Goutham Alavalapati

Goutham Alavalapati is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois-Springfield. His research focuses on applied cryptography, authentication protocols, and security and privacy in communication systems, with specific interests in blockchain-assisted authentication for fog-enabled IoT environments, quantum-secure key agreement for IoT applications, and hardware security. He has recently published in the IEEE Internet of Things Journal and the Journal of Information Security and Applications, and has served as a guest editor for IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics on post-quantum cryptosystems. His work involves extensive international collaboration with institutions across South Korea, India, Pakistan, Australia, and Qatar.