1. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "Governance-Aware Optimization for Secure and Efficient Submarine Transport Networks: A GA-TEM Architecture", IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE) [SCIE], vol. 13, 2026, DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2026.3727239, Q1
2. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Rahul, Reetanjali Paikra, "AI-Driven IoT and Gamification for Smart Water Management: Real-Time Monitoring and Predictive Analytics", Environmental Modelling and Software, Elsevier [SCIE], vol. 195, 2026, Q1
3. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "Enhancing Security of Distributed Multi-Agent Systems in Smart Grids: An AI-Driven Approach to Regular Audits", ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (ACM TCPS) [SCIE], 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3748730, Q1 
4. Prajna Paramita Mohapatra, Bala Krishnan R., Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "An Efficient Genetic Algorithm-Based Defensive Method to Mitigate Multiple Attacks in RPL-Enabled IoT Network", Internet of Things, Elsevier [SCIE], vol. 32, 2025, Q1
5. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Nitin Sonekar, "A CNN-based approach for anomaly detection in smart grid systems", Electric Power Systems Research, Elsevier [SCIE], vol. 238, 2025, Q1
6. Gyanapriya Pradhan, Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, “A trusted computing framework for cloud data security using role-based access and pattern recognition”, Cluster Computing, Springer [SCIE], vol. 24, 2024, Q1
   
7. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, Sajal K. das, M.A. Rahman, “Trust-based Enforcement in SDN Controller-A Game Theoretic Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) [SCIE], vol. 20, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2022.3158690, Q1
   
8. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, “Software-defined Networking Architecture, Traffic Management, Security, and Placement: A Survey”, Computer Networks, Elsevier [SCIE], vol. 192, 2021, Q1
   
9. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Shailesh Kumar, Padmalochan Bera, M.A. Rahman,“An energy-efficient load distribution framework for SDN Controllers", Computing, Springer [SCIE], vol. 102, 2020, Q1
   
10. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Joy Chandra Mukherjee, Padmalochan Bera, Shailesh Kumar, M.A. Rahman,“An Adaptive Load Balancing Scheme for Software-defined Network Controllers",Computer Networks, Elsevier [SCIE], vol. 164, 2019, Q1
    
11. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, “A Virtual Secure Controller for Traffic management in SDN”, IEEE Letters of the Computer Society [SCIE], vol.2, 2019, Q1
    

Conferences:

1. Sankalp Nayak, Jitendra Kumar Rout, Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "Compound Weather Produces Super-Additive Detection Degradation: Measurement and Post-Hoc Mitigation", IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON) 2026 (Accepted)
2. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Srishti Soni, Mousam Das, Ritesh Kumar Hui. "Smart Pedestrian Crosswalk System (SPCS): A V2X-Enabled Deep Behavior Modeling and Edge Alerts for Mixed-Traffic Environment", International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Data Science and Smart Systems (CiDS3) 2026
   
3. Sankalp Nayak, Aradhana Behura, Samriddhi Sharma, Prabhu Prasad Dev, Jitendra Kumar Rout, Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "Multi-Attribute AI Storytelling Framework with IoT Deployment for Real Time Narration: A Parameter-Efficient Approach", 13th IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems and Embedded Design (ISED), 2025
   
4. Rupali Chandrakar, Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "Security-aware Resource Constraints in Cyber Physical Systems: A Simulation-based Performance Analysis", 7th International Conference on Machine Intelligence and Data Science (MIND) 2025 
   
5. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "Edge-Enabled Resource Optimization for Smart Grids: A Load Balancing Approach", The 34th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2025 CORE RANK-A
6. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Vivek Singh, Shatanshu Bodkhe, "Strategic Learning in Open-Bid Auctions: A Simulation-Based Game-Theoretic Approach", The 16th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2025
7. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Abdullah Al Noman, Vipul Patel, Subham Prakash, “A Reliable and Secure Multicast Transport Protocol for Space-ground Integrated Networks using RBAC”, The 15th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2024
   
8. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Pooja Mittal, Joy Chandra Mukherjee, Padmalochan Bera, “Budget-Constrained Controller Placement in Software-defined Networking”, International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), 2023 CORE RANK-B
   
9. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, “An SDN Implemented Adaptive Load balancing Scheme for Mobile Networks”, International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology (ICDCIT), 2022
   
10. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Pooja Mittal, Padmalochan Bera, “Smart City Rennovation using SDN framework”, The 12th International Conference on International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2020
    
11. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, M.A. Rahman, “A Signalling Game-Based Security Enforcement Mechanism for SDN Controllers”, The 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2019
    
12. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, M.A. Rahman, “A New Approach for Energy Efficiency in Software Defined Network”, The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS), 2018
    
13. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, “A New Approachfor SDN Performance Enhancement”, The 25th International Conference on Computer Networks (CN), 2018
    
14. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, Rohan Bampal, “Performance analysis of software-defined network controller architectureA simulation-based survey”, IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), 2017

Book Chapters:

1. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Mallikarjuna B, Santosh Kr. Mishra, "Role of Additive Manufacturing in Industry 4.0", Additive Manufacturing: New Trends and Applications, Chapter 2, CRC Press, 2026. Available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/00muK6DA 
   
2. Bukkacharla Kishore Kumar, C. Mala, Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, "Enhanced Skin Cancer Detection Using a Hybrid CNN-Transformer Model with Attention Mechanism", Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, Chapter 14, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026
   
3. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, "Case Study: Developing Edge Intelligence in Electric Vehicles (EVs)", Edge Intelligence and Analytics for Internet of Things, Chapter 13, CRC Press, 2025
4. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, “SDN Deployed Secure Application Design Framework for IoT using Game Theory”, AI-Based Advanced Optimization Techniques for Edge Computing, Chapter 12, Wiley, 2025
   
5. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, “An Effective Deployment of SDN Controller in Smart City Renovation”, Internet of Things and Secure Smart Environments: Success and Pitfalls, Chapter 21, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2020

Books:

1. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Padmalochan Bera, “Traffic Management in SDN- A Road map to Research”, Scholars’ Press, 2019,          Available on Amazon: Traffic Management in SDN- A Road map to Research : Padmalochan Bera: Amazon.in: Books

Patents:

1. Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Debanka Giri, Mohan Karnati, Geet Sahu, Bunil Kumar Balabantaray, Om Prakash Sahu (2026). A system for human-state risk assessment and occupational safety management and method thereof. Application No: 202621111128, Granting Organization: Intellectual Property India, Status: Published.
2. Geet Sahu, Madhukrishna Priyadarsini, Karnati Mohan, Bunil Kumar Balabantaray, Om Prakash Sahu (2026). Physics-guided lightweight image dehazing system with transmission-bounded atmospheric reconstruction, gated residual refinement, and re-hazing consistency. Application No: 202641111385, Granting Organization: Intellectual Property India, Status: Published.
3. Priyadarsini Madhukrishna, Karnati Mohan, Sahu Geet (2026). A System for Water Conservation. Application No: 202621034292, Granting Organization: Intellectual Property India, Status: Published.

Google Scholar:   https://rb.gy/vezf01

DBLP: dblp: Madhukrishna Priyadarsini

Scopus Author ID: Priyadarsini, Madhukrishna - Author details - Scopus

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8833-179X

Web of Science Researcher ID: Z-2291-2019

Educational Qualifications:

• Ph.D. (CSE, 2021), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Title of Thesis: Design and Development of Efficient and Secure Traffic Management Architecture for SDN.

• M.Tech. (CSE), VSSUT Burla, Odisha, India
• B.Tech. (IT), BPUT, Odisha, India
• Intermediate (12^th), CHSE, Odisha, India
• HSE (10^th), BSE, Odisha, India

Work Experience 

• Assistant Professor Grade- I in Department of Computer Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India (June 2025- Till date)
• Assistant Professor Grade- II in Department of Computer Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India (May 2024- May 2025)
• Assistant Professor Grade- II in Department of Computer Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India (October 2022- April 2024)
• Assistant Professor Grade- II in School of Computer Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (June 2021- October 2022)

Teaching:

Supervision:

• Ph.D. Supervision (Ongoing)-8
• P.G. (M.TECH.) Thesis Supervised-2
• U.G. (B.TECH.) Completed-22

Sponsored Projects:

