Hi, I’m Sriaditya.
I research things.

I’m Sriaditya Vedantam, a security researcher working across cryptography, mathematics, and systems engineering.

Interested in algebraic geometry, post-quantum cryptography, and homomorphic encryption.

I write about research, build software, and study privacy-preserving machine learning at the University of Georgia.

Sriaditya Vedantam

Education Background

Expected May 2028Athens, GA

M.S. Cybersecurity and Privacy (Thesis)

University of Georgia

Emphasis on cryptography: Homomorphic Encryption and Privacy Preserving Machine Learning.

#cryptography#privacy-preserving#machine-learning
May 2026Athens, GA

B.S. Computer Science

University of Georgia

Graduated with Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with academic focus areas across theoretical computer science, cybersecurity, and systems-oriented computing.

#computer-science#theoretical-cs#cybersecurity
May 2026Athens, GA

B.S. Mathematics

University of Georgia

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, with academic focus areas across pure mathematics, algebraic geometry, and cryptography

#mathematics#algebra#geometry#cryptography#pure-math

Recent Posts

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The One Hit Wonder: Solving MIDHNP with Coppersmith

How I was the only solve on The One Hit Wonder by recognizing a Modular Inversion Double Hidden Numbers Problem (MIDHNP).

#cryptography#ctf#coppersmith#lattices#sage#mihnp#midhnp#number-theory

Building My First Bootable Kernel Pt. 1

Notes from my first OSDev Bare Bones milestone: building a freestanding x86 kernel, packaging it with GRUB, debugging cross-compiler and ISO issues, and running QEMU over SSH with VNC.

#osdev#kernel#c++#x86#grub#qemu#cross-compilation#systems

Research Experience

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August 2024 — May 2026Athens, GA

Data Science Team Lead Researcher

Small Satellite Research Lab, University of Georgia

Led a team of 12 researchers developing neural networks, NeRF, and computer vision pipelines for satellite and drone imaging.

Experience details: Data Science Team Lead Researcher at Small Satellite Research Lab, University of Georgia
  • Applied computational topology and tensor-based approaches to neural network implementation and optimization.
  • Defined short-term milestones that increased departmental output by over 80%.
  • Evaluated machine learning frameworks and selected PyTorch for the research pipelines.
  • Studied space-to-ground data transmission, transmitter viability, and wavelength coverage over areas of less than 50 miles, with attention to image and video accuracy.
  • Assessed project viability for grants exceeding $100,000 from NASA and the Air Force Association.
#nerf#pytorch#computational-topology#satellite-imaging
January 2023 — May 2025Athens, GA

Researcher

Directed Reading Program

Reading and presenting on elliptic curves, the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, discrete logarithms, Kähler manifolds, complex geometry, and cryptographic applications.

#elliptic-curves#cryptography#complex-geometry
January 2024 — December 2025Athens, GA

Undergraduate Researcher

University of Georgia — Mathematics Department

Studied exceptional Lie algebras, Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams, algebraic geometry, and applications of elliptic curves in cryptography.

Experience details: Undergraduate Researcher at University of Georgia — Mathematics Department
  • Read research papers connecting algebraic geometry and Lie theory, building experience in mathematical research and exposition.
  • Investigated the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, the discrete logarithm problem, and Fermat’s Little Theorem.
  • Implemented early elliptic curve cryptography algorithms and studied weaknesses in proposed post-quantum isogeny-based systems, including SIKE.
  • Explored Kähler manifolds and complex geometry.
#algebraic-geometry#lie-algebras#elliptic-curves#cryptography
November 2020 — May 2023Leuven, Belgium

Board Member

ImaginaryCTF

Helped host an international cybersecurity competition with 60,000 participants and designed research-based cryptography challenges.

Experience details: Board Member at ImaginaryCTF
  • Coordinated operations and prize logistics with Google, TryHackMe, OtterSec, and DigitalOcean.
  • Used International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) publications to improve challenge quality and integrity.
  • Oversaw teams and distributed systems supporting the platform’s projects and software.
#ctf#iacr#cryptography#infrastructure
August 2021 — December 2021Atlanta, GA

Research Project Developer

Georgia Institute of Technology — Mathematics Department

Built a graph theory route-mapping application in Java using Dijkstra’s algorithm, Eulerian circuit logic, and Open Maps API calls for real-world pathfinding and traversal modeling.

