Sachin Kadam

Sachin Kadam

Assistant Professor (Link to institute profile)
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT)
Prayagraj, UP, India - 211004
Email: sachink[at]mnnit.ac.in, skadam6.asu[at]gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae

Academics Projects Publications Work Experience Adv. Hobbies Social Profiles

Academic Background

Achievements in Competitive Exams

  1. Karnataka CET for BE: All State Rank - 120 (PCM) among approximately One Lakh students in 2003.
  2. GATE exam for MTech: All India Rank - 176 (ECE) among approximately One Lakh students in 2010.

Theses

Projects

  1. Sole PI of the research project titled "Dynamic Network Slicing for Semantic-Aware 6G Edge Computing and IoT Systems," sponsored by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) under the scheme Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM ECRG), from May 2026 to May 2029. Budget: Rs. 70,00,000/-.

Research Interests

Journal

  1. S. Kadam and D. I. Kim, "IoT-Enabled Traffic Management System using Vehicle Count Prediction in a Semantic Communication Framework," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 17, pp. 36258-36273, Sep. 2025. [Link to paper]
  2. S. Kadam, A. Scaglione, N. Ravi, S. Peisert, B. Lunghino, and A. Shumavon, "Optimum Noise Mechanism for Differentially Private Queries in Discrete Finite Sets," Cybersecurity, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 54, Sep. 2024. [Link to paper], [Link to preprint]
  3. S. Kadam and D. I. Kim, "Knowledge-Aware Semantic Communication System Design and Data Allocation," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 5755-5769, Apr. 2024. [Link to paper], [Link to preprint]
  4. S. Kadam, K. S. Bhargao, and G. S. Kasbekar, "Node Cardinality Estimation in a Heterogeneous Wireless Network Deployed Over a Large Region Using a Mobile Base Station," Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 221, pp. 103779, Jan. 2024. [Link to paper], [Link to preprint]
  5. N. Ravi, A. Scaglione, S. Kadam, R. Gentz, S. Peisert, B. Lunghino, E. Levijarvi, and A. Shumavon, "Differentially Private K-means Clustering Applied to Meter Data Analysis and Synthesis," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 4801–4814, Nov. 2022. [Link to paper], [Link to preprint]
  6. S. Kadam, S. Vivek Y., P. Hari Prasad, R. Kumar, and G. S. Kasbekar, "Rapid Node Cardinality Estimation in Heterogeneous Machine-to-Machine Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 1836-1850, Feb. 2021. [Link to paper], [Link preprint]
  7. S. Kadam, C. S. Raut, A. Meena, and G. S. Kasbekar, "Fast Node Cardinality Estimation and Cognitive MAC Protocol Design for Heterogeneous Machine-to-Machine Networks," Wireless Networks, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 3929-3952, Aug. 2020. [Link to paper], [Link to preprint]
  8. S. Kadam, D. Prabhu, N. Rathi, P. Chaki, and G. S. Kasbekar, "Exploiting Group Structure in MAC Protocol Design for Multichannel Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 803-907, Jan. 2019. [Link to paper], [Link to preprint]

Conference

  1. S. Kadam and D. I. Kim, "Semantic Communication-Empowered Vehicle Count Prediction for Traffic Management," in Proc. of IEEE WCNC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Apr. 2024. [Link to paper]
  2. S. Kadam, A. Scaglione, N. Ravi, S. Peisert, B. Lunghino, and A. Shumavon, "Optimum Noise Mechanism for Probabilistic Differentially Private Queries in Discrete Finite Sets," in Proc. of IEEE SmartNets, Istanbul, Turkey, Jul. 2023. [Link to paper]
  3. S. Kadam and D. I. Kim, "Knowledge-Aware Semantic Communication System Design", in Proc. of IEEE ICC, Rome, Italy, May 2023. [Link to paper]
  4. S. Kadam and G. S. Kasbekar, "Node Cardinality Estimation Using a Mobile Base Station in a Heterogeneous Wireless Network Deployed Over a Large Region," in Proc. of IEEE SPCOM, Bengaluru, India, Jul. 2020. [Link to paper]
  5. S. Vivek Y., P. Hari Prasad, R. Kumar, S. Kadam, and G. S. Kasbekar, "Rapid Node Cardinality Estimation in Heterogeneous Machine-to-Machine Networks," in Proc. of IEEE VTC2019-Spring, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Apr. 2019. [Link to paper]
  6. S. Kadam, C.S. Raut, G.S. Kasbekar, "Fast Node Cardinality Estimation and Cognitive MAC Protocol Design for Heterogeneous M2M Networks," in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, Singapore, Dec. 2017. [Link to paper]
  7. S. Kadam, D. Prabhu, N. Rathi, P. Chaki, and G. S. Kasbekar, "Exploiting Group Structure in MAC Protocol Design for Multichannel Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks," in Proc. of IEEE WCNC, Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2016. [Link to paper]
  8. S. Kadam, G. Sharma, R. K. Bansal, "Robust Dual Cumulative Sum Algorithm for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing," in Proc. of IEEE NCC, New Delhi, India, Feb. 2013. [Link to paper]

