FACULTY PROFILES

Anantaa Kotal

Assistant Professor
Computer Science

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Email: akotal@utep.edu

Bio

Anantaa Kotal is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UTEP whose research advances trustworthy and generative AI across public health, security, and policy through privacy-preserving, fair, and accountable system design.

Education

Ph D in Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2024)
B.Eng. in Computer Science, Jadavpur University (2017)

Publications

Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation Using Context-Aware GANs IEEE Big Data (2024), Anantaa Kotal, Anupam J. .
Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing Using Generative Models Proquest (2024), Anantaa Kotal.
Synthetic Data for Privacy Preservation in Distributed Data Analysis Systems Springer 1 (2024), Anantaa Kotal, Sai Sree Laya Chukkapalli, Anupam Joshi.
KiNETGAN: Enabling Distributed Network Intrusion Detection through Knowledge-Infused Synthetic Data Generation IEEE ICDCSW (2024), Anantaa Kotal, Brandon Luton, Anupam Joshi.
Opioid and Antimicrobial Prescription Patterns During Emergency Medicine Encounters Among Uninsured Patients AMIA Summits on Translational Science Proceedings (2024), Michael Grasso, Anantaa Kotal, Anupam Joshi.
Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing in Agriculture: Enforcing Policy Rules for Secure and Confidential Data Synthesis IEEE Big Data (2023), Anantaa Kotal, Lavanya Elluri, Deepti Gupta, Varun Mandulupu, Anupam Joshi.
Change management using generative modeling on digital twins IEEE ISI (2023), Nilanjana Das, Anantaa Kotal, Daniel Roseberry, Anupam Joshi.
Knowledge-Enhanced Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity and Privacy IEEE Internet Computing (2023), Aritran Piplai, Anantaa Kotal, Syedreza Mohseni, Manas Gaur, Sudip Mittal, Anupam Joshi.
PriveTAB: Secure and Privacy-Preserving sharing of Tabular Data ACM IWSPA (2022), Anantaa Kotal, Aritran Piplai, Sai Sree Laya Chukkapalli, Anupam Joshi.
The Effect of Text Ambiguity on creating Policy Knowledge Graphs IEEE BDCloud (2021), Anantaa Kotal, Karuna Pande Joshi, Anupam Joshi.
A policy-driven approach to secure extraction of covid-19 data from research papers Frontiers in Big Data (2021), Lavanya Elluri, Aritran Piplai, Anantaa Kotal, Anupam Joshi.

Presentations

Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation Using Context-Aware GANs (2024), Anantaa Kotal.

Grants

Computer Science Education and AI Literacy for K-12 Learners (11/01/2025 - 10/31/2026) - College of Education
Bridging Data Gaps with Modeled Data from Generative AI: Advancing Health Equity in Transportation Research (03/01/2025 - 03/31/2026) - USDOT
Optimizing Employment Outcomes among Veterans with Physical and Emotional War Traumas: Developing an AI Employment Readiness Prototype - UT HEALTH SCIENCE CNTR SAN ANTONIO (TX) - SPN01862

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2026	CS 4342 - Database Systems	23109	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ESE 6296 - Doctoral Research	27935
Spring 2026	CS 5399 - Master's Thesis	26719
Fall 2025	CS 4371 - Computer Science Problems	18554
Fall 2025	AI 4362 - Data Mining	17008	Syllabus
Fall 2025	CS 4362 - Data Mining	16885
Fall 2025	ESE 6296 - Doctoral Research	18307
Fall 2025	CS 5399 - Master's Thesis	16693
Spring 2025	CS 4371 - Computer Science Problems	28415
Spring 2025	CS 4342 - Database Systems	23429	Syllabus
Spring 2025	CS 5399 - Master's Thesis	28272
Fall 2024	CS 5362 - Data Mining	13669	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CS 6362 - Data Mining	14555	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CS 5398 - Master's Thesis	18252

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2025	AI 4362 - Data Mining	17008	Evaluation
Fall 2025	CS 4362 - Data Mining	16885	Evaluation
Spring 2025	CS 4342 - Database Systems	23429	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CS 5362 - Data Mining	13669	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CS 6362 - Data Mining	14555	Evaluation

Bio

Ph D in Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2024)
B.Eng. in Computer Science, Jadavpur University (2017)

Publications

Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation Using Context-Aware GANs IEEE Big Data (2024), Anantaa Kotal, Anupam J. .
Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing Using Generative Models Proquest (2024), Anantaa Kotal.
Synthetic Data for Privacy Preservation in Distributed Data Analysis Systems Springer 1 (2024), Anantaa Kotal, Sai Sree Laya Chukkapalli, Anupam Joshi.
KiNETGAN: Enabling Distributed Network Intrusion Detection through Knowledge-Infused Synthetic Data Generation IEEE ICDCSW (2024), Anantaa Kotal, Brandon Luton, Anupam Joshi.
Opioid and Antimicrobial Prescription Patterns During Emergency Medicine Encounters Among Uninsured Patients AMIA Summits on Translational Science Proceedings (2024), Michael Grasso, Anantaa Kotal, Anupam Joshi.

Presentations

Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation Using Context-Aware GANs (2024), Anantaa Kotal.

Computer Science Education and AI Literacy for K-12 Learners (11/01/2025 - 10/31/2026) College of Education
Bridging Data Gaps with Modeled Data from Generative AI: Advancing Health Equity in Transportation Research (03/01/2025 - 03/31/2026) USDOT
Optimizing Employment Outcomes among Veterans with Physical and Emotional War Traumas: Developing an AI Employment Readiness Prototype (10/27/2025 - ) UT HEALTH SCIENCE CNTR SAN ANTONIO (TX) - SPN01862

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CS 4342 - Database Systems

Section

23109

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ESE 6296 - Doctoral Research

Section

27935

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CS 5399 - Master's Thesis

Section

26719

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 4371 - Computer Science Problems

Section

18554

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

AI 4362 - Data Mining

Section

17008

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 4362 - Data Mining

Section

16885

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ESE 6296 - Doctoral Research

Section

18307

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 5399 - Master's Thesis

Section

16693

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 4371 - Computer Science Problems

Section

28415

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 4342 - Database Systems

Section

23429

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 5399 - Master's Thesis

Section

28272

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 5362 - Data Mining

Section

13669

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 6362 - Data Mining

Section

14555

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 5398 - Master's Thesis

Section

18252

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

AI 4362 - Data Mining

Section

17008

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CS 4362 - Data Mining

Section

16885

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CS 4342 - Database Systems

Section

23429

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 5362 - Data Mining

Section

13669

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CS 6362 - Data Mining

Section

14555

Evaluation

Anantaa Kotal

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Education

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Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations