Prashant Pillai (computer scientist)
Prashant Pillai FBCS, FHEA, MIET, SMIEEE | |||
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| Born | July 1979 New Delhi, India | ||
| Nationality | British | ||
| Alma mater | University of Delhi, University of Bradford | ||
| Occupation | Professor, Academic, Researcher, Entrepreneur | ||
Prof Prashant Pillai (born July 1979) is a British Indian researcher, academic and entrepreneur. He is Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange.[1] and Professor of Cyber Security at the University of Wolverhampton. He is also the Director of Cyber Quarter - Midlands Centre for Cyber Security[2][3]. He specialises in Computer security|security and Privacy and blockchain|privacy for communication networks. Prof Pillai has led several national/international research projects in the areas of networking protocols and cyber security[4][5]. He has been invited for talks at various international conferences and has published over 100 papers within peer-reviewed journals and conferences.
He is a Fellow of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT|British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE) and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET).
Early Life and Education
Prashant Pillai was born in New Delhi, India. He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi. He earned a BSc (Hons) in Electronics from Delhi University|University of Delhi and an MSc Informatics also from University of Delhi. He received his Ph.D. from University of Bradford, UK for his thesis titled Authentication, Authorization and Accounting framework for multicast communication in highly mobile wireless networks.
Career
Pillai started his academic career at University of Bradford, UK where he moved from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer and held administrative positions like Director of Post Graduate Research and Deputy Head of Electrical Engineering. He led the two year project named SITARA: Smart Grid to harness Satellite based Virtual Power Plants for energy sustainability[6], that was funded by British Council under the Global Innovation Initiative scheme.
He then moved to Oxford Brookes University in 2017, as a Reader in Cyber Security and Head of the Cyber Security Research Group at the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment.
Pillai joined University of Wolverhampton, UK as Professor of Cyber Security and Director of the Wolverhampton Cyber Research Institute[7] in 2018. He was interim Head of School for the School of Mathematics and Computer Science before taking on his current role as Associate Dean Research and Knowledge Exchange at the same University. He is also the Centre Director for £9m Cyber Quarter - the Midlands Centre for Cyber Security. It is a joint venture[8] between the University of Wolverhampton and Herefordshire Council and part-funded by the Government’s Local Growth Fund, via the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The Cyber Quarter was opened in December 2021[9].
He has been a Co-founder and Director of several start-ups like Cydon, OnlynShield and CyberMind[10].
He is an Advisory Board Member of the West Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre[11]
He has published over 100 papers[12] in leading international journals and conferences and has a granted US patent[13] around Distributed ledger|Distributed Ledger Technology.
References
- ↑ "Faculty Executive - University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ↑ "Cyber Quarter". Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ↑ "Midlands Centre for Cyber Security". Skylon Park. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ Corser, John. "University secures funding to address stress in cyber security". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ↑ "October 2020 - University secures additional funding to address cyber stress - University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ↑ "University of Bradford awarded Global Innovation Initiative grant". University of Bradford. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "WCRI - Wolverhampton Cyber Research Institute - University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "July 2019 - Ambitious vision of cyber innovation, research & development unveiled at 3CDSE - University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "Multimillion-pound cyber security centre launches | TheBusinessDesk.com". West Midlands. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "CyberMind – Think Cyber, Think Stress Free". Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ sianmason0 (2020-09-29). "WMCRC Advisory Group continues to grow". WMCRC. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "Prashant Pillai". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ US20200042497A1, Template:Cite patent/authors, "Distributed ledger system", issued 2020-02-06
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