Deepak Puthal

Overview:

Deepak Puthal is a passionate researcher specializing in Cyber Security, Blockchain, Edge Computing, IoT, and Generative Adversarial Networks, with over 150 scientific publications (h-index: 45+), including 30 in IEEE/ACM Transactions journals. His pioneering work has earned him numerous international accolades, such as the 2023 IEEE Computer Society Smart Computing STC Middle-Career Award and the 2019 Best IEEE ComSoc Young Researcher Award for the EMEA Region, and many more. He has received eight Best Paper Awards and is an IEEE Distinguished Speaker. He has secured over $2.5 million in research grants from public and private agencies. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in IT Systems and Analytics at IIM Bodh Gaya, following previous positions at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Newcastle University, and Khalifa University. His Ph.D. from UTS earned him the IEEE Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award. For updates, visit his website:  https://deepakputhal.github.io/

Academic background:

• Ph.D.: Computing, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Teaching Interests:

• Cyber Security
• Blockchain
• IoT and Cloud Computing
• Computer Programming, etc.

Research Interests:

• Cyber Security
• Blockchain
• Adversarial Learning
• Generative Adversarial Networks
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Machine Learning

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Research Publications:

• To access a complete list of his publications, please refer to Google Scholar and/or Scopus and/or DBLP.

[ Google Scholar ] https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-USAlD8AAAAJ
[ Scopus ] https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56151401500
[ DBLP ] https://dblp.org/pid/154/0895.html

Professional Services and Leadership:

Section Editor

• Springer Nature Computer Science Journal (2023 - )

Associate Editor

• IEEE Transactions on Big Data (2018 - )
• Internet Technology Letters, (John Wiley & Sons) (2017 - )
• International Journal of Communication Systems, (John Wiley & Sons) (2018 - 2024)
• IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (2021 - 2024)
• IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (2017 - 2023)
• IEEE Systems Journal (2020 - 2022)
• Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier) (2019 - 2021)
• Springer Nature Computer Science Journal (2019 - 2023)
• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS) (2017 - 2021)

Invited Guest Editor

• ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications
• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
• IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence
• IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine
• Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
• Software: Practice and Experience
• Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing journal
• Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier)
• Information Systems Frontier
• Computational Intelligence

Grant Reviewer

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland
• Chilean National Science and Technology Commission (FONDECYT), Chile
• Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Qatar
• University of Jeddah, KSA

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Thesis Examiner

• University of Bradford, UK
• University of Tasmania, Australia
• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
• National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
• Khalifa University, UAE

Awards & Achievements:

• 2023 Listed as #20 Best Computer Scientist in UAE (According to Research.com)
• 2020-Now Listed among the top 2% of scientists worldwide for Career-long & Single-year Ranking (Stanford University list using Scopus data)
• 2023 IEEE Computer Society Smart Computing STC (Middle Career Researcher award)
• 2023 IEEE Bio-inspired Computing STC Outstanding Leadership Award
• 2023 IFIP IoT Conference Best Paper Award
• 2022 IEEE HITC Award for Excellence in Hyper-Intelligence Systems (Middle Career Researcher award)
• 2022 IEEE/ OITS OCIT Outstanding Paper Awards (1st and 2nd Place)
• 2022 IEEE Bio-Inspired Computing STC Best Paper Award
• 2022 IEEE Computer Society Executive Committee Board Member
• 2021 IEEE Distinguished Speaker (Rock Star in Cyber Security) from CTSoc.
• 2021 IEEE Smart Computing STC Best Early Career Researcher
• 2021 IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (runner-up)
• 2021 IEEE iSES Outstanding Paper Award
• 2021-2023 Chair of IEEE Bio-inspired Computing Specal Technial Community
• 2021 Technical Board Member of IEEE Hyper-Intelligence Technical Committee
• 2020 IEEE Consumer Technology Society Best Paper Awards (2nd Best Paper out of 3)
• 2020 IEEE Distinguished Service Award
• 2019 Best IEEE ComSoc Young Researcher Award (For Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region)
• 2019 Elevated to IEEE Senior Member Grade
• 2018 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Early Career Researcher)
• 2018 IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Best Paper Award (1st and 2nd Best Paper out of 3)
• 2018 IETE Best Research Award
• 2017 IEEE Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award (awarded by IEEE Computer Society and STC on Smart Computing)
• 2016 UTS: FEIT HDR Award (For excellence in research and high-quality publications)