About Me.
I am a PhD candidate at Centre for Computational and Data Sciences, IIT Kharagpur working in Secured Embedded Architecture (SEAL) Lab under the guidance of Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay and Prof. Pabitra Mitra. My primary research focus is on the intersection of machine learning (ML), security, and privacy. I work towards understanding the vulnerabilities and limitations of ML models in the context of microarchitectural attacks, which leverage hardware components' behaviour to compromise sensitive information. Additionally, I'm also exploring the unique security issues that arise in ML frameworks operating on GPU platforms, focusing on identifying and addressing vulnerabilities inherent to these highly parallel and high-performance computing architectures. Lastly, I am also involved in crafting defenses against adversarial attacks, concentrating on developing training techniques that enhance the robustness of models against such threats.
EDUCATION
August 2021 - Present
Doctor of Philosophy
Centre for Computational and Data Sciences, IIT Kharagpur
GPA: 8.61/10
Research Area: Machine Learning Security
Supervisors: Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay and Prof. Pabitra Mitra
July 2017 - May 2019
M.Tech in Computer Science (Information Security), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Aug 2013 - May 2017
B.Tech in Computer Science (Telecom Informatics), UPES Dehradun
EXPERIENCE
July 2020 to June 2021
Research Intern
Laboratory of Neural System, IIT Kanpur
Dr. Nitin Gupta
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Contributed to the development of "Treadwill," a Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) software aimed at assisting individuals with depressive symptoms and enhancing user interaction through an integrated automated chatbot. Developed chat modules for CBT worksheets, allowing bot to customize its response based on earlier user provided responses
September 2019 to November 2019
Teaching and Learning Centre, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Prabhakar TV
Project Engineer
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Worked on building a web application on Drupal CMS to analyze performance of various translation APIs from Google, Microsoft, IBM, and others.
May 2018 to July 2018
Computer Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Harish Karnick
Research Intern
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Conducted analysis on various features such as Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), Signal Energy, Spectral Density, and Entropy to construct feature vectors, facilitating the development of highly accurate predictive ML/DL models for Emotion Classification.
May 2016 to July 2016
Computer Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Manindra Aggrawal
Summer Intern
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Contributed to the expansion of the cloud computing infrastructure at CSE, IIT Kanpur. Installed and configured compute nodes, wrote diagnostic tools using shell scripts for regular checkups and load status checks, updating and correcting of controller and compute node scripts.