. His research interests include behavioral cyber security, privacy, agent based modelling.

Awards and Honors

Alphonse Chapanis Student Paper Award - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (10/27/2021)

Education

Ph D in Computer Science, Thapar University, India (2018)
M.Eng. in Information Security, Thapar University (2014)

Publications

Cognitive elements of learning and discriminability in anti-phishing training Computers & Security 127 (2023), Kuldeep Singh, Palvi Aggarwal, Prashanth Rajivan, Cleotilde Gonzalez.
How well does GPT phish people? An investigation involving cognitive biases and feedback 2023 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW) (2023), Megha Sharma, Kuldeep Singh, Palvi Aggarwal, Varun Dutt.
Personalized persuasion: Quantifying susceptibility to information exploitation in spear-phishing attacks Applied Ergonomics 108 (2023), Tianhao Xu, Kuldeep Singh, Prashanth Rajivan.
Diversifying Deception: Game-Theoretic Models for Two-Sided Deception and Initial Human Studies Springer (2022), Mohammad S. Miah, Palvi Aggarwal, Marcus Gutierrez, Omkar Thakoor, Yinuo Du, Oscar Veliz, Kuldeep Singh, Christopher Kiekintveld, Cleotilde Gonzalez.
Modeling of multi-defender collaboration in a cyber-security scenario (2022), Du, Y., Aggarwal, P., Singh, K.,, C. Gonzalez.
Modeling Phishing Decisions using Instance Based Learning and Natural Language Processing 55 (2022), Tianhao Xu, Kuldeep Singh, Prashanth Rajivan.
Decoys in Cybersecurity: An Exploratory Study to Test the Effectiveness of 2-sided Deception arXiv e-prints (2021), Palvi Aggarwal, Yinuo Du, Kuldeep Singh, Cleotilde Gonzalez.
A Social Dilemma for Cybersecurity: Sharing information among defenders https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1gaqjteniesnw (2021), Kuldeep Singh, Palvi Aggarwal, Cleotilde Gonzalez.
Modeling phishing susceptibility as decisions from experience. 19 (2021), EA Cranford, Kuldeep Singh, Palvi Aggarwal, C Lebiere, C Gonzalez.
SpearSim: Design and Evaluation of Synthetic Task Environment for Studies on Spear Phishing Attacks Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 65 1 (2021), Tianhao Xu, Kuldeep Singh, Prashanth Rajivan.
What makes phishing emails hard for humans to detect? 64 1 (2021), Kuldeep Singh, Palvi Aggarwal, Prashanth Rajivan, Cleotilde Gonzalez.

Presentations

No info available.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2026	CS 4342 - Database Systems	14980
Fall 2026	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	11137
Fall 2026	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	16472
Fall 2026	CS 1301 - Intro to Computer Science	17313
Fall 2026	CS 1101 - Intro to Computer Science Lab	12150
Summer 2026	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	33964
Summer 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	30932

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2026	CS 4342 - Database Systems	14980
Fall 2026	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	11137
Fall 2026	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	16472
Fall 2026	CS 1301 - Intro to Computer Science	17313
Fall 2026	CS 1101 - Intro to Computer Science Lab	12150
Spring 2026	CS 4351 - Computer Security	23858	Syllabus
Spring 2026	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	20953	Syllabus
Spring 2026	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	27508	Syllabus
Spring 2026	CS 1301 - Intro to Computer Science	28057	Syllabus
Spring 2026	CS 1101 - Intro to Computer Science Lab	28061	Syllabus
Fall 2025	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	11473	Syllabus
Fall 2025	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	18159
Fall 2025	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	18160	Syllabus
Summer 2025	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	30861
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	30985
Spring 2025	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	21755
Spring 2025	CS 4351 - Computer Security	24335
Fall 2024	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	11629	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CS 4351 - Computer Security	13024	Syllabus
Summer 2024	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	30928
Summer 2024	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	31828
Spring 2024	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	21963
Spring 2024	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	23917
Spring 2024	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	26850
Fall 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	11922	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	13173	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	13547	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	14524	Syllabus
Summer 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	33215
Spring 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	22145	Syllabus
Spring 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	24406	Syllabus
Spring 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	24413	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	13488	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	16028	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	18015	Syllabus
Spring 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	25151
Spring 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	26348
Spring 2022	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	26355

