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{{short description|Professor of Computer Science at University of Waterloo}}
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| website = {{url|https://asokan.org/asokan}}
| website = {{URL|https://asokan.org/asokan}}
| doctoral_advisor = Jay Black<br>[[Michael Waidner]]
| doctoral_advisor = Jay Black<br>[[Michael Waidner]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Waterloo]]<br>[[Syracuse University]]<br> [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]
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'''Nadarajah Asokan'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asokan.org/asokan/name.php|title=This one name business | work=N. Asokan official website | date=21 January 2018 | access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref> is a Professor of [[Computer Science]] and the David R. Cheriton Chair in Software Systems<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/about/faculty-fellowships-and-awards/david-r-cheriton-chairs-software-systems|title=David R. Cheriton Chairs in Software Systems | access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> at the [[University of Waterloo|University of Waterloo’s]] [[David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science]]. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science at [[Aalto University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssg.aalto.fi/people/|title=Secure Systems Group: People}}</ref>
'''Nadarajah Asokan'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asokan.org/asokan/name.php|title=This one name business | work=N. Asokan official website | date=21 January 2018 | access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref> is a professor of [[computer science]] and the David R. Cheriton Chair in Software Systems<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/about/faculty-fellowships-and-awards/david-r-cheriton-chairs-software-systems|title=David R. Cheriton Chairs in Software Systems | access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> at the [[University of Waterloo|University of Waterloo's]] [[David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science]]. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science at [[Aalto University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssg.aalto.fi/people/|title=Secure Systems Group: People}}</ref>


== Education and career ==
== Education and career ==
Asokan received a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Honours in Computer Science & Engineering from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] in 1988, a Master of Science (MS) in Computer and Information Science from [[Syracuse University]] in 1989, and a PhD in Computer Science from the [[University of Waterloo]] in 1998. His doctoral thesis was on the topic of ''Fairness in Electronic Commerce''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/292/NQ32811.pdf|title=Fairness in Electronic Commerce|last=Asokan|first=N.|date=1998}}</ref>
Asokan received a bachelor of technology (BTech) honours in computer science and engineering from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] in 1988, a Master of Science (MS) in computer and information science from [[Syracuse University]] in 1989, and a PhD in computer science from the [[University of Waterloo]] in 1998. His doctoral thesis was on the topic of ''Fairness in Electronic Commerce''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/292/NQ32811.pdf|title=Fairness in Electronic Commerce|last=Asokan|first=N.|date=1998}}</ref>


