Dr Nagender Aneja

@vt.edu

Collegiate Associate Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dr Nagender Aneja
Dr. Nagender Aneja is a Collegiate Associate Professor at the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. He previously worked as research scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He also has five years of industry experience as an associate IP Lead on the Microsoft Patent Research Services Team at CPA Global India, where he drafted responses to office actions for US Patent Applications and developed innovative NLP tools for patent analysis.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Computer Engineering
M.E. Computer Technology and Applications

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Science Applications
45

Scopus Publications

1203

Scholar Citations

17

Scholar h-index

27

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • STARFed: Link-Aware Defense Against Poisoning Attacks in Satellite-Terrestrial Federated Learning
    Z Liu, BK Bhargava, N Aneja
    IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering , 2025
    2025
  • Learning Joint Embeddings of Function and Process Call Graphs for Malware Detection
    K Aneja, N Aneja, M Kantarcioglu
    NeurIPS 2025 Workshop: New Perspectives in Advancing Graph Machine Learning , 2025
    2025
  • Interpretable Question Answering with Knowledge Graphs
    K Aneja, M Srivastava, S Das, N Aneja
    International Semantic Intelligence Conference (ISIC) 2025, Germany , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Certified Accuracy and Robustness: How different architectures stand up to adversarial attacks
    AE Sarih, N Aneja, WH Ong
    Intelligent Systems with Applications, 200555 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Differentially processed optimized collaborative rich text editor
    N Jatana, M Singh, C Gupta, G Dhand, S Malik, P Dadheech, N Aneja, ...
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 84 (17), 17189-17204 , 2025
    2025
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning for sustainable development: Innovations, challenges, and applications
    P Whig, P Sharma, N Aneja, AA Elngar, N Silva
    CRC Press , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Deep Explainable Ensemble for Medical Image Analysis
    HH Syed, N Aneja, OA Malik, MAR Minhaj
    TENCON 2024-2024 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), 1737-1740 , 2024
    2024
  • GENI: A Multi-module AI Assistant
    M Goel, VS Bakkialakshmi, N Aneja
    International Conference on Cognitive and Intelligent Computing, 417-424 , 2024
    2024
  • SAGA-Integrating AI for Enhanced Recruitment: A System with Audio-Video Proctoring and Comprehensive Evaluation
    N Mathur, A Sharma, S Kaushik, VS Bakkialakshmi, V Kavadiya, N Aneja
    2024 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computation, Communication … , 2024
    2024
  • Fingerprinting Browsers in Encrypted Communications
    S Aneja, N Aneja
    2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Sustainable Development through Machine Learning, AI and IoT: Second International Conference, ICSD 2024, Virtual Event, April 27–28, 2024, Proceedings
    P Whig, N Silva, AA Elngar, N Aneja, P Sharma
    Springer Nature , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • Feature selection-based machine learning comparative analysis for predicting breast cancer
    CS Rajpoot, G Sharma, P Gupta, P Dadheech, U Yahya, N Aneja
    Applied Artificial Intelligence 38 (1), 2340386 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Biogeography-based optimization of artificial neural network (BBO-ANN) for solar radiation forecasting
    AK Bansal, VS Sangtani, P Dadheech, N Aneja, U Yahya
    Applied Artificial Intelligence 37 (1), 2166705 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10
  • Detect & Adapt: A Resiliency Enhancement Mechanism for Space Computing Platforms
    S Islam, N Aneja, S Oliveira, Ruy, Aneja, B Bhargava, J Hamlet, C Jenkins
    10th Annual Conf. on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence … , 2023
    2023
  • Sustainable development through machine learning, AI and IoT: first international conference, ICSD 2023, Delhi, India, July 15–16, 2023, Revised Selected Papers
    P Whig, N Silva, AA Elngar, N Aneja, P Sharma
    Springer Nature , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • SentimentPulse: Temporal-Aware Custom Language Models vs. GPT-3.5 for Consumer Sentiment
    L Li, N Aneja, A Nesen, B Bhargava
    I Can't Believe It's Not Better Workshop: Failure Modes in the Age of … , 2023
    2023
  • Predicting agriculture yields based on machine learning using regression and deep learning
    P Sharma, P Dadheech, N Aneja, S Aneja
    IEEE Access 11, 111255-111264 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 175
  • Pronunciation scoring with goodness of pronunciation and dynamic time warping
    K Sheoran, A Bajgoti, R Gupta, N Jatana, G Dhand, C Gupta, P Dadheech, ...
    IEEE Access 11, 15485-15495 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 26
  • Medicated patch for preventing exit site infections during peritoneal dialysis
