Curriculum Vitae - Debasish Pattanayak

Profile

I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore. My research focuses on distributed algorithms for mobile agents and mobile robots in graphs and geometric spaces, with interests in exploration, rendezvous, dispersion, pattern formation, and fault tolerance. I also develop interactive simulators for these systems. Before joining IIT Indore, I completed my PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from the Department of Mathematics at IIT Guwahati under the supervision of Prof. Partha Sarathi Mandal and Dr. H. Ramesh, and held visiting and postdoctoral research positions in Europe and Canada.

Current Position

Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Indore

Publications

41 listed works

Research Areas

7 active themes

Grants

2 funded projects

Education & Experience

Position Jun 2025 - Present

Assistant Professor

IIT Indore
Position Oct 2023 - Jun 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher

Carleton University & University of Ottawa

Co-supervised by: Prof. Nicola Santoro, Prof. Paola Flocchini
Position Oct 2022 - Oct 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher

UQO

With: Prof. Andrzej Pelc
Position Oct 2020 - Oct 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher

LUISS Guido Carli

With: Prof. Giuseppe F. Italiano
Position Mar 2020 - Sep 2020

Visiting Scientist

ISI Kolkata

With: Dr. Anisur Rahaman Molla
Position Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

Visiting Fellow

University of Vienna

With: Prof. Stefan Schmid

SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship
Education Jul 2014 - Sep 2020

PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from the Department of Mathematics

IIT Guwahati

Supervisors: Prof. Partha Sarathi Mandal, Dr. H. Ramesh
Position May 2013 - Jul 2013

Research Intern

JAIST, Japan

With: Prof. Atsuko Miyaji
Position May 2012 - Jul 2012

Research Intern

NISER, Bhubaneswar

With: Dr. Deepak Kumar Dalai
Education Jul 2010 - Jul 2014

B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing

IIT Guwahati

Teaching

CS103: Introduction to Programming

IIT Indore

Jul-Nov 2026

Course page

CS637: Theory of Computation and Graph Theory

IIT Indore

Jan-Apr 2026

Course page

CS103: Introduction to Programming

IIT Indore

July-Nov 2025

Course page

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Bachelor)

LUISS

Sep-Dec 2021

Machine Learning (Master)

LUISS

Feb-May 2022

Introduction to Programming with Python

LUISS

2022

Data Structures and Algorithms Lab

IIT Guwahati

Jul-Nov 2018

Object Oriented Programming with C++

IIT Guwahati

Jan-Apr 2018

Introduction to Programming

IIT Guwahati

Jul-Nov 2016 & 2017

Research Supervision

Current students

2 Ph.D. · 1 M.Tech.

Former students

2 B.Sc. Honors · 0 other completed

Total supervised

Ph.D., M.Tech., and B.Sc. Honors

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Service

Admin roles

PC roles

Journals

Conferences

Administrative

Convener, DUGC, Department of CSE (Feb 1, 2026 - Present)

Organizing committee

13th International Conference and Workshop on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM), 2019

Social

Project Pankhuri — Coordinator
Alongside my academic work, I help run Project Pankhuri, a small learning and enrichment initiative for students of Classes 6-8 from tribal and rural communities. We create spaces where they can learn with curiosity, ask questions freely, explore new ideas, and experience the joy of learning. Pankhuri is our small effort to ensure that a child's background does not define the opportunities they have to learn, explore, dream, and grow.
Started by Dr. Lawqueen Kanesh. Coordinated with Dr. Subhra Mazumdar.

Program committee

Doctoral Symposium of ICDCN 2022
Distributed Computing Track of ICDCIT 2023
Distributed Computing Track of ICDCIT 2024
SIROCCO 2024
IEEE ANTS Early Researchers' Forum 2024
Moving and Computing Track of SSS 2025
Distributed Computing Track of ICDCIT 2026
Doctoral Symposium of ICDCN 2026
1st Decentralized Immutable Secure Tamper-Resistant Encrypted Searchable Storage Workshop (DISTRESS'26)

Reviewer

8 journals · 20 conferences

Journals

Theoretical Computer Science
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
IEEE Access
Distributed Computing
Journal of Supercomputing
Journal of Field Robotics
Information and Computation
International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science

Conferences

ICDCN 2017 ICDCN 2019 OPODIS 2019 CALDAM 2020 SIROCCO 2020 SSS 2021 ALGOSENSORS 2021 ISAAC 2021 ICDCS 2021 SODA 2022 ICDCN 2022 SSS 2023 IWOCA 2024 OPODIS 2024 SSS 2024 ICDCIT 2025 SIROCCO 2025 SEA 2026 LATIN 2026 PODC 2026

Awards

1
Award
Best paper award for Universal Dancing paper in SIROCCO 2026.
2
Award
Best Doctoral Thesis award from the Department of Mathematics, IIT Guwahati.
3
Award
Best Paper award at ICDCIT 2023 for paper on MIS Filling.
4
Award
Awarded position under Distributed Computing Chair Research Grant, 2022 to work at UQO, Canada.
5
Award
Awarded position under PRIN research grant titled 'AHeAD: efficient Algorithms for HArnessing networked Data' to work at LUISS Guido Carli, Italy.
6
Award
Best Poster award in Doctoral Symposium, ICDCN 2020.
7
Award
SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship, 2018-19 to work at University of Vienna.

Grants

1
Grant
PM-ECRG (Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant Scheme) (2026)

Funding Agency: ANRF

Project: Collective Resilience: Harnessing Swarm Intelligence Against Byzantine Faults
2
Grant
YFRSG (Young Faculty Research Seed Grant Scheme)

Funding Agency: IIT Indore

Project: Schedulers Galore: Asynchronous, Synchronous and Sequential