1. Title: "End-to-end security and performance enhancement of submarine network", Sponsoring Organization: Research Seed Grant NIT Raipur, Cost: Rs. 4,99,500/-, Duration: 2 years, Status: Completed (August 2024 - August 2026), Role: Principal Investigator

Administrative Responsibilities:

1. Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare), NIT Raipur, January 2026 - till date
2. Member of Mental Wellbeing Cell, NIT Raipur, May 2026 - till date
3. Coordinator of Indian Knowledge System (IKS) Circle, NIT Raipur, October 2025 - till date
4. Faculty-Incharge of Sahyog-The Student Wellbeing Club NIT Raipur, August 2024 - till date
5. Member of Antiragging committe NIT Raipur, July 2024 - till date
6. Member of Departmental NBA Work (I/C of Criteria 2) NIT Trichy, November 2022 - April 2024
7. Faculty Advisor of Omega Science and Spirituality Club NIT Trichy, August 2023 - April 2024
8. Member of Anti Ragging Committee NIT Trichy, November 2022 - April 2024.
9. Coordinator of Ph.D. Submissions NIT Trichy, November 2022 - May 2023

Keynote Speaker/Invited Talk/Expert Lectures:

1. Delivered an expert lecture on Internet of Medical Things (IoMT): Architecture, Communication Protocols, and Data Acquisition (02:00 PM-4:00 PM, 25/08/2026) at Online Mode E & ICT Sponsored FDP organized by Department of CSE, NIT Raipur, & NIT Warangal India
2. Delivered two expert lectures on Security measures in IoMT and Digital twins in healthcare domain (02:00 PM-4:00 PM, 09/07/2026 and 13/07/2026) at Online Mode E & ICT Sponsored FDP organized by Department of CSE, NIT Raipur, & NIT Warangal India
3. Delivered an expert lecture on Edge devices computation facilities and security implications (11:00 AM-1:00 PM, 21/05/2026) at Offline Mode ANRF Sponsored FDP organized by Department of CSE, NIT Rourkela, India
4. Delivered an expert lecture on Edge Intelligence and Security in IoT Devices (10:30 AM-12:30 PM, 28/02/2026) at Offline Mode FDP organized by Ganesh Institute of Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
5. Delivered an expert lecture on Introduction to Programming with Python: A Hands on Approach (9:30 AM-11:00 AM, 27/05/2025) at Online Mode Short-Term Course as part of MICC 2025 (Machine Learning and its Applications in IoT, Computer Vision and Cloud Computing) (26/05/2025 - 30/05/2025), Organized by Department of CSE, NIT Jamshedpur, India
6. Delivered an invited talk on Load Balancing and Energy Efficiency in SDN- A Trade off (03:00 PM - 4:00PM, 17/04/2025) at Online Mode organized by C-DAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) Pune, Maharashtra, India
7. Delivered an expert talk on IoT Devices and Applications (03:0 PM - 05:00 PM, 11/04/2025) and Edge Intelligence in IoT Devices (03:0 PM - 05:00 PM, 12/04/2025) at E & ICT Sponsored Online FDP on "IoT-ML Fusion: Unlocking Smart and Intelligent Systems" (7/04/2025 - 16/04/2025), Organized by Department of CSE, NIT Warangal & XIM University Bhubaneswar, Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India 
8. Delivered an expert lecture on AWS Cloud Analytics & Migration (02:00 PM - 4:00PM, 18/03/2025) at Hybrid Mode organized by G H Raisoni College of Engineering & Management(GHRCEMN), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
9. Delivered an expert talk on Edge Computing and Security in IoT Devices (05:05 PM - 7:05 PM, 05/02/2025) at E & ICT Sponsored Online FDP on "Information Security and Privacy Preserving Strategies for IoT" (27/01/2025 - 05/02/2025), Organized by Department of CSE, NIT Warangal & SVNIT Surat, Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India 
10. Delivered lectures on Basics, Computation, and Communication Platforms of CPS (5:30 PM - 7:00PM, 22/01/2025 - 28/01/2025 and 27/02/2025 - 06/03/2025) at Hybrid Mode 45 Days Certification Course on "Foundations of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)" (22/01/2025 - 07/03/2025), Organized by Department of CSE, NIT Raipur, India
11. Delivered lectures on Edge Intelligence in IoT Devices (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 09/01/2025) and on Quantum Inspired Algorithms for Edge Computing (2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 09/01/2025) at Offline Mode ATAL FDP on "Recent Trends in IoT - Design and Development Opportunities (RTIDO-2025)" (06/01/2025 - 11/01/2025), Organized by Department of CSE, CV Raman Polytechnic, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
12. Delivered a talk on Application of AI & ML on Renewable Energy and EV Technologies (09:00AM - 11.00AM, 12/06/2024), at Hybrid Mode Short-term Course and FDP on "Application of AI & ML on Renewable Energy and EV Technologies" (AAMREET-2024) (08/06/2024 – 12/06/2024), Organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India
13. Delivered a Lecture on IoT Devices and its Applications (08:30AM-11:00AM) at Offline Mode Institute Lecture Series (04/03/2024), Organized by Department of Production Engineering, NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu, India
14. Delivered a Lecture on Internet of Things (IoT) and its Implementations (10:00AM - 12:30PM) at Offline Mode Self Sponshored Workshop on "Building Energy Management using IoT" (05/02/2024 - 09/02/2024), Organized by Department of Energy and Environment, NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu, India
15. Delivered a Lecture on Securing CPS – Trust, Belief Models and UEBA (12:00PM-1:00PM, 01/02/2024) at Offline Mode Five Days Training Program on "Applied Cyber Security" (29/01/2024 - 02/02/2024), organized by School of Electrical and Computer Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
16. Delivered a lecture on Attack Graph and Game Theory for Risk and Attack Surface Analysis (12:30PM-1:30PM, 31/01/2024) at Offline Mode Five Days Training Program on "Applied Cyber Security" (29/01/2024 - 02/02/2024), organized by School of Electrical and Computer Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
17. Delivered a talk on Introduction to Programming with python (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, 10/07/2023) at Offline Mode Five Days Workshop on "Introduction to Computational Social Science with Python" (10/07/2023 - 14/07/2023), Organized by Department of CSE, NIT Trichy, India.
18. Delivered a talk on Traffic Management in Software-defined Network (SDN) (2:30PM-4:00PM, 20/01/2023) at Webniar on "SOAWAL CSE-#19", organized by Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
19. Delivered an invited talk on Load Balancing and Energy-efficiency in SDN at Offline Mode AICTE Sponsored FDP on "Software Defined Networks and Applications" (22/06/2021 - 02/07/2021), organized by School of Electrical and Computer Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, India