    SR David, R Rajabalaya, N Aneja
    Invention Disclosure 3, 100010 , 2023
    2023
  • Conversational chat system using attention mechanism for COVID-19 inquiries
    WX Hui, N Aneja, S Aneja, AG Naim
    International Journal of Intelligent Networks 4, 140-144 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Predicting agriculture yields based on machine learning using regression and deep learning
    P Sharma, P Dadheech, N Aneja, S Aneja
    IEEE Access 11, 111255-111264 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 175
  • IoT device fingerprint using deep learning
    S Aneja, N Aneja, MS Islam
    2018 IEEE international conference on internet of things and intelligence … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 147
  • Nl-augmenter: A framework for task-sensitive natural language augmentation
    KD Dhole, V Gangal, S Gehrmann, A Gupta, Z Li, S Mahamood, ...
    NEJLT Northern European Journal of Language Technology 9 (1), 1-41 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 131
  • Transfer Learning using CNN for Handwritten Devanagari Character Recognition
    N Aneja, S Aneja
    2019 IEEE International Conference on Advances in Information Technology (ICAIT) , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 125
  • Network traffic analysis based iot device identification
    RR Chowdhury, S Aneja, N Aneja, E Abas
    Proceedings of the 2020 4th international conference on big data and … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 78
  • Reliable ad-hoc on-demand distance vector routing protocol
    S Khurana, N Gupta, N Aneja
    IEEE International Conference on Networking, International Conference on … , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 42
  • Semi-Supervised Learning for Cancer Detection of Lymph Node Metastases
    AK Jaiswal, I Panshin, D Shulkin, N Aneja, S Abramov
    2019 Towards Causal, Explainable and Universal Medical Visual Diagnosis … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 37
  • Device fingerprinting using deep convolutional neural networks
    S Aneja, N Aneja, B Bhargava, RR Chowdhury
    International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems 28 … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 34
  • Method and system for ad-hoc social networking and profile matching
    N Aneja, S Gambhir
    US Patent 10,264,609 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 29
  • Pronunciation scoring with goodness of pronunciation and dynamic time warping
    K Sheoran, A Bajgoti, R Gupta, N Jatana, G Dhand, C Gupta, P Dadheech, ...
    IEEE Access 11, 15485-15495 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 26
  • Packet-level and IEEE 802.11 MAC frame-level network traffic traces data of the D-Link IoT devices
    RR Chowdhury, S Aneja, N Aneja, PE Abas
    Data in Brief 37, 107208 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 26
  • Systematic patent review of nanoparticles in drug delivery and cancer therapy in the last decade
    NU Ali Hazis, N Aneja, R Rajabalaya, SR David
    Recent Advances in Drug Delivery and Formulation: Formerly Recent Patents on … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 26
  • Proposed methodology for early detection of lung cancer with low-dose CT scan using machine learning
    G Thakral, S Gambhir, N Aneja
    2022 International Conference on Machine Learning, Big Data, Cloud and … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 22
  • Cyber‐Internet Security Framework to Conquer Energy‐Related Attacks on the Internet of Things with Machine Learning Techniques
    A Kumar, D Dhabliya, P Agarwal, N Aneja, P Dadheech, SS Jamal, ...
    Computational intelligence and neuroscience 2022 (1), 8803586 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 22
  • Transfer learning for cancer diagnosis in histopathological images
    S Aneja, N Aneja, PE Abas, AG Naim
    IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI) 11 (1), 129-136 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 20
  • An Inspection of MANET'S scenario using AODV, DSDV and DSR routing protocols
    S Singh, SB Bajaj, K Tripathi, N Aneja
    2022 2nd International Conference on Innovative Practices in Technology and … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 17
  • Profile‐Based Ad Hoc Social Networking Using Wi‐Fi Direct on the Top of Android
    N Aneja, S Gambhir
    Mobile Information Systems 2018 (1), 9469536 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 17
  • AI‐Enabled Learning Architecture Using Network Traffic Traces over IoT Network: A Comprehensive Review
    N Aneja, S Aneja, B Bhargava
    Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2023 (1), 8658278 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • Ad-hoc Social Network: A Comprehensive Survey
    S Gambhir, N Aneja
    International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 4 (8) , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 15
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning for sustainable development: Innovations, challenges, and applications
    P Whig, P Sharma, N Aneja, AA Elngar, N Silva
    CRC Press , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14