Publications

Research Overview: 4 Patent Applications | 4Journal Articles | 17 Conference Papers

Focus Areas: Trustworthy and Explainable AI for Extended Reality (XR) Applications, Privacy-preserving AI-XR, Human-centered AI, Multitask Learning-enabled AI for Adaptive and Immersive XR, XR Security and Usable Privacy to Enhance Trust and Usability

Patent Applications

Ripan Kumar Kundu, Istiak Ahmed, Khurram Khalil, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- An Adaptive System for Cybersickness Mitigation in Virtual Reality Using Reinforcement Learning and an Interactive Dialogue Engine,

Under review for U.S. Patent.
Khurram Khalil, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- A Universal, Tokenizer-Free Language Architecture with Continuous Interaction Fields,

Under review for U.S. Patent.
Khurram Khalil, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- An Efficient Attention Mechanism for Transformers Using Geometric Clustering,

Under review for U.S. Patent.
Khurram Khalil, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- An Attention Mechanism with Orthogonal Subspace Projections for Transformer Models,

Under review for U.S. Patent.

Journal Articles

Ripan Kumar Kundu, Matthew Denton, Genova Mongalo, Prasad Calyam, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- Securing Virtual Reality Experiences: Unveiling and Tackling Cybersickness Attacks with Explainable AI,

IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (2025): 1-18

(Impact Factor: 7.3)

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- RelaxVR: Cybersickness Reduction in Immersive Virtual Reality Through Explainable AI and Large Language Models,

IEEE Access 13 (2025): 84689-84712

(Impact Factor: 3.4)

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Jyotirmay Nag Setu, Joshua M Le, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Barry Giesbrecht, Tobias Höllerer, Khaza Anuarul Hoque, Kevin Desai, John Quarles
- Predicting and Explaining Cognitive Load, Attention, and Working Memory in Virtual Multitasking,

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 31.5 (2025): 3014-3024

(Impact Factor: 4.579)

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khurram Khalil, Eric Garcia, Ethan Grassia, Prasad Calyam, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- PEARL: An Adaptive and Explainable Hardware Trojan Detection Using Open Source and Enterprise Large Language Models,

IEEE Access 13 (2025): 133755-133772

(Impact Factor: 3.4)

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Akhlaqur Rahman, Shuva Paul
- A study on sensor system latency in VR motion sickness,

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 10:3 (2021): 53

(Impact Factor: 4.2)

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Selected Conference Papers

Ripan Kumar Kundu, Istiak Ahmed, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- Enhancing Immersive Virtual Reality Experiences with Multiple Tasks Prediction Using Pre-Trained Large Foundation Models,

ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
(VRST),
2025.
Core Rank: A

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Istiak Ahmed, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- PrivateXR: Defending Privacy Attacks in Extended Reality Through Explainable AI-Guided Differential Privacy,

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
(ISMAR),
2025.
Core Rank: A*

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Istiak Ahmed, John Quarles, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- ExciteVR: Effective Cybersickness Mitigation in Virtual Reality using Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models,

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct
(ISMAR-Adjunct),
2025.
Core Rank: A*

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Istiak Ahmed, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- PILAR: Personalizing Augmented Reality Interactions with LLM-based Human-Centric and Trustworthy Explanations for Daily Use Cases,

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct
(ISMAR-Adjunct),
2025.
Core Rank: A*

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Istiak Ahmed, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- Adversarial VR: An Open-Source Testbed for Evaluating Adversarial Robustness of VR Cybersickness Detection and Mitigation,

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct
(ISMAR-Adjunct),
2025.
Core Rank: A*

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- Advancing Cybersickness Prediction in Immersive Virtual Reality Using Pre-Trained Large Foundation Models,

IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops
(VRW),
2025: 1244-1245.
Core Rank: A*

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- SecretVR: Differential Privacy Defense Against Membership Inference Privacy Attacks in Virtual Reality,

IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops
(VRW),
2025: 1266-1267.
Core Rank: A*

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- Preserving Personal Space: Differentially Private Cybersickness Detection in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments,

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
(ISMAR),
2024: 11-20.
Core Rank: A*

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Jyotirmay Nag Setu, Joshua M Le, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Barry Giesbrecht, Tobias Höllerer, Khaza Anuarul Hoque, Kevin Desai, John Quarles
- Mazed and Confused: A Dataset of Cybersickness, Working Memory, Mental Load, Physical Load, and Attention During a Real Walking Task in VR,

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
(ISMAR),
2024: 11-20.
Core Rank: A*

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- Explainable Predictive Maintenance is Not Enough: Quantifying Trust in Remaining Useful Life Estimation,

Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society
(PHM),
2023: 15(1).
Acceptance rate: 30%

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Rifatul Islam, John Quarles, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- LiteVR: Interpretable and Lightweight Cybersickness Detection using Explainable AI,

IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
(IEEE VR),
2023: 609-619.
Core Rank: A*

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Osama Yahia Elsaid, Prasad Calyam, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- VR-LENS: Super Learning-based Cybersickness Detection and Explainable AI-Guided Deployment in Virtual Reality,

ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
(IUI),
2023: 819-834.
Core Rank: A

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Rifatul Islam, Prasad Calyam, Khaza Anuarul Hoque
- TruVR: Trustworthy Cybersickness Detection using Explainable Machine Learning,

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
(ISMAR),
2022: 777-786.
Core Rank: A*

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Shuva Paul, Ripan Kumar Kundu
- A Bagging MLP-based Autoencoder for Detection of False Data Injection Attack in Smart Grid,

IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference
(ISGT),
2022: 1-5.
Acceptance rate: 30%

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Ripan Kumar Kundu, Kazi Md Jubyer, Abdullahil Fawaz, Sathi Rani Das, Mohammad Moniruzaman
- An economical analysis of charging electric three wheelers using solar biogas hybrid energy system,

Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies
(i-PACT),
2017: 1-5.

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Ikram Ilyas, Shuva Paul, Akhlaqur Rahman, Ripan Kumar Kundu
- Comparative evaluation of cyclostationary detection based cognitive spectrum sensing,

IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference
(UEMCON),
2016: 1-7.
Acceptance rate: 33%

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Md Kamrul Alam Khan, Shuva Paul, Md Siddikur Rahman, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Md Mahmudul Hasan, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Mohammad Al Mamun
- A Study of Performance Analysis of PKL Electricity generation Parameters (An experimental analysis on Voltage Regulation, Capacity and Energy Efficiency of Pathor Kuchi Leaf (PKL) Electricity Cell),

IEEE 7th Power India International Conference
(PIICON),
2016: 1-6.

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Shuva Paul, Md Sajed Rabbani, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Sikdar Mohammad Raihan Zaman
- A review of smart technology (Smart Grid) and its features,

IEEE International Conference on Non Conventional Energy
(ICONCE),
2014: 200-203.

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Shuva Paul, Md Kamrul Alam Khan, Md Rashed Azad, Ripan Kumar Kundu
- Performance studies of Mono-Crystal Silicon Solar Photovoltaic Module with booster reflector under Bangladeshi Climatic Condition,

IEEE Energytech
2013: 1-6.

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