Key Research Areas
Post Quantum Security,
Network Security,
5G/6G Security,
Fog/Dew Security,
Authentication
About
Dr. Awaneesh Kumar Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE) at IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland. He earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and his M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela.Dr. Yadav's research spans a range of topics, including network security, 5G/6G security, IoT and cloud security, the metaverse, and post-quantum cryptography. His academic journey has also included research stints at prestigious institutions such as the University of Oulu, Finland; the University of Surrey, UK; and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.He has received several prestigious travel grants, including the Young Scientist Travel Grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for attending the IEEE MetaCom 2023 conference, as well as travel grants for IEEE ICC 2022 and 2023, and a Microsoft Research (MSR) travel grant. Additionally, Dr. Yadav was awarded the Dissemination Conference Grant from the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) to attend the IEEE IWCMC conference in Cyprus. He has also been honored with the Mitacs Global Research Excellence (GRE) Fellowship to conduct research in Canada and was offered a Visiting Researcher position at the International Centre for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovations (CCRI) at Asia University, Taiwan.
Recent Publications
1. Awaneesh Kumar Yadav “SKAP-NS: A Symmetric Key-Based Authentication Protocol for 5G Network Slicing”, In IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, DOI: 10.1109/TII.2024.3435535 (Accepted-In Publication) [H-INDEX-193, Q1, Impact Factor: 11.7
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Awaneesh Kumar Yadav, Mohammed Shojofar, An Braeken, “iVFAS: An Improved Vehicle-toFog Authentication System for Secure and Efficient Fog-based Road Condition Monitoring,” In IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3390607, [H-INDEX-222, Q1, Impact Factor: 6.1]
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Shalitha Wijethilaka, Awaneesh Kumar Yadav, An Braeken, Madhusanka Liyanage, “BlockchainBased Secure Authentication and Authorization Framework for Robust 5G Network Slicing” In IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2024.3416418 [H-INDEX-73, Q1, Impact Factor: 4.7]
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Awaneesh Kumar Yadav, Manoj Misra, Pradumn Kumar Pandey, Pasika Ranaweera, Madhusanka Liyange, Neeraj Kumar “A Secure Authentication Protocol for IoT-WLAN using EAP framework,” IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, doi: 10.1109/TDSC.2024.3388467, [H-INDEX-100, Q1, Impact Factor: 7]
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Shubham Kumar, Kanhaiya Kumar, Awaneesh Kumar Yadav, Abhishek Anand, An Braeken, Manoj Misra “iZKP-AKA: A Secure and Improved ZKP-AKA Protocol for Sustainable Healthcare,” In Computers and Electrical Engineering ( Accepted- In Publication), [H-INDEX-94, Q1, Impact Factor: 4]
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Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Suayb S. Arslan, Yekta Turk, Awaneesh Kumar Yadav, and Madhusanka Liyanage “Blockchain-based Self-Sovereign Identity: Taking Control of Identity in Federated Learning,” In IEEE open journal of the communications society, DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3449692 (Accepted-In Publication), [H-INDEX-37, Q1, Impact Factor: 6.3]
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Awaneesh Kumar Yadav, Shalitha Wijethilaka, An Braeken, Manoj Misra, Madhusanka Liyanage “An Enhanced Cross-Network-Slice Authentication Protocol for 5G,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 555-573, Oct.-Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TSUSC.2023.3283615. [H-INDEX-32, Q1, Impact Factor: 3.908]
Course Taught
1. Information security
