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Ph.D. Scholar at IISc, Bangalore | Google PhD Fellow | PMRF Fellow
Research Interests: Computer systems security, Trusted hardware, Attestation protocols
Email: nikitayadav@iisc.ac.in
Contact address: CSSL, Department of Computer Science and Automation, IISc Bangalore
About me
About me
Hi, I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in Computer Science at IISc, Bangalore, where I am advised by Prof. Vinod Ganapathy. I completed my Bachelor's degree in CSE from the NIT, Kurukshetra and Master's degree in CS from IISc, Bangalore.
My Ph.D. is supported by the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) (Aug 2021 - Aug 2024) and the Google PhD Fellowship (Aug 2024-present). My research spans diverse domains, including blockchain, 5G networks, and embedded systems. I have contributed to publications at ACM CCS'23, NDSS'24, and USENIX Security'24 among others.
As part of my Ph.D., I spent a semester at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, where I collaborated with the research group led by Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi. Additionally, I served as a research intern at Witness Chain, under the guidance of Prof. Himanshu Tyagi, IISc (Cofounder of Witness Chain). I also received the opportunity to work as a research intern at the IBM Research Lab in India, working with Dushyant Behl and Praveen Jayachandran - a collaboration that extended over multiple years.
NEWS
NEWS
[April 2025] Gave an overview of software security attacks and defences at PGCIL Cybersecurity Training Programme.
[April 2025] Gave a talk on "Proof of Execution through Control-Flow Attestation" at the Annual EECS Symposium, IISc — Received the Best Presentation Award.
[Feb 2025] Invited Poster Presentation at ARCS'25 - Proof of Backhaul: Trustfree Telemetry of Backhaul Bandwidth.
[Dec 2024] Invited Speaker at the Sabarmati Young researchers' seminar at IIT Gandhinagar, presented my research on 'Control-Flow Attestation'.
[Nov 2024] Attended 'Present and Future Computing Systems' Workshop at CSA, IISc.
[Oct 2024] Attended Trust Summit 2024 at IIT Bombay.
[Sept 2024] Received Google PhD Fellowship 2024 in Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention.
[Aug 2024] Received 'The Murthy Govindaraju Women in Computer Science Research Endowment' Award for my work on CFA - CCS'23.
[June 2024] Paper accepted at Usenix Security 2024.
[May 2024] Paper accepted at Security for Space Systems (3S) Conference 2024.
[May 2024] Conducted a 3-day workshop on Computer Systems Security covering memory exploits and defenses. [link]
[April 2024] Gave a talk on 'Control-Flow Attestation' in the Annual EECS Symposium, IISc.
[April 2024] Invited Speaker at ComputerSysTalks@India, presented my work on 'Whole Program Control-Flow Attestation',
[Nov 2023] Presented my work at the 30th ACM CCS conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
[Oct 2023] Paper accepted at ACM/IEEE SEC 2023.
[Sep 2023] Paper accepted at NDSS 2024.
[Sep 2023] Joined as Visiting Researcher in System Security Group at TU Darmstadt, Germany.
[Aug 2023] Gave a talk at IIT Delhi on 'Whole Program Control-Flow Attestation'.
[May 2023] Paper accepted at ACM CCS 2023.
[Nov 2022] Paper accepted at COMSNET 2023.
[Aug 2021] Received Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF).
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