Publications

Scalable Network Monitoring

Measuring and Improving Video Performance

  • 2025
    • Scalable Video Conferencing Using SDN Principles

      Oliver Michel, Satadal Sengupta, Hyojoon Kim, Ravi Netravali, Jennifer Rexford

      ACM SIGCOMM

      [ To appear ]

  • 2022
  • 2018
    • HotDASH: Hotspot Aware Adaptive Video Streaming using Deep Reinforcement Learning

      Satadal Sengupta, Niloy Ganguly, Sandip Chakraborty, Pradipta De

      IEEE ICNP (International Conference on Network Protocols)

      [ Full Paper ] [ Slides ] [ IEEE Xplore ]

  • 2017
    • Candid with YouTube: Adaptive Streaming Behavior and Implications on Data Consumption

      Abhijit Mondal, Satadal Sengupta, B.R. Reddy, M.J.V. Koundinya, Chander G., Pradipta De, Niloy Ganguly, Sandip Chakraborty

      ACM NOSSDAV (ACM SIGMM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video)

      [ Full Paper ] [ Slides ] [ ACM DL ]

    • MoViDiff: Enabling Service Differentiation for Mobile Video Apps

      Satadal Sengupta, Vinay Kumar Yadav, Yash Saraf, Harshit Gupta, Niloy Ganguly, Sandip Chakraborty, Pradipta De

      IFIP/IEEE IM (International Symposium on Integrated Network Management)

      [ Mini-Conf. Paper ] [ Slides ] [ IEEE Xplore ]

  • 2016
    • Prediction of Quality Degradation for Mobile Video Streaming Apps: A Case Study using YouTube

      Dhruv Jain, Swapnil Agarwal, Satadal Sengupta, Pradipta De, Bivas Mitra, Sandip Chakraborty

      IEEE/ACM COMSNETS Poster (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      [ Abstract ] [ Poster ]

      * Best Poster Award *

    • Understanding Data Traffic Behaviour for Smartphone Video and Audio Apps

      Satadal Sengupta, Harshit Gupta, Pradipta De, Bivas Mitra, Sandip Chakraborty, Niloy Ganguly

      IEEE/ACM COMSNETS Poster (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      [ Abstract ] [ Poster ]

Scalable Network Security

  • 2025
    • Data-Plane Telemetry to Mitigate Long-Distance BGP Hijacks

      Satadal Sengupta, Hyojoon Kim, Daniel Jubas, Maria Apostolaki, Jennifer Rexford

      Arxiv Preprint

      [ Arxiv ]

  • 2023

Measuring Mobile Traffic at Scale

  • 2019
    • Exploiting Diversity in Android TLS Implementations for Mobile App Traffic Classification

      Satadal Sengupta, Niloy Ganguly, Pradipta De, Sandip Chakraborty

      The WebConf (Formerly WWW)

      [ Full Paper ] [ ACM DL ]

  • 2017
    • Leveraging Facebook’s Free Basics Engine for Web Service Deployment in Developing Regions

      Siddharth Singh, Vedant Nanda, Rijurekha Sen, Satadal Sengupta, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, Krishna P. Gummadi

      ICTD (International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies and Development)

      [ Full Paper ] [ Slides ] [ ACM DL ]

    • An Empirical Analysis of Facebook's Free Basics

      S. Singh, V. Nanda, R. Sen, S. Ahmad, Satadal Sengupta, A. Phokeer, Z.A. Farooq, T.A. Khan, P. Kumaraguru, I.A. Qazi, D. Choffnes, K.P. Gummadi

      ACM SIGMETRICS Abstract

      [ Abstract ]

  • 2016
    • On the Free Bridge Across the Digital Divide: Assessing the Quality of Facebook's Free Basics Service

      Rijurekha Sen, Hasnain Ali Pirzada, Amreesh Phokeer, Zaid Ahmed Farooq, Satadal Sengupta, David Choffness, Krishna P. Gummadi

      ACM IMC (Internet Measurement Conference)

      [ Full Paper ] [ ACM DL ]

Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs)

  • 2016
    • Design of Efficient Lightweight Strategies to Combat DoS Attack in Delay Tolerant Network Routing

      Sujoy Saha, Subrata Nandi, Rohit Verma, Satadal Sengupta, Kartikeya Singh, Vivek Sinha, Sajal K. Das

      Springer WiNe (Journal of Wireless Networks)

      [ Full Paper ] [ Springer Link ]

