Courses Offered

Ph.D. Students continuing

• Surja Sanyal
• SOUMYA NANDAN MISHRA
• KARNISH NASRIN AHMED TAPADAR

M.Tech. Students Ongoing

• SINGARAPU PAVAN KUMAR
• PRATIK MANOJ RANA

Ph.D. Students Completed

• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: ALAKESH KALITA ⋄ Thesis Title: Adaptive Resource Allocation for Faster Formation of 6TiSCH IoT Network.

M.Tech. Students Completed

• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: Sanket Sonowal ⋄ Thesis Title: "Implementation and Verification of PUF based User Authentication in IoT using FPGA"
• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: Aditya Kumar Sakre ⋄ Thesis Title: "Vulnerability in Cell Scheduling Function and its Countermeasure for 6TiSCH Networks"
• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: VIKASH RAGHUWANSHI ⋄ Thesis Title: "MITM attack prevention in OCPP protocol"
• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: NALADALA JESHWANTH ⋄ Thesis Title: "Supporting Differentiated Service Classes in Distributed Link Scheduling for 6TiSCH Networks"
• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: ADITYA TANDON ⋄ Thesis Title: "Low latency cell Relocation in distributed link scheduling for 6TISCH network. "
• Supervisors: Manas Khatua, ⋄ Scholar Name: PRIYA UNDIRWADE ⋄ Thesis Title: "CNN-BiLSTM and Encoder Model for Network Intrusion Detection"
• Supervisors: Manas Khatua, ⋄ Scholar Name: ARUNAV SAIKIA ⋄ Thesis Title: "Designing Machine Learning based Intrusion Detection System for IoT Network"
• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: SINGH PRIYANSHU PANCHAM RAM ⋄ Thesis Title: "Designing a Distributed Scheduling Function for Adapting Traffic in 6TiSCH Network"
• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: SUSHANT YADAV ⋄ Thesis Title: "Collision Detection and Mitigation in Distributed Scheduling of 6TiSCH Networks"
• Supervisor: Manas Khatua ⋄ Scholar Name: SHIVA VERMA ⋄ Thesis Title: "Adaptive and Distributed Cell Scheduling Function for 6TiSCH Networks"

Sponsored Research Projects

Project Title: "Security-by-Design in IoT: Securing IoT Protocols against Cyber Attacks in Industrial IoT Applications"
PI: Manas Khatua
Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. (under CRG Scheme)
Start Year: 2024
End Year: 2027
Project URL: http://manaskhatua.github.io/project.html

Project Title: "AI and IoT based Attack Detection and Authentication Scheme for Cyber Security in Grid Connected Power Electronic Converters"
PI: Manas Khatua
Funding Agency: Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore
Start Year: 2022
Project URL: http://manaskhatua.github.io/project.html

Project Title: "Adaptive Resource Allocation for Rapid Formation of 6TiSCH Network in Industrial IoT"
PI: Manas Khatua
Funding Agency: IIT Guwahati
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2021
Project URL: http://manaskhatua.github.io/project.html

Project Title: "Adaptive Cell Scheduling Function of 6TiSCH Network for Efficient Data Communication in Industrial IoT"
PI: Manas Khatua
Funding Agency: SERB, Govt. of India
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2022
Project URL: http://manaskhatua.github.io/project.html

Publications

• K.N.A. Tapadar, M. Khatua, T. Venkatesh, "Traffic Rate Agnostic End-to-End Delay Optimization using Receiver-based Adaptive Link Scheduling in 6TiSCH Networks", "Ad Hoc Networks", 155, 103397-103410, 15, March, Link, 2024

• K. N. A. Tapadar, M. Khatua, T. Venkatesh, "Latency-aware Cell Deletion in Link Scheduling for 6TiSCH Networks", Proc. of COMSNETS 2024 under Poster Track, 3–7, January, 2024

• K. N. A. Tapadar, A. Sakre, M. Khatua, T. Venkatesh, "Vulnerability in Cell Scheduling Function for 6TiSCH Networks: Impact and its Mitigation", Proc. of INDICON 2023, 14–17, December, 2023

• S. Mishra, M. Khatua, "Reliable and Delay Efficient Multi-Path RPL for Mission Critical IoT Applications", "IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing", 1 - 14, 30, October, Link, 2023

