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Vasisht Duddu

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow

Vasisht Duddu is a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, advised by N. Asokan. His research focuses on trustworthy ML, including the design of novel attacks and defenses, the study of trade-offs during deployment, and the development of technical accountability mechanisms to support governance. His work has been published in top-tier venues across security, privacy, and ML. He is the recipient of the ML and Systems Rising Star (2026), Best Paper Award at ACM CODASPY (2025), IBM Ph.D. Fellowship (2024), and Distinguished Paper Award at IEEE S&P (2024).

Research Interests

  • AI Safety
  • AI Security
  • Data Privacy
  • AI Governance and Accountability
  • Trustworthy AI

Highlights

  • ML and Systems Rising Star (2026)
  • Best Paper Award @ ACM CODASPY (2025)
  • Distinguished Paper Award @ IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2024)
  • IBM PhD Fellowship (2024)