Education

Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University (Virginia Tech)

Ph.D. in Computer Science (M.S. along the way)
Aug 2021 - Present

• CGPA: 3.75
• Advisor: Dr. Bimal Viswanath
• Research Focus: Security and Generative AI
• Status: Ph.D. Candidate (Passed Qualifier with perfect score)

Graduate Coursework:

• Data Analytics
• Deep Learning
• Hot Topics in Security and AI
• Theory of Algorithms
• Advanced Machine Learning
• Security Risks of Generative AI
• Defenses Against ML Powered Adversaries

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (VNR VJIET)

Bachelor’s in Information Technology
Sep 2012 - May 2016

• CGPA: 8.51/10.0
• Achievement: Gold Medal for best outgoing student from the Department of I.T.
• Specialization: Information Technology with focus on Data Mining and Network Security

Relevant Coursework:

• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Database Management Systems
• Computer Networks
• Software Engineering
• Data Mining and Warehousing
• Network Security
• Operating Systems
• Computer Graphics

Academic Achievements

• Ph.D. Qualifier: Passed with perfect score - now a Ph.D. candidate
• Pratt Fellowship: Received from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech
• CCI SWVA Cyber Innovation Scholarship: Awarded for FY 23 AND 24 from Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)
• Gold Medal: Best outgoing student from the Department of Information Technology at VNR VJIET

Research Training

Current Research (Virginia Tech)

• Security and Generative AI: Investigating toxicity injection attacks on conversational AI systems
• Computer Vision Security: Working on deepfake detection in evolving threat landscapes
• LLM Safety: Developing safety alignment techniques for large language models

Previous Research (VNR VJIET)

• Temporal Data Mining: Developed novel tree structures for temporal association rule mining
• Network Security: Worked on anomaly detection using improved fuzzy membership functions