• K. N. A. Tapadar, P. Singh, M. Khatua, "LMSF: Lightweight Minimal Scheduling Function for 6TiSCH Networks", Proc. of ICSTE 2023, February, 2023

• A. Kalita, M. Gurusamy, M. Khatua, "A Gaming and Trust Model based Counter Measure for DIS Attack on 6TiSCH IoT Networks", "IEEE Internet of Things", January, 2023

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "Time-Variant RGB Model for Minimal Cell Allocation and Scheduling in 6TiSCH Networks", "IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing", January, 2023

• S. N. Mishra, M. Khatua, "Achieving Hard Reliability in RPL for Mission-Critical IoT Applications", Proc. of IEEE WF-IOT 2022, October, 2022

• A. Kalita, A. Brighente, M. Khatua, M. Conti, "Effect of DIS Attack on 6TiSCH Network Formation", "IEEE Communications Letters", 1-4, 2, May, Link, 2022

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "6TiSCH - IPv6 Enabled Open Stack IoT Network Formation: A Review", "ACM Transactions on Internet of Things", 3, 1-36, May, Link, 2022

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "A Non-cooperative Gaming Approach for Control Packet Transmission in 6TiSCH Network", "IEEE Internet of Things Journal", 9, 3954-3961, 23, February, Link, 2022

• K. N. A. Tapadar, M. Khatua, V. Tamarapalli, "IMSF: Improved Minimal Scheduling Function for Link Scheduling in 6TiSCH Networks", Proc. of the ICDCN 2022, 124-127, 24, January, Link, 2022

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "Adaptive Control Packet Broadcasting Scheme for Faster 6TiSCH Network Bootstrapping ", "IEEE Internet of Things Journal", 8, 17395-17402, 15, December, Link, 2021

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "Autonomous Allocation and Scheduling of Minimal Cell in 6TiSCH Network", "IEEE Internet of Things Journal", 8, 12242-12250, 1, August, Link, 2021

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "Opportunistic Transmission of Control Packets for Faster Formation of 6TiSCH Network", "ACM Transactions on Internet of Things", 2, 1-29, 4, January, Link, 2021

• D. Thakur, M. Khatua, "Multi-Domain Virtual Network Embedding with Dynamic Flow Migration in Software-Defined Networks", "Journal of Network and Computer Applications", 162, 1-13, July, Link, 2020

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "Channel Condition Based Dynamic Beacon Interval for Faster Formation of 6TiSCH Network", "IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing", March, Link, 2020

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "Opportunistic Priority Alternation Scheme for Faster Formation of 6TiSCH Network", Proc. of the ICDCN 2020, 1-5, 4, January, Link, 2020

• A. Kalita, M. Khatua, "Faster Joining in 6TiSCH Network using Dynamic Beacon Interval", Proc. of the IEEE COMSNETS 2019, 454-457, 13, May, Link, 2019

• S. Das, M. Khatua, S. Misra, "Cheating-Resilient Bandwidth Distribution in Mobile Cloud Computing", "IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing", 7, 469-482, April, Link, 2019

• S. Das, M. Khatua, S. Misra, M. S. Obaidat, "Quality-assured Secured Load Sharing in Mobile Cloud Networking Environment", "IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing", 7, 102-115, January, Link, 2019

• M. Khatua, S. H. Safavi, N.M. Cheung, "Sparse Laplacian Component Analysis for Internet Traffic Anomalies Detection", "IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks", 4, 697-711, December, Link, 2018

• S. H. Safavi, M. Khatua, N.M. Cheung and F. Torkamani-Azar, "On Sparse Graph Fourier Transform", 3rd Graph Signal Processing Workshop, pp. 1-3, June, Link, 2018

• D. Thakur, M. Khatua, "Cellular Learning Automata-based Virtual Network Embedding in Software-Defined Networks", Proc. of the ICCCN 2018, 46, 173-182, March, Link, 2018

• T. Trivedi, V. Parihar, M. Khatua, B. M. Mehtre,, "Threat Intelligence Analysis of Onion Websites using Sublinks and Keywords", Proc. of the IEMIS 2018, 814, 567-578, February, Link, 2018

• M. Khatua, S. H. Safavi, N.M. Cheung, "Detection of Internet Traffic Anomalies using Sparse Laplacian Component Analysis", Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2017, 1-6, 4-8, December, Link, 2017

