Rajiv Ranjan Singh

 

 

 

E-mail :

rrsingh@shyamlale.du.ac.in

rrsingh.du@gmail.com

 

Follow me on Twitter @CyberMuster

 

 

 

Project Repositories

 

 

Verifying Stealthiness of Attacks on a Protocol

 

 

Modelling of Attacks on 802.11 4-Way Handshake Protocol

 

Introduction:

A postgraduate with specialisation in Computer and Network Security, I have more than 15 years of experience as researcher and academic working on various topics of Computer Science. Apart from teaching in University of Delhi and its constituent colleges, I have also been associated with reputed institutes and universities like Univ. of Birmingham UK, Birmingham City University UK, JNU, IBS, IGNOU in various capacities such as Tutor, Visiting Faculty, Course Content Writer and Examiner etc. Apart from academic experience, I have also handled various administrative responsibilities such as Convenor of Development Committee, Computer, Software and Website Committee, Placement cell etc. to name a few.

Research interests: Security Protocol Verification, Intrusion Detection, Stealth Attacks on Security Protocols, e-Governance, Data Security.

 

 

Current Profile:

·       Associate Professor with Department of Computer Science, Shyam Lal College (Eve) (University of Delhi) since July 2021.

 

Specialisation: Cyber Security

·     Ph.D. in Computer Science (Cybersecurity) from School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham since September 2016.

Thesis title: “Modelling and verification of security requirements and Stealthiness in security Protocols”. [Thesis PDF]

 

·       Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Security from School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK in 2013 (Sponsored by University of Delhi, India) with distinction.

 

·       As part of the project, worked on developing a tool CHIMP-IQ (Checkable Imperative Language for Integrity Quantification), an OCaml based tool to quantify integrity. This tool can analyse the algorithms for their integrity loss via both contamination as well as suppression in channel. (https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/infotools/chimp/iq/)

 

Previous Qualifications:

·       Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Computer Science from JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth. Passed with distinction in 2007.

 

·       Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) from IGNOU, New Delhi. Passed with first division marks in 2001.

 

·       One year Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) from University of Delhi. Passed with first division marks in 1997.

 

·       B.Sc. (Hons.) Electronics from University of Delhi. Passed with first division marks in 1996.

 

Past Work Experience:

·       Post Graduate Teaching Associate (PGTA) with School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham during Ph.D. Have undertaken various roles (small group teaching, exercise preparation and marking, module project dissertation guidance and evaluation) for UG and PG modules, such as Software Workshop (Java), Data Structure and Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming, Databases, etc. to name a few.

 

·         Assistant Professor with Department of Computer Science, Shyam Lal College (Eve) (University of Delhi) from January 2009 to July 2021.

 

·       Worked as Programmer with Department of Computer Science, Keshav Mahavidyalaya (University of Delhi) from August 2005 to January 2009.

 

·       Worked as Lecturer in Information Technology with Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (affiliated to GGSIP University) between July 2003 and July 2004.

 

·       Worked as Lecturer in Computer Science at Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi), Kalkaji from October 2002 till end of academic session.

 

·       Worked as Scientific Assistant (Network Administrator) with Department of Computer Science, Keshav Mahavidyalaya (University of Delhi) from July 1997 to October 2002 and July 2004 to August 2005.

 

Publications:

·       Paper titled “Modelling of 802.11 4-Way Handshake Attacks and Analysis of Security Properties” in STM 2020, ESORICS. Published in Springer (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-59817-4_1)  

 

·       Published a paper on “Calculating Quantitative Integrity and Secrecy for Imperative Programs” in International Journal of Secure Software Engineering (IJSSE) of IGI-Global   in June 2015. (http://www.igi-global.com/article/calculating-quantitative-integrity-and-secrecy-for-imperative-programs/136465)

 

·       Paper titled “Automatically Calculating Quantitative Integrity Measures for Imperative Programs” in QASA 2014 held at Warsaw, Poland. Published in Springer (http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-17016-9_16)

 

·       Contributed a Unit in IGNOU Study material for BCA students on “Operating Systems” in Sep 2011.

 

·       Contributed a Unit in IGNOU Study material for PG Diploma in Information Security on “Need for Business Continuity Program” in Aug 2011.

·       Contributed a Unit in IGNOU Study material for PG Diploma in Information Security on “Security Awareness” in Aug 2011.

 

Speakers in Seminars / Workshops / Orientation programmes etc.:

·       Co-Coordinator of UGC workshop for faculty members on “Usages of ICT in Teaching” at CPDHE(UGC-HRDC) University of Delhi in September 2015.

 

·       Invited speaker on the topic “Quantification of Security” in the Nation Conference on Cyber Security (NNCS-2014) organized by RDIAS, GGSIPU.

 

·       Member of the panel in the panel discussion on “Cloud Computing and e-Governance” organised by Governance Now held on 23rd March 2012 at Noida. http://event.governancenow.com/speaker.php?speaker_id=2

 

·       Delivered a talk for two sessions on “Engaging students using ICT-Technology as Enabler” in Orientation Programme (OR-68) for university/college faculty members conducted by UGC-Academic Staff College of Delhi University (CPDHE) in Nov 2011.

 

·       Delivered a talk for two sessions on “Leveraging ICT technology for Empowering Educators” in Orientation Programme (OR-63) for university/college faculty members conducted by UGC-Academic Staff College of Delhi University (CPDHE) in July 2011.

 

·       Delivered a talk for two sessions on “Empowering Learning process through ICT” in Orientation Programme (OR-63) for university/college faculty members conducted by UGC-Academic Staff College of Delhi University (CPDHE) in March 2011.

 

·       Delivered a talk for two sessions on “Open Source Utility softwares for Educators” in Orientation Programme (OR-63) for university/college faculty members conducted by UGC-Academic Staff College of Delhi University (CPDHE) in July 2010.

 

Awards and Recognition:

·       Awarded Fully funded Ph.D. scholarship for three years by School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham to pursue full-time PhD in Computer Security from University of Birmingham in 2016.

·       “Winner of the 2016 Research Skills award” for the conference presentation. Voted as best speaker among all first-year PhD scholars at School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham.

·       Selected under “Faculty Training Program- 2012” by University of Delhi to pursue fully funded MSc in Computer Security from University of Birmingham in 2012-13.

Program and Review Committee:

·       2022 Reviewer, Journal of Software: Practice and Experience Wiley

·       2020 Subreviewer, 19th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security, Austrian Institute of Technology

·       2012 Member, Program Committee, International Conference on Big Data Analytics (BDA-2012) New Delhi, India