From 1999 to 2012 he was employed at [[Nokia]] Research Center (NRC) in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]], where he worked on several notable projects, including contributions to the design of the numeric comparison protocol<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 24, 2010|title=System, method and computer program product for authenticating a data agreement between network entities|url=https://uspto.report/patent/grant/7783041|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=United States Patent and Trademark Office}}</ref> as part of the Bluetooth [[Bluetooth#Pairing mechanisms|Secure Simple Pairing]] update,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 3, 2006|title=Simple Pairing Whitepaper (PDF) V10r00. Bluetooth SIG. 3 August 2006|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018032605/http://www.bluetooth.com/NR/rdonlyres/0A0B3F36-D15F-4470-85A6-F2CCFA26F70F/0/SimplePairing_WP_V10r00.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018032605/http://www.bluetooth.com/NR/rdonlyres/0A0B3F36-D15F-4470-85A6-F2CCFA26F70F/0/SimplePairing_WP_V10r00.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2006|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=}}</ref> as well as what would become the [[Generic Bootstrapping Architecture]].<ref>{{cite conference |url=https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic_20050605
From 1999 to 2012 he was employed at [[Nokia]] Research Center (NRC) in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]], where he worked on several notable projects, including contributions to the design of the numeric comparison protocol<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 24, 2010|title=System, method and computer program product for authenticating a data agreement between network entities|url=https://uspto.report/patent/grant/7783041|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=United States Patent and Trademark Office}}</ref> as part of the Bluetooth [[Bluetooth#Pairing mechanisms|Secure Simple Pairing]] update,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 3, 2006|title=Simple Pairing Whitepaper (PDF) V10r00. Bluetooth SIG. 3 August 2006|url=http://www.bluetooth.com/NR/rdonlyres/0A0B3F36-D15F-4470-85A6-F2CCFA26F70F/0/SimplePairing_WP_V10r00.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018032605/http://www.bluetooth.com/NR/rdonlyres/0A0B3F36-D15F-4470-85A6-F2CCFA26F70F/0/SimplePairing_WP_V10r00.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2006|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=}}</ref> as well as what would become the [[Generic Bootstrapping Architecture]].<ref>{{cite conference |url=https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic_20050605
|title=Extending cellular authentication as a service |last1=Laitinen |first1=P. |last2=Ginzboorg |first2=P. |last3=Asokan |first3=N. |last4=Holtmanns |first4=S. |last5=Niemi |first5=V. |date=2005 |conference=1st IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation |doi=10.1049/ic:20050605 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Holtmanns |first1=S. |last2=Niemi |first2=V. |last3=Ginzboorg |first3=P. |last4=Laitinen |first4=P. |last5=Asokan |first5=N. |date=2008 |title=Cellular Authentication for Mobile and Internet Services |url=https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Cellular+Authentication+for+Mobile+and+Internet+Services-p-9780470723173 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-470-72317-3 }}</ref>
|title=Extending cellular authentication as a service |last1=Laitinen |first1=P. |last2=Ginzboorg |first2=P. |last3=Asokan |first3=N. |last4=Holtmanns |first4=S. |last5=Niemi |first5=V. |date=2005 |conference=1st IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation |doi=10.1049/ic:20050605 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Holtmanns |first1=S. |last2=Niemi |first2=V. |last3=Ginzboorg |first3=P. |last4=Laitinen |first4=P. |last5=Asokan |first5=N. |date=2008 |title=Cellular Authentication for Mobile and Internet Services |url=https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Cellular+Authentication+for+Mobile+and+Internet+Services-p-9780470723173 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-470-72317-3 }}</ref>


From September 2012 until December 2017 he was a Professor of Computer Science at the [[University of Helsinki]] (part-time from August 2013 onwards). In 2013 he became a tenured (full) Professor of Computer Science at [[Aalto University]], where he co-led the Secure Systems Group (SSG)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssg.aalto.fi|title=Secure Systems Group (Aalto University)}}</ref> and established the Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC), since renamed to the Helsinki-Aalto Institute for Cybersecurity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haic.fi/about/|title=Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC)}}</ref>
From September 2012 until December 2017 he was a professor of computer science at the [[University of Helsinki]] (part-time from August 2013 onwards). In 2013 he became a tenured (full) professor of computer science at [[Aalto University]], where he co-led the Secure Systems Group (SSG)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssg.aalto.fi|title=Secure Systems Group (Aalto University)}}</ref> and established the Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC), since renamed to the Helsinki-Aalto Institute for Cybersecurity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haic.fi/about/|title=Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC)}}</ref>


At Aalto University he led research projects funded by the [[Academy of Finland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webfocus.aka.fi/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_ex=x_HakKuvaus2&HAKNRO1=309195&UILANG=en|title=Blockchain Consensus and Beyond: Scalable Secure Consensus & Applications|website=Academy of Finland}}</ref> [[Business Finland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/CloSeProject/CloSer+Project+Public+Homepage|title=CloSer Project Public Homepage}}</ref> and various companies. He was a [[principal investigator]] (PI) of the [[Intel]] Research Institute for Collaborative Resilient and Autonomous Systems (CARS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icri-cars.org/researchers/|title=Principal Investigators|website=Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Autonomous & Resilient Systems (CARS)}}</ref>
At Aalto University he led research projects funded by the [[Academy of Finland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webfocus.aka.fi/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_ex=x_HakKuvaus2&HAKNRO1=309195&UILANG=en|title=Blockchain Consensus and Beyond: Scalable Secure Consensus & Applications|website=Academy of Finland}}</ref> [[Business Finland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/CloSeProject/CloSer+Project+Public+Homepage|title=CloSer Project Public Homepage}}</ref> and various companies. He was a [[principal investigator]] (PI) of the [[Intel]] Research Institute for Collaborative Resilient and Autonomous Systems (CARS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icri-cars.org/researchers/|title=Principal Investigators|website=Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Autonomous & Resilient Systems (CARS)}}</ref>


