Soumendra Nanda Email & Phone Number

Billerica, Ma, Us

Nashua, Nh, Us

Developing innovative dual-use technology products and research projects for US and global customers.

Leading new R&D for mesh networking and PNT (Position, Navigation and Timing) projects. Recent News: Dec 2019: Awarded an AFWERX Phase 1 contract awardNov 2019: Awarded a DoT contract to demo alternative PNT solutions.Related: https://www.gpsworld.com/gps-backup-demonstration-projects-explained/

London, Gb

July 2019: BAE Systems is under contract as the Prime on both TA1 and TA2 for the DARPA SafeDocs program. I was Co-PI on the project, leading our team's TA2 effort titled Parser Toolkits Enhanced with Language Security for Electronic Data Formats aka PARSEC: https://www.darpa.mil/program/safe-documentshttps://www.baesystems.com/en-us/article/bae-systems-to-develop-new-cyber-tools-for-darpa-to-improve-security-of-electronic-data-formats2018: Principal Investigator (PI) on two DARPA R&D projects with a focus on cyber defense and networking: one on novel Internet-scale protocols for DARPA Dispersed Computing or DComp (Since Jan 2018); and one on novel DDoS defense for DARPA XD3 (since April 2016). Finalist for both the 2018 BAE Systems FAST LAB Innovator of the Year Award and the 2018 BAE Systems Entrepreneur of the Year Award at our year-end company-wide all-hands ceremony. 2017: Projects include ONR EAITE (cross layer mesh networking), AFRL ADCO (autonomic cyber defense) and DARPA EdgeCT (network tomography and resilient routing protocols).Developed and contributed successful new proposal ideas and algorithms for DARPA FixedWireless, DARPA EdgeCT, DARPA DYNAMO, DARPA XD3 and DARPA RADICS and DARPA DComp and many other CT projects and proposals over last ten years. Nov 2017: DARPA DComp in Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/40492472/how-darpa-the-secretive-agency-that-invented-the-internet-is-working-to-reinvent-itOct 2017: DARPA XD3 team is now in Phase 2. We are exploring demonstration and transition opportunities for our novel SR2 system that defends Webservices and VOIP servers against DDoS attacks. June 2017: Patent awarded for our DARPA-funded MANET work titled "Mobile infrastructure assisted ad-hoc network"Nov 2016: Published "Cross-Layer TCP Adaptation in DISCO for Tactical Edge Networks" in MILCOM 2016 on Nov 2nd 2016

London, Gb

I lead a small and talented team working on innovative defensive cyber security and network performance research projects for the the Cyber & Communications Technologies Research (C&CTR) Group of BAE Systems Technology Solutions (TS) based in Burlington, MA and in Arlington, VA.Lead author and PI on two successful ONR proposals and key contributor to several DARPA proposals.Sept 2014 News: our Congestion-Aware Caching and Search in Information-Centric Networks paper was awarded Runner-up for Best Paper at ACM ICN 2014

London, Gb

I worked as a PI, PM and Developer on multiple R&D projects primarily on network coding, wireless network protocols, social network analysis, network caching, system design and implementation, network emulation and Internet security for the Cyber & Communications Technologies Research (C&CTR) Group at BAE Systems Technology Solutions (TS).

London, Gb

Wrote and executed the SNAP proposal ($1.2M over 3 years) for ONR Code 31 Discovery and Invention S&T BAA and published 2 related conference papers.Developed the network monitoring platform and new algorithms for DARPA CBMANET Phase 2.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Designed, extended and optimized a compiler for the Generic Application-layer Protocol Analysis (GAPA) language under Narsi Nagampalli • GAPA is the core of a new patented framework that enables deep packet inspection for the next generation of firewalls, network monitoring and management tools. Collaborated with senior researchers Helen Wang and John Dunagan of Microsoft Research• Presented a demonstration to Ben Fathi, Corporate VP of Security Technology Unit and his senior executive team

Hanover, Nh, Us

Served as mentor to 300+ undergraduate students living in the Choates, Wheeler-Richardson residential clusters and all the fraternities, sororities and affiliated houses at Dartmouth College. Advised students in career, internship and graduate school opportunities.

Hanover, Nh, Us

Implemented the On Demand Multicast Routing Protocol (ODMRP), an ad hoc wireless routing protocol for 802.11b wireless networks, using C and C++ on Linux, for use in real-world outdoor performance experiments

Ph.D, Computer Science

M.S., Computer Science

B.E., Computer Engineering

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