What I’m studying

Preprint · 2026

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A Multiphase GNN and ModernBERT Framework for Social Engineering Detection in Email Networks

Barsat Khadka, Prasant Koirala, Kshitiz Neupane, and Nick Rahimi

We study how to spot social engineering attacks in email. Our approach first looks for unusual communication patterns, then checks the message content to help reduce false alarms.

Ongoing research

WMSV

I’m studying how errors in recorded data can change a regression’s conclusion. The aim is to understand how much a measurement would need to change before a relationship switches direction.