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COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was the first Institute in India to start
Computer Science education. The initial "computer-related" courses were started at
IIT Kanpur in August 1963 on an IBM 1620 system installed in the nation's first
"computer classroom," a novelty then even in many North American and European
universities. Gradually, the Institute drew upon some of the brightest young Indians in
Computer Science to serve on its faculty and initiated an independent academic
program in 1971, leading to Ph.D. and M. Tech. degrees. The undergraduate program
started later, with the first batch graduating in 1983. The department was formally
established in 1984.
It attracts top quality BTech, MTech, MS, and PhD students to the respective degree
programs. The department also has an MS program, which is mainly focused in
research in various domains of Computer Science. The MTech, MS, and PhD programs
require the students to conduct research leading to a thesis. Every year the research
activities in the department lead to scientific publications in top-tier conferences and
journals in all areas of Computer Science and Engineering. Our faculty members are
also engaged in a large number of sponsored research and consultancy projects
funded by the Government as well as the industry. Several engineers and post-
doctoral fellows are relentlessly working to lead the department with cutting-edge
technologies.
Over the years, our faculty have been honored with several prestigious national and
international awards and fellowships. They are also actively participating in the
editorial boards of top-quality journals and transactions. Moreover, both the
undergraduate and postgraduate students have grabbed best paper awards on several
occasions, whereas the PhD students have been awarded with Prime Minister
Research Fellowships, Intel, Google, TCS and Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships. The
department also has a very strong alumni network including many of the nation's
leading experts, educationists and consultants in computer science today
POST-GRADUATE
PROGRAMMES OFFERED
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The [Link]. program is oriented towards research and advanced training in Computer
Science. It is designed for students who have a [Link]./B.E. degree in computer
science or equivalent degrees. A student needs to do at least seven courses with at
least one course each from the theory, systems, and data science/application areas.
There are no compulsory courses except a seminar course in the second semester of
the program. Thesis work forms a major component of the program and begins after
the first two semesters of the program. An appealing part of our [Link]. program is
that some of the top performing students (based on the evaluation done after the first
semester) may be eligible to get a joint [Link]. degree from IIT Kanpur and one of our
partner universities outside India. As part of this joint degree program, such students
will get a chance to spend a part of their [Link]. program at the partner university
and do their thesis work jointly with faculty from both the places.
MS (Research) Type-I Program
In the MS (Research) program, a student is required to complete the required courses
chosen in consultation with the thesis advisor. The student is expected to carry out
research work leading to a thesis. Students will work under a supervisor on industry-
sponsored or other funded projects at IIT Kanpur and earn an MS (Research) degree,
provided they meet all the program requirements. MS students can be funded by the
Institute (Full-time) or through a project (Full-time/Sponsored/Part-time). The
program’s strong focus on research makes it exciting and provides students with in-
depth knowledge in their area of study.
Ph.D. program
The Ph.D. program is designed for students with a strong motivation for doing
research in computer science. Admission to the Ph.D. program is open to candidates
holding [Link]./M.E. or equivalent degrees. Outstanding candidates with a strong CS
background and having a [Link]/B.E. or equivalent degree in any discipline or an [Link]
degree in Maths, Statistics, Physics with a valid GATE/JRF score are also admitted to
Ph.D. Normally, a Ph.D. student has to complete four courses. Students choose these
courses depending on their interests and upon the suggestions of their mentor.
Students must also pass a comprehensive examination that tests the breadth of their
knowledge as well as the ability to do research.
POST-GRADUATE
PROGRAMMES OFFERED
All Ph. D. students are provided with a personal computer, personal office spaces and
a shared telephone when they join. They also get office support for photocopying,
laser printing, mailing, stationery, etc. Ph.D. students also get generous travel support
to present their papers at conferences inside the country and abroad. A number of
industry-supported fellowships are also available to Ph.D. Students
LABS/FACILITIES
IIT Kanpur has one of the largest campus-wide networks among educational
organizations in the nation with a 3Gbps connectivity to the Internet. All students of
the institute get email, browsing, and other Internet facilities. Apart from a state-of-art
Computer Center that is a central facility, the CSE department has its own well-
equipped laboratories.
