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Dr.Prabhakar Krishnan

Research Scientist, Center for Cyber Security Systems and Networks ,Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus

Qualification: Ph.D
kprabhakar@am.amrita.edu
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Bio

Dr. Prabhakar Krishnan, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at the Department of Cyber Security Systems and Networks at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India. In the mid-’90s, he was one of the lead scientists of India’s Supercomputing R&D lab at CDAC. He has over two decades of Industry experience in the USA and ten years of academic R&D projects in cybersecurity at Amrita University. His current research interests are primarily in Cybersecurity, with a special focus on network security, Quantum technologies (Internet and Cryptography), Network Softwarization and Architecture, SDN/NFV, NextGen Networks(5G/6G) security and architecture, and IoT standardization/compliance. Dr. Krishnan regularly speaks at international symposiums and workshops for the Indian quantum roadmap deliberation and is a core R&D member of the National Quantum Mission and a key stakeholder in taking India forward in Quantum Technologies. In 2017, Dr. Krishnan was invited as an Adjunct Professor by the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, cybersecurity research lab. He is a Senior member of ACM, IEEE, IETF-SNIA, IESA, Cloud Security Alliance, and the Cloud Computing Council of India. He is a member of the core development group of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) consortium hosted at Eurecom, France, fostering a community of 5G software developers and contributors from the industry. Dr. Krishnan holds 3 US patents in networking and recently published about ten papers in internationally reputable peer-reviewed journals and conferences on quantum computing and communication security topics. Some of his other articles/book chapters are under review. He has taken scientific and technological leadership in researching and developing HPC technologies for the National Supercomputing Mission of India and quantum technologies at the center of excellence at Amrita University.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2024

eSIM and blockchain integrated secure zero-touch provisioning for autonomous cellular-IoTs in 5G networks

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Kurunandan Jain, Shivananda R Poojara, Satish Narayana Srirama, Tulika Pandey, Rajkumar Buyya, " eSIM and blockchain integrated secure zero-touch provisioning for autonomous cellular-IoTs in 5G networks"

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2023

Hybrid Bird Mating Optimization Based Resource Allocation Scheme for Digital Twin Driven in Industrial Internet of Things

Cite this Research Publication : Pachiyannan, Prabu and Krishnan, Prabhakar and Poonia, Ramesh and Khan, Mohammad and Zeadally, Sherali, Hybrid Bird Mating Optimization Based Resource Allocation Scheme for Digital Twin Driven in Industrial Internet of Things. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4436855 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4436855

Year : 2023

Performance analysis of alternating minimization based low complexity detection for MIMO communication system

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan Kasiselvanathan M., Manikandan Rajagopal, Teresa V. V., " Performance analysis of alternating minimization based low complexity detection for MIMO communication system ", Automatika, 2023

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Year : 2023

Analyzing and Managing Various Energy-Related Environmental Factors for Providing Personalized IoT Services for Smart Buildings in Smart Environment

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, AV Prabu, Sumathi Loganathan, Sidheswar Routray, Uttam Ghosh, Mohammed AL-Numay, " Analyzing and Managing Various Energy-Related Environmental Factors for Providing Personalized IoT Services for Smart Buildings in Smart Environment" , Sustainability

Publisher : MDPI

Year : 2023

OpenStackDP: a scalable network security framework for SDN-based OpenStack cloud infrastructure

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Kurunandan Jain, Amjad Aldweesh, P Prabu, Rajkumar Buyya, "OpenStackDP: a scalable network security framework for SDN-based OpenStack cloud infrastructure", Journal of Cloud Computing

Publisher : Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Year : 2023

Internet of things (IoT) based smart healthcare system for efficient diagnostics of health parameters of patients in emergency care

Cite this Research Publication : A Balasundaram, Sidheswar Routray, AV Prabu, Prabhakar Krishnan, Prince Priya Malla, Moinak Maiti, "Internet of things (IoT) based smart healthcare system for efficient diagnostics of health parameters of patients in emergency care", 2023 IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

Software Defined Network Function Virtualization Framework for Securing Cloud to Edge IoT and 5G Networks

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan ," Software Defined Network Function Virtualization Framework for Securing Cloud to Edge IoT and 5G Networks" ,2021

