Prashant Anantharaman
பிரசாந்த் அனந்தராமன்

Pronounced as : PRUH-shanth uh-NAN-thuh-RAH-mun

Senior Security Researcher at Narf Industries LLC

Last updated on 16 November, 2025

Prashant

I earned my PhD in Computer Science from Dartmouth College in May 2022 after defending my thesis titled "Protecting Systems From Exploits Using Language-Theoretic Security." I worked with Dr. Sean W. Smith and Dr. Sergey Bratus during my time there. Additionally, Dr. Shagufta Mehnaz and Dr. Natarajan Shankar served on my thesis committee. I also spent the summers of 2016, 2017, and 2018 at SRI International (Stanford Research Institute), Menlo Park, CA.

I am interested in the following areas of Computer Security and Privacy:
  • Language-Theoretic Security
  • Secure File Format Design
  • Security of Critical Infrastructure
  • Internet of Things Security and Privacy
  • Social Aspects of Privacy