Sulyab Thottungal Valapu

I am a third-year Computer Science PhD student at the University of Southern California, and a member of the Autonomous Networks Research Group. My advisor is Prof. Bhaskar Krishnamachari.

My research primarily focuses on designing dependable decentralized systems, with a parallel emphasis on developing the network infrastructure to better support them. To achieve this, I explore the use of methods from diverse disciplines such as distributed systems, applied cryptography, mechanism design and network science.

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.