Publisher : Coimbatore

Year : 2021

SDN enabled QoE and security framework for multimedia applications in 5G networks

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Kurunandan Jain, Pramod George Jose, Krishnashree Achuthan, Rajkumar Buyya, " SDN enabled QoE and security framework for multimedia applications in 5G networks" , ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM)

Publisher : ACM

Year : 2021

Software-defined security-by-contract for blockchain-enabled MUD-aware industrial IoT edge networks

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Kurunandan Jain, Krishnashree Achuthan, Rajkumar Buyya, "Software-defined security-by-contract for blockchain-enabled MUD-aware industrial IoT edge networks", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

A lightweight authentication scheme for 5G mobile communications: a dynamic key approach

Cite this Research Publication : Raghu Pothumarti, Kurunandan Jain, Prabhakar Krishnan, "A lightweight authentication scheme for 5G mobile communications: a dynamic key approach",2021 Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing

Publisher : Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Year : 2021

MUD-based behavioral profiling security framework for software-defined IoT networks

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Kurunandan Jain, Rajkumar Buyya, Pandi Vijayakumar, Anand Nayyar, Muhammad Bilal, Houbing Song, "MUD-based behavioral profiling security framework for software-defined IoT networks", IEEE Internet of Things Journal,2021

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

Medical image encryption scheme using multiple chaotic maps

Cite this Research Publication : Kurunandan Jain, Aravind Aji, Prabhakar Krishnan, "Medical image encryption scheme using multiple chaotic maps", Pattern Recognition Letters,Volume 152, December 2021, Pages 356-364

Publisher : North-Holland

Year : 2021

OpenPATH: Application aware high-performance software-defined switching framework

Cite this Research Publication : P Krishnan, S Duttagupta, R Buyya, "OpenPATH: Application aware high-performance software-defined switching framework", Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 193, 103196, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2021.103196. 2021

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2020

SDN/NFV security framework for fog-to-things computing infrastructure

Cite this Research Publication : P. Krishnan, Subhasri Duttagupta, and Achuthan, K., “SDN/NFV security framework for fog-to-things computing infrastructure”, Software: Practice and Experience, vol. 50, pp. 757-800, 2020.

Publisher : Software: Practice and Experience

Year : 2019

VARMAN: Multi-plane security framework for software defined networks

Cite this Research Publication : P. Krishnan, Subhasri Duttagupta, and Achuthan, K., “VARMAN: Multi-plane security framework for software defined networks”, Computer Communications, vol. 148, pp. 215 - 239, 2019.

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2019

SDNFV Based Threat Monitoring and Security Framework for Multi-Access Edge Computing Infrastructure

Cite this Research Publication : P. Krishnan, Subhasri Duttagupta, and Achuthan, K., “SDNFV Based Threat Monitoring and Security Framework for Multi-Access Edge Computing Infrastructure”, Mobile Networks and Applications , vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1896 - 1923, 2019.

Publisher : Mobile Networks and Applications

Year : 2017

Distributed Threat Analytics System for Denial-of-Service Attacks

Cite this Research Publication : Vinay Gurram, Prabhakar Krishnan, " Distributed Threat Analytics System for Denial-of-Service Attacks" ,2017

Year : 2017

A multi plane network monitoring and defense framework for sdn operational security

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, J Najeem, " A multi plane network monitoring and defense framework for sdn operational security" , International Conference on Operating System Security (ICOSS 2017)

Year : 2017

A review of security threats and mitigation solutions for SDN stack

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Jisha S Najeem, " A review of security threats and mitigation solutions for SDN stack" , Int. J. Pure Appl. Math

Year : 2017

Network detection of ransomware delivered by exploit kit

Cite this Research Publication : P. Raunak and Krishnan, P., “Network detection of ransomware delivered by exploit kit”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 12, pp. 3885-3889, 2017.

Publisher : ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Year : 2017

A review of security, threats and mitigation approaches for SDN architecture

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Jisha S Najeem, " A review of security, threats and mitigation approaches for SDN architecture" , International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering

Publisher : Research Gate

Year : 2007

Low temperature neutron diffraction studies showing evidence for charge-exchange-type magnetic ordering in Mn doped SrRuO3

Cite this Research Publication : Brajendra Singh, S Sundar Manoharan, RK Sahu, PSR Krishnan, AB Shinde, Karishma Jain "Low temperature neutron diffraction studies showing evidence for charge-exchange-type magnetic ordering in Mn doped SrRuO3" , Journal of applied physics

Publisher : AIP Publishing

Year : 2004

Air Layering In Kapok (Ceiba Pentandra (Linn.) Gaertn.)

