Prerit Datta
Professor, Computing Sciences

Contact Prerit Datta
843-349-2072 pdatta@coastal.eduAcademic Office and Classroom Building 2 (AOC2) 224
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Spring 2022 Office Hours:
MWF: 2:00pm - 3:00pm, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Biography
Prerit Datta, is an assistant professor of Computing Sciences at Coastal Carolina University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Texas Tech University, Department of Computer Science. He completed his Master’s degree and Bachelor’s degree from India in Information Technology. His research interests lie in the application of natural language processing and machine learning to the domain of Cybersecurity.
Current Appointments
Professor, Computing Sciences, Coastal Carolina University: 2021 to present
Education
Ph.D. Student, 2016 - Present, Texas Tech University, Texas
M.Tech, 2015, Amity University, India
B.Tech, 2012, Kurukshetra University, India
Teaching/Research Interests
Active research involves using natural language processing (NLP) techniques to parse cyberattack descriptions for reasoning and comprehenstion.