In 2019 he joined the [[David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science]] at the [[University of Waterloo]] as a (full) Professor and a David R. Cheriton Chair in Software Systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/about/people/n-asokan|title=N. Asokan (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science) | access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=April 9, 2019|title=Professor N. Asokan joins Cheriton School of Computer Science as a Cheriton Chair in Software Systems|url=https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/professor-n-asokan-joins-cheriton-school-computer-science|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=University of Waterloo {{!}} Cheriton School of Computer Science}}</ref>
In 2019 he joined the [[David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science]] at the [[University of Waterloo]] as a (full) professor and a David R. Cheriton Chair in Software Systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/about/people/n-asokan|title=N. Asokan (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science) |date=27 February 2019 | access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=April 9, 2019|title=Professor N. Asokan joins Cheriton School of Computer Science as a Cheriton Chair in Software Systems|url=https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/professor-n-asokan-joins-cheriton-school-computer-science|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=University of Waterloo {{!}} Cheriton School of Computer Science}}</ref>


Asokan is the inventor of over 50 granted patents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=in%2Fasokan+and+in%2Fnadarajah&d=PTXT|title=N. Asokan|website=USPTO}}</ref>
Asokan is the inventor of over 50 granted patents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=in%2Fasokan+and+in%2Fnadarajah&d=PTXT|title=N. Asokan|website=USPTO}}</ref>
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* [[Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery]] ''for contributions to systems security and privacy, especially of mobile systems'' (2018)<ref name="ACMAwards">{{Cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/asokan_4672457
* [[Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery]] ''for contributions to systems security and privacy, especially of mobile systems'' (2018)<ref name="ACMAwards">{{Cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/asokan_4672457
|title=N. Asokan|website=ACM Award Winners}}</ref>
|title=N. Asokan|website=ACM Award Winners}}</ref>
* [[Association for Computing Machinery ]]Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) Outstanding Innovation Award ''for pioneering research on fair-exchange protocols, trusted device pairing and mobile trusted execution environments that has had widespread impact and led to large-scale deployment'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigsac.org/award/sigsac-awards.html
* [[Association for Computing Machinery]] Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) Outstanding Innovation Award ''for pioneering research on fair-exchange protocols, trusted device pairing and mobile trusted execution environments that has had widespread impact and led to large-scale deployment'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigsac.org/award/sigsac-awards.html
|title=ACM SIGSAC Awards}}</ref>
|title=ACM SIGSAC Awards}}</ref>
* [[Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] ''for contributions to system security and privacy'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comsoc.org/membership/ieee-fellows/ieee-fellows-2017
* [[Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] ''for contributions to system security and privacy'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comsoc.org/membership/ieee-fellows/ieee-fellows-2017
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== Other contributions ==
== Other contributions ==
Asokan was part of the team that translated the book ''Operaatio Elop''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Salminen |first1=Merina |last2=Nykänen |first2=Pekka |date=2014 |title=Operaatio Elop |trans-title=Operation Elop |url=http://www.teos.fi/kirjat/kaikki/2014-syksy/operaatio-elop.html |language=fi |publisher=Teos |isbn=978-951-851-590-9 }}</ref> (Operation Elop) from Finnish into English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@harrikiljander/operation-elop-6f2b043f52c5|title=Operation Elop|website=Medium.com}}</ref>
Asokan was part of the team that translated the book ''Operaatio Elop''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Salminen |first1=Merina |last2=Nykänen |first2=Pekka |date=2014 |title=Operaatio Elop |trans-title=Operation Elop |url=http://www.teos.fi/kirjat/kaikki/2014-syksy/operaatio-elop.html |language=fi |publisher=Teos |isbn=978-951-851-590-9 }}</ref> (Operation Elop) from Finnish into English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@harrikiljander/operation-elop-6f2b043f52c5|title=Operation Elop|website=Medium.com|date=18 September 2019}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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In this Indian name, the name Nadarajah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Asokan.
N. Asokan
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Waterloo
Syracuse University
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
ThesisFairness in Electronic Commerce (1998)
Doctoral advisorJay Black
Michael Waidner
Academic work
DisciplineComputer Science
Sub-disciplineComputer Security
InstitutionsUniversity of Waterloo
Aalto University
University of Helsinki
Nokia Research Center
Websiteasokan.org/asokan

