Manaar Alam

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Manaar Alam

I am a member of the Modern Microprocessor Architectures Lab at New York University Abu Dhabi where I work as a Post Doctoral Associate in the Center for Cyber Security with Prof. Michail (Mihalis) Maniatakos. My research focuses on the intersection of machine learning and security, with an emphasis on securing machine learning models against vulnerabilities and threats, as well as applying machine learning techniques to improve system security.

I received my PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in July 2022, advised by Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay. I was a Visiting Research Assistant in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore from August 2017 to January 2018.

alam [dot] manaar [at] nyu [dot] edu
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Professional Positions

  1. NYU Abu Dhabi

    Post Doctoral Associate

    New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Jan 2022 - Present

  2. NTU Singapore

    Visiting Research Assistant

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Aug 2017 - January 2018

Education

  1. IIT Kharagpur

    Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2022

  2. IIT Dhanbad

    M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2016

  3. IEM Kolkata

    B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

    Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India

    Aug 2009 - May 2013

News & Highlights

Joined as PC member for AAAI 2026

Joined as PC member for CHES 2026

Paper accepted at Euro S&P 2025

Paper accepted at DAC 2025

Paper accepted at DATE 2025

Paper accepted at WACV 2025

Invited talk delivered at the Workshop on Machine Learning and Hardware Security, IIT Kharagpur

Organized the BioHack 3D Workshop and Hackathon as part of CSAW 2024

Joined as PC member for AAAI 2025

Paper accepted at DAC 2024

Paper accepted at DATE 2024

Paper accepted at ACNS 2024

Joined as PC member for AsiaCCS 2025

Paper accepted at CODS-COMAD 2024

Another paper accepted at IEEE JETCAS 2024

Paper accepted at IEEE JETCAS 2024

Paper accepted at IEEE TAI 2024

Delivered a guest lecture at NYU Abu Dhabi in the course Computer Organization and Architectures

Served as Session Chair at ACNS 2024

Served as a member of the organizing committee for ACNS 2024

Delivered a guest lecture at NYU Abu Dhabi in the course Cyberwarfare

Joined as PC member for VLSID 2025