CV

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, US

• Advisors: Roberto Perdisci, Kyu Hyung Lee
• Thesis: Investigating the Security of Emerging Web Technologies and their Role in Social Engineering Attacks

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India

• Graduated in the top 5% of the class
• Elected Joint Secretary of the CSI student chapter

Research Engineer II

Astrolavos Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Advisors: Manos Antonakakis, Roberto Perdisci
• Measured the security posture of network technologies, implemented behavior-based traffic classification, and processed high-speed network traffic to enhance IDS outcomes
• Published 3 papers and advised students on network traffic analysis and classification, social engineering attacks, and web crawling automation

Post-Doctoral Researcher

NIS Lab, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, US

• Advisor: Roberto Perdisci
• Published 2 first-author papers on the abuse of emerging web technologies
• Assisted with the supervision of junior lab members
• Advocated for starting a Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) student chapter

Research Assistant

NIS Lab, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, US

• Advisors: Roberto Perdisci, Kyu Hyung Lee
• Published 4 first-author papers on DDoS attacks at IXPs, social engineering attacks such as spam and malvertising, and fingerprinting encrypted traffic to identify smart-home devices

Trainer, Education & Research Department

Infosys Ltd., Mysore, India

• Developed an end-to-end automated system using Selenium and SQL for evaluating training assessments, significantly reducing manual evaluation effort for large batches of trainees
• Mentored interns in multiple Windows app development projects

Lecturer

University of Georgia

• CSCI 6760: Computer Networks (Fall 2026)
• CSCI 1300: Intro to Python (Fall 2026)
• CSCI 4760: Computer Networks (Spring, Summer, Fall 2026)
• CSCI 4250/6250: Computer Security (Fall 2025)
• CSCI 3030: Computing, Ethics and Society (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)

Instructor

University of Georgia

• Taught Discrete Mathematics to a class of 60 students, including crafting assignments and assessments

Teaching Assistant

University of Georgia

• Taught multiple lab classes, assisting students with lab programs and assessing their projects

Trainer, Education & Research Department

Infosys Ltd., Mysore, India

• Trained new recruits in Java, SQL, Web, and Microsoft .NET technologies, handling batches of 100+ trainees
• Developed coursework for Web technologies and an e-learning portal

• Teaching Academy Early Career Fellowship, University of Georgia

• Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Research Award (Mentor), University of Georgia

• Faculty Scholarship, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) 2023 Conference

• Creative Solving for a CTF Challenge, WiCyS CTF Challenge

• Student Grant, USENIX 2021 Conference

• 3rd Place, Poster Competition at Research Day, University of Georgia

• Tech Champion, Infosys Ltd.

• 1st Place, C Programming Code Champion, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College

• 2nd Place, Project Presentation, Ranganathan Engineering College

Discovering and Measuring CDNs Prone to Domain Fronting

WWW 2024

PhishInPatterns: Measuring Elicited User Interactions at Scale on Phishing Websites

Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity

PhishInPatterns: Measuring Elicited User Interactions at Scale on Phishing Websites

Palo Alto Networks, Security Seminar

PhishInPatterns: Measuring Elicited User Interactions at Scale on Phishing Websites

IMC 2022

PhishInPatterns: Measuring Elicited User Interactions at Scale on Phishing Websites

University of Georgia, Guest Lecture in Computer Networks

Detecting and Measuring In-The-Wild DRDoS Attacks at IXPs

DIMVA 2021

When Push Comes to Ads: Measuring the Rise of (Malicious) Push Advertising

Georgia Institute of Technology, Cyber Security Lecture Series

When Push Comes to Ads: Measuring the Rise of (Malicious) Push Advertising

IMC 2020

Discovering and Measuring CDNs Prone to Domain Fronting

WWW 2024, Poster Session

Workerounds - Categorizing Service Worker Attacks and Mitigations

2022 CAE in Cybersecurity Symposium

IXmon: Detecting and Analyzing DRDoS Attacks at Internet Exchange Points

ACSAC 2019, Poster Session

SmartRecon: Spy on Smart-Home Devices Hidden Behind the Hub

Research Day at University of Georgia (Awarded 3rd Prize)

A Detailed Study of Phishing Sites via Site Deconstruction & Clustering Techniques

Research Day at University of Georgia

Program Committees

• NDSS 2027, NDSS 2026, WWW 2025, ACSAC 2024, MADWeb 2024, WWW 2024, ACSAC 2023

Reviewing

• ACM Transactions on the Web (TWeb), 2024
• ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS), 2023, 2022
• SecWeb 2023 mentorship program
• External reviewer, IEEE EuroS&P 2021

Artifact Evaluation

• Mentor, ACSAC 2024 and ACSAC 2023

Community

• Judge, WiCyS 2023 poster session
• Member, WiCyS 2022

• Volunteer Judge, K-12 School STEM Competition

• Executive Member, Computer Science Graduate Student Association at UGA

• Public Relations Officer, Indian Student Association at UGA

• Tutor for Underprivileged Kids, Make A Difference NGO