Vimal Kumar

I am a Senior Lecturer (eq. to Associate Professor in North America) in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Two common themes across my work are the investigation of vulnerabilities and the development of resilient systems. Vulnerabilities can emerge in any system and therefore we need innovative ways to detect them and understand their potential impact. This is even more important in a fast moving technological landscape, where new technologies, systems and software are being rapidly adopted, opening the adopters up to newer forms of cyber-attacks.

I studied Computer Science & Engineering at IP University in New Delhi before working for a couple of years with Computer Sciences Corporation in India. I moved to Missouri, US in 2008 for further study, where I worked on various problems surrounding secure data aggregation in sensor networks with Prof. Sanjay Madria. I received a PhD in Computer Science from the Missouri University of Science & Technology in 2014. My first academic position was with the University of West Florida in Pensacola after which I moved to University of Waikato in mid 2015, where I have been since, first as a Lecturer and then as a Senior Lecturer from 2020.