Nadarajah Asokan[1] is a professor of computer science and the David R. Cheriton Chair in Software Systems[2] at the University of Waterloo's David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University.[3]

Education and career

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Asokan received a bachelor of technology (BTech) honours in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1988, a Master of Science (MS) in computer and information science from Syracuse University in 1989, and a PhD in computer science from the University of Waterloo in 1998. His doctoral thesis was on the topic of Fairness in Electronic Commerce.[4]

From 1999 to 2012 he was employed at Nokia Research Center (NRC) in Helsinki, Finland, where he worked on several notable projects, including contributions to the design of the numeric comparison protocol[5] as part of the Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing update,[6] as well as what would become the Generic Bootstrapping Architecture.[7][8]

From September 2012 until December 2017 he was a professor of computer science at the University of Helsinki (part-time from August 2013 onwards). In 2013 he became a tenured (full) professor of computer science at Aalto University, where he co-led the Secure Systems Group (SSG)[9] and established the Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC), since renamed to the Helsinki-Aalto Institute for Cybersecurity.[10]

At Aalto University he led research projects funded by the Academy of Finland,[11] Business Finland,[12] and various companies. He was a principal investigator (PI) of the Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Resilient and Autonomous Systems (CARS).[13]

In 2019 he joined the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo as a (full) professor and a David R. Cheriton Chair in Software Systems.[14][15]

Asokan is the inventor of over 50 granted patents.[16]

Awards and recognition

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Other contributions

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Asokan was part of the team that translated the book Operaatio Elop[21] (Operation Elop) from Finnish into English.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "This one name business". N. Asokan official website. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ "David R. Cheriton Chairs in Software Systems". Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Secure Systems Group: People".
  4. ^ Asokan, N. (1998). "Fairness in Electronic Commerce" (PDF).
  5. ^ "System, method and computer program product for authenticating a data agreement between network entities". United States Patent and Trademark Office. August 24, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Simple Pairing Whitepaper (PDF) V10r00. Bluetooth SIG. 3 August 2006" (PDF). August 3, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Laitinen, P.; Ginzboorg, P.; Asokan, N.; Holtmanns, S.; Niemi, V. (2005). Extending cellular authentication as a service. 1st IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation. doi:10.1049/ic:20050605.
  8. ^ Holtmanns, S.; Niemi, V.; Ginzboorg, P.; Laitinen, P.; Asokan, N. (2008). Cellular Authentication for Mobile and Internet Services. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-72317-3.
  9. ^ "Secure Systems Group (Aalto University)".
  10. ^ "Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC)".
  11. ^ "Blockchain Consensus and Beyond: Scalable Secure Consensus & Applications". Academy of Finland.
  12. ^ "CloSer Project Public Homepage".
  13. ^ "Principal Investigators". Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Autonomous & Resilient Systems (CARS).
  14. ^ "N. Asokan (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science)". 27 February 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Professor N. Asokan joins Cheriton School of Computer Science as a Cheriton Chair in Software Systems". University of Waterloo | Cheriton School of Computer Science. April 9, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  16. ^ "N. Asokan". USPTO.
  17. ^ a b "N. Asokan". ACM Award Winners.
  18. ^ "ACM SIGSAC Awards".
  19. ^ "IEEE Fellows 2017".
  20. ^ "Google Faculty Research Award recipients 2013".
  21. ^ Salminen, Merina; Nykänen, Pekka (2014). Operaatio Elop [Operation Elop] (in Finnish). Teos. ISBN 978-951-851-590-9.
  22. ^ "Operation Elop". Medium.com. 18 September 2019.
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