Nisha Panwar

Research Overview

My research focuses on data management systems, with emphasis on privacy-preserving data sharing, access control, auditing, and collaborative analytics. I integrate research with teaching by engaging undergraduate and graduate students through course-embedded projects, independent study, and collaborative research initiatives.

Research Areas

Data Management & Query Processing
Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing
Access Control & Auditing Systems
Trust-but-Verify Computation
Collaborative & Federated Analytics

Publication details available at Google Scholar | DBLP | CV |

Student Researchers

Maksuda Rabeya (PhD joined Spring 2023)
Research focuses on the design and implementation of data integrity in the Internet of Things

Amy Sheppard Information Technology Major, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2022

Developed a comparison study for several wireless health monitoring devices.

Collaboration & Opportunities

I welcome collaboration with faculty, students, and industry partners.
Undergraduate and graduate students motivated by research are encouraged to reach out.

Contact: npanwar@augusta.edu

Publications

Prism: Private Verifiable Set Computation over Multi-Owner Outsourced Databases
Yin Li, Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, Peeyush Gupta, Sharad Mehrotra, Nisha Panwar, Shantanu Sharma
ACM SIGMOD Conference on Management of Data, 2021
Privacy-preserving and verifiable set computation framework for collaborative outsourced databases.

Obscure: Information-Theoretic Oblivious and Verifiable Aggregation Queries
Peeyush Gupta ★, Yin Li, Sharad Mehrotra, Nisha Panwar, Shantanu Sharma, Sumaya Almanee
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 2019
Introduces an information-theoretically secure approach for oblivious and verifiable aggregation.

Canopy: A Verifiable Privacy-Preserving Token Ring-Based Communication Protocol for Smart Homes
Nisha Panwar, Shantanu Sharma, Guoxi Wang ★, Sharad Mehrotra, Nalini Venkatasubramanian
ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2020
A verifiable communication protocol enabling privacy-preserving coordination in smart environments.

IoT Notary: Attestable Sensor Data Capture in IoT Environments
Nisha Panwar, Shantanu Sharma, Guoxi Wang ★, Sharad Mehrotra, Nalini Venkatasubramanian,
Mamadou H. Diallo, Ardalan Amiri Sani
ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, 2021
A system for secure, attestable capture and verification of sensor data in IoT systems.

WiFi Traffic Inspection for Obscured Devices
Maksuda Rabeya ★, Nisha Panwar
IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), 2024
Analyzes WiFi traffic patterns to enable inspection and inference for obscured IoT devices.

Privacy-Oriented Dependency via Deniable SIGMA Protocol
Łukasz Krzywiecki, Kamil Kluczniak, Patryk Kozieł ★, Nisha Panwar
Computers & Security, 2018
Presents a deniable authentication protocol enabling privacy-oriented dependency guarantees.

Note ★ indicates student co-authors

Grant Proposals

1. Award Number: 2131538 Full name of all grantees: Alexander Schwarzmann, Konstantin Busch, Dariusz Kowalski, Edward Tremel, Gregg Murray, Nisha Panwar Title SaTC: CORE: Small: A Robust Framework with Rigorous Semantics and Security Guarantees for Election-Day Voter Check-in Sponsor NSF My role research personnel Proposal status accepted
2. Full name of all grantees: Nisha Panwar Title CAREER Self-Paced Internet of Things Data Lifecycle Sponsor NSF My role PI Date submitted 08/07/2020 Total direct fund $499,270 Proposal status rejected
3. Full name of all grantees: Nisha Panwar Title CNS: Small: Secure Data Access and Retention Scheme for Sensor-Driven Facilities Sponsor NSF My role PI Date submitted 06/02/2025 Total direct fund $449,440 Proposal status pending
4. Full name of all grantees: Nisha Panwar, Shantanu Sharma Title Collaborative Research: Information Integration and Informatics: Semantic Access Control and Logging for Collaborative Platforms Sponsor NSF My role PI Date submitted 02/05/2026 Total direct fund $294,370 Proposal status pending

Teaching

Undergraduate course

Spring 2026 AIST 3410 Database Systems [link]
Fall 2025 AIST 3410 Database Systems
Fall 2025 CSCI 3410 Database Systems
Spring 2025 CSCI 3410 Database Systems
Fall 2024 CSCI 3410 Database Systems
Spring 2024 CSCI 3410 Database Systems
Fall 2023 CSCI 3410 Database Systems
Spring 2023 CSCI 3410 Database Systems
Fall 2022 CSCI 3410 Database Systems
Spring 2022 AIST 3360 Mobile and Cellular Technologies
Fall 2021 AIST 3360 Mobile and Cellular Technologies
Spring 2021 CSCI 1200 Introduction to Computer Programming in Python
Fall 2020 CSCI 1200 Introduction to Computer Programming in Python
Spring 2020 AIST 3320 TCP/IP Protocol Analysis

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Nisha Panwar

Research Overview

Research Areas

Data Management & Query Processing

Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing

Access Control & Auditing Systems

Trust-but-Verify Computation

Collaborative & Federated Analytics