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'''N. Asokan''' is a Professor of Computer Science at [[Aalto University]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://people.aalto.fi/n.asokan | title=N. Asokan}}</ref>.
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| discipline = [[Computer Science]]
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| workplaces = [[Aalto University]]<br> [[University of Helsinki]]<br> [[Nokia]] Research Center
| thesis_title = Fairness in Electronic Commerce
| thesis_year = 1998
| thesis_url = https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/292/NQ32811.pdf
| website = https://asokan.org/asokan/
| 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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'''N. Asokan''' is a Professor of [[Computer Science]] at [[Aalto University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.aalto.fi/n.asokan|title=N. Asokan (Aalto University)}}</ref> where he co-leads the Secure Systems Group (SSG)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssg.aalto.fi|title=Secure Systems Group (Aalto University)|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> and directs the Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haic.fi/about/|title=Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC)|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
== Education==
Asokan received an BTech (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the [[Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur]] in 1988, an MS in Computer and Information Science from [[Syracuse University]] in 1989, and a PhD in Computer Science from the [[University of Waterloo]] in 1998.


== 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|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


From 1999 to 2012 he worked at [[Nokia]] Research Center (NRC) in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]], where he worked on several notable projects, including what would become the [[Generic Bootstrapping Architecture]].<ref>{{cite conference |url=https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic_20050605
== Awards and Recognition ==
|title=Extending cellular authentication as a service |last1=Laitinen |first1=P. |author-link1= |last2=Ginzboorg |first2=P. |author-link2= |last3=Asokan |first3=N. |author-link3= |last4=Holtmanns |first4=S. |author-link4= |last5=Niemi |first5=V. |author-link5= |date=2005 |publisher= |book-title= |pages= |location= |conference=1st IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation |id= }}</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 |dead-url= |format= |language= |location= |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-470-72317-3 |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |subscription= |quote= }}</ref>

Asokan was named:
* [[Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM) in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/asokan_4672457
|title=2018 ACM Fellows|last=|first=|date=|website=ACM Fellows Directory|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> ''for contributions to systems security and privacy, especially of mobile systems'';
* [[Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE) in 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comsoc.org/membership/ieee-fellows/ieee-fellows-2017
|title=2017 elevated fellow|last=|first=|date=|website=IEEE Fellows Directory|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> ''for contributions to system security and privacy''.

Asokan received the 2018 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigsac.org/award/sigsac-awards.html
|title=ACM SIGSAC Awards|last=|first=|date=|website=ACM SIGSAC Awards|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> ''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''.

He received a [[Google]] Faculty Research Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ai.google/research/outreach/faculty-research-awards/recipients/?category=2013|title=Google Faculty Research Award recipients 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=Google Faculty Research Award recipients 2013|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> in the field of security in 2013.



From September 2012 until December 2017 he was a Professor of Computer Science at the [[University of Helsinki]] (part-time from August 2013 onwards), and in 2013 he became a tenured (full) Professor of Computer Science at [[Aalto University]].
At Aalto University he has 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|last=|first=|date=|website=Academy of Finland|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Business Finland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/CloSeProject/CloSer+Project+Public+Homepage|title=CloSer Project Public Homepage|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> and various companies.
He is 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|last=|first=|date=|website=Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Autonomous & Resilient Systems (CARS)|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</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|last=|first=|date=|website=USPTO|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


== Awards and Recognition ==
* [[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|last=|first=|date=|website=ACM Award Winners|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</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
|title=ACM SIGSAC Awards|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</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
|title=IEEE Fellows 2017|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
* [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM) Distinguished Scientist (2015)<ref name="ACMAwards" />
* [[Google]] Faculty Research Award in the field of security (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ai.google/research/outreach/faculty-research-awards/recipients/?category=2013|title=Google Faculty Research Award recipients 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


== 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 |dead-url= |format= |language=Finnish |location= |publisher=Teos |isbn=978-951-851-590-9 |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |subscription= |quote= }}</ref> (Operation Elop) from Finnish into English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@harrikiljander/operation-elop-6f2b043f52c5|title=Operation Elop|last=|first=|date=|website=Medium.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://asokan.org/asokan/ N. Asokan (personal home page)]

* [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/a/Asokan:N= DBLP]
* Home Page: https://asokan.org/asokan/
* [https://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100611941 ACM Digital Library]
* Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=0MqQ8AgAAAAJ
* {{Google Scholar id|0MqQ8AgAAAAJ}}
* DBLP: https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/a/Asokan:N=


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Revision as of 13:52, 8 December 2018

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
InstitutionsAalto University
University of Helsinki
Nokia Research Center
Websitehttps://asokan.org/asokan/

N. Asokan is a Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University[1] where he co-leads the Secure Systems Group (SSG)[2] and directs the Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC).[3]

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.[4]

From 1999 to 2012 he worked at Nokia Research Center (NRC) in Helsinki, Finland, where he worked on several notable projects, including what would become the Generic Bootstrapping Architecture.[5][6]

From September 2012 until December 2017 he was a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki (part-time from August 2013 onwards), and in 2013 he became a tenured (full) Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University. At Aalto University he has led research projects funded by the Academy of Finland,[7] Business Finland,[8] and various companies. He is a principal investigator (PI) of the Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Resilient and Autonomous Systems (CARS).[9] Asokan is the inventor of over 50 granted patents.[10]

Awards and Recognition

Other Contributions

Asokan was part of the team that translated the book Operaatio Elop[15] (Operation Elop) from Finnish into English.[16]

References

  1. ^ "N. Asokan (Aalto University)".
  2. ^ "Secure Systems Group (Aalto University)". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC)". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ Asokan, N. (1998). "Fairness in Electronic Commerce" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |dead-url= and |subscription= (help)
  7. ^ "Blockchain Consensus and Beyond: Scalable Secure Consensus & Applications". Academy of Finland. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "CloSer Project Public Homepage". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Principal Investigators". Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Autonomous & Resilient Systems (CARS). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "N. Asokan". USPTO. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ a b "N. Asokan". ACM Award Winners. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "ACM SIGSAC Awards". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ "IEEE Fellows 2017". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ "Google Faculty Research Award recipients 2013". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ Salminen, Merina; Nykänen, Pekka (2014). Operaatio Elop [Operation Elop] (in Finnish). Teos. ISBN 978-951-851-590-9. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |dead-url= and |subscription= (help)
  16. ^ "Operation Elop". Medium.com. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)