CV

Education

• Bachelor in Information Technology, Calicut University, India, 2007-2011
• Masters in Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita University, India, 2011-2013
• Ph.D in Machine Learning, Deakin University, Australia, 2015-2018

Work experience

• Deakin University, Australia. Associate Research Fellow, 2018-now
• Amrita University, Amrita Create. Research Associate, 2013-2015

Skills

• Machine learning
• Backdoor attack and defense
• Adversarial learning
• Optimization
• Health
• Pytorch

Publications

Implementation of projected clustering based on SQL queries and UDFs in relational databases Permalink

A high performance hybrid algorithm for text classification Permalink

A comparative performance analysis of self organizing maps on weight initializations using different strategies Permalink

Integrating apriori with paired k-means for cluster fixed mixed data Permalink

Extracting key challenges in achieving sobriety through shared subspace learning Permalink

Feature and Search Space Reduction for Label-Dependent Multi-label Classification Permalink

Multi label prediction using association rule generation and simple k-means Permalink

Understanding behavioral differences between short and long-term drinking abstainers from social media Permalink

Differentially private prescriptive analytics Permalink

Prescriptive analytics through constrained Bayesian optimization Permalink

Scalable Backdoor Detection in Neural Networks Permalink

Identification of predictors and model for predicting prolonged length of stay in dengue patients Permalink

Personalized single-cell networks: a framework to predict the response of any gene to any drug for any patient Permalink

Prescriptive analytics with differential privacy Permalink

Towards Effective and Robust Neural Trojan Defenses via Input Filtering Permalink

Talks

Scalable Backdoor Detection in Neural Networks

September 17, 2020

Conference proceedings talk at ECML, Virtual

Exploring Backdoor Intrusions, Defense Strategies, and the Path to Social Good

June 28, 2023

Invited talk at MAIL Research Lab at VinUniversity, Virtual

Teaching

Project Supervision

Associate Supervisor