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SYAM SANKAR

Assistant Professor, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala


About Me

Greetings!..I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala. I had been selected for the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) in the December 2021 cycle during my research journy at IIT Guwahati.
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    [Nov. 2, 2025]
    1. Students developed a university result analsyis tool as part of my UG course "Algorithmic Thinking with Python"- KTU Resultify , Special Mention to the developer Midhun K M
    2. Mentored over 5 teams for ICPC Asia Amritapuri Regioanl Contest - Online Prelims [08-11-2025]
    3. Delivered a lecture on "Network-on-Chip Security" on 31st October, as part of Extra Mural Lecture Series, an initiative ISTE Palakkad Chapter and R&D Cell NSSCE.
    4. An ACM Chapter for students titled "NSS College of Engineering ACM Student Chapter" was formed.
    5. Started my course - Algorithmic Thinking with Python- Odd Sem (2025-26 AY) Go to course website
    6. Gunjan Dhanuka, Syam Sankar and John Jose ”Dynamic Mitigation of Hardware Trojan Induced Black Hole Router Attack in Network-on-Chip” IEEE ISVLSI, 2025, Kalamata, Greece - ACCEPTED

    AREA OF INTEREST

    PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

    Asst. Professor
    NSS College of Engineering (NSSCE), Palakkad, Kerala [Govt. Aided College]
    July 2016- Contd.

    Asst. Professor
    MACFAST, Tiruvalla, Kerala
    November 2015-July 2016

    Lecturer
    Govt. Polytechnique College, Ezukone, Kerala
    July-October 2015

    HONORS AND AWARDS

    MEMBERSHIPS

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    ACM Professional Member

    No:3978734

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    IEEE Member

    No: 93803461

    EDUCATION

    PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati

    Advisor: Dr.John Jose
    Thesis Title: Enhancing Security Features of Network-on-Chip Using Lightweight Cryptosystem, Trust- Aware Routing, and Anonymous Communication, 2021-2025

    CPI:8.75/10
    M.Tech in Computer and Information Science

    Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala [College of Engineering, Perumon] 2013-2015

    CGPA:9.56/10
    B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

    Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala [College of Engineering, Perumon] 2011-2015

