Sulyab Thottungal Valapu
I am a fifth year Computer Science PhD student at the University of Southern California, and a member of the ANT Lab. My advisor is Prof. John Heidemann.
My research revolves around understanding and counteracting Internet centralization and enhancing user privacy, using Internet measurement and protocol design as tools. Recently, I have been studying IPv6 adoption and the privacy risks and opportunities created by the shift to IPv6. Previously, I focused on decentralized reputation mechanisms for blockchain applications.
I received my B.Tech. in Information Technology from IIIT Allahabad in 2018. Between then and joining USC, I worked as a software engineer at Arista Networks, where I was part of the routing team.
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| Aug 18, 2025 | New paper: Towards a Non-Binary View of IPv6 Adoption will appear at the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2025. Read the preprint on arXiv, or check out our blog post for a brief overview. |
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| Jul 24, 2025 | New poster: Crowd-SFT: Crowdsourcing for LLM Alignment (arXiv version) was presented at IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPS) 2025. |
| Jul 15, 2025 | New paper: Geofeed Adoption and Authentication is now available in the conference proceedings of IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) 2025. Alternately, you can access the arXiv version here. |
| Jul 07, 2025 | New paper: Reward-Based Blockchain Infrastructure for 3D IC Supply Chain Provenance is now available in the conference proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) 2025. Alternately, you can access the arXiv version here. |
| Oct 01, 2023 | New paper: DARSAN: A Decentralized Review System Suitable for NFT Marketplaces is now available in the conference proceedings of ICBC 2023. Alternately, you can access the arXiv version here. |