Dr. Somanath Tripathy

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Room No - 502, Academic Block 2
som[at]iitp.ac.in
+91-6115-233-036
Research Interest: Cybersecurity, Malware Detection, Secure Machine Learning, and Blockchain.
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About

Dr. Somanath Tripathy received his PhD from IIT Guwahati in 2007. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, where he has been a faculty member since December 2008. Prof. Tripathy has held significant administrative positions at IIT Patna, including Associate Dean of Academics (January 2016 - March 2017), Head, Computer Centre (November 2022-November 2023) and Associate Dean of Administration (July 2021 - November 2023).

His research interests encompass Cybersecurity, Malware Detection, Secure Machine Learning, and Blockchain. Prof. Tripathy holds two patents and has published over 140 research papers in reputed journals and conferences. He has led several projects as Principal Investigator, notably his team developed a malware detection app presented to the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) as part of a sponsored project.

Dr. Tripathy is currently an editor of the IETE Technical Review, associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, and an associate editor of the journal Multimedia Tools and Applications.

Publications

1. Somanath Tripathy, Harsh Kasyap, Minghong Fang, "Federated Learning: Security and Privacy" , CRC Press, 2025 .

6. Rakesh Matam Somanath Tripathy, "Task offloading using fog analytics" , Managing Internet of Things Applications across Edge and Cloud Data Centres, IET Digital Library, 2024 .

5. Somanath Tripathy, "17th International Conference on Information Systems Security" , Rudrapatna K. Shyamasundar, and Rajiv Ranjan, Springer, ICISS 2021, Patna, India, December 16–20, 2021.

4. Subhendu Kumar Pani, "Applications of Machine Learning in Big-Data Analytics and Cloud Computing" , Somanath Tripathy, George Jandieri, Sumit Kundu, and Talal Ashraf Butt, River Publishers Series in Computing and Information Science and Technology, River Publishers, 2021.

3. Vikash Kumar Rai, "Multi-bit True Random Number Generator for IoT Devices using Memristor" , Somanath Tripathy, and Jimson Mathew, Security of Internet of Things Nodes, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2021.

2. S. Dehuri and S. Tripathy, An Extended Bayesian/HAPSO Intelligent Method in Intrusion Detection System , In S. Dehuri and S.-B. Cho (Eds.) Knowledge Mining Using Intelligent Agents, Imperial College Press, pp. 133-160, 2010.

58. Ankur Jain, Abhishar Anand, Somanath Tripathy, SVACS: Smart Contract Vulnerability Analysis via Control Flow Semantics , IEEE Access, Volume: 14, 123386 - 123397, (2026). , https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3722527
(IF:4.2, H5: 288)

57. Sanaya Malik, Narendra Singh, Somanath Tripathy, Semantic characterization of android malware through runtime system call analysis , Journal of Information Security and Applications, Volume 98, 104406, (2026). , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2026.104406
(IF:4.4, H5: 69)

56. Debasmita Manna, Somanath Tripathy, Bruhadeshwar Bezawada, Indrakshi Ray, “Just a Patch”: Imperceptible Image Patch Generation for Adversarial Inference , IEEE Access, Volume: 14, 51294 - 51307, (2026). , https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3680319
(IF:4.2, H5: 288)

55. Narendra Singh, Somanath Tripathy, TraceX: Early-stage advanced persistent threat detection framework using semantic network traffic analysis , Computer Networks, Volume 282, 112288, (2026). , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112288
(IF:4.7, H5: 99)

54. Partha Sarathi Chakraborty, Somanath Tripathy, SESIV: Secure and efficient smart contract based integrity verification of outsourced data , Journal of Information Security and Applications, Volume 93, 104121, (2025). , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2025.104121
(IF:4.4, H5: 69)

84. Piyush Jaiswal, Aaditya Pratap, Shreyansh Saraswati, Harsh Kasyap, Somanath Tripathy, Analysis of LLMs Against Prompt Injection and Jailbreak Attacks , LM-SHIELD '26, June 1 - 5, 2026, Bangalore India.

83. Debasmita Manna and Somanath Tripathy, NEXUS: Neuron Activation Scores Exploits for Unveiling Sensitive Attributes , 21st International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2025), 16-20 December, 2025, IIT Indore, India.

82. Shivam Kushwaha, Ankur Jain and Somanath Tripathy, Credit Card Fraud Detection Using Dynamic Attention and Multi-View Graph Learning , The 9th International Symposium on Cyber Security, Cryptology, and Machine Learning, December 4-5, 2025, (Online).

81. Ankur Jain and Somanath Tripathy, EthAegis: Featured graph based Fraud Detection in Ethereum Transactions , 18th ACM Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Security, October 17th, 2025 - Taipei, Taiwan.

80. Debasmita Manna and Somanath Tripathy, Patch based backdoor attack on Deep Neural Networks , 20th International Conference on Information Systems Security, 16-20 December 2024, LNMIIT, Jaipur, India.

5. Harsh Kasyap, Minghong Fang, Zhuqing Liu, Carsten Maple and Somanath Tripathy, 'Fairness-Constrained Optimization Attack in Federated Learning' , arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.12143v1, 2025.

4. Chanchal Suman, Somanath Tripathy, and Sriparna Saha, 'Building an Effective Intrusion Detection System using Unsupervised Feature Selection in Multi-objective Optimization Framework' , arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.06562, 2019.

3. Nemi Chandra Rathore, Somanath Tripathy, 'InfoRest: Restricting Privacy Leakage to Online Social Network App' , arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.06403, 2019.