• S. Misra, M. Khatua, "Packet-Centric Trade-off and Unfair Success Region in IEEE 802.11 WLANs", "IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology", 66, 4223-4230, 15, August, Link, 2017

• M. Khatua, S. Misra, "Exploiting Anomalous Slots for Multiple Channel Access in IEEE 802.11 Networks", "Journal of Network and Computer Applications", 74, 56-65, August, Link, 2016

• S. Misra, S. Singh, M. Khatua, "MIRACLE: Mobility Prediction Inside a Coverage Hole Using Stochastic Learning Weak Estimator", "IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics", 46, 1486-1497, July, Link, 2016

• M. Khatua, S. Misra, "D2D: Delay-aware Distributed Dynamic Adaptation of Contention Window in Wireless Networks", "IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing", 15, 322-335, 23, February, Link, 2016

• S. Misra, S. Singh, M. Khatua, M. S. Obaidat, "Extracting Mobility Pattern from Target Trajectory in Wireless Sensor Networks", "International Journal of Communication Systems", 28, 213-230, 24, October, Link, 2015

• S. Misra, M. Khatua, "Semi-Distributed Backoff: Collision-Aware Migration from Random to Deterministic Backoff", "IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing", 14, 1071-1084, 1, May, Link, 2015

• S. Misra, S. Mishra, M. Khatua, "Social Sensing-based Duty Cycle Management for Monitoring Rare Events in Wireless Sensor Networks", "IET Wireless Sensor Systems", 5, 68-75, 23, April, Link, 2015

• S. Misra, S. Das, M. Khatua, M. S. Obaidat, "QoS-Guaranteed Bandwidth Shifting and Redistribution in Mobile Cloud Environment", "IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing", 2, 181-193, 11, December, Link, 2014

• M. Khatua, S. Misra, "CURD: Controllable Reactive Jamming Detection in Underwater Sensor Networks", "Pervasive and Mobile Computing", 13, 203-220, August, Link, 2014

• S. Misra, A. Mondal, S. Banik, M. Khatua, S. Bera, M. S. Obaidat, "Residential Energy Management in Smart Grid: A Markov Decision Process-Based Approach", Proc. of the IEEE iThings 2013, 1152-1157, 12, December, Link, 2013

• T. Ojha, M. Khatua, S. Misra, "Tic-Tac-Toe-Arch: A Self-organizing Virtual Architecture for Underwater Sensor Networks", "IET Wireless Sensor Systems", 3, 307-316, 7, November, Link, 2013

• S. Das, S. Misra, M. Khatua, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, "Mapping of Sensor Nodes with Servers in a Mobile Health-Cloud Environment", Proc. of the Healthcom 2013, 481-485, 27, January, Link, 2013

• M. Khatua, S. Misra, "Exploiting Partial-Packet Information for Reactive Jamming Detection: Studies in UWSN Environment", Proc. of the ICDCN 2013, 118-132, January, Link, 2013

• S. Misra, S. Dash, M. Khatua, A. V. Vasilakos, M. S. Obaidat, "Jamming in Underwater Sensor Networks: Detection and Mitigation", "IET Communications", 6, 2178-2188, 16, November, Link, 2012

Books/Book Chapters

• S. Misra, M. Khatua, "Using Cross-Layer Techniques for Communication Systems", "Cross-Layer Techniques and Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks", 94-119, 12, H. F. Rashvand and Y. S. Kavian, USA, IGI Global, 2012

Recognitions

• NIXI PhD Research Fellowship for the year 2014-15

• For acquiring highest marks in Higher Secondary Examination 1998 in Narayangarh R.R.C.L.U.S. Niketan

• For acquiring highest marks in Secondary Examination 1996 in Narayangarh R.R.C.L.U.S. Niketan

• Nominated for Merit Scholarship from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for acquiring more than 75% marks in Secondary Examination 1996

Other Activities

Official Post

• 2018, Faculty Coordinator for registration of B.Tech.(CSE), IIT Jodhpur

Event Organizer

• 2018, Organized a workshop on Human-Centered Robotics (NWHCR`18) at IIT Jodhpur

• 2017, PhD Recruitment Exam coordinator in the Dept. of CSE, IIT Jodhpur

Committee Member

• 2018, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Security and Privacy in India, Security and Privacy (Wiley)