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2025	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	11473	Evaluation
Fall 2025	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	18159	Evaluation
Fall 2025	CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms	18160	Evaluation
Summer 2025	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	30861	Evaluation
Spring 2025	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	21755	Evaluation
Spring 2025	CS 4351 - Computer Security	24335	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	11629	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CS 4351 - Computer Security	13024	Evaluation
Summer 2024	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	30928	Evaluation
Summer 2024	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	31828	Evaluation
Spring 2024	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	21963	Evaluation
Spring 2024	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	23917	Evaluation
Spring 2024	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	26850	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	11922	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	13173	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	13547	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	14524	Evaluation
Summer 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	33215	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	22145	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	24406	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	24413	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	13488	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	16028	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	18015	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	25151	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr	26348	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	26355	Evaluation

Bio

Awards and Honors

Alphonse Chapanis Student Paper Award - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (10/27/2021)

Ph D in Computer Science, Thapar University, India (2018)
M.Eng. in Information Security, Thapar University (2014)

Publications

Cognitive elements of learning and discriminability in anti-phishing training Computers & Security 127 (2023), Kuldeep Singh, Palvi Aggarwal, Prashanth Rajivan, Cleotilde Gonzalez.
How well does GPT phish people? An investigation involving cognitive biases and feedback 2023 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW) (2023), Megha Sharma, Kuldeep Singh, Palvi Aggarwal, Varun Dutt.
Personalized persuasion: Quantifying susceptibility to information exploitation in spear-phishing attacks Applied Ergonomics 108 (2023), Tianhao Xu, Kuldeep Singh, Prashanth Rajivan.
Diversifying Deception: Game-Theoretic Models for Two-Sided Deception and Initial Human Studies Springer (2022), Mohammad S. Miah, Palvi Aggarwal, Marcus Gutierrez, Omkar Thakoor, Yinuo Du, Oscar Veliz, Kuldeep Singh, Christopher Kiekintveld, Cleotilde Gonzalez.
Modeling of multi-defender collaboration in a cyber-security scenario (2022), Du, Y., Aggarwal, P., Singh, K.,, C. Gonzalez.

Presentations

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 4342 - Database Systems

Section

14980

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

11137

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

16472

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 1301 - Intro to Computer Science

Section

17313

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 1101 - Intro to Computer Science Lab

Section

12150

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2026

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

33964

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

30932

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 4342 - Database Systems

Section

14980

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

11137

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

16472

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 1301 - Intro to Computer Science

Section

17313

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CS 1101 - Intro to Computer Science Lab

Section

12150

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CS 4351 - Computer Security

Section

23858

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

20953

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

27508

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CS 1301 - Intro to Computer Science

Section

28057

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CS 1101 - Intro to Computer Science Lab

Section

28061

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

11473

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

18159

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

18160

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

30861

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

30985

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

21755

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 4351 - Computer Security

Section

24335

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

11629

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 4351 - Computer Security

Section

13024

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

30928

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

31828

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

21963

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

23917

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

26850

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

11922

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

13173

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

13547

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

14524

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

33215

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

22145

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

24406

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

24413

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

13488

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

16028

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

18015

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

25151

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

26348

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

26355

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

11473

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

18159

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 2401 - Elem. Data Struct./Algorithms

Section

18160

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2025

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

30861

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

21755

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 4351 - Computer Security

Section

24335

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

11629

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 4351 - Computer Security

Section

13024

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

30928

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

31828

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

21963

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

23917

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

26850

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

11922

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

13173

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

13547

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

14524

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

33215

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

22145

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

24406

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

24413

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

13488

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

16028

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

18015

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

25151

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CS 1320 - Computer Programming Sci/Engr

Section

26348

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking

Section

26355

Evaluation

Kuldeep Singh

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Courses

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