Hello and Welcome!!!

My name is Abhinav Kumar. I am currently a PhD student at the University of Cincinnati, US, in the Department of Computer Science, under the guidance of Dr. Brahma. I completed my undergraduate studies with a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from one of the oldest institutions in India, the National Institute of Technology (N.I.T.), Patna. My current research includes securing of the networked structures using cyber deception while addressing the cognitive psychology of network defenders and adversaries, mitigation of insider (Byzantine) threats in distributed decision-making architectures and design of resilient edge-native 3D video processing frameworks in disruption-prone environments.

Publications:

• "Prospect Theoretic Hypothesis Testing-based Cyber Deception"
  Abhinav Kumar, Swastik Brahma, Baocheng Geng, and Charles A. Kamhoua.
  22^nd International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), 2025.


• "Towards a Nudge-Theoretic Cyber Deception Framework"
  Abhinav Kumar, Swastik Brahma, and Charles A. Kamhoua.
  61^st Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (ALLERTON), 2025.


• "Reliable Multi-view 3D Reconstruction for 'Just-in-time' Edge Environments."
  Md. Nurul Absur, Abhinav Kumar, Swastik Brahma, and Saptarshi Debroy.
  22^nd International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), 2025.


• "A Hypothesis Testing-based Cyber Deception Framework under Sequential Reconnaissance"
  Abhinav Kumar, Swastik Brahma, and Charles A. Kamhoua
  59^th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, MD, 2025.


• "A Hypothesis Testing-based Framework for Cyber Deception with Sludging"
  Abhinav Kumar, Swastik Brahma, Baocheng Geng, Charles A. Kamhoua, and Pramod K. Varshney
  60^th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (ALLERTON), 2024.

Experience:

Teaching Assistant: University of Cincinnati (Aug 2023 – Dec 2024)

1. Differential Eq. and Laplace Transform (EECE 2065)
   Instructor: Prof. Richard Hunter — Aug 2023 – Dec 2023
2. Network Analysis (EECE 2051C)
   Instructor: Prof. Richard Hunter — Aug 2023 – Dec 2023
3. Computer Networks (CS 4065)
   Instructor: Dr. Giovani Abuaitah — Jan 2024 – Apr 2024
4. Discrete Structure (CS 2071)
   Instructor: Dr. Nitin — May 2024 – Aug 2024
5. Computer Networks (CS 4065)
   Instructor: Dr. Giovani Abuaitah — Aug 2024 – Dec 2024

Research Assistant: University of Cincinnati (Jan 2025 – Present)

Service:

Reviewed 2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)

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Email: kumar3a3@mail.uc.edu