Conferences/Workshops/Talks
Attended the 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-ECAI Core A*), Bremen, Germany [15-21 of August 2026]
Presented our paper "BatteryFL: Battery Aware Federated Learning" at the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom - Core B), Taipei, Taiwan [8–12 December 2025]
Delivered a Keynote talk on "When ML meets IoT" at 30th International Multi-disciplinary Conference On Arts, Science, Management, Engineering and Technology, organized by BPDC, Dubai [25th Feb 2024]
Participated in a 5-days FDP on "Pedagogy and Technology-enabled Learning" conducted by IIT Jodhpur, India [July 2023] [Recordings]
Our team (SIRACFarms) presented a Demo of "Insect Detection Prototype" at AgTech Summit, UIUC, Champaign, Illinois, USA [March 2023]
Delivered a Research Information Talk on "Federated Learning Applications and Challenges" at Missouri S&T, Rolla [ November 2022]
Delivered an Expert Talk on "Early Classification of Sensory Data and Applications" at DEPSTAR, Charusat University, Gujarat, India [September 2022]
Participated in 2-months long Regional I-Corp Course conducted by NSF I-Corps Hub: Great Lakes Region [April 2022]
A talk (Computer Science Seminar) on "Addressing Robustness and Fairness in Federated Learning" at Missouri S&T, Rolla, USA [March 2022]
A talk on "Robust Federated Learning" at Missouri S&T, Rolla, USA [February 2022]
20th Annual IFIP Networking Conference, Virtual [June 2021] [Slides]
40th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Virtual [May 2021] [Slides]
22nd International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), Virtual [January 2021] [Slides]
7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys), Virtual [November 2020] [Slides]
5th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Online [April 2019] [Slides]
GIAN course on Machine Learning Applications to Internet of Things, IIT (BHU) , India [December 2017]
Workshop on Advancement in Network Communication and Security, JUET Guna , India [December 2015]
Short term training program on Big Data and Advance Video Compression, SVNIT Surat , India [June 2015]
National Symposium on Computational Mathematics & Information Technology, JUET Guna , India [December 2012]
IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies, Gujarat, India [May 2012]
International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief, Kerala, India [December 2011]
Award/Recognition
Received the prestigious Vice Chancellor's Award for the best review paper in the last 5 years [February 2026]
Honoured for Outstanding Contribution as DRC Convener, 2025
Received a new faculty seed grant from BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [2024-2026]
Received a Micro Grant for customer discovery by NSF Innovation Corp (I-Corps) Missouri S&T, Rolla , 2023
YogaHelp project recognized by Media [see Times of india, Hindustan times [News Link], Amarujala]
Received Student Conference Grant award by IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), INFOCOM, 2021.
Awarded Outstanding Performance as Volunteer in ICDCN, 2017
Recipient of Postgraduate Fellowship through GATE for PhD [January 2017- September 2020]
Recipient of Postgraduate Fellowship through GATE for M.Tech [July 2010- June 2012]
Research Services
Workshop co-chair: International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity (AI-SEC-2025, AI-SEC-2026, AI-SEC-2027) with AINA Conference (Core B)
Workshop chair: The IEEE International Workshop on Robust Federated Learning on Edge Devices with the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Network Systems, 2025
Conference organizer: CINS 2024
Publicity chair: Wireless Sensors & Drones in IoT (Wi-DroIT) 2023
Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, IEEE Journal of Internet of Things, INFOCOM 2023, ECAI 2023, 2024.
Member: Computer Society of India, IEEE Professional Member
Volunteer: ICDCN'18, QIP Short-Term Course' 17
Program Committee member: ITISE 2021 and ITISE 2023
Participation in NSF Projects
FLINT: Robust Federated Learning for Internet of Things
Smart Integrated Farm Network for Rural Agricultural Communities (SIRAC)
Missouri S&T news on "Smart, connected farms could assist agricultural hazard management"