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Looking for highly motivated research students (Postdoc, PhD and Master by Research) to work in cybersecurity and/or IoT domain.

• Chair of IEEE Bio-inspired Computing Specal Technial Community [2021-2023]
• IEEE Distinguished Speaker of Cyber Security (Rock Star) [2021-2023]
• IEEE Computer Society STC Executive Committee Board Member [2022]

Biography Summary

Deepak Puthal is a mid-career researcher specializing in the field of Cyber Security, Blockchain, Edge Computing, the Internet of Things, and Generative Adversarial Networks (with over 150 scientific publications (h-index: 45+), including 30 in IEEE/ACM Transactions journals). His groundbreaking contributions in these areas have garnered him numerous prestigious international accolades. These include the 2023 IEEE Computer Society Smart Computing STC Middle-Career Award, the 2022 IEEE HITC Award for Excellence in Hyper-Intelligence Systems (Middle Career Researcher award), the 2021 IEEE Computer Society Smart Computing STC Early-Career Award, the runner-up position in the 2021 IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, the 2019 Best IEEE ComSoc Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region, the 2018 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing as an Early Career Researcher, and the 2018 IETE Best Research Award. Additionally, he has received six IEEE Best Paper Awards and holds the title of IEEE Distinguished Speaker (IEEE CTSoc). He has secured over $2.5 Million in the form of competitive research grants to support his research from both public and private agencies.

Currently, Deepak is a faculty member at Khalifa University in the UAE and also holds the position of Affiliate Professor in Cyber Security at University West, Sweden; following his previous position as an assistant professor at Newcastle University in the UK. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, where his exceptional doctoral dissertation earned him the prestigious IEEE Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award from IEEE Smart Computing STC. He continues his association with UTS as an honorary fellow.

Deepak is actively engaged in various leadership roles within the IEEE community, including serving on the IEEE Computer Society STC ExCom, chairing the IEEE Bio-inspired Computing STC, and contributing to the editorial boards of esteemed publications such as IEEE Transactions on Big Data, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, International Journal of Communication Systems, and Section Editor of Springer Nature Computer Science Journal.

Deepak's remarkable achievements and contributions have significantly advanced the fields of research in which he specializes, making him a distinguished figure in academia and beyond.