(Brief Description / Abstract) :

Dr. Manisha J Nene is heading the Computer Science and Engineering department at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology DIAT, Defense Research Development Organization DRDO, an establishment under the Ministry of Defence, INDIA. She has 20 plus years of experience in the industry, research, and academia. She has received her bachelor's and master's degree in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Pune; and a Ph.D. from Defence Institute of Advanced Technology DIAT, Defense Research Development Organization DRDO, an establishment under the Ministry of Defence, INDIA. 

Dr. Nene's significant contributions are in the area of Cyber-Security and Artificial Intelligence. Her areas of interest are secure Cyber-Physical Systems CPS, secure Sensor Networks, Self-Organizing Networks, Analysis of Algorithms, Data Analytics, High-Performance Computing, Modelling and Simulations, Quantum Computing and Algorithms. While contributing as a Key-Note speaker & session chair in various International Conferences & forums, she has reviewed and authored many book chapters, 120 plus publications in reputed international journals and conferences, and seven-plus Indian Patents in the pipeline. She has guided three PhDs, forty-plus Post Graduate thesis in Cyber Security and AI; and currently, three students are pursuing Ph.D. with her. She is a recipient of IETE's Smt Triveni Devi Award for more than a decades of contribution in ICT for societal developments, research, and academia, and ten plus Best Research Paper Award in International Conferences. Having presented research papers in international forums in Africa, the US, and Europe, have conducted the first of its kind International Symposium in Quantum Information Technology in 2019. She is a member of DRDO's National Task Force for Quantum Computing since 2019; and is a member of ACM, IEEE, IETE, and CSI.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0669-4464, Scopus Author ID. Scopus Author ID: 35488434700

Education:

• 2009-2014. Ph.D in Computer Science & Engineering, DIAT, Pune, Thesis Title: Autonomous Deployment Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks
• 2005-2007. M.E. Master of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Pune. Electives: Bioinformatics; Mobile Computing; Artificial Intelligence
• 1994-1998. B.E. Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Pune. Electives: Artificial Intelligence; Network Security

Professional Experience (Institution, Position and Period):

• DIAT, Pune, Department of CSE & AM. Full-Time Research Scholar. 2011 - Till today
• DIAT, Pune, Department of CSE & AM. Full-Time Research Scholar. 2011
• University of Pune, Department of CSE, COE, MIT, Paud Road, Pune. Full-Time Research Scholar. 2007 -2011
• University of Pune, Department of CSE, COE, MIT, Paud Road, Associate Professor, UGC post Approved. 2007-2008.
• University of Pune, Department of CSE, COE, MIT, Paud Road, Senior Lecturer. 2003-2007.
• University of Mumbai, Department of IT & CSE, Sardar Patel College of Engg, Andheri (W) Lecturer. 2001-2003.
• Mechanised Infantry Regiment Center MIRC, Ahmednagar, Indian Army. Instructor.2000--2001
• University of Pune Department of CSE, COE, Kpg, Lecturer.1999-2000.

Research Domains:

• Secure Cyber Physical Systems CPS,
• Secure Sensor Networks,
• Self-Organizing Networks,
• Analysis of Algorithms,
• Data Analytics,
• High Performance Computing,
• Modelling and Simulations,
• Quantum Computing and Algorithms.
• Advanced Persistent Threats
• Internet of Things
• Behavioral Analysis of Compute environments

Specific Projects:

• Trust Evaluation using Memory Integrity in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Data Aggregation Heuristics to Optimise Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Quantum Machine Learning: An approach to implement K-means Clustering
• Qubits based Authentication and Communication Protocol
• Self-Energizing Wireless Sensor Network
• Identity Based Integrity Verification of Cloud Storage Data using Lattice and Bloom Filter
• Routing in quantum internet
• Secure Mesh Communication Network
• Secure Communication using Quantum Secure Direct Communication
• Regression modelling from historical aircraft FDR data and subsequent Anomaly detection using Spectral Clustering
• Dynamic Resource Management in Mist-Edge-Cloud Computing
• SMDCC: Smart Multidimensional Data Capturing Code for Ubiquitous Interaction and Authentication in Cyber Physical Systems

Research Collaborations:

• Boeing Centre for Strategic Experimentations, Banglore
• CDAC, Pune
• CWPRS, Pune
• Center for Artificial Intelligence CAIR, Banglore
• ARDE, DRDO, Pune
• R&DE Dighi, Pune
• Mathworks
• Nihon Technologies, Banglore
• Wipro
• TCS

Ph.D Thesis Supervision:

• Trust Evaluation using Memory Integrity in Wireless Sensor Networks, Complete.
• Game-Theoretic Target Selection and Search Strategies in Grids, Complete.
• Data Aggregation Heuritics for Optimisation of Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks, Complete.
• Modelling Cyber Physical Systems, On-going.
• Network optimisation using Big Data Framework, On-going.

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