Cite this Research Publication : P Rajendran, Mg Dasthagir, P Ratha Krishnan, J Sriram, " Air Layering In Kapok (Ceiba Pentandra (Linn.) Gaertn.)", Myforest

Publisher : Forest Department, Karnataka

Conference Paper

Year : 2022

Authenticated-encryption in the quantum key distribution classical channel using post-quantum cryptography

Cite this Research Publication : Avani Prakasan, Kurunandan Jain, Prabhakar Krishnan" Authenticated-encryption in the quantum key distribution classical channel using post-quantum cryptography", 2022 6th International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICICCS)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2022

Analysis of post-quantum cryptography for internet of things

Cite this Research Publication : PC Sajimon, Kurunandan Jain, Prabhakar Krishnan, "Analysis of post-quantum cryptography for internet of things", 2022 6th International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICICCS)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

Reference stack for Steganographic applications

Cite this Research Publication : Pramod George Jose, Kurunandan Jain, Prabhakar Krishnan, " Reference stack for Steganographic applications", 2021 Fourth International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

A Comparison Based Approach on Mutual Authentication and Key Agreement Using DNA Cryptography

Cite this Research Publication : Kurunandan Jain, Prabhakar Krishnan, Vaishnavi V Rao, "A Comparison Based Approach on Mutual Authentication and Key Agreement Using DNA Cryptography", 2021 Fourth International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

A Survey of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network simulation platforms

Cite this Research Publication : Aravind Aji, Kurunandan Jain, Prabhakar Krishnan"A Survey of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network simulation platforms", 2021 2nd Global Conference for Advancement in Technology (GCAT)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2019

Managing network functions in stateful application aware SDN

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Krishnashree Achuthan, " Managing network functions in stateful application aware SDN" , Security in Computing and Communications: 6th International Symposium, SSCC 2018, Bangalore, India, September 19–22, 2018, Revised Selected Papers 6

Publisher : Springer Singapore

Year : 2019

CloudSDN: enabling SDN framework for security and threat analytics in cloud networks

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Krishnashree Achuthan, "CloudSDN: enabling SDN framework for security and threat analytics in cloud networks", Ubiquitous Communications and Network Computing: Second EAI International Conference, Bangalore, India, February 8–10, 2019, Proceedings 2

Publisher : Springer International Publishing

Year : 2018

Towards solving the IoT standards gap

Cite this Research Publication : S Vivek, Divyanshu Verma, Prabhakar Krishnan, " Towards solving the IoT standards gap" , 2018 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2018

Towards a secure SDN architecture

Cite this Research Publication : Karthik Raghunath, Prabhakar Krishnan, "Towards a secure SDN architecture",2018 9th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2018

SDN framework for securing IoT networks

Cite this Research Publication : Prabhakar Krishnan, Jisha S Najeem, Krishnashree Achuthan, "SDN framework for securing IoT networks", Springer International Publishing, Ubiquitous Communications and Network Computing: First International Conference, UBICNET 2017, Bangalore, India, August 3-5, 2017, Proceedings 1

Publisher : Springer

Patents

Year : 2010

System and method for automatically diagnosing protocol errors from packet traces

Cite this Research Publication : Prof. Prabhakar Krishnan, System and method for automatically diagnosing protocol errors from packet traces-US Patent 7836341(2010)

Year : 2008

System and method for notification of internet users about faults detected on an IP network

Cite this Research Publication : Prof. Prabhakar Krishnan, System and method for notification of internet users about faults detected on an IP network-US Patent 7463652(2008).

Year : 2007

System and method for automatically diagnosing protocol errors from packet traces

Cite this Research Publication : Prof. Prabhakar Krishnan, System and method for automatically diagnosing protocol errors from packet traces-US Patent 7249286(2007).

