Renuka Prabhu

Renuka Prabhu serves as a Professor in the School of Computer Engineering at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, where she maintains an active research profile with 31 publications and an h-index of 9 according to Scopus metrics. Her work bridges theoretical computer engineering with practical security applications in embedded systems.

Her research specializes in:

• Automotive cybersecurity including car hacking simulation testbeds
• Object detection optimization for resource-constrained devices like Raspberry Pi
• Steganography and data security techniques
• In-vehicle network protocol analysis

Recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate a strong trajectory toward real-world embedded security solutions, particularly in automotive threat landscape evaluation and robotics vision systems. Her work consistently leverages Raspberry Pi platforms to develop accessible, practical implementations of complex security frameworks.

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