#graph-theory#dijkstra#java#pathfinding

Academic talks & invited lectures

Lecture seriesScheduled

Crash Course on Competitive Cryptography

University of Georgia — The Hack Pack — Society for Cybersecurity

Athens, GA

Invited lecture

Rational Solutions to Pythagorean Triples

University of Georgia — Mathematics Student Seminar

Athens, GA

Directed Reading Program ↗
Invited lecture

Primes and Fakes, Carmichael and the Twisted Prime Omega Function

University of Georgia — Mathematics Student Seminar

Athens, GA

Directed Reading Program ↗

Leadership Experience

August 2024 — May 2026University of Georgia

Data Science Team Lead

Small Satellite Research Laboratory

Led a research engineering team of 12 members by defining technical milestones, coordinating cross-functional development, and translating research requirements into deployable ML/CV systems for satellite imaging work.

#research-leadership#mlcv#team-lead#systems
Fall 2022 — Fall 2023University of Georgia

Founder & President

Hats On Cybersecurity

Hats On Cybersecurity logo

Founded and led a cybersecurity club teaching competition-based cybersecurity to students across experience levels. The club merged into The Hack Pack.

#cybersecurity#leadership#education#ctf
High SchoolGeorgia

Team Captain

Egg Heads Cyber Team

Egg Heads CyberPatriot team

Led cybersecurity competition teams through state and national events, including repeated first-place Georgia finishes in CyberPatriot competitions.

#cyberpatriot#team-captain#competition#cybersecurity
Nov 2020 — May 2023International

Board Member & Infrastructure Contributor

ImaginaryCTF

ImaginaryCTF logo

Helped host international cybersecurity events, handled support and incidents, deployed new services, and contributed to uptime, stability, and challenge quality for a global CTF platform.

#imaginaryctf#infrastructure#ctf#operations
High SchoolGeorgia

Vice President & Team Captain

CyberAvengers

CyberAvengers team

Served in leadership roles across four years, organizing cybersecurity events, mentoring students, and leading workshops on competition-based cybersecurity.

#mentorship#workshops#cybersecurity#leadership
2020 — 2022International

Competitive Team Member

Ducksociety / TeamlessCTF

Ducksociety logo

Participated with competitive CTF teams that placed highly in international events, contributing to cybersecurity problem-solving across cryptography, systems, and exploitation challenges.

#ctf#ducksociety#teamlessctf#competition

Service & campus involvement

Fall 2025 — Present

VP of Communications and Promotion

Math Club

Fall 2023 — Present

Red Team

The Hack Pack

Fall 2022 — Fall 2023

President

Hats On Cybersecurity

Merged into The Hack Pack.

Certifications & Professional Development

In ProgressCloud Certification

AWS Solutions Architect — Associate

Amazon Web Services

Currently preparing for AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification with focus on cloud architecture, deployment models, networking, storage, security, and resilient system design.

#aws#cloud-architecture#solutions-architect
PlannedCloud Security

AWS Security Specialty

Amazon Web Services

Planned certification path focused on cloud security architecture, identity and access management, logging, monitoring, encryption, and incident response.

#aws#cloud-security#iam#security
PlannedDatabase Systems

MongoDB Certifications

MongoDB

Planned certification path focused on document databases, schema design, indexing, aggregation, application integration, and production database practices.

#mongodb#databases#backend#nosql
May 2021 — May 2024 · ExpiredCybersecurity

Security+

CompTIA

Previously held Security+ certification, supporting foundational knowledge in cybersecurity, networking, risk, and secure systems practices.

#security-plus#cybersecurity#networking
April 2021Technical Foundations

MTA Software Development Associate

Microsoft

Earned the Microsoft Technology Associate credential in software development.

#microsoft#software-development
November 2020Technical Foundations

MTA Networking Associate

Microsoft

Earned the Microsoft Technology Associate credential in networking.

#microsoft#networking

Work Experience

July 2026 — PresentWatkinsville, GA

Solutions Engineer

Athens Micro

Build internal automation and API integrations across IT, dispatch, HR, and operations using PowerShell, TypeScript, SQL, n8n, and REST APIs.

