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Shishir Nagaraja is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of cybersecurity, robotics, and law, with a primary focus on the security and privacy of surgical and industrial robotic systems. His work critically examines the vulnerabilities introduced by network-connected robots, demonstrating that encryption alone is insufficient to protect sensitive operational workflows—as shown in his study on fingerprinting robot operations over encrypted channels. Nagaraja’s major contribution lies in reframing security as a fundamental safety requirement for high-assurance surgical robotics, arguing that adversarial interference must be treated as a safety liability. His 2022 paper on dissecting liabilities in adversarial surgical robot failures, which has garnered 15 citations, bridges technical security analysis with EU and Danish legal frameworks, highlighting the inadequacy of current liability regimes. He has also advanced privacy theory by challenging conventional patient consent protocols in the context of autonomous surgical robots. Through his interdisciplinary approach, Nagaraja is shaping the future of trustworthy robotics, ensuring that as robots take on greater responsibility, their design and regulation keep pace with emerging threats.