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Dr. Nimmy K.

Assistant Professor (Level 11), Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Computing, Amritapuri

Qualification: B. Tech., M.Tech., Ph.D
nimmy@am.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Web Security, Cryptographic Protocols, Authentication
Date of Joining: 02/08/2021
Nature of Association: Regular

Bio Publications Qualification Awards Positions Held Invited Talks Courses Taught Patents
Bio

Dr. Nimmy K. is an Assistant Professor (Level 11) of Computer Science and Engineering at Amrita School of Computing. Before joining CSE Department, she was a Full-Time Research Fellow at the Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri and a recipient of the prestigious Visveswaraya Ph. D. Scholarship under the scheme of Visvesvaraya Ph. D. Scheme for Electronics and IT funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. She received a Master of Technology (M. Tech.) in Cyber Security from TIFAC CORE in Cyber Security of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, and a Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RIT), Kerala. She has more than four years of experience in research projects funded by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) and four years of teaching experience. She has published papers in premier journals and conferences. Her research interests span both Cryptographic Protocols and Web Security. She was invited for a talk on “Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security” and was a resource person to many Faculty Development Programs.

Publications

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2026

PhishCrawl and Deeptrace: A Distributed and Explainable Framework for Cyber Threat Detection

Cite this Research Publication : Gadha Saji Menon, Jyothika T Manoj, Pranav Krishna S, K Nimmy, PhishCrawl and Deeptrace: A Distributed and Explainable Framework for Cyber Threat Detection, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IATMSI), IEEE, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1109/iatmsi68868.2026.11465719

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2024

Quantum-Safe Authentication Protocol leveraging qPUF for Industrial Internet of Things

Cite this Research Publication : Prajwal, C. P., Mohan, A. S., Reddy, D. N., & Nimmy, K. (2024, June). Quantum-Safe Authentication Protocol leveraging qPUF for Industrial Internet of Things. In 2024 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

Year : 2024

Secure Authentication Scheme for Internet of Battlefield Things

Cite this Research Publication : Ashutosh, D. P., Akhtar, S., Reddy, G. Y., Singh, H. K., & Nimmy, K. (2024, June). Secure Authentication Scheme for Internet of Battlefield Things. In 2024 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.

Patents

Year : 2025

Multi-Factor Authentication System and Method Thereof

Cite this Research Publication : K Nimmy, Jain Kurunandan, Venkitasubramaniam Parv, SM Sachin, P A Abeakesh "MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF" 2025

Conference Paper

Year : 2025

A Comparative Analysis of PRNU-Based Methods and Convolutional Neural Networks for Source Camera Identification

Cite this Research Publication : Sreekar Sucheth R, Jaidev P, Pranay L, Naga Vasista B, K Nimmy, A Comparative Analysis of PRNU-Based Methods and Convolutional Neural Networks for Source Camera Identification, 2025 6th International Conference for Emerging Technology (INCET), IEEE, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/incet64471.2025.11140281

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2022

Securing Remote User Authentication in Industrial Internet of Things

Cite this Research Publication : K. Nimmy, S. Sankaran, K. Achuthan and P. Calyam, "Securing Remote User Authentication in Industrial Internet of Things," 2022 IEEE 19th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2022, pp. 244-247, doi: 10.1109/CCNC49033.2022.9700512.

Publisher : IEEE Xplore

Year : 2019

Towards Behavioral Profiling Based Anomaly Detection for Smart Homes

Cite this Research Publication : D. M. Chevayoor, K, N., and Sankaran, S., “Towards Behavioral Profiling Based Anomaly Detection for Smart Homes”, TENCON 2019 - 2019 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), 2019, pp. 1258-1263, doi: 10.1109/TENCON.2019.8929235.

Publisher : IEEE Xplore

Year : 2019

LHPUF: Lightweight Hybrid PUF for Enhanced Security in Internet of Things

Cite this Research Publication : S. Sankaran, S. Shivshankar and K. Nimmy, "LHPUF: Lightweight Hybrid PUF for Enhanced Security in Internet of Things," 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES) (Formerly iNiS), 2018, pp. 275-278, doi: 10.1109/iSES.2018.00066.

Publisher : IEEE Xplore

Year : 2016

Novel multi-server authentication protocol using secret sharing

Cite this Research Publication : Nimmy K, "Novel multi-server authentication protocol using secret sharing," 2016 International Conference on Data Mining and Advanced Computing (SAPIENCE), 2016, pp. 214-219, doi: 10.1109/SAPIENCE.2016.7684135.

Publisher : IEEE Xplore

Year : 2014

Novel mutual authentication protocol for cloud computing using secret sharing and steganography

Cite this Research Publication : K. Nimmy and Dr. M. Sethumadhavan, “Novel mutual authentication protocol for cloud computing using secret sharing and steganography”, The Fifth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2014), 2014, pp. 101-106, doi: 10.1109/ICADIWT.2014.6814685.