Special Interest Groups (SIG): The CSE department is home to several reading
groups in theory, data sciences and systems research. These are largely student-led
activities and offer a unique platform to discuss not only one's own research but
cutting-edge developments in the area as well.
❖ SIG on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (SIGTACS):
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❖ SIGs on Systems and Security Research
➢ Computer Architecture, Operating Systems and Systems Security (CAOS):
SIG on Natural Language Processing
❖ SIG on Computational Genomics
Student Wellness Initiatives
Association for Computing Activities (ACA): ACA is a student body of the CSE
department and aims to make the student experience more enjoyable and well-
rounded. This is achieved through various events, designed to increase interaction
between students and faculty. The body organizes welcome and farewell events for
various batches, summer schools for non-IITK UG students on various topics like
machine learning, algorithm design, and cybersecurity, weekend programming
contests and happy hours that include games, sports, and trivia quizzes, basically free
food and fun.
Counseling Initiatives: The department has a student well-being committee and
arranges for student mentors to offer guidance and help students overcome
difficulties in course and thesis work. The department counsellor offers help and
advice to students on a variety of issues including but not restricted to academics
FACULTY LIST
❖ Abhranil Chatterjee, PhD (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai): Complexity
Theory and Designing algorithms with algebraic techniques
❖ Adithya Vadapalli, PhD (Indiana University Bloomington): Applied Cryptography, Private
Information Retrieval, Secure Multiparty Computation, Zero-Knowledge Proofs and
Oblivious RAMs
❖ Amey Karkare, PhD (IIT Bombay): Compilers, Program Analysis and Optimizations,
Functional Programming, Intelligent Tutoring Systems.
❖ Amitangshu Pal, PhD (University of North Carolina Charlotte): Wireless and Sensor
Networks, Sensing and Communication for Internet of Things (IoTs), Building IoT
Solutions for Smart Cities.
❖ Angshuman Karmakar, PhD (KU Leuven): Post Quantum Cryptography, Side Channel
Attacks, Computation on Encrypted Data (Homomorphic encryption, Functional
encryption and multi-party computation), and Cryptology
❖ Anil Seth, PhD (TIFR Mumbai): Logic in computer science, Automata theory and Games.
❖ Arnab Bhattacharya, PhD (University of California, Santa Barbara): Databases, Data
Mining, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing.
❖ Ashutosh Modi, PhD (Saarland University, Germany): Natural Language Processing,
Machine Learning, Affective Computing
❖ Debadatta Mishra, PhD (IIT Bombay): Operating Systems, Virtualization and Cloud
Computing, Computer Networks, System Security, Technology in Education
❖ Debapriya Basu Roy, PhD (IIT Kharagpur): Hardware Security, VLSI for Cryptography,
Post Quantum Cryptography
❖ Gunjan Kumar, PhD (TIFR Mumbai): Sublinear Algorithms, Approximation Algorithms,
Statistical Learning Theory and Information Theory
❖ Hamim Zafar, PhD (Rice University): Computational Genomics, Machine Learning,
Bioinformatics.
❖ Indranil Saha, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles): Application of formal methods
to embedded and cyber-physical systems and Robotics.
❖ Mainak Chaudhuri, PhD (Cornell University): Computer architecture.
❖ Manindra Agarwal, PhD (IIT Kanpur): Computational complexity theory, randomized
algorithms, cryptography, computational number theory.
❖ Nisheeth Srivastava, PhD (University of Minnesota): Cognitive science, cognitive
computing, human-computer interaction.
❖ Nitin Saxena, PhD (IIT Kanpur): Computational Complexity Theory, Algebra, Number
theory, Algebraic-Geometry.