Experience details: Solutions Engineer at Athens Micro
  • Integrate ConnectWise Manage, NinjaOne, and the Claude API to streamline ticketing, reporting, and internal processes.
  • Independently scope projects, assess feasibility, set priorities and deadlines, troubleshoot issues, and deliver solutions to stakeholders and clients.
#automation#api-integrations#powershell#typescript#n8n
March 2024 — July 2026Athens, GA

Parking Operations Representative

University of Georgia

Engineered a Selenium automation pipeline executing 40,000+ system tasks and eliminating a six-month operational backlog.

Experience details: Parking Operations Representative at University of Georgia
  • Improved reporting accuracy and system reliability through repeatable workflow design.
  • Resolved bottlenecks for a 60% efficiency increase in operational and reporting processes.
  • Maintained financial and operational data-handling compliance and applied secure design principles to automation workflows.
#automation#selenium#operations#secure-design
January 2021 — December 2021Raleigh, NC

Community Specialist Manager

Cornerstone Entertainment Company

Managed community operations for a network of 200 users, stabilizing staffing and improving retention and engagement.

Experience details: Community Specialist Manager at Cornerstone Entertainment Company
  • Coordinated with developers on platform reliability, increasing customer satisfaction by 75%.
#operations#community#platform-reliability

Teaching Experience

January 2023 — December 2023Athens, GA

Peer Learning Assistant

University of Georgia — Mathematics Department

Helped co-instruct Calculus II and III for Scientists and Engineers, working with a lead professor and presenting material curated by Dr. Jacob Hicks.

Experience details: Peer Learning Assistant at University of Georgia — Mathematics Department
  • Provided individual support and reasoning through problems during class.
  • Delivered lectures, reviewed homework and classwork, and facilitated student discussion.
  • Held office hours weekly and by appointment.
#calculus#teaching#mathematics#student-support

Skills & languages

Programming

  • C
  • C++
  • C#
  • Java
  • Python
  • SQL

Research & computing

  • ML/CV frameworks
  • SageMath
  • JupyterLab
  • Technical writing and reading

Engineering

  • Full-stack development
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • Database administration

Languages

English
Native
Telugu
Native

Coursework

34 courses · 2022–2026

Fall 2026

  • CSCI 6730Operating Systems
  • CSCI 6760Computer Networks
  • CSCI 6950Graduate Research
  • CSCI 8000Special Topics in Applied Cryptography
  • CSCI 8960Privacy Preserving Data Analysis / Machine Learning (Differential Privacy)

Spring 2026

  • CSCI 4470Algorithms
  • CSCI 4800Human-Computer Interaction
  • CSCI 4300Web Programming

Fall 2025

  • CSCI 4380Data Mining
  • CSCI 4670Combinatorics
  • MATH 6100Real Analysis
  • MATH 8000AlgebraAudit

Summer 2025

  • CSCI 4720Computer Architecture and Organization
  • CSCI 4760Computer Networks

Spring 2025

  • CSCI 2670Introduction to Theory of Computing
  • CSCI 4370Database Management
  • MATH 8330Hodge TheoryAudit
  • MATH 8200Algebraic TopologyAudit

Fall 2024

  • MATH 8300Introduction to Algebraic Geometry

Summer 2024

  • CSCI 2720Data Structures

Spring 2024

  • MATH 3000Introduction to Linear Algebra
  • MATH 6010Abstract Algebra II (prev. Modern Algebra and Geometry II)
  • MATH 4950Research in Mathematics

Fall 2023

  • MATH 2500Accelerated Calculus III for Engineers
  • MATH 3100Introduction to Mathematical Analysis (prev. Sequences and Series)
  • MATH 6000Abstract Algebra I (prev. Modern Algebra and Geometry I)
  • CSCI 1730Systems Programming

Summer 2023

  • MATH 2700Elementary Differential Equations

Spring 2023

  • CSCI 2610Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
  • MATH 2260Calculus II for Scientists and Engineers
  • MATH 3200Introduction to Mathematical Proofs

Fall 2022

  • CSCI 1302Software Development
  • FYOS 1001Effects of AI in the Modern Working World (Dr. Suchi Bhandarkar)
  • MATH 2250Calculus I for Scientists and Engineers

Awards / Honors

2023University of Georgia

Third Place Award

Kossack Exam

Placed third in a mathematics competition with roughly 50 participants.

#mathematics#competition#award
2020 - 2022Georgia

First Place Georgia

CyberPatriot XII - XIV

Finished first in Georgia and Top 30 nationally as a Platinum Division semifinalist.

