Bishal Lakha

Hi! I am Bishal, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Boise State University, advised by Dr.Edoardo Serra. My research focuses on developing reliable and scalable Graph ML-based algorithms, primarily for anomaly detection and cybersecurity. In addition, my goal is to improve explainability of such models by creating two types of generative explainers: language-based explainer, based on GNN and LLM, and causal subgraph-based explainer, based on VAE and diffusion model.

Prior to this, I completed my Master’s degree in Computer Science, also at Boise State University. My undergraduate studies was in Electronics and Communication Engineering, undertaken at the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

latest posts

Dec 21, 2024	Causal Explanation for Graph Neural Network
Apr 9, 2024	Graph Diffusion Model and Its Applications
Feb 5, 2023	Generalization Ability as a Criteria of Intelligence

selected publications

IEEE

Prediction of Future Nation-initiated Cyberattacks from News-based Political Event Graph

Bishal Lakha, Jason Duran, Edoardo Serra, and 1 more author

In 2023 IEEE 10th International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA), 2023

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@inproceedings{10302510,
  author = {Lakha, Bishal and Duran, Jason and Serra, Edoardo and Spezzano, Francesca},
  booktitle = {2023 IEEE 10th International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA)},
  title = {Prediction of Future Nation-initiated Cyberattacks from News-based Political Event Graph},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {1-8},
  doi = {10.1109/DSAA60987.2023.10302510},
}

IEEE

Anomaly Detection in Cybersecurity Events Through Graph Neural Network and Transformer Based Model: A Case Study with BETH Dataset

Bishal Lakha, Sara Lilly Mount, Edoardo Serra, and 1 more author

In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2022

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@inproceedings{10020336,
  author = {Lakha, Bishal and Mount, Sara Lilly and Serra, Edoardo and Cuzzocrea, Alfredo},
  booktitle = {2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)},
  title = {Anomaly Detection in Cybersecurity Events Through Graph Neural Network and Transformer Based Model: A Case Study with BETH Dataset},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {5756-5764},
  doi = {10.1109/BigData55660.2022.10020336},
}