Dr. Dhiren Patel
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Currently
Professor of Computer Engineering
at NIT Surat, INDIA |
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Interests
and Expertise |
Information Security - Providing knowledge leadership: concept, technology, and process
innovation
Innovations leading to novel applications
for trustworthy information infrastructure,
Encryption
Systems, Network Security, Malware Detection and Prevention, Security in Wireless
Sensor Networks, Public Key Infrastructure, Advanced Computer Architectures,
RFID, Low cost protocols for web based elections
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Education |
Ph. D. Computer Engineering, REC
Surat/NCST Mumbai, India, 1998-2003
Development and Analysis of
Techniques for Secure Information Exchange over Computer Networks (defended in 2005), Advisor:
Dr. S. Ramani, (Former Director – NCST, Mumbai)
M. Tech. Computer Science & Engg., IIT Kanpur, India, 1991-1992
Twine RISC: Multithreaded Processor Architecture, Advisor: Dr. Rajat Moona (Professor - Computer Science
& Engineering, IIT Kanpur)
B. E. Electronics Engineering, REC Surat,
India, 1983-1987
Additional Qualifications –
Short Term Programs
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Parallel Computing &
Architectures (2 weeks) - IIT Kharagpur
July 1989
Artificial Neural
Networks & Applications (1 week) - IIT Mumbai Jan. 1994
Advanced Computer
Networks (1 week) - IIT Kanpur Nov.
1997
Information Security
Solutions Europe (ISSE01) (4 days) - EEMA, London, UK Sept. 2001
Formal
Methods in Safety Critical and Industrial Applications (4 days) IIT
Mumbai - Dec. 2002
Workshop (1
week) on System Management Capacity Development
- Goa Sept. 2005
Microsoft Developers Workshop TechMela
and Microsoft Research TechVista – India, 2007
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Experience and Work History |
Total experience:
20 years in Academics, Research and Information Infrastructure Design
Professor – Computer Engineering, NIT Surat, India since
October 2005
Head of the Department, Computer
Engineering , NIT Surat, India Oct 2002 – Jan 2007
Professor In-charge, Campus
Computing and Network facilities, REC Surat, India 1995 - 2002
Coordinated/Created
Campus Computing Infrastructure, Internet and Campus Network Conducted training programs on Network
Infrastructure and Information Security
Currently supervising 4 Ph
D scholars at NIT Surat:
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Subjects Taught |
Basic
Electronics, Pulse & Waveform Circuits, Microwave Engineering, Radar and
Navigational Aids, Analog and Digital ICs, Microprocessors, Electronics System Design,
Advanced Computer Architectures (at Electronics Dept 1987-1994)
Data
Structures, Algorithm Analysis & Design, Language Processors and Compilers,
Computer Organization, Computer Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Parallel
Processing, Internet Technology & Applications, System Analysis &
Simulation (MBA - Information Systems), User Interfaces,
Currently
teaching:
Information
Security & Applications, Computer Networks - II (at B Tech IV CSE level)
Introduction
to Computer Security, Public Key Infrastructure & Trust Management (at M
Tech CSE level)
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Associations and Memberships |
Cryptology Research
Society of India (Life Member)
Computer Society of
India (Life Member)
ACM (Member)
Indian Society of Technical
Education (Life Member)
Member – Action
Group – Information Security Awareness
Program - Govt. of India
Member – Project
Review Steering Group – Information
Security Education and Awareness Program, Ministry of IT & Communications,
Govt. of India
Member – Board of Studies (IT/Computer) and Research
Council of Universities in India
Member - Technical Committee – CCB (Central Counseling Board for AIEEE admissions), Govt. of India
<Software Development and Testing for Centralized Counseling>
Publications
BOOK
Information Security – Theory and Practice, Patel Dhiren, Prentice Hall of India Ltd. (Apr 2008)
ISBN-978-81-203-3351-2
PAPERS (Partial list)
1.
A Secure Internet Voting Protocol, Patel D., Ramani S., Information Security Solutions
Europe ISSE2001 conference, London, UK, 2001.
2.
A Simple On-line Voting Scheme, Patel D., International Conference on Computer
Communications, ICCC 2002, Mumbai, India, 2002.
3.
A Secure Authentication System using
Voice Biometric, Patel D.,
Advances in Computer Communication Networks, CCN 2003 conference, IIT Roorkee,
India, 2004.
4.
New One-way
Compression Function for Cryptographic Hash Applications, Patel D., MCCCC2006
conference, WSU, Wichita, USA, 2006
5.
Affordable Security in Wireless Sensor
Networks, Patel D., Jinwala
D., Das Gupta K., CSI Annual Convention, Kolkata, India, 2006
6.