Publisher : IEEE Xplore

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Robust Authentication: Leveraging Hardware Fingerprints and AI to Enhance Security Against Spoofing

Cite this Research Publication : K. Nimmy, Kurunandan Jain, S. M. Sachin, P. A. Abekaesh, Parv Venkitasubramaniam, Robust Authentication: Leveraging Hardware Fingerprints and AI to Enhance Security Against Spoofing, IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2025.3569881

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2023

Leveraging power consumption for anomaly detection on IoT devices in smart homes

Cite this Research Publication : Nimmy, K., M. Dilraj, Sriram Sankaran & Krishnashree Achuthan, "Leveraging power consumption for anomaly detection on IoT devices in smart homes", Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-022-04110-6

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2023

A Novel Lightweight PUF based Authentication Protocol for IoT without Explicit CRPs in Verifier Database

Cite this Research Publication : Nimmy, K., Sankaran, S. & Achuthan, K., “A Novel Lightweight PUF based Authentication Protocol for IoT without Explicit CRPs in Verifier Database”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 14, 6227–6242 (2023), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-021-03421-4.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2022

Lightweight and Privacy-Preserving Remote User Authentication for Smart Homes

Cite this Research Publication : K. Nimmy, S. Sankaran, K. Achuthan and P. Calyam, "Lightweight and Privacy-Preserving Remote User Authentication for Smart Homes," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 176-190, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3137175.

Publisher : IEEE Access

Book Chapter

Year : 2018

A Novel Multi-factor Authentication Protocol for Smart Home Environments

Cite this Research Publication : Nimmy, K., Sankaran, S., Achuthan, K., "A Novel Multi-factor Authentication Protocol for Smart Home Environments," In: Ganapathy, V., Jaeger, T., Shyamasundar, R. (eds) Information Systems Security. ICISS 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11281. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05171-6_3, (2018).

Publisher : Springer, Cham

Qualification
  • Ph. D.: Cyber Security
  • Postgraduate: M. Tech. Cyber Security (Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore)
  • Undergraduate: B. Tech. Computer Science and Engineering (RIT Govt. Engineering College, Kerala)
Awards
  • Recipient of the prestigious Visveswaraya PhD Scholarship under the scheme of Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
  • Recipient of Chancellor’s publication excellence award part of Amrita Innovation and Research Award 2024.
  • Recipient of Chancellor’s publication excellence award part of Amrita Innovation and Research Award 2025
Positions Held
  • Research Fellow (2017-2022), Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidypeetham, Amritapuri (Published papers on premiere conferences and Q1 journals, also taught M. Tech Cybersecurity students)
  • Assistant Professor (2014-2017), Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Ernakulam (Taught many courses for both M. Tech Specialization on Cybersecurity and B. Tech CSE students. Developed and managed fully functional website for SNGCE back in 2014. Acted as resource persons for various FDPs)
  • Research Associate (2012-2014), TIFAC-CORE in Cybersecurity, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus (Worked on a funded project of ISRO on “Cryptography” as well as taught M. Tech Cybersecurity students)
  • Asst. Coordinator (2007-2010), Indo-US and International University Initiatives, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus (Coordinated the Indo-US and International collaborative research programs, Developed and managed web pages of amrita.edu)
  • Project Associate (2005-2006), Center for Excellence in Computational Engineering and Networking, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus (Developed software for “Vibration Analysis on Flight/Space Vehicles,” a project funded by ISRO)
Invited Talks
  • Resource Person of FDP on “Hands-on MATLAB with an Introduction to Image Processing” July 21-22, 2016 at Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Ernakulam
  • Resource Person of Faculty Development Program on “Hands-on LATEX” at Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Ernakulam, 17th Jan 2015
  • Resource Person of National Level Workshop on “Hands-on Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security” organized by Hindustan College of Engineering, Coimbatore -27th Aug 2014
Courses Taught
  • 19CSE331 Cryptography – S5 B. Tech. – 2022
  • 19CSE220 Database Management Systems – S5 B. Tech. – 2022
  • 19CSE102 Computer Programming – S2 B. Tech. 2022

Previous Experience

  • Ethical Hacking – S1 M. Tech. – 2018
  • Artificial Intelligence – S8 B. Tech. – 2017
  • Internet Information and Application Security – M. Tech. 2017
  • Cyber Forensics – M. Tech. 2017
  • Web Security – M. Tech. 2016
  • Cryptographic Protocols and Standards – M. Tech. 2016
  • Switching Theory and Logic Design – B. Tech. 2015
  • Machine Learning for Cybersecurity – M. Tech. 2015
Patents
  • Title: Federated DDoS Attack Detection in Home Networks Using Power Consumption
    Patent Application Number: 202641002734
    Country of Filing: India
    Status: Published (January 2026)
  • Title: Multi-Factor Authentication System and Method Thereof
    Status: Published (2025)
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