About
I am currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. I have joined IIIT G in July 2014. I have completed my PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Patna in March 2014. Previously, I was associated with Jaypee University and Syntel Inc.
Research Interests
My research interests are in the broad areas of:
- Internet of Things
- Wireless Networks
- Information and Network Security
- Cloud and Fog computing
Research Projects
- Development of MAC associated schemes for large IEEE 802.15.4 based networks, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Govt. of India (Completed July 2020). Budget: Rs. 16,98,740.
- Design and Development of an Assistive Device for Persons with Motor Neuron Disease, TIDE, DST, Govt. of India. (Completed June 2023). Budget: Rs. 18,99,544.
- LogIT: A Federated Learning and Fog Computing based framework for IoT Security, MeitY (Cyber Security R&D Division), Govt. of India. (2023-2025). Budget: Rs. 68,50,000.
- Development of a formal framework to enhance IoT software security via formal verification and customization, CRG, SERB, Govt. of India. Budget: 18,50,252.
- Development of an UPI Integrated Mechanism to Increase GST Compliance, IBITF, TIH IIT Bhilai, Rs. 15,09,000.
- NagaConnect: Integrated Common Application Platform for Boosting Employment and Business Opportunities in Nagaland, IBITF, TIH IIT Bhilai, Rs. 20,91,880.
- Sustainable Smart Parking Solution for Aizawl City, IBITF, TIH IIT
Bhilai, Rs. 30,00,000.
Consultancy Projects
Development of National Proactive Threat Hunting and Response System and Development of Intelligent Honeypot for NSCS, CDAC Noida.
Teaching
- Monsoon 2024: CS622-Cybersecurity
- Monsoon 2024: CS353-Computer Networks Lab
- Winter 2024: CS361-Computer Security
- Winter 2024: CS111-Data Structures Lab
- Monsoon 2023: CS622-Cybersecurity
- Monsoon 2023: CS353-Computer Networks Lab
Ph.D. Students
Graduated:
- Dr. Nikumani Choudhary, current position: Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. Thesis Title: Development of MAC associated schemes for large IEEE 802.15.4 Cluster-tree Networks; Date of Ph.D. Viva Voce: November 2020.
- Dr. Mehbub Alam, current position: Postdoctoral researcher, Khalifa University, UAE. Thesis Title: Design and Development of Efficient Task Offloading Framework for Fog-Computing Environment Date of Ph.D. Viva Voce: March 2024.
Ongoing:
- Mr. Bishal Chhetry, Full-Time:(2023), Area: IoT Security.
- Ms. Yeasmin Begum Laskar, Full-Time:(2023), Area: IoT Security.
- Mr. Arvind Kumar, Part-time:(2016), Area: Concurrent Data Collection in IoT, Currently working as Assistant Professor at Jaypee University.
- Mr. Rakesh Sehgal, Part-time:(2018), Area: IoT Device Security, Currently working as Director, Amity University.
- Ms. Rachna Shah, Part-time:(2019), Area: Currently working as Scientist -B, NIC Uttarakhand.
Publication
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Journal
- Srikanta Pradhan, Somanath Tripathy, Rakesh Matam, "Towards optimal edge resource utilization: Predictive analytics and reinforcement learning for task offloading", Internet of Things,26, (2024), Elsevier
- Mehbub Alam, Nurzaman Ahmed, Rakesh Matam, Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya , "Analyzing the suitability of IEEE 802.11 ah for next generation Internet of Things: A comparative study", Ad Hoc Networks,156, (2024), Elsevier
- M Alam, N Ahmed, R Matam, FA Barbhuiya, "IEEE 802.11ah-Enabled Internet of Drone Architecture.", IEEE Internet of Things Magazine,5(1), (2022), pages. 174-178, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Rakesh Matam, Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, Hao Jiang, George Mastorakis, Mian Guo, "Intelligent edge computing: Security and privacy challenges", IEEE Communications Magazine,Vol 58, Issue 9, (2020), pages. 26-31, IEEE
- Nikumani Choudhury, Rakesh Matam, Mithun Mukherjee, Jaime Lloret, Ezhil Kalaimannan, "NCHR: A nonthreshold-based cluster-head rotation scheme for IEEE 802.15. 4 cluster-tree networks", IEEE Internet of Things Journal,Vol 8, Issue 1, (2020), pages. 168-178, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Suman Kumar, Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, Rakesh Matam, Vikas Kumar, Qi Zhang, "Latency-driven parallel task data offloading in fog computing networks for industrial applications", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, (2019), pages. 6050-6058, IEEE
- Nikumani Choudhury, Rakesh Matam, Mithun Mukherjee, Lei Shu, "Beacon synchronization and duty-cycling in IEEE 802.15. 4 cluster-tree networks: A review", IEEE internet of things journal,Vol 5, Issue 3, (2018), pages. 1765-1788, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Rakesh Matam, Lei Shu, Leandros Maglaras, Mohamed Amine Ferrag, Nikumani Choudhury, Vikas Kumar, "Security and privacy in fog computing: Challenges", IEEE Access,vol.5, (2017), pages. 19293-19304, IEEE