Analysis of the Security overhead in Link Layer Security Architecture on a Tiny
Micro-threaded Environment for Wireless Networked Sensors, Patel D., Jinwala D., Das Gupta K., International Conference On
Information Security and Computer Forensics ISCF-2006, Chennai, India,
2006
7. A survey of the security
issues in Wireless Sensor Networks, Patel D., Jinwala D.,
Das Gupta K., ADIT Journal of Engineering, India, ISSN0973 3663 Dec. 2006
8.
Universal Handler for SOA Security
Strategies, Patel D., Shah D.,
International Conference on IT’07,
W.B., India, 2007
9.
Patel D., Tiwari P., Fighting Anti-Honeypot Technology using Autonomous Honeypots;
Proceedings of International Cryptology Workshop & Conference –
Cryptology 2008, PWTC, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, June 2008
10.
Jinwala D., Patel D., Dasgupta K.; Optimizing the Block Cipher Resource
Overhead at the Link Layer Security Framework in the Wireless Sensor Networks;
International Conference on Wireless
Networks; IAENG sponsored World Congress on Engineering, Imperial
College, London, UK, July 2008
11. Configurable Link Layer Security Architecture for
Wireless Sensor Networks (above conference)
12. Shah D., Patel D.; Dynamic and Ubiquitous Security Architecture for Global
SOA; UBICOMM 2008 - IARIA and IEEE
Conference, Valencia, Spain (to appear -- Sept. 29 - Oct.4, 2008).
Expert Lectures/Talks
delivered (Partial
list)
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Mitigating Malware Risks, Talk at IIT Kanpur, Oct.
2007, at Cyber Security Workshop
NIT Bhopal, Dec 2007, at IEEE Colloquium R10 International Conference,
Mumbai Feb 2008
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Ethical Hacking: Towards Trustworthy
Computing, expert talk at HP Labs, Palo Alto, CA, Oct. 06.
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Information Security Awareness: Towards
Trustworthy Computing Applications, distinguish lecture, Amrita E-learning Network, Coimbatore, India,
(Interactive session broadcasted on
Indo-US EduSAT network) Jan
2006
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Information
Security Techniques, IIIT Hyderabad, Sept. 2005
· Classical Cryptography, Cryptographic Hash Functions, e-voting - 4 sessions at TIFR Mumbai during “Cyber Security Workshop” May 23 – June 18, 2005
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Information Security / Cryptographic
Hash functions/ Web server: Design and dynamics / Internet, Web and e-commerce:
Challenges and Opportunities at various Engineering Colleges / Universities in India
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Internet Technology: Facts and fictions,
Dept. of Telecom, Surat and
Chamber of Commerce - Internet facility introduction at Surat - 1997
Short
term Courses / Workshop conducted (for students/faculty/industry)
1. Symposium on Security and Soft Computing, NSSC-2007 (Program chair), Surat, India, 2007
2.
One week Training program on Information Security
IS-2007 (Co-ordinator) at NIT Surat, March 2007
3.
Workshop on Learning at a Distance (EduSAT -
Indo-US initiative) (Co-ordinator) at NIT Surat, Dec 2005
4.
Security & Design of Campus Network (TEQIP Workshop of 3 days)
(Co-ordinator) at NIT Surat, Aug- 2005
5. Internet Unleashed (Two weeks) (ISTE Short Term Training Program) (Co-ordinator) Surat – March 1999
6.
Internet
Technology Workshop (one week) (REC Surat) (Co-ordinator) –
July 1998
7.
One
day seminar on Networks Technology Computer Society of India, Surat
chapter - 1997
M Tech Dissertations (completed)
DNS
for the IPv6 Environment & Implementation of Privacy Extension for Stateless
Address Auto configuration in IPv6
– Roocha Pandya (2007-08)
Enhancing
Intrusion Detection Systems Using Autonomous Honeypots – Pradip Tiwari (2007-08)
Threat
Management Using Peer To Peer Networks
– Dharmesh Patel (2007-08)
Focused Crawler – Bhavesh Gohil (2007-08)
Ph D Dissertations (going on)
Design
and Analysis of Link Layer Security Architecture on a tiny micro-threaded
event-driven operating environment for Wireless Networked Sensors
– Devesh Jinwala (July 2005 onwards)
Web
Services Security:
Ubiquitous security architecture for Global SOA – Deven Shah (July 2006 onwards)
Security v/s Performance – Hiren Patel (Jan 2008 –
onwards)
Detecting/Preventing Malicious
Transactions in Database
– U. Rao (July 2008 onwards)