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20182025
most citedCryptoScratch: Developing and evaluating a block-based programming tool for teaching K-12 cryptography education using Scratch

12 citations · 14 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cs.NI2025

Joint Scheduling and Resource Allocation in mmWave IAB Networks Using Deep RL

Maryam Abbasalizadeh, Sashank Narain

Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) is critical for dense 5G and beyond deployments, especially in mmWave bands where fiber backhaul is infeasible. We propose a novel Deep Reinfor…

cs.CR2024

CryptoEL: A Novel Experiential Learning Tool for Enhancing K-12 Cryptography Education

Pranathi Rayavaram, Ukaegbu Onyinyechukwu, Maryam Abbasalizadeh +2

This paper presents an educational tool designed to enhance cryptography education for K-12 students, utilizing Kolb's Experiential Learning (EL) model and engaging visual componen…

cs.HC2023★ 1 cited

Integrating Data Structures and Algorithms in K-12 Education using Block-based Programming

Ashwin Jagadeesha, Pranathi Rayavaram, Justin Marward +2

This paper describes the design and evaluation of DSAScratch, an extension to Scratch, a widely used block-based programming language. The DSAScratch framework implements advanced…

cs.CR2023

Designing a Visual Cryptography Curriculum for K-12 Education

Pranathi Rayavaram, Sreekriti Sista, Ashwin Jagadeesha +4

We have designed and developed a simple, visual, and narrative K-12 cybersecurity curriculum leveraging the Scratch programming platform to demonstrate and teach fundamental cybers…

cs.CR2023★ 12 cited

CryptoScratch: Developing and evaluating a block-based programming tool for teaching K-12 cryptography education using Scratch

Nathan Percival, Pranathi Rayavaram, Sashank Narain +1

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a new framework called CryptoScratch, which extends the Scratch programming environment with modern cryptographic…

eess.SP2023★ 1 cited

SkinSense: Efficient Vibration-based Communications Over Human Body Using Motion Sensors

Raveen Wijewickrama, Sameer Anis Dohadwalla, Anindya Maiti +2

Recent growth in popularity of mobile and wearable devices has re-ignited the need for reliable and stealthy communication side-channels to enable applications such as secret/PIN s…

cs.CR2018

Mitigating Location Privacy Attacks on Mobile Devices using Dynamic App Sandboxing

Sashank Narain, Guevara Noubir

We present the design, implementation and evaluation of a system, called MATRIX, developed to protect the privacy of mobile device users from location inference and sensor side-cha…

cs.CR2018

Security of GPS/INS based On-road Location Tracking Systems

Sashank Narain, Aanjhan Ranganathan, Guevara Noubir

Location information is critical to a wide-variety of navigation and tracking applications. Today, GPS is the de-facto outdoor localization system but has been shown to be vulnerab…