Academic Experience (Post PhD)

  • Assistant Professor at Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT), Prayagraj, India, from Feb. 2025.
  • Assistant Professor at Dept. of Communication and Computer Engineering (CCE), LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT), Jaipur, India, Aug. 2024 - Jan. 2025.

Research Experience (Post PhD)

  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar with Prof. Dong In Kim at Wireless Communications Lab (WC Lab), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea, from Apr. 2022 to Jul. 2023.
  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar with Prof. Anna Scaglione at Signal, Information, Networks and Energy Laboratory (SINE Lab), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, from Sept. 2020 to Dec. 2021.
  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar with Prof. Rick Blum at Signal Processing and Communication Research Lab (SPCR Lab), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, from Mar. 2020 to Aug. 2020.

Industry Experience

Research Projects

  • Part of a research project titled "Provable Anonymization of Grid Data for Cyberattack Detection" with Berkeley Lab Cybersecurity R&D team, sponsored by Department of Energy's Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program, USA, Sept. 2020 - Dec. 2021. [Link to project]
  • Part of an industry project titled "Evaluation of the LwM2M Protocol and 5G Networks Performance for Wide-Area Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)," sponsored by Xylem, USA, Sept. 2020 - Dec. 2021.
  • Part of research projects titled "Cyber Physical Systems-Based Attacks on Natural Gas Delivery Systems" and "A New Robust PTP against Cyber Attacks," sponsored by Department of Energy, USA, Mar. - Aug. 2020.
  • Part of a research project titled Design and Performance Evaluation of Cognitive Medium Access Control Protocols for Machine-to-Machine Communications, sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Oct 2016 - Feb. 2020.

Scholarships/Fellowships

  • Recipient of SERB Fellowship (SERB), Government of India, during PhD, 2016-2020.
  • Recipient of MHRD Fellowship (MHRD), Government of India, during PhD, 2013-2016.
  • Recipient of MHRD Fellowship (MHRD), Government of India, during MTech, 2010-2012.
  • Recipient of Foundation for Excellence Scholarship (FFE) during Bachelor of Engineering, 2003-07.
  • Recipient of National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) during Pre-University College, 2001-03.

Notable Courses in Ph.D.

  1. Science of Information, Statistics, and Learning
  2. Games and Information
  3. Applied Mathematical Analysis in Engineering
  4. Advanced Data Networks
  5. Random Graphs: Theory and Applications
  6. Advanced Concentration Inequalities
  7. Introduction to Stochastic Optimization
  8. Markov Chains and Queuing Systems
  9. Advanced Probability and Random Processes
  10. Statistical Signal Analysis
  11. Communication Networks
  12. Information Theory and Coding
  13. Wavelets
  14. Applied Linear Algebra
  15. Real Analysis

Notable Courses in M.Tech.

  1. Optimization Methods in Engineering Design
  2. Detection and Estimation Theory
  3. Communication Theory
  4. Statistical Signal Processing
  5. Mathematical Methods in Signal Processing
  6. Speech Signal Processing
  7. Introduction to Signal Analysis
  8. Representation and Analysis of Random Signals

Adventurous Hobbies

Apart from academics and research work, I am occupied with following activities.

Social Profiles

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