Ericsson Santana Marin
Assistant Professor
Computer Science, College of Science
Phone number
909.869.3909
Office location
Office hours
M W | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Students
Senior project students
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Alison is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Aidan Kumar Aidan is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Jessie Mendoza Jessie is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Cynthia Nguyen Cynthia is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Jimmy Nguyen Jimmy is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify illegal drug data from the dark web, supporting the development of drug-threat intelligence models. |
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Noah Ojeda Noah is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify illegal drug data from the dark web, supporting the development of drug-threat intelligence models. |
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Ethan Owusu-Bour Ethan is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Joseph Scott Joseph is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Kevin Thangasamy Kevin is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Timothy Tsang Timothy is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify illegal drug data from the dark web, supporting the development of drug-threat intelligence models. |
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Nikhitha Vasiraju Nikhitha is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Valeria Urzua Valeria is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Amanda Wong Amanda is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Adrian Alcoreza Adrian is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on on designing and building recommender systems to find and recommend credible websites including criminal hacking content. |
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Mayela Ancheta Mayela is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research focuses on uncovering communities of malware and exploit vendors with similar hacker expertise. |
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Sidharth Basam Sidharth is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Armin Polanco Armin is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
Master's thesis students
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Hunter Swanson Hunter is a master's student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. His research at CALSys Lab focuses on designing and building cyber-AI infrastructure to scrape and classify malicious hacking data from the dark web, supporting the development of cyber-threat intelligence models. |
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Aaliyah Divinagracia Aaliyah is a master's student studying Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research at CALSys Lab focuses on uncovering communities of malware and exploit vendors with similar hacker expertise. |
Past undergraduate students
| Aidan Zimmerman | Lucas Guy Tran | Sidharth Basam | Mayela Alyssa Ancheta | Giselle Avila |
| Aisling Vanessa Gonzalez | John Huang | Ryan W Larson | Lokaranjan Babu Munta | Tiffany Lo |
| Lokaranjan Babu Munta | Richard Andrew Pacheco | Abhishek Sarepaka | Ayanna Sanges-Chu | Siewen Wang (Victor) |
| Christopher Ernesto | Michael A. Melkonian | Anthony Spencer | Arsham Mehrani | Noah K. Calibuso |
| Vincent C. Lee | Leonardo Langgeng | Pablo Duenas | Julia Ybanez | Anita Mehrazarin |
Past graduate students
| Andy A. Munoz. Thesis: "Recommender Systems in the Dark Web". 2025. |
| Sravani Reddy Bakkareddygari. Thesis: "Recommender Systems in the Dark Web". 2025. |
| Chanrady Ho. Thesis: "Predicting Software Vulnerability Exploitation Using Machine Learning". 2025. |
| Anjali Rai. Thesis: "Viral Cascade Prediction in Malicious Dark Web Forums". 2025. |
| Harshitha Patnaik. Thesis: "Hacker Engagement Prediction on Dark-web Forums Using Social Influence Measures and Supervised Machine learning". 2025. |
| FNU Ritika. Thesis: "Predict software vulnerabilities through machine learning". 2024. |
| Siva Charan Mallena. Thesis: "Solving captchas using convolutional neural networks". 2024. |
| Jasmit S. Mahajan. Project: "Identification of zero-day exploits". 2023. |
| Casey L. Cannon. Thesis: "Predicting hacker adoption on darkweb forums using social influence measures and supervised machine learning". 2023. |
Recruitment
I am always looking for self-motivated graduate (MS project/thesis) and undergraduate students (senior project) to work in my research lab (CALSys Lab). If you are interested in participating in my research projects, send me an email with your CV and trasncripts.
Letters of Recommendation
As a professor, I am expected to write letters of recommendation. It is part of my job.
If you feel that I know you well enough to write you a letter of recommendation, please stop by my office or email me santanamarin@cpp.edu with your letter of intent. Once I agree to write you a letter, please provide me the following information at least 2 weeks before your program deadline:
| 01 | A personal statement about why you want to do the programs/jobs that you're applying to and what your future plans are. This statement is a good opportunity to remind me of any particular strengths you have. |
| 02 | List all classes you have taken from me with brief descriptions of projects you developed, how they might relate to your current application, and final grade. |
| 03 | List other kinds of work you may have done with me (independent study, senior project, students club, etc.). |
| 04 | Your transcript. |
| 05 | Your resume. |
| 06 | Summary of all your applications and their corresponding deadlines. I will use this info to not miss a single submission. So, be precise! |