Chaired Sessions at International Conferences:

1. Session chair for Technical Session #5: 15:30 PM-17:30 PM at 4th IEEE International Conference on Ambient Intelligence in Health Care (ICAIHC 2026), NIT Raipur
2. Session chair for Technical Session #4: 15:30 PM-17:00 PM at13th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Embedded Design (ISED-2025), NIT Raipur
3. Session chair for Technical Session #2: 14:30 PM-16:00 PM at 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Network Security (ICCINS-2025), NIT Raipur
4. Session chair for Technical Session PS13: 11:30 AM-1:00 PM at 7th International Conference on Recent Trends in Image Processing & Pattern Recognition (RTIP2R-2024), MANIT, Bhopal

List of Workshops/Seminars/Conferences/FDPs Organized:

Reviewer in International Journals:

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
• IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
• IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
• IEEE Transactions on Networking
• IEEE Sensors Journal
• IEEE IoT Journal
• IEEE Network Magazine
• Computer Networks, Elsevier
• Cluster Computing, Springer

Overseas Visit

1. Presented a research paper at the 34th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2025), Tokyo, Japan - August 2025

Awards

• Best paper award in International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Data Science and Smart Systems (CiDS3) 2026
• Winner IEEE students colloquium 2016 organized by IIT Bhubaneswar, India
• Received Silver medal for best post graduate (M.TECH) in CSE in the year 2015  (VSSUT-2015 Convocation)

Professional Affiliations:

• Young Professional Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Asia & Pacific, Membership No.- 94046609
• Women in Engineering Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Asia & Pacific, Membership No.- 94046609