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Milind Srivastava

5th year Dual Degree CSE student

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Introduction

Hi, I’m Milind! I’m a 5th year Dual Degree student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. I am a part of RISE lab and I’m advised by Prof. Chester Rebeiro.

I am looking for PhD positions. I have primarily worked in microarchitectural and hardware security but my interests lie in computer systems security across the stack from hardware to OS to software and networks.

Interests

  • Computer systems security

Education

  • Dual Degree (B.Tech Hons + M.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering, 2020

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    CGPA: 9.64

News

  • Jan 2020: Paper accepted at MobiCom 2020

  • Nov 2019: Our team has been awarded the 1st place in the Embedded Security Challenge in CSAW 2019

  • Nov 2019: Awarded 1st place in the undergraduate category at the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) @ ICCAD 2019

  • Oct 2019: “Solomon” has been accepted at DATE 2020

  • Sep 2019: Work accepted for presentation at the ACM SRC (Student Research Competition) at ICCAD 2019

  • May 2019: Awarded the prestigious SN Bose Scholarship. Will be interning with Prof. Swarun Kumar, CMU over the summer

  • Jul 2019: Paper accepted at SocInfo 2019

  • May 2018: Accepted as a research intern at Adobe Research

Research Internships

 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Carnegie Mellon University (Prof. Swarun Kumar)

May 2019 – Jul 2019 Pittsburgh

  • Worked towards developing a full duplex system at millimeter wave frequencies
  • Designed an optimized PHY base layer with different encoding schemes to enable error detection and correction
  • Employed OFDM to combat frequency selective channel
  • Extended system performance to 256 QAM at 20 MHz and 64 QAM at 100 MHz
  • Submitted work to MobiCom 2020
 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Adobe Research

May 2018 – Jul 2018 Bangalore

  • Studied opinion change regarding 2016 US Presidential Elections on Twitter
  • Presented opinion variation analysis coupled with micro and macro level user analysis
  • Studied user segments based on their patterns of tweeting and stance towards presidential candidates
  • Received Best Presentation Award from Dr. Shriram Revankar, VP, Adobe Research
  • Published work in SocInfo 2019
 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Microsoft Research

Dec 2017 – Dec 2017 Bangalore

  • Worked on integrating ML libaries with custom C++ BLAS implementation

Accomplish­ments

1st Place in Embedded Security Challenge, CSAW 2019

Secured 1st place in India region in Embedded Security Challenge held as part of Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) 2019. CSAW, organized by New York University, is a global cyber-security event with multiple competitions and workshops.

1st Place in ACM SRC @ ICCAD 2019

Secured 1st place in undergraduate category at ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) held at ICCAD 2019. ACM SRC is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate students to present their research work.

S.N. Bose Scholar

The SN Bose Scholarship program is a prestigious scholarship that provides funding to Indian students to visit US universities for research internships. It is organized by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF).

Best Presentation Award

Institute Notional Prize

Awarded a Certificate of Merit for securing a high position in the JEE Advanced examination

AIR 256 in JEE Advanced

Secured an All India Rank of 256 which corresponds to 99.8 percentile out of 150,000 applicants. Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced is the entrance exam to gain admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology.

AIR 42 in JEE Mains

Secured an All India Rank of 42 which corresponds to 99.99 percentile out of 1.3 million applicants. Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains is a pan-India entrance examination for engineering colleges.

KVPY Fellow

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a scholarship program funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to encourage students to take up research careers in the areas of basic sciences.

NTSE Fellow

The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), organized by the Government of India, is a national examination to test mental ability and scholastic aptitude.

Contact

  • milind@cse.iitm.ac.in
  • RISE Lab, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India