Babil Sarwar
Chief Scientist at SecureLogix
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolBabil Sarwar is a senior research and security leader with 13+ years of experience building and securing networked systems, currently serving as Chief Scientist and VP of Research at SecureLogix in San Francisco. He holds two PhDs and two Master's degrees in electrical engineering, telecommunications, and systems design from UNSW and ISAE‑SUPAERO/Université de Toulouse, and is a senior IEEE member who publishes and presents in top venues. Babil’s career blends deep applied research from NICTA/Data61 and PARC with hands‑on product engineering and protocol implementation, including leading the design and deployment of Vysk’s QS1 ultra‑secure communications hardware and its custom SIP/VoIP stack. He routinely combines kernel- and firmware-level work with applied cryptography, reverse engineering, and threat-proofing, and has contributed Windows support and native messenger tooling to notable open-source projects like Tridactyl and CairoSVG. Known for shipping end-to-end secure systems and securing government-funded research, he’s equally comfortable writing kernel patches, pitching technical strategy to customers and funders, and mentoring research teams. An engineer at heart, he favors building practical, auditable solutions from first principles and thrives on hard, cross-disciplinary problems.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Telecommunications, Masters, Telecommunications at University of New South WalesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Telecommunication, System Design and Architecture, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Telecommunication, System Design and Architecture at ISAE-SUPAEROUNSW SydneyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Telecommunication, System Design and Architecture, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Telecommunication, System Design and Architecture at Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès
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Github Skills (26)
python10
windows10
svg10
firefox10
powershell10
webextension10
immutability10
testing9
javascript9
networking9
network-programming9
linux9
tcp9
build-automation9
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
tridactyl/tridactyl
May 2018 - Feb 2022
A Vim-like interface for Firefox, inspired by Vimperator/Pentadactyl.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 78 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Babil primarily focused on implementing Windows support for the Tridactyl Firefox extension, adding native messenger functionality. Their contributions included developing a PowerShell script for installing the native messenger, modifying the extension's configuration and command definitions to support Windows, and making adjustments to the build process. They also worked on fixing the update and restart commands, and making further general refinements to the Windows build process.
firefoxvim-likevimvimperatorwebextension
Kozea/CairoSVG
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Convert your vector images
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Babil primarily contributed to bug fixes and improved the robustness of the `cairosvg` project. Their work focused on addressing compatibility issues specific to Windows/NT systems, particularly concerning file paths and regression tests. They also added more aggressive SVG file detection and addressed isort and flake8 issues.
pythonpdfimagesvgimage-processing
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