Muralidhara Rao, Ph.D.
Program Director [Blockchain & Cyber Security], School of Technology, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, INDIA.
Inspired Quote: A teacher’s purpose is not to create students in his own IMAGE,
But to develop students who can create their own IMAGE.
About Me
I am energetic and enthusiastic about work, and I strongly believe that everything that comes if we desire strongly has proper requirements.
I love to be creative and expressive. I create a positive atmosphere around me by inspiring and encouraging everyone.
I am more interested in working on formal security analysis (AVISPA) for the security protocol under the IoT and blockchain domains.
Work Experience
I am working as an Assistant professor and Program Director [BIC] from Jan 2024 in the School of Technology, Woxsen University, Hyderabad.
I worked as an Assistant professor from July 2022 to January 2024 in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu.
I worked as a Teaching cum Research Assistant from May 2019 to April 2022 in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu.
I worked as an Assistant Professor from November 2017 to Feb 2019 in the CSE Department at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam.
I worked as an Assistant Professor from July 2015 to October 2017 in the CSE Department, GMR Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Rajam.
Research Interests
Network Security.
Wireless Sensor Networks.
Cloud computing.
Internet of Things.
Blockchain Technologies
Machine Learning
Inspiring Quote
“A teacher’s purpose is not to create students in his own IMAGE,
But to develop students who can create their own IMAGE.”
Guest Talks
Dated: 03-05-2024
Presented a guest research talk on "Security and Privacy in IoT devices, Smart Cities and Applications" in a one-day seminar at Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University).
Presented a Guest Research Talk on Intrusion Detection Using a Machine Learning Approach in a 2-Weeks Online Faculty Development Programme on Entrepreneurship (Machine Learning) at Anna University [Madras Institute of Technology campus], Chennai.
Dated: 06-02-2024
Presented a webinar on Enhancing Soft Skills for Academic and Professional Success at Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology & Sciences (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam.
Dated: 30-05-2023
Presented a hands-on session in a 5-day National Level FDP on Verifying Authentication frameworks for advanced IoT environments at Nadimpalli Satyanarayana Raju Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam.
Dated: 29-05-2023
Presented a Guest session in a 5 day National Level FDP on Authentication frameworks for advanced IoT environments at Nadimpalli Satyanarayana Raju Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam.
Dated: 29-03-2023
Presented a Guest session "Investigation of Top 10 Vulnerabilities in Dedicated and Smart Networks" in One Week National Level FDP on Emerging Trends in Security Engineering at Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (Autonomous), Vijayawada, A.P.
Dated: 27-09-2022
Presented a "Technical Paper Writing" guest session at Nadimpalli Satyanarayana Raju Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam.
Dated: 29-09-2022
Presented a hands-on "LateX" guest session at Nadimpalli Satyanarayana Raju Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam.
Dated: 19-06-2022
Presented a Research Guest Talk, and Hands-on session on the topic of Security protocol analysis using the AVISPA tool “National Level Two Weeks Workshop on “Growing Role of Machine Learning in Cyber-Security” (13th - 24th June 2022) at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh.
Dated: 19-06-2022
Presented a Research Guest Talk, on the topic of Lightweight Authentication Frameworks for advanced IoT Environments “National Level Two Weeks Workshop on “Growing Role of Machine Learning in Cyber-Security” (13th - 24th June 2022) at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh.
Dated: 14-08-2021
Presented a Research Guest Talk on "Secure Authentication Schemes for IoT Environments" at Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology & Sciences (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam.
Invited Session/Chair
Invited to deliver a Talk at GCKE-2023 7thAnnual Global Congress of Knowledge Economy, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, January 09-11, 2023
Program Committee Member and Reviewer for 2022 IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing, June 2022
Program Committee Member and Reviewer for ICCIS 2022: 4th International Conference on Communication and Intelligent systems, December 2022
Subjects Taught/Teaching
Fundamentals of Computer Programming
Data Structures
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Object-oriented programming through JAVA
Computer Organization
Cloud Computing
Big Data Analytics
Problem-Solving: Python
Cryptography and Network Security
Applied cryptography and Information Security