People
Get to know our leaders, researchers and staff who form the heart of iTrust, and continue driving its efforts to make waves in cyber security.
Current PhD students
Graduated PhD students
- Sridhar ADEPU
Sridhar’s work focuses on verification, safety, security and reliability of cyber physical systems. Prior to his PhD study, Sridhar was a Research Assistant at iTrust. He also worked as Assistant Professor at Vignan University, India. Sridhar holds a Masters degree in software engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He has a B.Tech in computer science from the Kakatiya University, India.
Period: Sep 2016 – Jun 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur
Project: Investigation of attacks and detection mechanisms in Cyber-Physical Systems
- Chuadhry Mujeeb AHMED
Mujeeb received his BS Communication Systems Engineering degree from Institute of Space Technology Islamabad, Pakistan. After a period working in industry and academia, he enrolled at Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea for MS in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation from SNU, he joined HITEC University, Pakistan as a lecturer in department of Electrical Engineering. Since January 2015 he is a PhD student at SUTD. His research interests are Cyber Security, Wireless and, Multimedia Communications.
Period: Jan 2015 – Jan 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur
Project: Attack Detection Schemes for Secure Cyber Physical Systems - John Henry CASTELLANOS
John Henry is currently a PhD student SUTD. in 2015 John Henry received his MSc degree in Information Security at Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia). Before he studied Electronics Engineering at Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (Cúcuta, Colombia). He has over seven years of experience in several industries such as Automation, Telecommunications, Datacenter and Cybersecurity.
Period: Sep 2016 – Sep 2021
Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Martin Ochoa - Gayathri SUGUMAR
Gayathri acquired her Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Pondicherry Engineering College, India. After working as a Software Developer in industry, she enrolled in the ISTD Pillar in SUTD to continue her learning pursuits. Her research interests are cyber-physical security for critical infrastructure, Computer Networks and Automata.
Period: Jan 2016 – Jan 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur
Past student researchers (SUTD undergraduates)
- Madhumitha BALAJI
Madhu is an ISTD student at SUTD. Machine learning has always been her area of interest and she is also keen exploring cybersecurity.
At iTrust, she is working on Digital Forensics for Incident Report, implementing machine learning algorithms to tackle the problem of decision
Period: May 2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur / Shrivastava Siddhant - Filbert CIA
Filbert is a freshmore student planning to take up ISTD. He has always been interested in improving cyber-physical security and is currently working with iTrust in developing the digital twin of SWaT.
Period: Jun 2019 – Jun 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur - FOO Chuan Tian
Chuan Tian is a first-year undergraduate at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He has had prior experience as a SOC analyst in the Cybersecurity Agency of Singapore and the Singapore Armed Forces. He hopes to learn more about the various tools used to monitor systems and defend against cybersecurity threats. At iTrust, he is currently developing a NetFlow collector and analyser.
Period: May 2023 – Apr 2024 - Shubham JARIWALA
Shubham graduated with a B.Tech degree in Information Technology from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India, in 2024. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s in Innovation by Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He works as a Student Research Assistant on the NSoE Phase II project at iTrust, focusing on anomaly detection in water networks using time series analysis, and he is also exploring consumer behavior patterns in Buy Now Pay Later schemes through behavioral research.
Period: Nov 2024 – Apr 2025 - Vani KRISHNA
Vani is currently pursuing her Masters in Communication Systems. Machine learning has always intrigued her and at iTrust she is doing a project to predict chemical properties of water in SWaT Testbed. Her area of interests include Robotics, AI, Machine Learning and Internet of things. She has two goals as of now. One is to make this world a better and kinder place for everyone. And, the second one is to visit as many beaches as possible.
Period: Feb 2020 – Jul 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur - LAU Yu Hui
Yu Hui is a freshmore student who is planning to go to ISTD. She has always been interested in the cyberworld and tries to amass as many skills as possible. She is currently working with iTrust in the creation of an attack logger and integrating it with anomaly detector aggregator PlantViz.
Period: May 2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur - Kohlmann LEE
Kohlmann is a student from Hwa Chong Institution and is currently an intern at iTrust. He is an enthusiastic young man who loves the thrill of learning new things. He is keen on picking up new skills and taking on challenges while developing a steady interest for cybersecurity. During his free time, he also loves to hang out with his friends and keep fit.
Period: Nov 2020 – Jan 2021
Supervisor: Shrivastava Siddhant - Ross LEE
Ross is an IBDP student at the Singapore Sports School and is currently an intern at iTrust. Always looking out to learn new things, Ross is developing an interest with programming, and believes it will help him in the future. With his open mind and thirst for challenges, Ross will benefit from his time with iTrust.
Period: Nov 2020 – Jan 2021
Supervisor: Francisco Furtado - Nicholas LEU
Nicholas is a junior student currently in the ISTD pillar. He is very interested in the field of cybersecurity, and is currently working with iTrust to develop Intrusion Detection Software for EPIC, iTrust’s power grid test bed.
Period: Mar 2020 – Jul 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Nandha Kandasamy - Benjamin LIM
Benjamin is an enthusiastic and outgoing person who is constantly curious and strives to learn more of the world around him. He was previously from ACJC and is currently a new Freshmore of SUTD (Class of 2024). He currently hopes to pursue EPD in SUTD an wants to take this internship as an opportunity to depeen his knowledge in coding and AI.”
