Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage

Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage

Research in Software Security Engineering (LERSSE)

La Trobe University

Biography

My name is Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage (too long, isn’t it?). I currently work as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Usable Privacy and Security under the supervision of Professor Konstantin Beznosov in the Laboratory of Education and Research in Software Security Engineering (LERSSE) at University of British Columbia, Canada. Before moving to this beautiful Vancouver, I worked as Postdoctoral Researcher in Systems Security Engineering under the supervision of Professor Andrew Martin in the Cyber Security Center, Department of Computer Science at Oxford University.

Interests

  • Computer System Security
  • Games
  • Security
  • Research

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2013

    Brunel University London, United Kingdom

  • M.Sc. in Information Management and Security, 2009

    University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

  • B.Sc. (Hons) in Management Information Systems, 2008

    University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Ireland

Accomplish­ments

Neural Networks and Deep Learning

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Blockchain Fundamentals

Formulated informed blockchain models, hypotheses, and use cases.
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Object-Oriented Programming in R: S3 and R6 Course

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Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Senior Research Fellow in Cyber Security

La Trobe University

Mar 2019 – Present Victoria 3086, Australia

Description

Responsibilities include:

  • Analysing
  • Modelling
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Senior Reasearch Fellow

GenCoin

Jan 2017 – Present California

Responsibilities include:

  • Analysing
  • Modelling
  • Deploying
 
 
 
 
 

Professor

University X

Jan 2016 – Dec 2016 California
Taught electronic engineering and researched semiconductor physics.

Press

Media Contributions

Media Contributions

  • ABC News Online/The Conversation: I’ve written an article to ABC News/The Conversation on \Fingerprint login should be a secure defence for our data, but most of us don’t use it properly” | 4 December 2019

  • Byte Into IT on 3RRR: I was involved in a live discussion on \Victoria state has become the target of cybercriminals” at 3RRR Radio.| 30 October 2019

  • ABC National Radio: I was involved in a pre-recorded discussion on \Recent ransomware attacks and the Victoria state has become the target of cybercriminals” at ABC National Radio.| 19 October 2019

  • SBS Radio: I was involved in a live discussion and interview on “The threat of cyber crime in Australia”. | 16 October 2019

  • Fairfax: My opinion piece (both online and regional newspapers) on \How to avoid falling into the phishing trap” was published on 15 October 2019 in over 100 titles across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia.| 15 October 2019

  • SBS Radio: I was involved in a live discussion and interview on “Almost one in three Australian adults were a ected by cybercrime last year”. | 8 October 2019

  • ABC ND Radio: I was involved in a live discussion on \Ransomware attack on hospitals across Victoria” with Mandy at ABC National’s Drive Radio .| 8 October 2019

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Services

Professional Services

  • Reviewer: ACM CHI: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems [CORE/ERA ranking - A*] 2019

  • Publicity Co-Chair: The 16th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) Co-located with USENIX Security ‘20 in Boston, MA, USA 2019

  • Publicity Co-Chair: The 15th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) Co-located with USENIX Security ‘19 in Santa Clara, California, USA 2019

  • Associate Editor: Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 - [Q1 ranking] 2019

  • Poster Chair: 23rd International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering 2019 (EASE'19), IT University of Copenhagen, April 15-17, 2019 - [CORE/ERA ranking - A] 2019

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Supervision

Current Student Supervisions

Current Student Supervisions

  • Abdullah Abdulaziz N Alghunaim - February 2020 to present . (Co-supervisor: Professor Jill Slay, La Trobe University) PhD Thesis Title: Developing a framework to understand users’ privacy and risk perceptions of sharing health information over the social media network.

  • Abdullah Abdulaziz N Alghunaim - February 2020 to present . (Co-supervisor: Professor Jill Slay, La Trobe University) PhD Thesis Title: Developing a framework to understand users’ privacy and risk perceptions of sharing health information over the social media network.

  • Abdullah Abdulaziz N Alghunaim - February 2020 to present . (Co-supervisor: Professor Jill Slay, La Trobe University) PhD Thesis Title: Developing a framework to understand users’ privacy and risk perceptions of sharing health information over the social media network.

  • Abdullah Abdulaziz N Alghunaim - February 2020 to present . (Co-supervisor: Professor Jill Slay, La Trobe University) PhD Thesis Title: Developing a framework to understand users’ privacy and risk perceptions of sharing health information over the social media network.

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Abdullah Abdulaziz N Alghunaim

La Trobe University

Feb 2020 – Present (Co-supervisor: Professor Jill Slay, La Trobe University)
PhD Thesis Title: Developing a framework to understand users’ privacy and risk perceptions of sharing health information over the social media network.
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Reasearch Fellow

GenCoin

Jan 2017 – Present California
 
 
 
 
 

Professor

University X

Jan 2016 – Dec 2016 California
Taught electronic engineering and researched semiconductor physics.

Teaching

University of New South Wales, Australia . October 2015 to Present

Teaching Synopsis: In UNSW, I developed, updated, delivered and managed the curriculum from scratch for a number of courses (ZEIT3120 Programming for Security, ZEIT8036 Humans and Security and ZEIT8037 Cyber Security Risk Management).

  • Lecturer - ZEIT8036 Humans and Security (Course Leader)
  • Lecturer - ZEIT8037 Cyber Security Risk Management (Course Leader)
  • Lecturer - ZEIT3120 Programming for Security (Course Leader)
  • Lecturer - ZEIT8029 Network and Mobile Device Forensics (Course Convenor)
  • Lecturer - Chief of Army Hons students (Course Convenor)
Deakin University, Australia . July 2015 to October 2015

Sessional Lecturer - SIT323 Practical Software Development CQUniversity Melbourne, Australia July 2015 to October 2015

  • Sessional Lecturer - COIS23002 Digital Forensics
  • Sessional Lecturer - COIT20267 Computer Forensics
  • Sessional Lecturer - COIT20236 Business Intelligence Management
  • Sessional Lecturer - COIT20253 Business Intelligence using Big Data
  • Sessional Lecturer - COIT20268 Responsive Web Design
  • Sessional Lecturer - COIT20245 Introduction to Programming
  • Sessional Lecturer - COIT29222 Programming Principles

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Contact

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  • 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
  • Enter Building 1 and take the stairs to Office 200 on Floor 2
  • Monday 10:00 to 13:00
    Wednesday 09:00 to 10:00
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