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Computer Science and Engineering Faculty

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Harshvardhan Chunawala

Visiting Professor

Academic Background

MS–Carnegie Mellon University (Information Security);

        Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2022.

   NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, Silicon Valley,CA,USA, 2022.

BE–Xavier Institute of Engineering (Information Technology); Mumbai, 2020.

Work Experience

  • Carnegie Mellon University:Lead Teaching Assistant – Cloud Security,Teaching Assistant – Cyber Risk Modelling.
  • National Joint Secretary at Council of Information and Broadcasting (PRESS),
    Government of India (2019-2022).
  • Former Research Fellow – Geographic Information System; Department of Science and Technology – Government of India. (2017).
  • CEO and Founder – Bite Group (2012-)
  • Chief Technical Officer – Airhob (2016).
  • Security Researcher – myWindow (2014).
Awards/Talks
Research Interest

Awards

  • Carnegie Mellon University – INI Student Scholarship.
  • Principal Investigator for IRB Approved research work and studies at Carnegie Mellon University. Research work often include grants from the relevant departments.
  • Found Gold Level Bug in Rivet Networks (an Intel Company) that affected MSI and Alienware users.

  • Security Onion 2.0: Deep Dive (Carnegie Mellon University) – Applied Information Assurance under Mentorship of Matt Kaar and Chris Herr.
  • Luigi’s Pizzeria Attack, Defense and Dissect – Network Forensics under mentorship of Adam Welle and Gabriel Somlo.
  • IoT Public Sensor Notices: Improving usability of Mites sensor notices (Carnegie Mellon University) – Usable Privacy Security under mentorship of Dr. Lorrie Cranor.
  • Improving Data Security Breach Notices (Carnegie Mellon University) – Privacy Policy, Law, Technology under mentorship of Dr. Lujo Bauer.
  • Slaughter of the Innocents: Digital Forensics, Enforcement Agencies, and Innocent People (Carnegie Mellon University) – Host Based Forensics under Mentorship of Dr.Bill Reed.
  • International Data Privacy Laws- POPIA/GDPR/CCPA/PDP (Carnegie Mellon
    University) – Cyber Law and Ethics under mentorship of Dr. Joanne Peca.