Siddhant Kulkarni

Siddhant Kulkarni

Computer Science Senior

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

About Me

I am a final year Computer Science undergraduate with a Data Science minor. Currently, I am working at Google as a Software Engineer Intern. I have previously worked at the Data, Systems, and High-Performance Computing Lab under Dr. Arnab K. Paul, focusing on upgradable smart contracts. I have also worked under the guidance of Dr. Hemant Rathore to explore how membership inference attacks can enhance adversarial attacks in machine learning.

I’m a core member of AlgoManiaX, my university’s competitive programming club, and have actively volunteered with Nirmaan to help underprivileged students prepare for scholarship exams. I’m also a fan of rock music, particularly Radiohead, and I love the Dune books by Frank Herbert.

Interests
  • Trustworthy Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Blockchain
Education
  • B.E. Computer Science, 2025

    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Google
Software Engineering Intern
January 2025 – Present
Working on the information retrieval cost metering platform.
 
 
 
 
 
Atlassian
Software Engineering Intern
June 2024 – July 2024
Worked on creating a way to retrieve repository data and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), enabling insights into end-of-life dependencies, licensing, and compliance issues
 
 
 
 
 
Jio Platforms
Summer Intern
June 2023 – August 2023
Part of Jio Engage, worked on developing semantic segmentation models for face filters to boost user engagement

Publications

(2025). DNN-GRAD: Exploiting Membership Inference for Adversarial Attacks on Malware Detection Models. 2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC).

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(2025). Linear Decision Trees: A Comparative Study with Insights on ReLU Neural Networks. 2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC).

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Awards

Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Telecom and TCoE-India
Vimarsh 5G Hackathon Winner
  • Awarded first place in a national hackathon focused on addressing the needs of law enforcement agencies
  • Developed a winning solution for the problem statement ‘Secure Routing Framework for a 5G Private Network’, won a prize of Rs. 1,50,000
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Institute Merit Scholarship
Awarded the Institute Merit Scholarship, a tuition fee waiver for excellent academic performance (top 3% of the graduating class)

Updates

  • 2025-01: Started my winter internship at Google as a Software Engineering Intern.
  • 2024-10: Two of the papers I worked on got accepted for publication and presentation at IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE CCNC 2025)
  • 2024-07: Featured in the Student Spotlight of the BITSology Newsletter Vol. 6 for winning the Vimarsh 5G Hackathon!
  • 2024-06: Started my summer internship at Atlassian. Very excited for the journey ahead!
  • 2024-03: Won the Vimarsh 5G Hackathon organized by the Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Telecom and TCoE-India
  • 2024-01: I will be TAing for the course CS F241: Microprocessors and Interfacing for Spring Semester ‘24
  • 2023-11: I will be working as an undergraduate researcher at Data, Systems and High Performance Computing Lab at BITS Goa!
  • 2023-10: Awarded the Merit Scholarship by my university
  • 2023-08: I will be TAing for the course CS F214: Logic in Computer Science for Fall Semester ‘23
  • 2023-07: Will be working as an instructor for ‘Introduction to Competitive Programming’ as a part of Quark Summer Technical Projects
  • 2023-06: Two of my students who I taught as a volunteer for Nirmaan qualified the JNV scholarship exam! I’m really proud of them!
  • 2023-06: I will be working as a summer intern at Jio Platforms