Assistant Professor

Dr K Sowjanya

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Interests

  1. 5G and beyond Network’s security
  2. Elliptic Curve Cryptography
  3. Attribute Based Encryption

Education

2011

Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg
India
MCA

2015

Rungta College of Engineering and Technology, Bhilai
India
M.Tech (CSE)

2020

NIT Raipur
India
PhD

Experience

  • 01/03/2023 to 31/03/2025 – Post Doctoral Research Associate III – IIT Delhi
  • 17/01/2022 to 28/02/2023 – Post Doctoral Researcher – IIT Hyderabad

Research Interest

  • Security aspects within the ORAN framework, including the design of authentication and authorization mechanisms for 5G and next-generation networks.
  • Searchable encryption techniques and the development of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms to ensure data privacy in future communication systems.

Awards & Fellowships

  • Best Paper Award at 1st International Conference on Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences. 3 - 4 March, 2019, NIT Kurukshetra, INDIA.
  • GATE 2013 Qualified in Computer Science and Information Technology.
  • NET-JRF Qualified in Computer Science and Applications in 2014.
  • MHRD Fellowship during PhD and MTech.
  • State First Rank in Pre-MCA Entrance Exam-2008, Chhattisgarh.
  • Secured University Merit Rank No. 2 during MTech and Merit Rank no. 4 during MCA

Publications

SCI Indexed Journals

  • K Sowjanya, Mou Dasgupta, Sangram Ray and Mohammad S. Obaidat, “An Efficient Elliptic Curve Cryptography-Based Without Pairing KPABE for Internet of Things,” in IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 14, Issue: 2, pp: 2154-2163, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2019.2944240. (SCI, IF: 4.802)
  • K Sowjanya, Mou Dasgupta and Sangram Ray, “An elliptic curve cryptography based enhanced anonymous authentication protocol for wearable health monitoring systems,” in International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 19, pp: 129–146, 2020 (Springer). DOI: 10.1007/s10207-019-00464-9. (SCI-E, IF: 2.427)
  • K Sowjanya and Mou Dasgupta, “A Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption scheme for Wireless Body Area Networks based on ECC,” in Journal of Information Security and Applications, Vol. 54, 2020 (Elsevier). DOI: 10.1016/j.jisa.2020.102559. (SCI-E, IF: 4.96)
  • K Sowjanya, Mou Dasgupta and Sangram Ray, “Elliptic Curve Cryptography based authentication scheme for Internet of Medical Things,” ,” in Journal of Information Security and Applications, Vol. 58, 2021 (Elsevier). DOI: 10.1016/j.jisa.2021.102761. (SCI-E, IF: 4.96)
  • K Sowjanya, Mou Dasgupta and Sangram Ray, “A lightweight key management scheme for key-escrow-free ECC-based CP-ABE for IoT healthcare systems,” in Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 117, 2021 (Elsevier). DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2021.102108. (SCI, IF: 5.836)

Conference Papers

  • K Sowjanya, A Singhal and C Choudhary, “MobDBTest: A machine learning based system for predicting diabetes risk using mobile devices,” 2015 IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC), pp. 397-402, 2015, Banglore, India.
  • K Sowjanya and Mou Dasgupta, “Secure Framework for Ambient Assisted Living System,” In Proceedings of Computational Intelligence, Communications, and Business Analytics, (CICBA), pp. 425-440, 2018, Kalyani University, Kalyani. Springer, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 1031, 2019. (Indexed in: DBLP, SCOPUS).
  • K Sowjanya and Mou Dasgupta, “Secure Ambient Assisted Living System using Elliptic Curve Cryptography based CPABE,” In Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), IEEE-45670, 2019, IIT Kanpur. DOI: 10.1109/ICCCNT45670.2019.8944521
  • K Sowjanya and Mou Dasgupta, “Big Data based Enhanced Ambient Assisted Living System Framework,” In Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), IEEE-45670, 2019, IIT Kanpur. DOI: 10.1109/ICCCNT45670.2019.8944522
  • K Sowjanya and Mou Dasgupta, “Survey of Symmetric and Asymmetric Key Management Schemes in the context of IoT based Healthcare System,” In Proceedings of First IEEE International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), pp: 283-288, IEEE, 2020, NIT Raipur.
  • K Sowjanya and Mou Dasgupta, “Provably Secure Lightweight Key Policy Attribute-Based Encryption for Internet of Things,” In Proceedings of First International Conference on Machine Learning, Network Security, Image Processing and Data Science (MIND-2019), NIT Kurukshetra. CRC Press, Cloud Security book, First Edition, pp: 146-160, eBook ISBN9780367821555, 2021
  • K Sowjanay, Amit Porwal, Sudhakar Pandey and Pavan Kumar Mishra, “TLBO-based Resource Allocation scheme in 5G H-CRAN,” IEEE 14th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2022, Bangalore, India. DOI: 10.1109/COMSNETS53615.2022.9668491
  • Shwetha V, Unnati D, Siddhesh S, K Sowjanya, Antony F A, “Preventing Cross Network Slice Disruptions in a Zero-Trust and Multi-Tenant Future 5G Networks,” IEEE 9th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), IEEE Xplore, pp. 227-231, 2023.
  • K Sowjanya, Pabitra Pal, Aman Verma, Bijoy Das, Anand M Baswade, Dhiman Saha, Brejesh Lall, “SUPI-Rear: Privacy-Preserving Subscription Permanent Identification Strategy in 5G-AKA,” In: Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems. SSS 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14931. Springer, Cham.
  • K Sowjanya, Dhiman Saha, Brejesh Lall, “Zero-Trust Security in 5G and Beyond Networks: An Overview,” COMSNET 2025.
  • K Sowjanya, Soumen Jana, Vipin Kumar, Dhiman Saha, Brejesh Lall, “Standardization aspects of Authentication Relay Attack using False Base Station,” COMSNET 2025.
  • K Sowjanya, Rahul Saini, Dhiman Saha, Kishor Joshi, Madhurima Das, “ABElity: Attribute-Based Encryption for Securing RIC Communication in Open RAN,” accepted in Workshop on Security and Privacy of Next-Generation Networks (FutureG) 2025, Co-located with NDSS Symposium 2025, San Diego, CA.

Books

  • K Sowjanya and Mou Dasgupta, “Risk of Readmission for Diabetes Patients: A Machine Learning Approach: Readmission rate Predictor,” Glasstree Publication, ISBN: 978-1-5342-9961-0, 2019.

Patents

  • K Sowjanya, Dhiman Saha, Anand M Baswade, Brejesh Lall, "Methods and systems for managing SUPI privacy in a PLMN hosting NPN scenario," Patent No. 559550, Date of Grant: 04/02/2025.
  • K Sowjanya, Dhiman Saha, Brejesh Lall, "Methods and systems for protecting user-sensitive information in localized mobile Metaverse services,” Application no: 202411048800, Complete specification filed on : 25-06-2024, Publication date: 12/07/2024.
  • Vipin Kumar, K Sowjanya, Dhiman Saha, Brejesh Lall,“A System and Method for Detecting False Base Station in Network Attack,” Patent Application No.: 202421097948, Complete specification filed on : 14-12-2024.

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