    Percentage :83.35%

    IIT GUWAHATI

    PMRF TEACHING ASSSISTANTSHIP
    TEACHING ASSSISTANTSHIP @IITG
    ACTIVITIES @IITG

    PUBLICATIONS

    REFERRED JOURNALS
    Publication
    Syam Sankar, Ruchika Gupta, John Jose, and Sukumar Nandi, ”Sec-NoC: A Lightweight Secure Com- munication System for On-Chip Interconnects”, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters (ESL), Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 214-217, June 2024.
    Syam Sankar, Ruchika Gupta, John Jose, and Sukumar Nandi, ”TROP: TRust-aware OPportunistic Routing in NoC with Hardware Trojans”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Elec- tronic Systems (TODAES), Volume 29, Issue 2, pp. 1-25, March 2024.
    Ameen Suhail K M,, Syam Sankar(2020). Image Compression and Encryption Combining Autoencoder and Chaotic Logistic Map. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions A: Science,44,1091–1100 Springer,
    Jithin K C, Syam Sankar(2020). < Colour image encryption algorithm combining, Arnold map, DNA sequence operation, and a Mandelbrot set. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 50, 102428. Elsevier
    Sneha P S, Syam Sankar, Ashok S Kumar(2019). A chaotic colour image encryption scheme combining Walsh-Hadamard transform and Arnold-Tent maps. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing .11(3), 1289-1308. Springer
    Syam Sankar,Devi Dath(2016). Execution Time Based Load Distribution over Virtual Machines in Cloud Environment . International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,Vol. 11, No.2.
    CONFERENCES
    Gunjan Dhanuka, Syam Sankar and John Jose ”Dynamic Mitigation of Hardware Trojan Induced Black Hole Router Attack in Network-on-Chip” IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLS), 2025, Kalamata, Greece - ACCEPTED
    Manju Rajan, Arya Phadke, Syam Sankar, and John Jose ”Handling Packet Blocking Attack in NoC using Traffic Snooping”, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer In- telligent Systems(COINS), 2024, Kings College London, UK.
    Syam Sankar, John Jose, Ruchika Gupta, and Sukumar Nandi, ”Enhancing Anonymity in NoC Com- munication to Counter Traffic Profiling by Hardware Trojans”, In Proceedings of 16th IEEE In- ternational Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC), Singapore, pp. 560-567, 2023.
    Syam Sankar, Lissiyas Antony, Ruchika Gupta, John Jose, and Sukumar Nandi, ”Exploring Trustable Paths in Network-on-Chip for Low-Slack Packets”, In Proceedings of 20th IEEE International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), South Korea, pp. 85-86, 2023.
    Jithin K C, Syam Sankar(2018). A Theoretical Approach towards Optimizing the Movement of Catom Clusters in Micro Robotics Based on the Foraging Behaviour of Honey Bees . 9th Int. Conf. on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications, Machine Intelligence Research Lab, USA - Proceedings in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 939).Springer
    Radhika N, Syam Sankar(2017). Personalised Language Independent Music Recommendation System. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control (I2C2’17).Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, India.
    INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
    Publication
    Suhail K. M, Syam Sankar, Ashok S. Kumar, Tsafack Nestor, Naglaa F. Soliman, Abeer D. Algarni, Walid El-Shafai,Fathi E. Abd El-Samie(2021). Stock Market Trading Based on Market Sentiments and Reinforcement Learning, CMC-Computers Materials & Continua 70(1) 935-950
    Ahmad Alanezi, Bassem Abd-El-Atty, Hoshang Kolivand, Abd El-Latif, A Ahmed, Abd El-Rahiem, Syam Sankar, Hany S Khalifa (2021). Securing Digital Images through Simple Permutation-Substitution Mechanism in Cloud-Based Smart City Environment, Security and Communication Networks, 2021,615512
    Nestor Tsafack,Syam Sankar,Bassem Abd-El-Atty,Jacques Kengne,Jithin K. C,Akram Belazi,Irfan Mehmood,Oh-Young Song (2020). A New Chaotic Map With Dynamic Analysis and Encryption Application in Internet of Health ThingsIEEE Access,8,137731-137744
    Abdulaziz Alarifi,Syam Sankar,Torki Altameem,Jithin K. C, Mohammed Amoon,Walid El-Shafai(2020). A Novel Hybrid Cryptosystem for Secure Streaming of High Efficiency H.265 Compressed Videos in IoT Multimedia Applications , IEEE Access,8,128548-128573
    Fawad Masood, Wadii Boulila, Jawad Ahmad, A Arshad, Syam Sankar, Saeed Rubaiee, William J. Buchanan, (2020). A Novel Privacy Approach of Digital Aerial Images Based on Mersenne Twister Method with DNA Genetic Encoding and Chaos, Remote Senisng,12(11), 1893 MDPI
    REVIEWER OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
    • Optics and Laser Technology (Elsevier)
    • Egyptian Informatics Journal (Elsevier)
    • IEEE Access (IEEE)
    • Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (Springer)
    • Nonlinear Dynamics (Springer)
    RESEARCH COLLABORATORS (Prior to PhD)
    • Dr.Jawad Ahmad, Lecturer, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
    • Dr.Ahmed A. Abd El-Latif, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Egypt.
    • Dr.Wadii Boulila, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia.
    • Dr.Walid El-Shafai, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt.
    CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
  • Workshop on ”Need for Secure TCMPs- An Overview and NoC Performance Analysis using Gem5 tool”, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, 26-27 August 2021.
  • Attended the 34th International Conference on VLSI Design and the 20th International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID 2021), IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee & VLSI Society of India, 20-24 February 2021
    • RECENT TRAINING
  • AICTE (ATAL) FDP on ”Computer System Design” from 03-01-2022 to 07-01-2022, IIT Tirupati.
  • AICTE ATAL (FDP) on ”Hardware Security” from 27-12-2021 to 31-12-2021, IIT Ropar.
  • FDP on ”ECE Virtual Lab Practices using Free Online Simulations” from 14-06-2021 to 18-06-2021, NITTR Chandigarh.
  • AICTE (ATAL) FDP on ”Emotional Intelligence” from 07-06-2021 to 11-06-2021, NITTR Chennai.
  • NPTEL-AICTE, FDP on ”Advanced Computer Architecture” February-April, 2021, IIT Guwahati.
  • One week winter NKN FDP on ” AI and Machine Learning” from 23-12-2019 to 27-12-2019, IIT Roorkee.
    • TECHNICAL SKILLS
    Languages
  • Python
  • C/C++
    • Tools/Simulator
  • MATLAB
  • Gem5

    • CONTACT

    Present Address

    Dept. of Computer Science & Engg, NSS College of Engg, Palakkad-678008

    Phone

    +91 8086 7201 31

    Mail

    syam.sankar8@gmail.com
    syam_sankar@iitg.ac.in