Specialization

Blockchain, Network Security

Email

lokendra.vishwakarma@thapar.edu

Education
1.    PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur.
o    Title – Cutting Edge Consensus Algorithms in Scalable and Interoperable Blockchain
o    Supervisor: Dr. Debasis Das
2.    M. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha affiliated to Rajeev Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal. 
3.    B. Tech. in Information Technology from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha affiliated to Rajeev Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal.

Experience
1.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Thapar University Patiala, India (June 2024 - present)
2.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Shri Vaishav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India (June 2018 – June 2019)
3.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Truba College of Science and Technology, Bhopal, India (January 2018 – June 2018)
4.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Shri G S Institute of Technology and Science, Indore, India (July 2015 – June 2017)
5.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Bansal Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Bhopal, India (July 2013 – July 2015)

Transaction and Journal Publications
1.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, Ankur Nahar, and Debasis Das. "LBSV: Lightweight Blockchain Security Protocol for Secure Storage and Communication in SDN-Enabled IoV." IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 71, no. 6 (2022): 5983-5994, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2022.3163960, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 6.1), 
2.    Kumar, Amritesh, Lokendra Vishwakarma, and Debasis Das. "LandChain: A MultiChain Based Novel Secure Land Record Transfer System." IEEE Transactions on Reliability (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.2024.3382490, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.9)
3.    Barbhaya, Umang Rajendra, Lokendra Vishwakarma, and Debasis Das. "ETradeChain: Blockchain-Based Energy Trading in Local Energy Market (LEM) Using Modified Double Auction Protocol." IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking (2023), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGCN.2023.3307360, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.3)
4.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, and Debasis Das. "SCAB-IoTA: Secure communication and authentication for IoT applications using blockchain.". Elsevier, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 154 (2021): 94-105, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2021.04.003, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.8)
5.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, and Debasis Das. "SmartCoin: A novel incentive mechanism for vehicles in intelligent transportation system based on consortium blockchain." Elsevier, Vehicular Communications, 33 (2022): 100429, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2021.100429, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.8)
6.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, and Debasis Das. "BlockTree: a nonlinear structured, scalable and distributed ledger scheme for processing digital transactions." Springer, Cluster Computing, 24, no. 4 (2021): 3751-3765, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-021-03366-5, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.4)
7.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, and Debasis Das. "BLISS: Blockchain-based Integrated Security System for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications." Springer, International Journal of Information Security (2024): 1-17, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-023-00808-6, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.2)
8.    Gupta Shristy, Amritesh Kumar, Lokendra Vishwakarma,  Debasis Das, "Enhancing Blockchain Scalability and Security: The Early Fraud Detection (EFD) Framework for Optimistic Rollups", Springer, Cluster Computing, (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-024-04471-x, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.4)
9.    Kumar, Amritesh, Lokendra Vishwakarma, and Debasis Das. "R-PBFT: A secure and intelligent consensus algorithm for Internet of vehicles." Elsevier, Vehicular Communications 41 (2023): 100609, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2023.100609, (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.8)

Conference Publications
1.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, Amritesh Kumar, Jeevan Madugunda, Debasis Das. "FinBlock: Secure and Fast Transaction Confirmation with High Throughput for FinTech Application" In IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 21–24 April 2024, Core Ranking: B
2.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, Debasis Das, Sajal K. Das, and Christian Becker. "SmartGrid-NG: Blockchain Protocol for Secure Transaction Processing in Next Generation Smart Grid." In Proceedings of the ACM 25th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), pp. 174-185. 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3631461.3631554 
3.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, Amritesh Kumar, and Debasis Das. "CrossLedger: A Pioneer Cross-chain Asset Transfer Protocol." In 2023 IEEE/ACM 23rd International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid), pp. 568-578. IEEE, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGrid57682.2023.00059, Core Ranking: A
4.    Kumar, Amritesh, Monu Nagar, Lokendra Vishwakarma, and Debasis Das. "HN-mPBFT: A Healthy Node based Modified Secure and Fast Consensus Mechanisms for Internet of Vehicles." In 2023 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC), pp. 1638-1643. IEEE, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IWCMC58020.2023.10183324, Core Ranking: B
5.    Nahar, Ankur, Lokendra Vishwakarma, and Debasis Das. "Metoids: Hybrid k-medoids-meta heuristic clustering-based routing optimization in vehicular ad-hoc networks." In 2022 IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference:(VTC2022-Spring), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2022-Spring54318.2022.9860386, Core Ranking: B
6.    Vishwakarma, Lokendra, and Debasis Das. "BSS: Blockchain Enabled Security System for Internet of Things Applications." In 2020 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/NCA51143.2020.9306694, Core Ranking: B

Peer reviewer for Journals
1.    IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2.    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation
3.    Springer, Journal of Applied Intelligence
4.    Elsevier Computer Network Journal
5.    Springer, Journal of Supercomputing

Honours and Achievements
1.    Received International Travel Support (ITS) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India to attend the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), held at Dubai, UAE.
2.    Article Selected in the ACM Academic Research and Careers for Students (ARCS) 2024 for presentation.
3.    Received ACM India Research Facilitation Grant (RFG) 2024 for the over length page charges for the publication in the IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.
4.    Received two times the best Teaching Assistantship (TA) award in the years 2022 and 2023.
5.    Student Travel Grant for participating in the ACM/IEEE CCGRID 2023 in May 2023 by CCGRID Student Grant Committee.
6.    Published a poster at the International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2022), IIT Tirupati, India (2022). Poster Title:  Poster: (pzLedger) Privacy Preservation for Energy Trading Transaction in Smart Grid.
7.    Travel Grant from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, for participating in Karyashala on Vehicular Communications for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems, held at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, July 2022.
8.    Published a Poster in the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2022. Poster title: Poster: (SmartCoin) A Novel Incentive Mechanism for Vehicles in Intelligent Transportation System based on Consortium Blockchain.
9.    Student Grant for participating in the USENIX Security Conference, August 2021 and ACM SIGMETRICS Conference, June 2021.
10.    Won the first prize in the Student’s Pitch Competition in the category of Smart Infrastructure held as part of Industry Day 2021, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
11.    Qualified National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) for Assistant Professor in December 2015.
12.    Held the position of Chair at ACM Student Chapter IIT Jodhpur from July 2021 to July 2022.
13.    IEEE & IEEE Communications Society Student Member since 2021.