#cybersecurity#cyberpatriot#competition
2021United States

National Cyber Scholar

National Cyber Scholarship Foundation

Ranked 51st among more than 3,000 qualifiers and more than 10,000 competitors; awarded a $3,000 scholarship.

#cybersecurity#scholarship#national-cyber-scholar
2021, 2022United States

National Finalist — Management Information Systems

FBLA National Leadership Conference

Placed seventh nationally in 2021 and eighth nationally in 2022 while representing Georgia in Management Information Systems case study competitions.

#mis#case-study#national-finalist

Competitive history

39 results · 2018–2023

2023

  • Kossack ExamUniversity of Georgia
    3rd/ 50

2022

  • UTCTF 2022TAMU Cyber Club · CTF
    23rd/ 560
  • picoCTF 2022The Teamless A · CTF
    22nd/ 7,794
  • CyberPatriot XIVPlatinum Division · Semifinalist · Top 30 nationally
    1stGeorgia
  • FBLA National Leadership ConferenceManagement Information Systems · National finalist
    8th

2021

  • DiceCTF 2021ducks0ci3ty · CTF
    282nd/ 1,059
  • NGA CTF 2021sriadityavedantam · CTF
    17th
  • NCL Spring 2021 Preseasonsriadityavedantam · CTF
    93rd/ 5,794
  • NCL Spring 2021 Individual Gamesriadityavedantam · CTF
    29th/ 4,180
  • NCL Spring 2021 Team GameEgg Heads · CTF
    22nd/ 922
  • National Cyber Scholarship Competition 2021sriadityavedantam · National Cyber Scholar · 2nd in Georgia · $3,000 scholarship
    51st/ 3,277
  • HackTheBox Cyber Apocalypse 2021ducks0ci3ty · CTF
    140th/ 4,740
  • CSAW '21 Qualifiersducks0ci3ty · CTF
    140th/ 1,216
  • H@cktivityCon 2021 CTFducks0ci3ty · CTF
    37th/ 1,721
  • DownUnderCTF 2021ducks0ci3ty · CTF
    206th/ 1,594
  • TamilCTF 2021ducks0ci3ty · CTF
    16th/ 333
  • DeconstruCT.F 2021ducks0ci3ty · CTF
    4th/ 300
  • pbctf 2021The Teamless · CTF
    44th/ 210
  • NCL Fall 2021 Preseasonsriadityavedantam · CTF
    56th/ 6,455
  • NCL Fall 2021 Individualsriadityavedantam · CTF
    48th/ 6,481
  • NCL Fall 2021 TeamEgg Heads · CTF
    35th/ 3,917
  • CyberPatriot XIIIPlatinum Division · Semifinalist · Top 30 nationally
    1stGeorgia
  • FBLA National Leadership ConferenceManagement Information Systems · National finalist
    7th

2020

  • NeverLAN CTF 2020Egg Heads · CTF
    114th/ 1,158
  • TJCTF 2020Egg Heads · CTF
    298th/ 1,205
  • Newark Academy CTF 2020Egg Heads · CTF
    76th/ 968
  • NCL Fall 2020 Preseasonsriadityavedantam · CTF
    41st/ 6,072
  • NCL Fall 2020 Individual Gamesriadityavedantam · CTF
    38th/ 6,013
  • NCL Fall 2020 Team GameEgg Heads · CTF
    27th/ 957
  • X-MAS CTF 2020ducks0ci3ty · CTF
    9th/ 1,064
  • KSU ISA CTF 2020sriadityavedantam · CTF
    3rd/ 12
  • JustCTF 2020ducks0ci3ty · CTF
    189th/ 804
  • CyberPatriot XIIPlatinum Division · Semifinalist · Top 30 nationally
    1stGeorgia

2019

  • PicoCTF 2019Egg Heads (Solo) · CTF
    33rd/ 60,595
  • NGA CTF 2019Egg Heads · CTF
    35th
  • ångstromCTF 2019Egg Heads · CTF
    71st/ 1,570
  • TJCTF 2019Egg Heads (Solo) · CTF
    65th/ 483
  • CyberPatriot XIGold Division · Top 100 nationally
    Semifinalist

2018

  • CyberPatriot XMiddle School Division · Top 100 nationally
    Semifinalist