- Rakesh Matam, Somanath Tripathy, "WRSR: wormhole-resistant secure routing for wireless mesh networks", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking,Vol 2013, Issue 1, (2013), pages. 1-12, SpringerOpen
- Rakesh Matam, Somanath Tripathy, "Improved heuristics for multicast routing in wireless mesh networks", Wireless networks,vol. 19, (2013), pages. 1829-1837, Springer US
- Mithun Mukherjee, Suman Kumar, Qi Zhang, Rakesh Matam, Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, Yunrong Lv, George Mastorakis, "Task data offloading and resource allocation in fog computing with multi-task delay guarantee", IEEE Access,vol. 7, (0), pages. 152911-152918, IEEE
- Nikumani Choudhury, Rakesh Matam, Mithun Mukherjee, Jaime Lloret, "LBS: A beacon synchronization scheme with higher schedulability for IEEE 802.15. 4 cluster-tree-based IoT applications", IEEE Internet of Things Journal,Vol 6, Issue 5, (0), pages. 8883-8896, IEEE
- Rakesh Matam, Somanath Tripathy, "Secure multicast routing algorithm for wireless mesh networks", Journal of Computer Networks and Communications,vol. 2016, (0), Hindawi
Conference
- Arvind Kumar, Rakesh Matam, Srinibas Swain, Mithun Mukherjee, "Cluster Based Concurrent Data Collection with Fault Tolerance for Shared IoT Applications", 2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), (2024), pages. 858-863, IEEE
- Jwngfu Brahma, Rakesh Matam, Nikumani Choudhury, "Device Identification using Network Traces in a Smart Home IoT Network", 2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), (2023), pages. 1-6, IEEE
- Mehbub Alam, Rakesh Matam, Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya, "OptFog: Optimized Mobility-Aware Task Offloading and Migration Model for Fog Networks", 2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), (2023), pages. 539-544, IEEE
- M Alam, N Ahmed, R Matam, FA Barbhuiya, "iofog: Prediction-based fog computing architecture for offline iot", IEEE international conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC 2021), (2021), pages. 1387-1392, IEEE
- M Alam, N Ahmed, R Matam, FA Barbhuiya, "iofog: Prediction-based fog computing architecture for offline iot", IEEE international conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC 2021), (2021), pages. 1387-1392, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Vikas Kumar, Ankit Lat, Mian Guo, Rakesh Matam, Yunrong Lv, "Distributed deep learning-based task offloading for UAV-enabled mobile edge computing", IEEE INFOCOM 2020-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), (2020), pages. 1208-1212, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Vikas Kumar, Suman Kumar, Rakesh Matamy, Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, Qi Zhang, Mohammad Shojafar, George Mastorakis, "Computation offloading strategy in heterogeneous fog computing with energy and delay constraints", ICC 2020-2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), (2020), pages. 1-5, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Vikas Kumar, Dipendu Maity, Rakesh Matam, Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, Qi Zhang, George Mastorakis, "Delay-sensitive and priority-aware task offloading for edge computing-assisted healthcare services", GLOBECOM 2020-2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, (2020), pages. 1-5, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Yejun Liu, Jaime Lloret, Lei Guo, Rakesh Matam, Mohammad Aazam, "Transmission and latency-aware load balancing for fog radio access networks", 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), (2018), pages. 1-6, IEEE
- Arvind Kumar, Rakesh Matam, Shailendra Shukla, "Impact of packet dropping attacks on RPL", 2016 Fourth International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing (PDGC), (2016), pages. 694-698, IEEE
- Nikumani Choudhury, Rakesh Matam, "Distributed beacon scheduling for IEEE 802.15. 4 cluster-tree topology", 2016 IEEE Annual India Conference (INDICON), (2016), pages. 1-6, IEEE
- Mithun Mukherjee, Lei Shu, Vikas Kumar, Prashant Kumar, Rakesh Matam, "Reduced out-of-band radiation-based filter optimization for UFMC systems in 5G", 2015 international wireless communications and mobile computing conference (IWCMC), (2015), pages. 1150-1155, IEEE
- Rakesh Matam, Somanath Tripathy, "Provably Secure Routing Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks.", Int. J. Netw. Secur.,vol. 16, no. 3, (2014), pages. 168-178,
Book Chapters
- Nikumani Choudhury, Rakesh Matam, Mithun Mukherjee, Lei Shu, "Adaptive duty cycling in IEEE 802.15. 4 cluster tree networks using MAC parameters", Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, (2017), pages. 1-2,