# Pratik M. Kamble

> Doctoral Security Researcher & Systems Security Specialist at Binghamton University. Focusing on software security, binary analysis, reverse engineering, fuzzing, WebAssembly runtime security, and embedded firmware CTF operations.

Pratik M. Kamble is a PhD researcher in Computer Science at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, advised by Dr. Aravind Prakash. His work centers on computer systems security, binary analysis, forced-execution fuzzing, software runtimes, and empirical security analysis.

## Core Research & Publications

- [Dead Weight: Analyzing Code Bloat in WebAssembly Binaries](https://www.pratikkamble.com/assets/papers/dimva-2026-wasm-bloat.pdf): Peer-reviewed research paper accepted at DIMVA 2026 (Chania, Greece). Analyzes 8,000+ real-world WebAssembly binaries to demonstrate 70–85% unexecuted functions creating indirect exploitation surfaces. [BibTeX](https://www.pratikkamble.com/assets/papers/dimva-2026-wasm-bloat.bib)
- [MITRE eCTF 2026 Leadership](https://ectf.mitre.org/2026-ectf/): Team Co-Captain for Binghamton University, directing defensive firmware architecture and offensive exploit operations to secure 13th place internationally out of 80+ university teams.
- [Patent No. 540976: EEG Activity Execution](https://www.pratikkamble.com/research#patent-eeg): Co-inventor of a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) framework processing raw EEG brain signals to execute device commands.
- [USENIX Security 2026 AEC](https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity26/call-for-artifacts): Appointed to the Artifact Evaluation Committee for USENIX Security 2026.
- [AR Mobile Assistant for STEM (IEEE VRW 2024)](https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW62533.2024.00274): Investigated Situated Learning Theory via Objectica AR assistant.
- [Student Mental Health AI Platform](https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2024.2369128): Backend recommendation infrastructure for automated mindfulness platform (Taylor & Francis).
- [Life Logging Frameworks (IEEE ICCUBEA 2018)](https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCUBEA.2018.8697516): Wearable data collection, ML analysis, and privacy implications.

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