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Bharath Samanthula is assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Montclair State University. He teaches courses on cryptography, computer and network security, and conducts research on privacy-enhanced models, distributed data mining algorithms and information security. Currently, he serves as the Graduate Program Coordinator for MS-Cybersecurity program.
Prior to joining MSU, Dr. Samanthula worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Cyber Center Department and also served as a visiting assistant professor in the at Purdue University. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2013. He is a member of IEEE and ACM.
Research interests
Primary research interests span across Applied Cryptography, Information Security, Data Mining, and Big Data. Dr. Samanthula's current work centers around the development of privacy-enhanced techniques for various distributed data management and analysis tasks in the fields of Online Social Networks, Cloud Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks and Smart Grids. Additionally, he is investigating novel approaches to improve STEM education in local schools via computational thinking tools.
Dr. Samanthula's team is working on the following cutting-edge research projects: (i) Privacy-Preserving and Collaborative Data Analytics in Cloud (ii) Optimized Secure Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks (iii) Privacy-Aware and User-Centric Data Management in Cloud (iv) Secure Retrieval of Top-K Similar Documents in Outsourced Databases
Scholarly Interests
Interests span across Applied Cryptography, Information Security, Data Mining, and Big Data.
Teaching
Teaches courses on cryptography, computer and network security, and conducts research on privacy-enhanced models, distributed data mining algorithms and information security, and currently serves as the Graduate Program Coordinator for MS-Cybersecurity program.
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Expert on information security, applied cryptography, developing privacy-aware distributed algorithms, and cloud computing.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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REU SITE: Enhancing Undergraduate Research Experiences in Cybersecurity and Privacy-Enhanced Technologies
Samanthula, B. K. (PI) & Dong, B. (CoPI)
15/03/21 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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A Comparative Analysis between AI Generated Code and Human Written Code: A Preliminary Study
Patel, A., Sultana, K. Z. & Samanthula, B. K., 2024, Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2024. Ding, W., Lu, C.-T., Wang, F., Di, L., Wu, K., Huan, J., Nambiar, R., Li, J., Ilievski, F., Baeza-Yates, R. & Hu, X. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 7521-7529 9 p. (Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Towards a Privacy-Aware and Outsourced Fake News Detection Framework
Englander, K., Samanthula, B. K. & Dong, B., 2024, URTC 2024 - 2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (URTC 2024 - 2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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2D-FACT: Dual-Domain Fake Image Detection Against Text-To-Image Generative Models
Ji, E., Dong, B., Samanthula, B. & Zhou, N., 2023, IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2023 - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Probabilistic Approach for Secure and Verifiable Computation of kNN Queries in Cloud
Sundarapandi, G. P., Bokhary, S., Samanthula, B. K. & Dong, B., 2023, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Cloud Summit, Cloud Summit 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 15-20 6 p. (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Cloud Summit, Cloud Summit 2023).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Secure Friend Recommendation Framework for Online Social Networks using OpenAI Embeddings
Singh, M. & Samanthula, B. K., 2023, IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2023 - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
1 Scopus citations