Hi!
I am Pratham Oza, a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. I work with Dr. Thidapat (Tam) Chantem at the RTX Lab. My research focus is in the areas of Intelligent Transportation, specifically in Traditional/ Automated Vehicular Traffic Scheduling using real-time systems theories.
I completed my Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal and my Masters degree at Virginia Tech in 2019. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, I worked for about two years with Tata Consultancy Services and a Japanese OEM on vehicular ECU diagnostics and ECU test validation. I have also briefly worked on HILS testing of the Meter ECU in a Japanese OEM vehicle using dSPACE, Vector CANoe and LabView.
Feel free to contact me at prathamo[at]vt[dot]edu for questions or comments.
- [02/21] - I passed my Ph.D. Preliminary Examination! Ph.D. Student --> Ph.D. Candidate!
- [02/21] - Paper titled "Timely and Non-Disruptive Response of Emergency Vehicles: A Real-Time Approach" is accepted for publication at IEEE RTNS 2021.
- [07/20] - Paper titled "CORR: Cooperative On-Road Reputation" in collaboration with colleagues at Toyota Infotech is accepted for publication at IEEE CAVS 2020.
- [05/20] - Paper titled "A Coordinated Spillback-Aware Traffic Optimization and Recovery at Multiple Intersections" is accepted for publication at IEEE RTCSA 2020.
- [04/20] - I passed my PhD Qualifying Exam! Onwards and Upwards..
- [11/19] - Paper titled "Secure Traffic Lights: Replay Attack Detection for Model-based Smart Traffic Controllers" accepted at AutoSec 2020
- [11/19] - Awarded the NSF Student Travel Grant to attend IEEE VNC 2019 at UCLA
- [11/19] - Paper titled "Management of Anomalous Driving Behavior" in collaboration with colleagues at Toyota Infotech is accepted for publication at IEEE VNC 2019.
- [08/19] - Paper presented at IEEE RTCSA 2019 in Hangzhou, China bags the Best Paper Award.
- [07/19] - Paper titled "The Disbanding Attack: Exploiting Human-in-the-loop Control in Vehicular Platooning" accepted for publication at SecureComm 2019.
- [06/19] - I'll be presenting my paper titled "Real-Time Server based Safe and Timely Intersection Crossings" at IEEE RTCSA 2019, Hangzhou, China.
- [05/19] - I'll be Interning at Toyota Infotech Center, Toyota R&D at Mountain View, CA.