Research

Research Interests

• Artificial Intelligence, Behavioral cybersecurity, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, Multi-agent Systems, Computer Vision and Image Processing. 

Patents & Publications

Patents:

1. Subnet Deception Tool – A testbed for understanding adversarial decision-making in the presence of subnetworks in realistic cyber deception scenarios. (2022). Varun Dutt, Palvi Aggarwal, Harsh Katakwar, Shashank Uttrani, Megha Sharma. (India Patent No. 202211005795).

2. A system and method for frame selection and sensors' data correction for image deblurring. (2023). Harsh Katakwar, Alok Sharma, Manish Srivastava, Neeraj Nagar, Anubhuti Gupta. (India Patent No. 202311044055).

3. Method and system for generating an enhanced image. (2024). Rohit Volety, Vivek Kumar, Anshul Subramanian, Harsh Katakwar. (India Patent No.  202411096211).

Journal Publication:

1. Influence of Network Size on Adversarial Decisions in a Deception Game Involving Honeypots. (2020). Harsh Katakwar, Palvi Aggarwal, Zahid Maqbool, and Varun Dutt. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2385. (Link).

Conference Publications: 

1. Influence of probing action costs on adversarial decision-making in a deception game. (2021). Harsh Katakwar, Palvi Aggarwal, Zahid Maqbool, and Varun Dutt. Accepted in Sixth International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD) on August 5th - 6th, 2021. (Link) 

2. Evaluating Human Performance in a Complex Search-and-Retrieve Task. (2022). Shashank Uttrani, Bhavik Kanekar, Aadhar Gupta, Harsh Katakwar, and Varun Dutt. Accepted in 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022), New York, USA on July 24th - 28th, 2022. (Link)

3. Influence of different proportions of honeypot on adversarial Decision-making in a Deception Game Involving Honeypots. (2022). Harsh Katakwar, Palvi Aggarwal, Shashank Uttrani, and Varun Dutt. Accepted in 66th International Annual Meeting at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), Atlanta, USA on October 10th-16th, 2022. (Link)

4. Understanding adversarial decisions for different probing-action costs in a deception game via cognitive modeling. (2022). Harsh Katakwar, Palvi Aggarwal, and Varun Dutt. Accepted in 55th Annual meeting of the society for mathematical psychology /International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM), Canada on July 11th - 15th 2022. (Link)

5.  Modeling the effects of different honeypot proportions in a deception-based security game. (2023). Palvi Aggarwal, and Varun Dutt. Accepted in 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), 2023, San Francisco, USA.

Book Chapter: 

1. Modeling the Effects of Network Size in a Deception Game Involving Honeypots. (2022) Harsh Katakwar, Shashank Uttrani, Palvi Aggarwal, and Varun Dutt. Cognitive Science and Cybersecurity. Elsevier. (Link)