Research & Publications

Complete publication record

Year-wise publications spanning vehicular networks, connected and autonomous vehicles, network security, distributed and edge computing, IoV, and emerging transportation technologies.

2026

Infrastucture Preparedness for Autonomous Vehicles in Rural Areas

Joshua Li, Benjamin Li, Yiming Yang, Liu Junlong, Joshua Li, Anirudh Paranjothi
MDPI Sensors, 2026
JournalAutonomous Vehicles

Dynamic K-Means Clustering for Sybil Attack Detection in VANETs

Gideon Adele, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan
IEEE 16th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), 2026, pp. 1444–1450
ConferenceVANET Security

Sybil Attack Detection in VANETs: A Forgetting-Aware Approach Using Stochastic Gradient Descent with Exponential Weight Decay

Gideon Oluwasegun Adele, Anirudh Paranjothi, Johnson P. Thomas
SSRN preprint, 2026
PreprintMachine Learning

XTVD: Robust Cross-Temporal Misbehavior Detection for Time-Varying Attacks in VANETs

Dilruba Shareen, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad Khan
IEEE 104th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2026-Fall), 2026
ConferenceMisbehavior Detection

Rethinking Misbehavior Detection Reliability in VANETs under Reaction-Aware Insider Attacks

Dilruba Shareen, Anirudh Paranjothi
IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2026
ConferenceSecurity

2025

Trust-Aware Sybil Attack Detection for Resilient Vehicular Communication

Thomas L. Morton, Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
Internet Technology Letters, 2025
JournalVANET Security

A Survey on Distributed Approaches for Security Enhancement in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi, Johnson P. Thomas
Computer Networks, Volume 261, Article 111140, 2025
JournalSurvey

Enhancing VANET Security: An Unsupervised Learning Approach for Mitigating False Information Attacks in VANETs

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
Electronics, 14(1), 2025
JournalMachine Learning

False Information Mitigation Using Pattern-based Anomaly Detection for Secure Vehicular Networks

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
Electronics, 14(9), 2025
JournalAnomaly Detection

Enhancing Security in VANETs Using Distributed Computing: A Review

Vamsi Krishna Pavuluri, Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan
IEEE CCWC, 2025, pp. 794–799
ConferenceReview

Data Clustering-Based False Information Detection for Secure Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan
28th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2025
ConferenceCAV Security

Securing Connected and Autonomous Vehicles with Sliding Window-Based False Information Tracing

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
IEEE WiMob, 2025, pp. 43–48
ConferenceCAV Security

TCESS: Trust Score-Based Clustering Approach for Enhanced Security and Stability in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Geetha Charan Vengala, Vamsi Krishna Pavuluri, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad Mukhtaruzzaman
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), 2025
ConferenceClustering

Identifying Gaps in Southwest Oklahoma NEMT Transit Networks

Vamsi Krishna Pavuluri, Charan Poladi, Eric Inman, Anirudh Paranjothi, Joshua Qiang Li, Julie Sanders
International Conference on Transportation and Development, 2025, pp. 819–829
ConferenceTransportation

Infrastructure Preparedness for Autonomous Vehicles in Rural Areas

Vamsi Pavuluri, Joshua Li, Benjamin Li, Charan Poladi, Anirudh Paranjothi
IRF Global R2T Conference, 2025
ConferenceAutonomous Vehicles

2024

Decentralized Cluster Head Selection in IoV using Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning

Chandler Scott, Mohammad S. Khan, Anirudh Paranjothi, Joshua Qiang Li
IEEE 21st Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2024
ConferenceIoV

Decentralized Clustering for Rural Internet of Vehicles Using Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning

Chandler Scott, Mohammad S. Khan, Anirudh Paranjothi, Joshua Qiang Li
IEEE CCWC, 2024
ConferenceIoV

A Survey and Comparative Analysis of Methods for Countering Sybil Attacks in VANETs

Gideon Adele, Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan
IEEE CCWC, 2024
ConferenceSurvey

Enabling Rural IoV Communication through Decentralized Clustering and Federated Learning

Chandler Scott, Mohammad S. Khan, Anirudh Paranjothi, Joshua Qiang Li
IEEE CCWC, 2024, pp. 228–234
ConferenceIoV

Trust-Based Security for Decentralized Clustering in IoV

Chandler Scott, Mohammad S. Khan, Biju Bajracharya, Anirudh Paranjothi
International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SmartNets), 2024
ConferenceIoV Security

A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Blockchain-based Intrusion Detection Systems

Gideon Adele, Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Vladimir K. Poulkov
IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT), 2024, pp. 605–611
ConferenceBlockchain

Information-Centric Intrusion Detection in Internet of Vehicles

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Albena Mihovska
IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2024
ConferenceIoV Security

ROS-Lighthouse: An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) in ROS using Ensemble Learning