❖ Piyush Rai, PhD (University of Utah): Machine Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical
NLP and Artificial Intelligence.
❖ Preeti Malakar, PhD (IISc, Bangalore): High-performance computing, Scalable parallel
computing, Workflow optimization
❖ Pritam Choudhury, PhD (University of Pennsylvania): Programming Languages, Type
Theory, Language-Based Security, Formal Verification, Logic and Formal Methods in Indian
Knowledge Traditions
❖ Priyanka Bagade, PhD (Arizona State University): Internet of things (IoT), Sensors,
Mobile computing, cyber-physical systems, deep learning
FACULTY LIST
❖ Purushottam Kar, PhD (IIT Kanpur): Optimization, Statistical Learning Theory, Machine
Learning Algorithms.
❖ Raghunath Tewari, PhD (University of Nebraska): Computational complexity theory,
graph theory.
❖ Rajat Mittal, PhD (Rutgers University): Quantum computing, Complexity theory.
❖ Rajat Moona, PhD (IISc, Bangalore): Computer architecture, embedded computing
hardware, operating systems, VLSI design and CAD for VLSI (on leave).
❖ Sanjeev Saxena, PhD (IIT Delhi): Parallel processing, algorithms and data structures,
heuristics, computational geometry, graph theory, VLSI and architecture.
❖ Satyadev Nandakumar, PhD (Iowa State University): Algorithmic information theory,
computable real and complex analysis
❖ Sayak Ray Chowdhury, PhD (IISc Bangalore): Reinforcement Learning, Multi-armed
bandits, Differential Privacy and Language Model Alignment
❖ Soumya Dutta, PhD (Ohio State University): Machine Learning, Data Science, Visual
Computing, Scientific Computing, Data Visualization, Explainable and Interpretable AI, and
Big Data Visual Analytics.
❖ Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, PhD (Oregon State University): Human Factor in Computing,
Software Engineering and End-User Computing
❖ Subhajit Roy, PhD (IISc, Bangalore): Compilers, program analysis and optimization.
❖ Sumit Ganguly, PhD (University of Texas, Austin): Data Streaming, Dimensionality
Reduction for Big Data Analysis, Numerical Linear Algebra.
❖ Sunil Simon, PhD (IMSc, Chennai): Algorithmic aspects of game theory, Logic, automata
and games, theory of distributed systems.
❖ Surender Baswana, PhD (IIT Delhi): Graph algorithms, dynamic algorithms, and
randomized algorithms.
❖ Sutanu Gayen, PhD (University of Nebraska‐Lincoln): Foundation of Machine Learning
and Probabilistic Algorithms
❖ Swarnendu Biswas, PhD (Ohio State University): Programming languages, program
analysis, compilers and runtime systems, parallel computing, approximate computing.
❖ Urbi Chatterjee (PhD, IIT Kharagpur): Hardware security, Physically unclonable functions,
Secure authentication protocol design, Internet of things security
BROAD RESEARCH AREAS
The CSE department faculty are actively involved in research in various fields of Computer
Science. The department provides an excellent research platform and nurtures and
challenges students to solve real-world research problems. The research in the department
can be broadly classified into the following areas.
THEORY
Algorithms and Data Structures: Algorithms in the domains of graphs and combinatorics,
computational geometry, computational number theory, streaming data, algorithmic game
theory, semidefinite programming, randomized algorithms, optimization and approximation
algorithms, and fault tolerance. Theoretical Computer Science: Complexity theory, logic in
computer science, functional programming, algorithmic information theory, computational
number theory, cryptography, computable real and complex analysis, computational algebraic
geometry, algebraic complexity theory, quantum computation, coding theory, streaming
algorithms, and game theory.
