Center for Security, Theory and Algorithmic Research
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
[Formerly, Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad]
(IIIT Hyderabad)
Distinguished Adjunct Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Informatics
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
[2026 QS World University Rankings: 61]
Visiting Research Professor [2024]
Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
Visiting Faculty [2022]
Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
Associate Editor
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
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Welcome to my home page. I am currently working as a full Professor effective from 1 January 2023 in the Center for Security, Theory and Algorithmic Research (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) of the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India. I am also currently working as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor, with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Informatics, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. I worked as a Visiting Research Professor in 2024, and also as a Visiting Faculty in 2022, at the Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia, USA, with the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC).
My short biography can be downloaded here.
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E-mail: iitkgp.akdas[at]gmail.com
ashok.das[at]iiit.ac.in
Phone: +91-40-66531506
Homepage: https://www.iiit.ac.in/faculty/ashok-kumar-das/
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"Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose." -- G. K. Nielson
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" -- Albert Einstein
"If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions." -- Albert Einstein
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense." -- Thomas A. Edison
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” -- Albert Einstein
"It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do." -- John R. Amos
For prospective students:
I mainly work with PhD students.
While working with me, I expect that research should be a student's primary intellectual activity.
News!
Elected as a Fellow, IET (UK), effective from July 29, 2026.
Elected as a Fellow, IE (India), effective from May 21, 2026.
2026 Research.com Best Computer Science Scientists 2026 in India, achieving a National Rank of 3 and a World Rank of 535.
2026 Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
Elected as Fellow, IETE (India), effective from March 23, 2026.
Appointed as a Member of Advisory Council, School of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (3-year term starting from 2026)
Having over 32,100 citations with h-index: 100 and i10-index: 376 (Source: Google Scholar citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bToAUHMAAAAJ&hl=en) [Updated on 28 April 2026]
2025 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award (https://research.com/u/ashok-kumar-das) [National Rank (India): 6, World Rank: 684]
Included in the World's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists List with Subject (Networking & Telecommunications) Rank (World): 34 for the year: 2024.
The ranking is based on an independent study done by Stanford University, USA. For detailed information, please visit: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7
Appointed as a member of the Technical Program Committee for AI for Science and Science of AI under the महा AI-Science for Engineering Mission of Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), New Delhi, Government of India.
Appointed as a member of the Experts Review Committee (ERC) in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for technical evaluation by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, International Cooperation Division, Government of India, with a term of three years, starting from June 2024.
It is a great honor for me to have been appointed as an Associate Editor for the prestigious flagship journal:
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
IEEE T-IFS ranks #2 in the list of top venues (conference & journals) in Computer Security & Cryptography and first (Rank #1) among all journal publications:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=eng_computersecuritycryptography
Received the Web of Science (Clarivate™) Highly Cited Researcher 2023 prestigious award in recognition of exceptional research performance demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% for the field and year.
For detailed information, please visit: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/U-2790-2019
The paper "AI-Enabled Adversarial Attacks Resistant Post-Quantum Secure Authentication Protocol for Consumer Applications," accepted in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, April 2026. (2024 SCI Impact Factor: 10.9)
The paper "PQ-AuthV: Post-Quantum Secure Authentication with Aggregated Signatures in IoT-Enabled Smart Vehicle Networks," accepted in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, April 2026, DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2026.3688913. (2024 SCI Impact Factor: 8.9)
The paper "Quantum-Safe Digital Twin Authentication for ML-Driven Early Disease Detection in Healthcare Systems," accepted in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, February 2026, DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2026.3667781. (2024 SCI Impact Factor: 6.8)
The paper "Blockchain-Enabled Quantum-Resistant Hybrid Isogeny-Based Signcryption Framework for Digital Twin-Assisted Healthcare Systems," accepted in IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, February 2026, DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2026.3665935.
The paper "Secure Federated Maximum Entropy Classifier for Intrusion Detection in IoT Consumer Electronics," accepted in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, February 2026, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2026.3665219. (2024 SCI Impact Factor: 10.9)
The paper "Adversarial Attacks Resilient Machine Learning-Enabled Access Control Scheme for Consumer Electronics in IoT-Based Applications," accepted in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, February 2026, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2026.3662480. (2024 SCI Impact Factor: 10.9)
I am not currently offering any Summer Internship/Research Internship/Research Associate at IIIT Hyderabad
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