Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Lizy Kurien John
Dr. Lizy Kurian John holds the Truchard Foundation Chair in Engineering in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
Professor Lizy John earned her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and joined The University of Texas at Austin in 1996. Her research focuses on computer architecture, multicore processors, memory systems, and performance evaluation. Her work, supported by NSF, DARPA, SRC, and major industry leaders, has earned her prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, UT Austin Engineering Foundation Faculty Award, and Penn State Outstanding Engineering Alumnus. Professor Lizy John holds 16 U.S. patents and has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, 16 book chapters, and multiple books on digital systems design and performance evaluation. She served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE MICRO (2019–2023) and has been on editorial boards for leading journals, including ACM TACO, IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, and IEEE Transactions on Computers. A distinguished researcher, she is a Fellow of IEEE (2009), ACM (2020), and the National Academy of Inventors (2020).
Dr. Vivek Balachandran
Associate Professor, Information & Communications Technology at Singapore Institute of Technology and Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Verbosecurity Pte Ltd.
Dr. Vivek Balachandran is currently an Associate Professor with Singapore Institute of Technology and the Deputy CEO of Verbosecurity Pte. Ltd. He has been in the field of cybersecurity for over 14 years and in the field of computer science for over 21 years. He is a cyber security specialist with hands on experience in the field of teaching and business. He completed his Ph.D on Software Security from Nanyang Technological University Singapore and worked as a Research Scientist with the Agency of Science, Technology and Research before his current position. He teaches cyber security and computer science courses to students as well as involve in various research projects of which some are in collaboration with the industry. Some of the industry projects that he is involved with currently are Software Obfuscation, Android Malware Detection, Drone Security, AI enabled cyber-crime detection, Application Security, Security Analytics, Quantum Computing etc.
Dr. Sreejith A V
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Goa
Dr. Sreejith A. V. is the Program Chair in the Department of Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology Goa. He holds a B.Tech from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, an M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. He has conducted research at institutions such as the University of Tübingen, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, Laboratoire d'Informatique Algorithmique: Fondements et Applications (Laboratory for Algorithmic Computer Science: Foundations and Applications) Paris, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai and the University of Warsaw. His research focuses on formal methods, logic, and automata theory.