My name is Purushottam Panta, I am from Nepal. I did all my early education until Bachelors degree in Nepal. It was August 2006 when I first came to the Youngstown State University (YSU) for the graduate study in Mathematics, with the concentration in Computer Science. During my study, I was the first scholarship winner for the Annual Vanguard Security Conference 2008 organized by Vanguard Integrity Professionals, Inc..
I received a Masters of Science (Mathematics with Computer Science Concentration) from the Department of Mathematics and Statics, YSU in May 2009. It was August 2009 when I received another Masters (Computing and Information Systems) from the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, YSU.

Since then, from Fall 2009 I have been in PhD program in University of South Florida, Tampa. I am currently doing PhD in Computer Science and Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering. Moreover, I have been working as a Graduate Research Associate on web application analysis and design in the College of Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Rafel Perez.