Research Interests

• Consensus Protocol Improvement
• Smart Contract Security and Privacy
• Blockchain for AI
• Cyber-AI Integration
• Metering Trustworthy AI 

Prospective Students: If you are interested to work with me on a research project as a part of your degree, send me a copy of your transcript and resume. Use this template to submit a project proposal. 

Courses

• CSC 138: Computer Network Fundamentals
  • Fall 23, Spring 24, Fall 24, Spring 25, Summer 25, Fall 25
• CSC 196D: Introduction to Blockchain
  • Fall 24, Spring 25, Fall 25
• CSC 154: Computer System Attacks and Countermeasures
  
  • Summer 24, Summer 25
• CSC 139:Operating System Principles
  • Summer 24 

Recent Publications

• ICISSP '25 - S. Badruddoja, B. Allwza, R. Dantu. “Evaluating and Defending Backdoor Attacks in Image Recognition Systems” (Accepted), 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy .
• ICISSP '25 - S. Badruddoja, S. Kiran, R. Dantu “Revolutionizing Blockchain Consensus: Towards Deliberative and Unanimous Agreement” (Accepted), 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy .
• SECRYPT '24 - S. Badruddoja, R. Dantu, M. Dockendorf, A. Salau, K Upadhyay, "Revolutionizing Blockchain Consensus: Towards Deliberative and Unanimous Agreement", 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography SECRYPT2024.
• METACOM '23 - S. Zaman, R. Dantu, S. Badruddoja, S. Talapuru, K. Upadhyay, "Layerwise Interoperability in Metaverse: key to Next-Generation Electronic Commerce", 2023 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing Networking and Applications METACOM.
• TPS '23 - S. Zaman, R. Dantu, S. Badruddoja, S. Talapuru, K. Upadhyay, "Seamless Asset Exchange in Interconnected Metaverses: Unraveling On-Chain Atomic Swap", 2023 The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications (IEEE TPS).
• TPS '23 - S. Talapuru, R. Dantu, K. Upadhyay, S. Zaman, S. Badruddoja,"The Dark Side of Metaverse: Why is it Falling Short of Expectation", 2023, The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications (IEEE TPS).
• BCCA '22 - S. Badruddoja, R. Dantu, Y. He, M. Thompson, A. Salau and K. Upadhyay, "Making Smart Contracts Predict and Scale", 2022 Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA), 2022, pp. 127-134, doi: 10.1109/BCCA55292.2022.9922480. Link
• BCCA '22 - S. Badruddoja, R. Dantu, Y. He, M. Thompson, A. Salau and K. Upadhyay, "Smarter Contracts to Predict using Deep-Learning Algorithms", 2022 Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA), 2022, pp. 280-288, doi: 10.1109/BCCA55292.2022.9922240. Link
• BCCA '22 - S. Badruddoja, R. Dantu, Y. He, M. Thompson, A. Salau and K. Upadhyay, "Trusted AI with Blockchain to Empower Metaverse", 2022 Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA), 2022, pp. 237-244, doi: 10.1109/BCCA55292.2022.9922027. Link
• BCCA '22 - Salau, R. Dantu, K. Morozov, S. Badruddoja and K. Upadhyay, "Making Blockchain Validators Honest" , 2022 Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA), 2022, pp. 267-273, doi: 10.1109/BCCA55292.2022.9921952. Link
• BlockTEA '22  - S. Badruddoja, R. Dantu, Y. He, A. Salau and K. Upadhyay, "Scalable Smart Contracts for Linear Regression Algorithms", 2nd International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications . https://blocktea.eai- conferences.org/2022/ accepted-papers/ Link
• BlockTEA '22 - A. Salau, R. Dantu, K. Upadhyay, S. Badruddoja, "Data Cooperatives for Trusted News Sharing in Social Media", 2nd International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications “(EAI BlockTEA 2022). https://blocktea.eai-conferences.org/2022/ accepted-papers/
• SECRYPT '22 - A. Salau, R. Dantu, K. Morozov, K. Upadhyay, S. Badruddoja, "Towards a Threat Model and Security Analysis for Data Cooperatives" , Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Security and Cryptography,{SECRYPT} 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-13, 2022,pp. 707—713,2022, doi: 10.5220/0011328700003283 Link
• MARBLE '22 - A. Salau, R. Dantu, K. Morozov, K. Upadhyay, S. Badruddoja, "Multi-tier reputation for data cooperative", The Third International Conference on Mathematical Research for Blockchain Economy (MARBLE 2022). url : https://www.marble-conference.org/ marble2022-sessions
• TPS '21 - K. Upadhyay, R. Dantu, Y. He, A. Salau and S. Badruddoja, “Make Consumers Happy by Defuzzifying the Service Level Agreements", 2021 Third IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications (TPS-ISA), 2021, pp. 98-105, doi: 10.1109/TPSISA52974.2021.00011. Link
• TPS '21 - K. Upadhyay, R. Dantu, Y. He, A. Salau and S. Badruddoja, "Paradigm Shift from Paper Contracts to Smart Contracts",2021 Third IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications (TPS-ISA), 2021, pp. 261-268, doi: 10.1109/TPSISA52974.2021.00029. Link
• TPS '21 -K. Upadhyay, R. Dantu, Y. He, S. Badruddoja and A. Salau, "Can’t Understand SLAs? Use the Smart Contract", 2021 Third IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications (TPS-ISA), 2021, pp. 129-136, doi: 10.1109/TPSISA52974.2021.00015. Link
• ICBC '21 - S. Badruddoja, R. Dantu, Y. He, K. Upadhyay and M. Thompson, "Making Smart Contracts Smarter", 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), 2021, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/ICBC51069.2021.9461148. Link
• Blockchain '20 - K. Upadhyay, R. Dantu, Z. Zaccagni and S. Badruddoja, "Is Your Legal Contract Ambiguous? Convert to a Smart Legal Contract", 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), 2020, pp. 273-280, doi: 10.1109/Blockchain50366.2020.00041. Link
• IPDPS '20 - S. Badruddoja, R. Dantu, L. Widick, Z. Zaccagni and K. Upadhyay, "Integrating DOTS With Blockchain Can Secure Massive IoT Sensors", 2020 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), 2020, pp. 937-946, doi: 10.1109/IPDPSW50202.2020.00156. Link
• ISI '20 - J. Vempati, R. Dantu, S. Badruddoja and M. Thompson, "Adaptive and Predictive SDN Control During DDoS Attacks", 2020 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ISI49825.2020.9280542. Link

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