Period: Feb 2021 – May 2021
Supervisor: Nicolas Png - Jonas LIM
Jonas is an energetic and jovial person who loves to make new friends. He was the ex-Captain of the Hwa Chong Wushu team and has an interest in coding as he believes that it is an essential skill everyone sould learn. He takes initative in his learning and never fails to quench his thirst for knowledge.
Period: Nov 2020 – Jan 2021
Supervisor: Dr. Nandha Kandasamy - LIM Qin Xin
Qin Xin is a freshmore undergraduate with an interest to learn more about Cybersecurity. He is involved in the GURU CPS platform and will be helping to develop a digital twin of a water treatment plant with iTrust.
Period: May 2024 – Jan 2025 - Tiger LIM
Tiger is currently a first year student in SUTD. He graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in Multimedia & Infocomm Technology. He enjoys reading on latest technology discovery, watching movies, and sports.
Period: Dec 2021 – Aug 2024 - Yang Zhi LIM
Yang Zhi is an undergraduate student in ISTD keen on learning new skills. His main interests are in AI and cybersecurity. He is currently working on distribution of the Digital Twin system.
Period: May 2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur - Karan NAIR
Karan is a junior student in the ESD pillar who is specializing in Business Analytics and Operations Research. His interest in Machine Learning grew while working on a project with Ernst & Young on optimizing search engines. He is also interested in learning more about cybersecurity through the research projects available at iTrust.
Period: May2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Herman Nuradhy Wijaya - NAN Shing Kham Shing (Alice)
Alice is an ISTD Junior who is excited to learn and explore all things security as she aspires to take on Cyber Security as her focus track. Currently, she is developing the MMS protocol parser for the ZEEK Intrusion Detection System. In her own time, she dabbles in UI/UX and enjoys reading commentaries on digital technology.
Period: May 2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Chen Binbin - NG Jo-shen
Jo-Shen is an ISTD junior with an interest in coding, programming and technology. He is currently taking a jump into the world of cybersecurity, identifying vulnerabilities, with an intent to create vulnerable systems within ZCC and SwaT for testing purposes.
Period: May 2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Ivan Lee - Yu QIN
Qin Yu is a Secondary 4 student from Hwa Chong Institution who is interning at SUTD. He has a developing interest in cyber security and is learning about the cyber vulnerabilities of Singapore’s water treatment plants. He is intrigued by this new area of study and believes that it will aid him substantially in the future.
Period: Nov 2020 – Jan 2021
Supervisor: Siddhant Shrivastava - Jian Qing TAN
Jian Qing graduated from Hwa Chong Institution. He is inclined to study ESD or ISTD in SUTD. Learning new things has always enjoyable for Jian Qing. He is interested in cybersecurity, and has chosen to participate in the internship in order to learn more about cybersecurity and how it is implemented in various industries.
Period: Feb 2021 – May 2021
Supervisor: Dillon Cheong - TAN Li Yuan
Li Yuan is an undergraduate student in ISTD working on the PlantAR project, and he is currently developing AR applications to visualize the SWaT.
Period: May 2020 – Jul 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mathur / Shrivastava Siddhant - TEO You Xiang
You Xiang is in his first year of studies in SUTD and is planning to go to Computer Science and Design or Design and Artificial Intelligence pillar in the future. He studied cyber security in Temasek Polytechnic. During his internship, he did penetration testing on different clients. He currently holds an OSCP certificate and is pursuing a PNPT and OSEP certificate. He is interested in learning more about OT systems and how to perform pentest on those systems as it is very different from working with IT systems. He enjoys cooking and playing volleyball.
Period: May 2023 – Apr 2024 - TIANG Pei Yuan
Pei Yuan is a self-disciplined undergraduate student in ISTD that always puts his best foot forward. His expertise lies in the field of Machine Learning, as well as Robotics. However, he is always open and willing to try new technologies and expertise, and his interest lies in maximising efficiency in everything he does, as well as automation of tasks.
Period: May 2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Herman Nuradhy Wijaya - Mike UMALI
Mike is currently a Freshmore student intending to take up Computer Science and Design as his Pillar. With a keen interest in exploring the computing and the tech industry, he has accumulated experience as a software engineering intern at Home Team Science and Technology Agency(HTX) and now, as a cyber security intern at iTrust. He is currently working on a project to build an integrated platform to teach OT security with a digital twin of the SWaT testbed at iTrust.
Period: Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 -
Haretha WINMALAR
Haretha is currently doing her Masters in Communication Systems at Sastra University. At iTrust she is working on a project to create a machine learning model to predict chemical properties of water in the SWaT Testbed. Her area of interests includes data analytics and machine learning. She claimed that she is an intuitive data junkie with high ‘figure it out’ quotient.
Period: Feb 2020 – Jul 2020Supervisor: Prof. Aditya Mather
- WONG Tin Kit
Tin Kit is currently an ISTD junior and am interested in all things cybersecurity. Currently he is pleased to be assisting in creation intrusion detection in iTrust’s EPIC Lab. His previous attachment at the lab was aimed to create a local network detection system to raise alerts in the event of an attack.
Period: Mar 2020 – Jul 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Nandha Kandasamy - YANG Aobo
Aobo is an ISTD junior with interests in networks and cybersecurity. He currently, working with iTrust to further develop and contribute to open-source network analysis Zeek library.
Period: May 2020 – Sep 2020
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Chen Binbin - ZHU Bo
Zhu Bo is an ISTD senior with a passion for science and technology. He is pursuing an interest in network defense and distributed computing. He is currently developing a network simulator for EPIC using OMNeT++.
Period: Feb 2020 – Aug 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Nandha Kandasamy