2. Sumit Kumar Tetarave, Somanath Tripathy, 'Robust Node ID Assignment for Mobile P2P Networks' , arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.05388, 2019.

1. Sumit Kumar Tetarave, Somanath Tripathy, and R K Ghosh, 'Enhancing Quality of Experience using DHT Overlay on Device-to-Device Communications in LTE-A Networks' , arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.02381, 2019.

Patents

2. Somanath Tripathy, 'Service Provider System for Authenticating a User and a Method There Of', Indian Patent Filed 2023, App No: 202331049299, Patent No.: 568228 (Granted: 2025)

1. Vikash Kumar Rai, Somanath Tripathy and Jimson Mathew, 'A hybrid multi bit random number generator', Indian Patent Filed 2018, App No: 201831007599, Patent No.: 476005 (Granted: 2023)

Projects

Title Role Funding Agency Amount Duration
ISEA-III (Security Futuristic technologies) PI(Co-Lead) MeiTy 200 Lakh (Approx.) 60 Months
Development of an Intelligent Visual Query Response solution for Remote sensing Co-PI with PI (Dr. Suman Kumar Maji) SERB 26.67981 Lakh 36 Months (Commenced from 9th January 2023)
Title Role Funding Agency Amount Duration
Collaborative learning for Early detection of Fraud in Fintech Application PI IIT Bhilai Innovation Technology Foundation 14.94 Lakh 36 Months
AI-based Tools for Women and Child Safety Co-PI Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Rs. 284.688 Lakh 24 Months
Privacy Preserving Smart Contract based Technique to Perform Secure Computation in Cloud Storage: Design and Analysis PI SERB (Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS)) Rs. 6.6 Lakh (2.2 Lakh per year) 36 Months (January 2020)
Development of Solution to Defend Against Collaborative Attacks in Peer-to-Peer Networks PI DEITY Rs. 35.4 Lacs 34 Months (Completed on July 2018)
Development of a Secure Routing Framework for P2P Networks using Gossip-based Protocols Co-PI DIT Rs. 59.64 Lacs 28 months (Completed On February 2014)
Development of Authentication and Key Management for Battle Field Communication Network PI DRDO, CAIR, Bangalore Rs. 9.6 Lacs 16 months (Completed on January 2013)

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow Member, IETE
  • Life Member, CRSI [Cryptology Research Society of India]
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Member, ACM

Editorship

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing [May 2026 - Present]
  • Associate Editor, Multimedia Tools and Applications [November 2023 - Present]
  • Editor, IETE Technical Review [August 2019 - Present]
  • Associate Editor, Indian Academy of Sciences' Sadhana-Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science [September 2018 - August 2023]

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Coordinator / Nodal Contact, Aryabhatta Supercomputing Centre, IIT Patna [23 September 2022 to Present]
  • Head, Computer Centre, IIT Patna [25 November 2022 to November 2023]
  • Associate Dean, Administration, IIT Patna [10 July 2021 to November 2023]
  • Associate Dean, Academic, IIT Patna [January 2016 to March 2017]
  • Nodal Officer, AISHE, IIT Patna [2013 to 2017]
  • Coordinator, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Patna [January 2013 to December 2013]
  • Head, Department of Information Technology, NEHU, Shillong [August 2006 to April 2008]

Courses Taught

  • CS6211: Selected Topics on Cryptography
  • CS6101: Advance Blockchain Technology
  • CS689: Quantum Cybersecurity
  • CS579: Cyber Security with Blockchain
  • CS557: Cryptography
  • CS547: Foundation of Computer Security
  • CS549: Computer and Network Security
  • CS742: Cryptography and Network security
  • CS321: Computer Architecture
  • CS322: Computer Architecture Lab
  • CS101: Introduction to Computing
  • CS110: Computing Laboratory
  • CS344: Databases
  • CS222: Computer Organization and Architecture
  • CS223: Hardware Laboratory
  • CS421: Computer Peripherals and Interfacing
  • CS422: Peripheral and Interfacing Laboratory
  • CS221: Digital Design

Seminar / Conference / Workshops Organised

Recognition

  • Visiting Professor, SVNIT Surat [2025 - 2026]
  • Senate Member, IIIT Raichur [2025]
  • Chairman, Working Group on MFA, e-Governance Standards and Guidelines, MeitY, Govt. of India [November 2024]
  • Senate Member, IIIT Pune [September 2024]
  • Advisory Board Member, STPI Patna, Bhagalpur, and Darbhanga [2024]
  • Member, Standing Committee, BPRD, MHA [2022 - 2023]
  • Panel Member, VAIBHAV Summit 2020, Session on Data Privacy and Security [2020]

Awards and Honours

  • 2nd Position, Prof. Somanath Tripathy(Mentor), Mr.Harsh Kasyap(Teamlead), Mr.Narendra Singh, Mr.Bablu Kumar, Mr.Mukesh Kumar , National Level VJ Hackathon-Victory Joy in Smart Innovations (2021) (Hyedrabad)
  • Best Technical Poster Award, Dr. Nemi Chandra Rathore and Prof. Somanath Tripathy., ICACCI 2018 (Bangalore)
  • Best Technical Poster Award, Dr. Sanjeet Nayak and Prof. Somanath Tripathy, GCCS 2017 (New Delhi)
  • IEEE Student Scholarship, INDIN 2006 (Singapore)
  • Best Paper Award, Prof. Somanath Tripathy and Prof. Sukumar Nandi, OBCOMAPC 2004, Asia Pacific Conference (VIT, Vellore)