SYSTEMS
Cyber Security: Building secure cyber systems, security of cyber-physical systems,
cybersecurity for critical infrastructures, design crypto algorithms and protocols, Cyber
Security with Machine Learning, Cyber Security of Cyber Physical Systems, Blockchains, and
use of machine learning for anomaly detection to fight persistent threats in the critical
infrastructure.
Cyber-Physical Systems: IoT, distributed multi-robot systems, formal verification of multi-
robot systems.
Systems Security: Security issues related to Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, and
Computer Networks. Side-channel attacks at caches and processor, side-channel attack
proofs, formal guarantees, crypto engineering to vulnerability analysis of systems and
application layer software, network and web security, cloud security through virtual machine
hardening.
Formal Methods: Analysis of cyber-physical systems, prove security of systems. High-
Performance Computing: Topology-aware mapping, communication-aware job scheduling,
effective parallelization strategies, high-performance optimizations for different applications
like deep learning networks, optimizing big data I/O and solving parallel I/O bottlenecks.
Operating Systems: Computer Architecture-operating systems interface, virtualization,
cloud computing, operating system-computer network interface.
Programming Languages and Compilers: Program analysis, data flow analysis, heap
analysis, code optimizations, compilation for functional languages, program profiling, formal
techniques for automated debugging, program verification and synthesis, high-performance
compiler optimizations, GPU algorithms, memory model analysis, automated memory
management, and intelligent tutoring systems.
BROAD RESEARCH AREAS
Computer Architecture: Computer architecture research in processor design with speculative
techniques, memory hierarchy optimizations in the form of hardware prefetching,
cache/DRAM content management, cache coherence protocols for client and server systems,
and secure processor/memory systems. Software Architecture: Develop design architectures
such as tactics, reference architectures, and frameworks to build efficient and scalable
software. Internet of things: Sensors, embedded systems, mobile computing, context aware
computing, cyber-physical systems, and applications of deep learning to cyber-physical
systems and internet of things.
Computer communication and networks: Computer networking research at
MAC/network/transport layers, wireless networks, rechargeable sensor networks, exploring
communication and networking in challenging environments like underground, underwater
or inside body area networks.
Hardware Security: side-channel (power, EM, and timing) and fault attacks and
countermeasures, secure hardware design for novel cryptographic algorithms in FPGA/ ASIC,
physically unclonable functions, hardware trojan detection, IP protection, FPGA based
hardware accelerator for ML/AI, secure protocol design, unmanned air vehicle security,
hardware implementation of post-quantum cryptography.
Cryptography: Design and analysis of cryptographic schemes such as post-quantum
cryptography, homomorphic and multi-party computation schemes, blockchains etc., protocol
design, Algorithmic optimizations, efficient implementation, Practical applications of
cryptographic schemes.
DATA SCIENCES
Machine Learning: Deep learning, probabilistic machine learning, zero-shot learning,
learning with millions of classes, adversarial machine learning, large-scale data mining,
human-AI interface, cognitive and behavioral modeling, large scale optimization and
inference.
Databases, Big Data and Data Mining: Data analytics, data processing, indexing, querying,
searching, data mining, data provenance, graph mining.
Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval: Question-answering, knowledge
graph generation, dependency parsing, multimodal aIect modeling, conversational systems,
bio-medical NLP.
Computer Vision: Video analytics and surveillance, medical image analysis, scene
understanding, 3D vision and geometry, multimodal vision, vision for robotics / embodied AI,
adversarial robustness and security, self-supervised and unsupervised learning in vision,
generative models for vision, cognitive and behavioral modeling via vision.
Data Analytics, Visual Computing, Scientific Computing, and Data Visualization: Machine
learning for visual computing, scientific and information visualization, interactive data
exploration, high-dimensional data, image analysis, explainable and interpretable AI, and big
data analytics.
CONTACT
Prof. Debadatta Mishra
Email: dpgc@[Link]
Phone: 0512-259-2004
Mr. Akash
Email: admissions@[Link]
Phone: 0512-259-7590
Webpage: [Link]