Qualification
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Engineering (Cybersecurity), 2020 (Visvesvaraya PhD Fellowship), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
  • Master of Engineering, Computer Science, 1995,
    National Institute of Technology (formerly R.E.C) Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications, 1992,
    National Institute of Technology (formerly R.E.C) Calicut, Kerala, India
Experience
  • 20+ years of Industry Technology Leadership experience in Software, Networking, Data Storage Systems Architect, Design, Development, and Leading Technology business divisions in Asia-Pacific-Africa-India.
  • 10+ years of Research/Teaching experience in Cybersecurity, Forensics, Systems, quantum technologies, cryptography, Software, and Network Security, conducting problem space research to inform R&D strategy.
  • Technological Consultant/Advisor at CDAC/MeitY for the National Supercomputing Mission of India for some of the projects in the design and architecture of data storage and distributed framework for the Exascale computing roadmap of India.
  • Domain expert (quantum communication, cryptography, quantum software architecture, error correction) in the DST Mapping (chaired by Principal Scientific Advisor Prof. A.K Sood) of national capabilities towards the National Quantum Mission of India.
  • Expert member of the DoT/TEC/SDSI Quantum technologies Standardization process for the classical and quantum-safe cryptographic systems and in National Working Group-17 of TEC, DoT contributing to QKD Threat/Security Assessment.
  • Lead Scientist of System software and high-performance networking of CDAC’s PARAM series supercomputers in the mid-90s.
  • Research experience in HPC, Quantum, SDN/NFV, OPNFV, 5G-MEC, OVN, OpenStack Cloud and Security technologies in Industry 4.0, IoT, 5G, Blockchain, ML/AI, and Network Digital Twinning architectures.

Research Experience

Center for Cyber Security Systems and Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 2014-present

  • Leading the R&D initiatives and industry collaborations. Consulting for architecture and design engagements of solutions in emerging technologies, Advising, executing, and delivery of projects granted from Government agencies (C-DAC, DRDO, MeitY, DST, NITI-AYOG, MHRD) and private companies. Mentoring faculties and graduate scholars.

CDAC-India, Scientist Member Technical Staff 1995-1997

  • Lead Architect for PARAM OpenFrame Supercomputer systems – Networking & Operating Systems.
  • U-Net: A User-Level Network Interface for Parallel and Distributed Computing, formed the reference for ‘PULP A protected User Level Protocol’ at CDAC’s PARAM Open Frame Supercomputing Cluster. Delivered PULP, which was among the first U-Net framework/VI implementations for real-world application. Collaborated with International groups like Myricom, Sun.

Dept. Of ECE, N.I.T. Trichy, Research Associate 1993-1995

  • Provided computer programming support to scientists (Prof.Ramakrishna Rao, Prof. Rajagopalan) of DoE, NPOL, DRDO.
  • Developed Simulation packages, algorithms codified for defense technology and systems such as active SONAR, TORPEDOS used in submarines & ships

Industry Experience

Independent Technology and Strategy Consultant – India and US 2011-2013

  • Successfully bootstrapped ventures, Clients include SRM Technologies, Qualia Internet Solutions, Logic Research Labs- India, Intuitive Objects-Chennai, Softsmith Inc India, Digital Future of Education (DfoE)-Bangalore
  • Angel Investing: Actively involved seed funding & mentoring startup ventures in Healthcare & Educational sector-social enterprises, NGOs, Educational institutions.

Head of Storage Business Unit, American Megatrends India (P) Ltd, India 2008- 2010

  • Technical Leadership, Vision, Strategies, Marketing and Support for Asia-Africa, Middle East
  • Responsible for Co-development of the AMI Storage NAS/IP-SAN, Data-Protection/Backup product lines
  • Responsible for Quality, Certification, Support & Solutions -Coordinate across global sites in USA & India.

