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Dr. Pranav Mothabhau Pawar

Associate Professor, Head of Department,
Department of Computer Science

AI/ML for Cyber Security, Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT/Cyber Security, Network Security

Conferences, Workshop, Lecture Series, Internship Program Organized

Currently, organizing workshop on QoS-Aware Security and Privacy for AI-Driven Digital Twin and Metaverse Systems (QSP-AI-MetaTwin), co-located with IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service IWQoS 2026 (Core B conference), June 30 2026, https://qspai.netlify.app/
Organizing workshop on Agentic Artificial Intelligence for Internet of Things, conjunction with 6th Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference IEEE MENACOM 2026, Tunisia, 2026: https://agentic-ai-iot.netlify.app/
Organized Winter Workshop on “Digital Twins & Agentic AI: Concepts, Applications, and Future Directions”, online mode from 9–13 February 2026, BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai, UAE.
Organizing Cyberthorn 2026, Cyberthorn’26, a national-level CPS design competition aligned with the UAE Vision 2031. The competition invites undergraduate and postgraduate students from all disciplines to innovate, prototype, and demonstrate impactful cyber-physical solutions.: https://cyberthorn2026.netlify.app
Organized Campus Resilient 2025 Competition by Creative Lab for BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus students, one of the solutions is being incubated in Institute Innovation center
Organized 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Network Systems (CINS 2025) during November 25-26, 2025.
Organized workshop, titled International Workshop on Digital Privacy for Future‑Generation Healthcare, in conjunction with IEEE CINS 2025, BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, UAE on November 25, 2025
Organized Digital Horizons 2025 – International Summer Workshop on Digital Twins & the Metaverse (June 23–27, 2025) – which was attended by 100+ participants from across the globe. Hosted by Creative Lab, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, the week was filled with expert sessions, hands-on demos, and thought-provoking discussions.
Organized an International Lecture Series on Designing Virtual World: The Art and Science behind Metaverse | 21 April 2025 / Monday - 25 April 2025 / Friday, which was attended by 100+ participants across the globe.
Organised an International Internship on Recent Trends in Computation during January 13-24, 2025. Students from various institutes (UAE and abroad) attended the internship program. The internship program was focused on applications of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, Smart IoT, and Security Analytics. The participating students completed assignments on each topic students completed assignments on each pics and also completed the capstone project on “Real-Time Object Detection using COCO Dataset”. The participants also experienced and explored life in the UAE.
“A Short Trip into the Art of Modern Cryptography” dated 29/10/2025. Speaker: Dr. Antonis Michalas, Tampere University, Finland.
“Cybersecurity as a Career” dated 11/03/2025. Speaker: Mr. Rober Aaron, Founder, Bridge, UAE
Conducted a Workshop on Digital Privacy for Future Generations' Healthcare under the 27th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Communication (WPMC2024), November 25-26, 2024. This workshop is conducted as a part of the IEEE Digital Privacy-Healthcare Subgroup initiative. The workshop provided insights into the necessity of digital privacy in healthcare, the issues associated with addressing digital privacy in the field, and potential solutions.
Organized a Guest Lecture on "Investigation of Crimes using Digital Forensics" dated 04/03/2024. Speaker: Mr. Nikhil Mahadeshwar, Founder at Cyber Secured India.
Organized Cyber Security and Digital Forensics Internships in association with Cyber Secured India during June – Sep. 2023 for BPDC CS students.
Organized 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Network Systems (CINS 2023) during October 18-20, 2023.
Organized guest lecture on "Responsible practices in AI" in association with University of Copenhagen, Denmark for third and final year computer science students 17-04-2023
Organized Cyber Security Workshop organized in association with FAB bank in Oct. 2022.

Institute Responsibilities

Faculty Incharge Creative Lab (Interdisciplinary Lab), 2020-till date.
Faculty Incharge OhCrop Club (Digital Design Club), 2020-till date.
Faculty Incharge Student Activities, 2025-till date.
Faculty Incharge Student Election, 2024-till date.
Nucleus Member Student Welfare Division, 2024-till date.
Member Committee for the Institute-wide Data Privacy Policy, Social Media Policy, and Website Legal Documentation, 2025-till date.
Member Cross Campus Committee for the Design and Development of the new BE Programme in Artificial Intelligence, 2025-till date.
Member Curriculum Development Committee, 2024-2025.
Member Departmental Research Committee, 2024-till date.
Convenor Departmental Research Committee, 2022-2024.

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