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N. Asokan
Born
Nadarajah 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/

Nadarajah Asokan[1], who goes by the name N. Askoan, is a Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University[2] where he co-leads the Secure Systems Group (SSG)[3] and directs the Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security (HAIC).[4]

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.[5]

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.[6][7]

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,[8] Business Finland,[9] and various companies. He is a principal investigator (PI) of the Intel Research Institute for Collaborative Resilient and Autonomous Systems (CARS).[10] Asokan is the inventor of over 50 granted patents.[11]

Awards and Recognition

Other Contributions

Asokan was part of the team that translated the book Operaatio Elop[16] (Operation Elop) from Finnish into English.[17]

References

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


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