Kalyan Nakka

Bio

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University at College Station (TAMU). I am advised by Dr. Nitesh Saxena at SPIES research lab. My current research interest lies in the intersection of Deep Learning (DL) and Adversarial Machine Learning (AdvML) domains, with a slight use of Computational Geometry.

I received my M.S. degree (Thesis) from Texas A&M University at Kingsville (TAMUK) in 2023. At TAMUK, I had the oppurtunity to work with Dr. Habib M. Ammari at WiSeMAN Research Lab, on the problem of reliable and fault-tolerant coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks, and with Dr. Taesic Kim at CPPES Lab, on the problems pertaining to Cybersecurity of Smart Grid. Prior to this, I received my B.Tech. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Dhanbad in 2016. Also, I'm a Mid-Senior level professional with 5 years of Software Engineering experience from 2016 to 2021.

News

2023

• 2023.11.    One journal article in Elsevier AdHoc Networks accepted.
• 2023.10.    One conference paper at ISGT'24 accepted.
• 2023.08.    One journal article in Elsevier JPDC accepted.
• 2023.05.    One conference paper at ISCC'23 accepted.
• 2023.05.    I received the M.S. degree from EECS@TAMUK. I deeply appreciate all the support and help from my family, advisor, collaborators, and friends!
• 2023.05.    I was awarded the Distinguished Student Award from College of Graduate Studies, TAMUK. Many thanks for the acknowledgment.

Publications

Full publications on Google Scholar.

May 2023 - Now

Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)-Grade IEEE 2030.5 for Quantum Secure Distributed Energy Resources Networks

Kalyan Nakka, Seerin Ahmad, Taesic Kim, Logan Atkinson, Habib M. Ammari

ISGT'24: IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference

Paper

An Energy-Efficient Irregular Hexagonal Tessellation-based Approach for Connected k-Coverage in Planar Wireless Sensor Networks

Kalyan Nakka, Habib M. Ammari

Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks

Paper

k-CSqu: Ensuring Connected k-Coverage using Cusp Squares of Square Tessellation

Kalyan Nakka, Habib M. Ammari

Elsevier JPDC: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Paper

Square Tessellation for Stochastic Connected k-Coverage in Planar Wireless Sensor Networks

Kalyan Nakka, Habib M. Ammari

ISCC'23: IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications

Paper

Experience & Education

Full CV in PDF.

TAMU Jan 2024 - Present

Graduate Assistant - Research
SPIES Research Lab
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
TAMU Jan 2024 - Present

Ph.D. Student
Computer Science
TAMUK Aug 2022 - May 2023

Graduate Research Assistant
WiSeMAN Research Lab and CPPES Lab
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
TAMUK Jan-Jul 2022

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
TAMUK Aug 2021 - May 2023

M.S. Student
Computer Science
Distinction
Soroco Sep 2019 - Jul 2021

Senior Software Engineer
Automation Engineering Group
Infosys Nov 2016 - Aug 2019

Software Engineer & Senior Software Engineer
Application Development & Management Group
IIT-Dhanbad Jul 2012 - Apr 2016

B.Tech. Student
Mechanical Engineering
First Class

Honors & Awards

• 2023.05.    Distinguished Student Award (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), TAMUK.
• 2022.10.    Research Assistant Scholarship (Fall'22 - Spr'23).
• 2022.08.    A&M's In-State Scholarship (Fall'22 - Spr'23).
• 2022.08.    Dean's Merit Scholarship (Fall'22 - Spr'23).
• 2021.08.    A&M's In-State Scholarship (Fall'21 - Spr'22).
• 2021.08.    Computer Science Graduate Scholarship (Fall'21 - Spr'22).
• 2021.08.    Rockwell International Scholarship (Fall'21 - Spr'22).
• 2018.01.    Insta Award, Infosys, India.
• 2015.10.    MCM Scholarship (Fall'15 - Spr'16).
• 2014.09.    MCM Scholarship (Fall'14 - Spr'15).
• 2013.10.    MCM Scholarship (Fall'13 - Spr'14).