Kalyan Nakka

Computer Science Ph.D. Student
Graduate Assistant - Research
SPIES Research Lab, Texas A&M University at College Station

kalyan@tamu.edu

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, Adversarial ML and AI/ML Security.

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

• 2024.05.    [Paper] One conference paper at ECCE'24 accepted.

• 2023.11.    [Paper] One journal article in Elsevier AdHoc Networks accepted.
• 2023.10.    [Paper] One conference paper at ISGT'24 accepted.
• 2023.08.    [Paper] One journal article in Elsevier JPDC accepted.
• 2023.05.    [Paper] One conference paper at ISCC'23 accepted.
• 2023.05.    [Status] 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.    [Honor] I was awarded the Distinguished Student Award from College of Graduate Studies, TAMUK. Many thanks for the acknowledgment.

Publications

Full publications on Google Scholar.

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.

Honors & Awards

• 2024.01.    TAMU Graduate Research Assistantship (Spr'24 - Fall'24).
• 2023.05.    Distinguished Student Award (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), TAMUK.
• 2022.10.    Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship (Fall'22 - Spr'23).
• 2022.08.    TAMUK In-State Scholarship (Fall'22 - Spr'23).
• 2022.08.    Dean's Merit Scholarship (Fall'22 - Spr'23).
• 2021.08.    TAMUK 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).

This website was built with jekyll based on a template by Martin Saveski.
Last updated on May 2024
Kalyan Nakka
kalyan@tamu.edu