Sanjaikanth E. Vadakkethil Somanathan Pillai , a Fellow of British Computer Society, and a Senior
Member of IEEE, is a results-driven professional with over 19 years of extensive experience in research
and technology. Currently, he serves as a Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Visa Inc. in Austin, Texas. He
earned his MS in Software Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, USA, and his BE from the
University of Calicut, India, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of
North Dakota, USA.
His research spans mobile networks, network security, privacy, location-based services, and
misinformation detection. He coauthored the book "Routing Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks:
A Procedure for Energy Efficient Routing," collaborating with other leading academics in the field.
Sanjaikanth has demonstrated significant leadership and expertise in academia, serving as a Technical
Program Committee Member for various IEEE conferences and as an Editorial Review Board Member for
esteemed international journals. He has also served as a keynote speaker and session chair at numerous
international conferences.
He has also participated as a Hackathon Judge in various industry and university-level competitions,
providing expert evaluations to participants. A distinguished Senior Member of IEEE, he is also a full
member of Sigma Xi and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Sanjaikanth has published over 30 works in leading journals and conferences, including IEEE
publications. His research papers have won the Best Paper Award at both the IEEE 2nd International
Conference on Integrated Circuits and Communication Systems (ICICACS) and the IEEE International
Conference on Distributed Computing and Optimization Techniques (ICDCOT).