Distinguished Reviewer Award
Pratik Kamble received the Distinguished Reviewer Award at USENIX Security 2026 for thorough, constructive feedback that strengthened the Artifact Evaluation process and supported open science.
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Decoding complex systems.
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Dead Weight: Code Bloat in WebAssembly Binaries
Research by Pratik Kamble and Dr. Aravind Prakash analyzing static reachability in 8,461 WebAssembly binaries. Separate dynamic measurements found 70–85% of functions unexecuted under evaluated workloads, motivating analysis of potential attack-surface reduction.
13th Place International Embedded CTF Ranking
Pratik Kamble co-captained Binghamton University's team to 13th place among 114 competitors, directing defensive firmware architecture and offensive exploit operations.
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- Received the Distinguished Reviewer Award for USENIX Security 2026 Artifact Evaluation.
- This recognition is given to reviewers who provided thorough, constructive feedback during the artifact evaluation process.
- Thank you to the AE Chairs for this recognition.
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