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GAUTAM SRIVASTAVA

Associate Professor

Telephone: +1 (204) 727-9748 (Office)

Telephone: +1 (250) 882-5516 (Cell)

srivastavag@brandonu.ca

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Blockchain Technology, Cryptography, Big Data, Data Mining, Social Networks, Security and Privacy, Anonymity, and Graphs

I am currently actively seeking GRADUATE STUDENTS in these areas, please get in touch if you are interested! Only top students will be considered. For PhD, publications as first author in MSc studies are required. For MSc, high GPA and some research experience is required.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Computer Science, May 2012

Thesis: Social Network Anonymization through Graphs

Supervisors: Dr. Venkatesh Srinivasan and Dr. Bruce Kapron

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

M.Sc., Computer Science, May 2007

Thesis: Pseudorandom number generators using multiple sources of entropy

Supervisors: Dr. Venkatesh Srinivasan and Dr. Bruce Kapron

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

B.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science, June 2004

Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa, USA

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor

January 2018-Present, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Brandon University (BU)

Adjunct Associate Professor

January 2019-Present, Department of  Computer Science, Lakehead University (BU)

LU Department of Computer Science

Special Graduate Faculty, Associate Professor

September 2019-Present, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Guelph (UoG)

Visiting Associate Professor (Research Appointment)

October 2018 – Present, Research Center for Interneural Computing, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Research Center for Interneural Computing

Visiting Associate Professor

April 2019, Department of Information Technology and Communications, Shih Chien University, Qishan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Assistant Professor

September 2014-January 2018, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Brandon University (BU)

Assistant Teaching Professor

September 2011-September 2014, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria (UVic)

FUNDING HISTORY & AWARDS

1. Brandon University Research Committee (BURC) – New Faculty Research Grant (2015-2017)
Amount: $7,500

2. Fuzzy Systems and Data Mining (FSDM 2017) – Best Oral Presentation (Hualien, Taiwan)

3. Brandon University Research Committee (BURC) – Knowledge Mobilization Grant (2019)
Amount: $2,500

4. Emerging Leaders of the Americas Program – Global Affairs Canada (2019-2020)
Student: Lucas Leme, Brazil
Amount: $9,700

5. Emerging Leaders of the Americas Program – Global Affairs Canada (2019-2020)
Student: Arthur Medieros, Brazil
Amount: $9,700

6. Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) – (2020)
GlobalLink Research Internship
Student: Anton Makarenko, Ukraine
Project: Blockchain Technology for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Amount: $13,000

7. Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) – (2020)
GlobalLink Research Internship
Student: Kateryna Mokliakova, Ukraine
Project: Security and Privacy in MQTT for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Amount: $13,000

8. Canadian Internet Resource Authority (CIRA) – (2019-2021)
Program: Community Investment Program
Amount: $21,000

9. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – (2020-2026)
Discovery Grant
Project: Lightweight Security, Privacy and Trust for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Amount: $132,500