Publications


Publication in refereed journals

1) Roy, A., Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Begum, B. S. (2026). FPGA-based true random number generation and its application. The Journal of Supercomputing, 1–36. (IF: 2.5, SCIE)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11227-026-08428-2

2) Upadhyay, Vatsala, J. Kokila, and Abhishek Vaish. "A dual framework for optimized data storage and retrieval using lightweight python blockchain and scalable smart contracts with IPFS." Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications 19.2 (2026): 49. ( IF:2.7,  SCIE) doi : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12083-025-02192-5

3) Hemavathy, S., J. Kokila, and VS Kanchana Bhaaskaran. "Unified Security Framework using Device-Specific Fingerprint: Mitigating Hardware Trojans and Authenticating Firmware Updates." IEEE Access (2025). ( IF: 3.6, SCIE) Doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3538936

4) Hemavathy, S., Kokila, J., & Kanchana Bhaaskaran, V. (2024). “Adaptive puf design to authenticate and evaluate heterogeneous ips in edge computing.” The Journal of Supercomputing, 1–29.  (IF: 2.5, SCIE) doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-024-06371-8

5) Roy, A., Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Begum, B. S. (2024). “Otk-based puf crp obfuscation for iot device authentication.” Microelectronics Journal, 144, 106070. (IF: 1.9, SCIE)   

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2023.106070

6) Roy, A., Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Begum, B. S. (2023). Device-specific security challenges and solution in iot edge computing: A review. The Journal of Supercomputing, 1–36. (IF: 2.5, SCIE)

 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-023-05450-6

7) Rajaram, S., Vollala, S., Ramasubramanian, N., & Kokila, J. (2021). “Enhanced and Secured Random Number Generation for eUASBP.” International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management. (Scopus Indexed) doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-021-01408-0

8) Jagadeesh, K., & Natarajan, R. (2019). “Lightweight signature scheme to protect intellectual properties of internet of things applications in system on chip field-programmable gate arrays. “Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 27, 3500–3515. (IF: 1.2, SCIE) https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1811-97

9) Kokila, J., & Ramasubramanian, N. (2019). “Enhanced Authentication Using Hybrid PUF with FSM for Protecting IPs of SoC FPGAs.” Journal of Electronic Testing, 35, 543–558. (IF: 0.9, SCIE)

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10836-019-05808-w

10) Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Naganathan, N. (2019). Resource Efficient Metering scheme for protecting SoC FPGA device and IPs in IOT applications. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 27, 2284–2295. (IF: 2.8, SCIE)

 https://doi.org/10.1109/TVLSI.2019.2926788

11) Kokila, J., Das, A. M., Begum, B. S., & Ramasubramanian, N. (2019). “Hardware Signature Generation Using a Hybrid PUF and FSM Model for an SoC Architecture.” Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 63, 244–253.  ( Scopus)

doi: https://doi.org/10.3311/PPee.13424

12) Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Thamma, R. (2018).” Dynamic Estimation of Temporary Failure in SoC FPGAs for heterogeneous applications.” J. Universal Comput. Sci, 24, 1776–1799.  (IF: 1.0, SCIE) http://dx.doi.org/10.3217/jucs-024-12-1776

Publications in refereed conference proceedings


1)    H. Joshi, A. S. Anand and J. Kokila, "Secure Firmware Update Architecture for IoT Devices using Blockchain and PUF," 2023 International Conference on Quantum Technologies, Communications, Computing, Hardware and Embedded Systems Security (iQ-CCHESS), KOTTAYAM, India, 2023, pp. 1-7, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10391484

2)  Upadhyay, V., Vaish, A., & Kokila, J. (2023a). Convergence of blockchain enabled internet of things (iot) framework: A survey. In International symposium on ubiquitous networking (pp. 112–128). Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62488-9_9

3) Upadhyay, V., Vaish, A., & Kokila, J. (2023b). Internet of things (iot) security: Approaches and existing solutions. In 2023 tron symposium (tronshow) (pp. 1–4). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3675888.3676072

4)    Aravindan, M. et al. (2022). “Practical challenges in simulating strong pufs.” In 2022 ieee ias global conference on emerging technologies (globconet) (pp. 471–476). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9872369

5)    Roy, A., Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Begum, S. B. (2022). “Random number generation for pki using controlled anderson puf.” In 2022 ieee international conference on public key infrastructure and its
 applications (pkia) (pp. 1–6). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9952259

6)    Roy, A., Panwar, P., Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Begum, B. S. (2022). “Detection of hardware trojan using cnn with residual network.” In 2022 ieee 6th conference on information and communication technology (cict) (pp. 1–6). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9997857

7)    Kokila, J., Chithra, S., & Ramasubramanian, N. (2021). “Side-channel analysis using deep learning on hardware trojans.” In Iop conference series: Materials science and engineering (Vol. 1049, p. 012018). IOP Publishing.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/1049/1/012018/meta

8)    Chithra, C., Kokila, J., & Ramasubramanian, N. (2020). “Detection of hardware trojans using machine learning in soc fpgas.” In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT) (pp. 1–7). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9198475

9)     Kokila, J., Chellam, M. B., Das, A. M., & Ramasubramanian, N. (2017).” Light weight two-factor authentication using hybrid puf and fsm for soc fpga.” In International conference on next generation computing technologies (pp. 381–395). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8660-1_29

10) Manjith, B., Kokila, J., & Natarajan, R. (2017). “Adaptive dynamic partial reconfigurable security system.” In International conference on next generation computing technologies (pp. 430–439). Springer.

11)   Kokila, J., Ramasubramanian, N., & Indrajeet, S. (2016). “A survey of hardware and software co-design issues for system on chip design.” In Advanced computing and communication technologies (pp. 41–49). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1023-1_4  

Book Chapter

1) Ramasubramanian, N., & Kokila, J. (2021). Security of internet of things nodes: Challenges, attacks, and countermeasures: Study of hardware attacks on smart system design lab. CRC Press.

2) Kokila, J. R. Sangeetha, Ramasubramanian, N "Hardware-Based Authentication Techniques for Secure Data Transmission in IoT Edge." Cybersecurity Unlocked: Cryptography, Network Security, Data Protection (2025): 141.

Non-Referred Conference presentations