Manohar Raavi - Online CV

Email: mraavi3@kennesaw.edu 

Primary Research Areas:
Security & Privacy,  Applied Cryptography, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Network and Wireless Technologies Security

Professional Experience:

Kennesaw State University, Computer Science Department     Marietta, GA
Assistant Professor         Jan 1, 2024 - Present
GEODIS Logistics         Brentwood, TN
Cybersecurity Intern     May 22, 2023 - Aug 11, 2023
Networked System Security Lab, UCCS     Colorado Springs, CO
Graduate Research Assistant     Aug 16, 2021 - May 12, 2023
Department of Computer Science, UCCS     Colorado Springs, CO
Graduate Teaching Assistant       August 19, 2019 - May 14, 2021
Information Technology, Oklahoma State University       Stillwater, OK
Network Engineer         Oct 02, 2017 - Aug 16, 2019

Education:

University of Colorado Colorado Springs   Colorado Springs, CO, USA 

Ph.D., CyberSecurity     Dec 2023 

Oklahoma State University   Stillwater, OK, USA 

MS, Telecommunications Management   May 2017 

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University     Vizianagaram, AP, India 

BTech, Electronics and Communication Engineering   May 2015 

Conference and Journal Publications:       (Google Scholar Link) 

[1] M. Raavi, Q. Khan, S. Wuthier, P. Chandramouli, Y. Balytskyi, and S.- Y. Chang, “Security and performance analyses of post-quantum digital signature algorithms and their tls and pki integrations,” Cryptography, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 38, 2025.
[2] M. Raavi, S. Wuthier, and S.-Y. Chang, “Securing post-quantum DNSSEC against fragmentation mis-association threat,” in ICC 2024-IEEE International Conference on Communications. IEEE, 2024, pp. 97–102.
[3] M. Raavi, S. Wuthier, X. Zhou, and S.-Y. Chang, “Post-quantum quic protocol in cloud networking,” in 2023 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit). IEEE, 2023, pp. 573–578.
[4] M. Raavi, S. Wuthier, P. Chandramouli, X. Zhou, and S.-Y. Chang, “Quic protocol with post-quantum authentication,” in International Conference on Information Security. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2022, pp. 84–91.
[5] M. Raavi, S. Wuthier, P. Chandramouli, Y. Balytskyi, X. Zhou, and S.-Y. Chang, “Security comparisons and performance analyses of postquantum signature algorithms,” in International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2021, pp. 424–447.
[6] M. Raavi, P. Chandramouli, S. Wuthier, X. Zhou, and S.-Y. Chang, “Performance characterization of post-quantum digital certificates,” in 2021 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN). IEEE, 2021, pp. 1–9.
[7] M. Raavi, “Enabling post-quantum cryptography for secure internet networking: Performance, feasibility analyses, and solutions,” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 2023.
[8] S. Beck, S. Fulton, J. Scott, and M. Raavi, “Improving wireless security research: Cost-effective detection of wireless charging vulnerabilities,” in 18th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, 2025, pp. 224–229.
[9] S. Beck, M. Raavi, C. Dale, K. Weishalla, and B. Worrell, “Survey of side-channel vulnerabilities for short-range wireless communication technologies,” in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (eIT). IEEE, 2024, pp. 450–456.
[10] K. Hines, M. Raavi, J.-M. Villeneuve, S. Wuthier, J. Moreno-Colin, Y. Bai, and S.-Y. Chang, “Post-quantum cipher power analysis in lightweight devices,” in Proceedings of the 15th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, 2022, pp. 282– 284.
[11] Y. Balytskyi, M. Raavi, A. Pinchuk, and S.-Y. Chang, “Detecting bias in randomness by pt-symmetric quantum state discrimination,” in ICC 2021-IEEE International Conference on Communications. IEEE, 2021, pp. 1–6.
[12] Y. Balytskyi, M. Raavi, and S.-Y. Chang, “P t-enhanced bayesian parameter estimation,” in 2021 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). IEEE, 2021, pp. 60–70.
[13] Y. Balytskyi, M. Raavi, Y. Kotukh, G. Khalimov, and S.-Y. Chang, “P t-symmetric bayesian parameter estimation on a superconducting quantum processor,” in ICC 2022-IEEE International Conference on Communications. IEEE, 2022, pp. 3257–3262.
[14] A. Sarker, S. Byun, M. Raavi, J. Kim, J. Kim, and S.-Y. Chang, “Dynamic id randomization for user privacy in mobile network,” ETRI Journal, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 903–914, 2022.
[15] X. Liu, P. Xiao, M. Esposito, M. Raavi, and C. Zhao, “Agfa-net: Attention-guided feature-aggregated network for coronary artery segmentation using computed tomography angiography,” in 2024 IEEE 36th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI). IEEE, 2024, pp. 327–334.

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