Dr. Dhiren Patel

 

Currently Professor of Computer Engineering at NIT Surat, INDIA

 

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

 

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

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

 

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:

 

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)

 

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 NetworksInternational 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)

·         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

·         Ethical Hacking: Towards Trustworthy Computing, expert talk at HP Labs, Palo Alto, CA, Oct. 06.

·         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

·        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

·         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

·         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)