  • 2012
    • Secured Routing in DTNs: Threats & Counter-Measures

      Sujoy Saha, Satadal Sengupta, Rohit Verma, Subrata Nandi

      ICDCN Ph.D. Forum (International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking)

      [ Abstract ]

    • SRSnF: A Strategy for Secured Routing in Spray & Focus Routing Protocol for Delay Tolerant Networks

      Sujoy Saha, Satadal Sengupta, Rohit Verma, Subrata Nandi

      ACITY (International Conference on Advances in Computing and Information Technology)

      [ Full Paper ]

  • 2011
    • A Qualitative Survey on Multicast Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks

      Sushovan Patra, Sujoy Saha, Vijay Shah, Satadal Sengupta, Konsam Gojendra Singh, Subrata Nandi

      WiMo (International Conference on Wireless & Mobile Networks)

      [ Full Paper ] [ Slides ]

Other Topics

Side-Channels, Information-Centric Networking, IoT, Smartphone Energy Consumption
  • 2018
    • Magneto: Leveraging Magnetic Field Changes for Inferring Smartphone App Usage

      Meenu Rani Dey, Satadal Sengupta, Bhabendu Kumar Mohanta, Debasish Jena, Sandip Chakraborty

      ACM MobiCom Poster

      [ Abstract ] [ ACM DL ]

  • 2017
    • Predicting Social Dynamics based on Network Traffic Analysis for CCN/ICN Management

      Satadal Sengupta

      IEEE/ACM COMSNETS Ph.D. Forum (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]

    • CommBox: Utilizing Sensors for Real-Time Cricket Shot Identification and Commentary Generation

      Ashish Sharma, Jatin Arora, Pritam Khan, Sidhartha Satapathy, Sumit Agarwal, Satadal Sengupta, Sankarshan Mridha, Niloy Ganguly

      IEEE/ACM COMSNETS Demos & Exhibits (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      [ Abstract ]

      * Best Academic Demo Award *

  • 2016
    • Role of Network Control Packets in Smartphone Energy Drainage

      Chander Govindarajan, Satadal Sengupta, Pradipta De, Bivas Mitra, Sandip Chakraborty

      IEEE/ACM COMSNETS Poster (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      [ Abstract ] [ Poster ]

Professional Experience

Teaching and Mentorship

  • Volunteer Instructor
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Mentor
    • Detecting BGP Interception Attacks using Round-Trip Time Measurements

      Princeton University

      BSE Independent Work

      2020 - 2021

    • Magneto: Leveraging Magnetic Field Changes for Inferring Smartphone App Usage

      IIT Kharagpur

      Internship

      Summer 2018

    • Intelligent Caching based on Social Network Dynamics

      IIT Kharagpur

      Semester Projects and Internship

      Spring 2016, Summer 2016, and 2017

    • Sensor-based Cricket Shot Identification and Live Commentary

      IIT Kharagpur

      Semester Project (Co-mentored with Sankarshan Mridha)

      Fall 2016

    • Yes Sir! A Smart Attendance App based on Indoor Localization

      IIT Kharagpur

      Semester Project

      Fall 2016

    • Analysis of Mobile Video Traffic on Various Platforms

      IIT Kharagpur

      Bachelor's Thesis

      2015 - 2016

    • Mobile App Traffic Identification and Service Differentiation

      IIT Kharagpur

      Bachelor's Thesis and Internship

      2015 - 2016, Summer 2016

    • Impact of Network Control Packets on Energy Drainage in Smartphones

      IIT Kharagpur

      Bachelor's Thesis and Internship

      2015 - 2016, Summer 2016

Talks

Awards and Grants

Service

  • Technical Program Committee
    • ACM SIGCOMM Posters and Demos

      2023, 2024, and 2025

    • ACM CCS Posters

      2025

    • IEEE/ACM COMSNETS (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      Main Conference 2025, Poster Track 2024, Graduate Forum 2024

  • Reviewer
    • ACM SIGCOMM CCR (Computer Communication Review)

      2024

    • IEEE TNSE (Transactions on Network Science and Engineering)

      2023

    • IEEE CONECCT (International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies)

      2023

    • IEEE/ACM COMSNETS (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      Poster Track 2023

  • Organization
    • The WebConf 2019

      Volunteer

    • IEEE/ACM COMSNETS (International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks)

      Volunteer Captain

Non-Technical

Beyond research, I'm drawn to an ever-growing set of pursuits:
philosophy and psychology, wildlife exploration, humor, comedy and improv,
learning foreign languages, motorcycling, creative writing, and cooking.