Stevens Johnson, Abinash Borah, Johnson P. Thomas, Anirudh Paranjothi
27th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2024
ConferenceIntrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection and Prevention for Connected Vehicles

Abinash Borah, Gideon Adele, Anirudh Paranjothi
Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2024
Book ChapterConnected Vehicles

Trust-Aware Sybil Attack Detection for Resilient Vehicular Communication

Thomas Morton, Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
Internet Technology Letters / pre-publication record, 2024
JournalPre-publication

2023

GPU-based Parallel Computing for VANETs: Current State and Future Prospects

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2023, pp. 351–356
ConferenceGPU Computing

Enhancing Security in VANETs with Sybil Attack Detection Using Fog Computing

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan
IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Fall), 2023, pp. 1–6
ConferenceVANET Security

Sybil Attack Detection in VANETs using Fog Computing and Beamforming

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
IEEE 14th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), 2023, pp. 0626–0631
ConferenceVANET Security

Research Issues in False Information Broadcasting Rogue Node Detection for Green VANETs

Abinash Borah, Anirudh Paranjothi
26th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2023, pp. 1–6
ConferenceFalse Information

2022

A Statistical Approach for Enhancing Security in VANETs with Efficient Rogue Node Detection Using Fog Computing

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammed Atiquzzaman
Digital Communications and Networks, 2022
JournalFog Computing

Misbehavior Aware On-demand Intrusion Detection System to Enhance Security in VANETs with Efficient Rogue Node Detection and Prevention Techniques

Anirudh Paranjothi
PhD Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 2022
DissertationVANET Security

2021

Enhancing Security in VANETs with Efficient Sybil Attack Detection Using Fog Computing

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammed Atiquzzaman
arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.10319, 2021
PreprintVANET Security

2020

PMCD: Platoon-Merging Approach for Cooperative Driving

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Mohammad S. Khan
Internet Technology Letters, 3(1), e139, 2020
JournalConnected Vehicles

VANETomo: A Congestion Identification and Control Scheme in Connected Vehicles Using Network Tomography

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Rizwan Patan, Reza M. Parizi, Mohammed Atiquzzaman
Computer Communications, 151, 275–289, 2020
JournalCongestion Control

Performance Analysis of Message Dissemination Techniques in VANET using Fog Computing

Anirudh Paranjothi
arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04354, 2020
PreprintFog Computing

A Survey on Congestion Detection and Control in Connected Vehicles

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Sherali Zeadally
Ad Hoc Networks, 108, 102277, 2020
JournalSurvey

Message Dissemination in Connected Vehicles

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Mohammad S. Khan
arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.01634, 2020
PreprintConnected Vehicles

F-RouND: Fog-based Rogue Nodes Detection in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Mohammad S. Khan
IEEE GLOBECOM, 2020, pp. 1–6
ConferenceSecurity

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Smart Cities

Hussein T. Mouftah, Melike Erol-Kantarci, Sameh Sorour
CRC Press, 2020
BookSmart Cities

2019

Routing Protocols and Architecture for Disaster Area Network: A Survey

Yasmin Jahir, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Hazem Refai, Anirudh Paranjothi, Peter G. LoPresti
Ad Hoc Networks, 82, 1–14, 2019
JournalSurvey

Hybrid-Vehfog: A Robust Approach for Reliable Dissemination of Critical Messages in Connected Vehicles

Anirudh Paranjothi, Urcun Tanik, Yuehua Wang, Mohammad S. Khan
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 30(6), e3595, 2019
JournalConnected Vehicles

GSTR: Secure Multi-hop Message Dissemination in Connected Vehicles Using Social Trust Model

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Sherali Zeadally, Ajinkya Pawar, David Hicks
Internet of Things, 7, 100071, 2019
JournalTrust Model

2018

Hybrid-Vehcloud: An Obstacle Shadowing Approach for VANETs in Urban Environment

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Mohammed Atiquzzaman
IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), 2018, pp. 1–5
ConferenceVANETs

DFCV: A Novel Approach for Message Dissemination in Connected Vehicles Using Dynamic Fog

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Mohammed Atiquzzaman
International Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communication, 2018, pp. 311–322
ConferenceFog Computing

2017

Survey on Three Components of Mobile Cloud Computing: Offloading, Distribution and Privacy

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Mais Nijim, et al.
Journal of Computer and Communications, 5(06), 1–31, 2017
JournalSurvey

Location Aware Message Dissemination in Connected Vehicles Using Multihop Technique

Anirudh Paranjothi
Texas A&M University, 2017
ThesisConnected Vehicles

2016

MAvanet: Message Authentication in VANET using Social Networks

Anirudh Paranjothi, Mohammad S. Khan, Mais Nijim, Rajab Challoo
IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), 2016, pp. 1–8
ConferenceVANET Security