1. Secure Execution of Sensitive Applications by Eliminating Cache Side Channel Attacks using Near Memory Computation Paradigm

• Funding Agency: ASTEC, Govt of Assam | Host institute: IIIT Guwahati

2. Blockchain-Assisted Confidence-Aware Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Deep Learning Application in Mobile Cloud Computing

• Funding Agency: ANRF-PAIR | Host institute: IIIT Guwahati

• [J1] Nath, P., Mushahary, J. R., Roy, U., Brahma, M., & Singh, P. K. (2023). AI and Blockchain-based source code vulnerability detection and prevention system for multiparty software development. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 106, 108607.

• [C1] Nath, P., Singh, P. K., Kalla, A., & Brahma, M. (2023, January). VNFTestChain: Blockchain based test framework for trusted VNF services in 5G and B5G. In 2023 15th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS) (pp. 495-497). IEEE.

• [C2] Singh, P. K., Brahma, M., Nath, P., & Ghosh, U. (2023, May). A study on secure network slicing in 5G. In 2023 IEEE/ACM 23rd International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing Workshops (CCGridW) (pp. 52-61). IEEE.

• [B1] Nath, P., & Pandey, P. S. (2025). A Study on Machine Learning and Blockchain-Based Techniques for Transparent VNF Testing for 5G and B5G Networks. In Blockchain Technology for Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity, and Countermeasures (pp. 139-160). CRC Press.

• [B2] Choudhury, B., Singh, P. K., Nath, P., Roy, U., & Kalla, A. (2025). Blockchain and Smart Contract for Decentralized and Secure Spectrum Management Toward 6G–Beyond Hype. Intelligent Spectrum Management: Towards 6G, 211-236.

• [TD1] Nath, P. (2025). The joy and pain of security in the era of generative AI, 5G, and beyond networks. NIST University

• [P1] Nath, P. & Ghose, M. (2025). Blockchain-Assisted Confidence-Aware Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Deep Learning Application in Mobile Cloud Computing. SPACE 2025 @ IIT Guwahati( Poster presented)

• [C3] NP Mohapatra, P Nath, SR Pattanaik (2025). PriBraTFedDL: Federated Deep Learning for Privacy-Preserving Brain Tumor Diagnosis. In 1st International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Cognitive Networks, and Smart Systems (IC2NS2)-2026 (Presented, Publication awaiting)

• Performance and energy-aware deep learning workload deployment on resource-constrained edge devices
• Confidence-aware Early-Exit Neural Networks for Arrhythmia Classification on Resource-Constrained Edge Devices
• Security and Memory Access Pattern-Driven Application Execution under Near Memory Processing Paradigm

Academic Positions:

• Researcher - IIIT Guwahati
• Project Staff - Dept. of CSE, IIIT Guwahati, funded by - Assam Science Technology & Environment Council (ASTEC)
• Ex-Assistant Professor - NIST University, Odisha, India
• Ex-Graduate Research Fellow - EC-Council University, USA
• Ex-Teaching Assistant - National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology Guwahati (NIELIT Guwahati)
• Ex-Teaching Assistant - Dept. of CSE, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar (CITK)

Professional Roles:

• Founder & CEO - EncryptoCyberspace
• Cyber Crime Intervention Officer - Information Sharing And Analysis Center
• Ex-Cyber Security Research Associate - Research and Development (R&D) team, EC-Council
• Ex-ARIIA Coordinator - Institute Innovation Council, NIST University
• Ex-Associate Editor - Compute@NIST Departmental E-magazine
• Technical and academic reviewer
  • J1. IEEE Open Access Journal for Communication Society.
  • C2. 1st International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Intelligent Systems (ICSCIS 2025) :: Jaipur, India
  • C3. International Conference on Digital Technologies and Applications :: Ifrane, Morocco
  • C4. 3rd International Conference on Data Science and Network Security (ICDSNS-2025) :: Tiptur, India
  • C5. 1st International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Knowledge Extraction (ICICKE - 2025) :: Bengaluru, India
  • C6. 3rd International Conference on Data Science and Information System (ICDSIS - 2025) :: Hassan, India

Awards and Achivements:

• Chief Minister's Jibon Prerana Scheme 2026, Govt. of Assam
• Fellowship to attend SPACE 2025 at IIT Guwahati India, 2025.
• Best Researcher Award 2024 under Indian Scientists Award by Indian Scientist, 2024.
• Selected for 5th Scientific School on Blockchain and Distributed Technologies 2024 at the University of Cagliari, Italy (One among the top 20 candidates out of 5000+ candidates around the world), 2024.
• Travel grant to attend CCGrid 2023 at IISc Bangalore by IEEE and ACM India, 2023.
• Invited as Speaker for 9th WEC-2023, Osaka, Japan, 2023.
• Hall of Fame by EC-Council University, USA, 2021.
• Certified Trustee of CyberArk Software Ltd, USA, 2021.
• 2nd position at 25th State level National Children Science Congress ( NCSC ) Assam, 2017
• Anundoram Borooah Award 2014, Govt. of Assam

Impact:

• 500+ Students Mentored in cybersecurity domains through ASDM, NIELIT, Cyber X Secure Club, and EncryptoCyberspace
• Industry Collaborations with EC-Council R&D Team, NIELIT, ASDM etc.

Research Collaborations: Open for academic collaborations and industry consultations
Speaking: Available for online talks, hands-on sessions, tutorials for conferences, workshops on system, network and cybersecurity Mentoring: Passionate about guiding next-generation system and security professionals