Nisha Vinayaga Sureshkanth

PhD Student in Computer Science at UTSA

Office:
NPB 2.204, 1 UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249

Email:
vsnisha@ieee.org

Bio

I am currently a Doctoral Student at SPriTELab in The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. Prior to this, I was a Masters Student in Wichita State University, USA.

Research Interests

  • Privacy and Security in Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Machine and Deep Learning
  • Computational Biology
  • Game Theory, Blockchains

Work Experience

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, UTSA, January 2021 - Present
  • Graduate Research Assistant, UTSA, January 2018 - August 2020
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Wichita State University, August 2016 - December 2017

Education

  • BTech in Information Technology, Anna Univeristy (Madras Institute of Technology)

Awards and Honors

  • Received Best Poster Award at NSF CCRI Workshop 2021
  • Received Apple Student Travel Scholarship at IEEE WristSense 2018
  • Received IEEE WristSense 2018 Best Paper Award
  • Received NSF Student Travel Grant for PerCom 2018
  • Became fellow of the Eta Kappa Nu (Epsilon Xi Chapter), 2016

Recent Publications

  • Mohd Sabra, Nisha Vinayaga Sureshkanth, Ari Sharma, Anindya Maiti, Murtuza Jadliwala, "De-anonymizing VR Avatars using Non-VR Motion Side-channels", ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), Seoul, Korea, May 2024. [Pre-Print]
  • Nisha Vinayaga-Sureshkanth, Raveen Wijewickrama, Anindya Maiti, and Murtuza Jadliwala, "An Investigative Study on the Privacy Implications of Mobile E-scooter Rental Apps", ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), San Antonio, Texas, USA, May 2022. [Paper] [Slides]
  • Anindya Maiti†, Nisha Vinayaga-Sureshkanth†, Murtuza Jadliwala, Raveen Wijewickrama, and Greg P. Griffin, "Impact of E-Scooters on Pedestrian Safety: A Field Study Using Pedestrian Crowd-Sensing", IEEE PerCom Workshop on Sensing Systems and Applications using Wrist Worn Smart Devices (WristSense), Pisa, Italy, March 2022. [Paper] [Slides]
  • Anindya Maiti†, Nisha Vinayaga-Sureshkanth†, Murtuza Jadliwala, Raveen Wijewickrama, and Greg P. Griffin, "Impact of E-Scooters on Pedestrian Safety: A Field Study Using Pedestrian Crowd-Sensing", SPriTELab Report, May 2020. [Report]
  • Nisha Vinayaga-Sureshkanth, Raveen Wijewickrama, Anindya Maiti, Murtuza Jadliwala, "Security and Privacy Challenges in Upcoming Intelligent Urban Micromobility Transportation Systems", ACM Workshop on Automotive and Aerial Vehicle Security (AutoSec), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, March 2020. [Paper]
  • Nisha Vinayaga-Sureshkanth, Anindya Maiti, Murtuza Jadliwala, Kirsten Crager, Jibo He, and Heena Rathore, "A Practical Framework for Preventing Distracted Pedestrian-related Incidents using Wrist Wearables", IEEE Access, Volume 6, 2018. [Article]
  • Nisha Vinayaga-Sureshkanth, Anindya Maiti, Murtuza Jadliwala, Kirsten Crager, Jibo He, and Heena Rathore, "Towards a Practical Pedestrian Distraction Detection Framework using Wearables", IEEE PerCom Workshop on Sensing Systems and Applications using Wrist Worn Smart Devices (WristSense), Athens, Greece, March 2018. [Paper] [Slides] Best Paper Award


† Equally contributing authors of corresponding papers.