Shujaatali Badami is a Quantum-IoT research engineer whose work sits at the intersection of post-quantum cryptography, quantum machine learning, and industrial control systems. The central question of his research is practical: when large-scale quantum computers break RSA and ECC, will the power grid still run?
His 2026 IEEE Access paper, Hardware-Agnostic Quantum Kernel Feature Mapping for Anomaly Detection in Critical Infrastructure, presented the first cross-testbed validation of quantum kernels on IBM's 156-qubit ibm_fez NISQ processor, reporting a 10.8% AUC improvement over classical SVM baselines on the SWaT and HAI industrial control testbeds. Related work covers energy-efficient VLSI architectures for sustainable IoT (IEEE ICAIC 2026), post-quantum blockchain security, and AI-driven 6G cognitive radio.
Badami serves on the Technical Program Committee of the United Nations ITU Kaleidoscope 2026 (AI for Good Summit, Geneva) and reviews for IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF 10.6), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IF 9.2), Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (IF 7.5), IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, and Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems. His technical article on quantum-safe gateway architectures was published by Automation.com (International Society of Automation), and he has provided expert commentary to Communications of the ACM, TechNewsWorld, ReversingLabs, and Moonlock on post-quantum migration, ICS malware, and platform security.
He is an active contributor to two international standards bodies. As a member of the IETF LAKE Working Group's Post-Quantum EDHOC (PQ-EDHOC) Design Team, he works alongside researchers from Ericsson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, INRIA, ISI Athens, University of Murcia, IIT Delhi, and University of Limoges on standardising quantum-resilient authenticated key exchange for constrained IoT devices. As a member of the ISA99 Committee, he contributes to the ISA/IEC 62443 series, the global standard for industrial automation and control systems (IACS) cybersecurity covering critical infrastructure, operational technology, and industrial IoT.
He holds IEEE Senior Member and ISA Senior Member grades, is a Hackathon Raptors Fellow, and has judged over 100 deep-tech startups at showcases hosted with AWS, Intercom, and Michigan State University.