Rakesh Podder
Scholar

Rakesh Podder

Google Scholar ID: LznkBwUAAAAJ
PhD Student at Colorado State University
CybersecurityFirmware SecurityAIMachine Learning
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
50
 
H-index
5
 
i10-index
1
 
Publications
14
 
Co-authors
6
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published in various international conferences and journals, received Best Paper Awards at the IEEE QRS 2024 and IEEE TPS 2024 Conference. Also a member of IEEE.
Research Experience
  • - Foreign Research Scientist: National Institute of Standard Technology (2024 - Present), using Bugs Framework to identify causal classification of security bugs and creating a BF CVE labeled dataset for over 100+ CVEs & 200+ CWEs.
  • - Graduate Research Assistant: Colorado State University (2022 - Present), working on projects like Microsoft Project Cerberus and Hardware Root of Trust (HRoT).
  • - System Engineer: Infosys Ltd. (2020 - 2022), transformed data between formats, led team to optimize data handling efficiencies.
  • - Programmer Analyst: Cognizant (2017 - 2020), worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer specialized in Selenium with Java.
Education
  • Received B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Patna, India, in 2017; M.E. degree in Control Systems and Robotics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in 2020; M.S. in Computer Science from Colorado State University, USA, in 2025. Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Computer Science at CSU, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Background
  • Research interests include cybersecurity, firmware security, AI planning, and machine learning. Specialized in Computer Science.
Miscellany
  • Awarded Excellence in Teaching Certificate by Colorado State University (2025).