Principal Engineer (CTO’s office), American Megatrends, USA 2005-2008

  • Architect and lead developer for Network Attached Storage stack of Storage products
  • Global Head for Technical support and Quality Assurance in Storage business division

Senior Engineer, NetApp Inc. California, USA 1997-2005

  • Part of the startup team. Led projects/teams for components & releases
  • Played lead roles in development, Integration, QA testing, test-automation, competitive analysis.
  • Developed support-tools for escalation debugging, Performance, CS training, product Reliability & SLA metrics
  • Part of the opensource benchmark communities – NFS Connectethon, SFS, CIFSbench, NFSv4
Specialization
  • HPC networking and communication, Storage Systems, Advanced computing architecture, Interconnects and Microprocessors, Data Storage, I/O Architecture, Distributed File systems, Archival (DR) deployments
  • Quantum communication, Quantum Key Distribution and Cryptography, Quantum software architecture, Error correction, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Internet. Quantum Relay system and Hybrid key authentication Framework
  • Software architecture and tool for Quantum computing, Simulation, Quantum-ML, Quantum Cloud optimization
  • 5G and beyond networking for 5G/ORAN/5G Transport-Core Cellular/5G/NB-IoT/IoT– Edge Intelligence and Security, 5G Open network platforms (ONFs), OAI with Open RAN, and ONAP, rApp/xApp software applications.
  • Blockchain, Security Analytics for Critical Infrastructures
Professional Memberships
  • ACM, IEEE, IETF-SNIA, IESA, TSDSI, Cloud Security Alliance, Cloud Computing Council of India. Also, a member of the core development group of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) consortium hosted at Eurecom, France, fostering a community of 5G software developers, researchers, and contributors from the industry.
Open Source contributions
  • Ethereal/Wireshark (network trace analyzer/sniffer) – Implemented and Maintained the Filesystem metadata dissection & analysis for Network Attached Storage (NAS) protocols such as NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, AFS.
  • SGI XFS (Filesystem) – Implemented the features such as quotas dynamically loadable file system call filter/logger.
  • OpenAirInterface (OAI 5g) Traffic Generator (OTG) for 5G Core Network protocols
  • Member of the core development group of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) consortium hosted at Eurecom, France, fostering a community of 5G software developers, researchers, and contributors from the industry.
Collaborations

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), 2019- ongoing

  • A Blockchain/AI Predictive Visual Analytics stack for National Unified-Blockchain-Framework for e-Governance applications
  • Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) with Software Defined Networking (SDN) protocols
  • IoT Sandbox with Behavioral Analytics, Security- Monitoring and Forensics Framework
  • 5G Security projects
  • SDN, NFV-based Edge Computing solutions.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 2023- ongoing

  • Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) based VPN project funded by NSCS, MoD.

Scytale Alpha, New Delhi 2023- ongoing

  • Indigenous Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) based Key Exchange Software Stack with IIITD, DRDO.

QPiAI Technologies, Bangalore 2023- ongoing

  • Trusted Quantum Relay and Hybrid key authentication Framework towards scalable long-distance QKD.

SETS Chennai 2023- ongoing

  • Cryptography-as-a-Service solution for providing Quantum Safe Cryptography in Edge-to-Cloud Infrastructure
  • Post Processing and Authentication, Acceleration in QKD Classical channel

QuNU Labs, Bangalore, 2020-ongoing

  • Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) systems – algorithm analysis
  • Quantum Entropy Chip (QEC) In Hybrid/HW, FPGA etc
  • Quantum OTP, Quantum VPN solutions

Prodevans Technologies, Bangalore, 2021-ongoing

  • PDCloudEX (Make in India, Cloud technologies R&D) Openstack+SDN Use Cases
  • An SDN Platform for Scalable and Secure OpenStack Cloud infrastructure” co-develop and test.
  • OpenDaylight SDN controller and Network Automation in the Cloud environment
  • Secure Blockchain platform for IDRBT Bank Balance certificate process automation

NetCon Technologies Pvt Ltd., Coimbatore, 2019-ongoing

  • SDN and NFV, related projects, and developing PoC and reference implementations.

University of Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Rajkumar Buyya, 2018

  • Quantum Cloud computing, Cloud Security and SDN/SD-WAN, Cloud Resource/Provisioning security

University of Texas, San Antonio, USA, Dr. Rajendra Bopanna, 2017

  • SDN network protocol mechanisms, Hardening SDN dataplane

National University of Singapore, Singapore, Dr. Mohan Gurusamy, 2018

  • Dependability of SDN, Fault Tolerance of Switch TCAM in SDN networks

BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dr. Vijayakumar B, 2017

  • Micro-services Centric Secure Architectural Model for Handling Data Stream Application
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