Deepak Kumar
Assistant Professor at UC San Diego
United States
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Top SchoolDeepak Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at UC San Diego with 11 years of experience studying security and online safety at the intersection of technology and society. His trajectory spans PhD research in Internet measurement at UIUC, internships at Google and Microsoft focused on abuse and low-level systems, and postdoctoral and research scientist roles at Stanford, giving him a rare blend of measurement-driven security research and practical systems experience. He investigates how real-world platforms enable or mitigate online harm, translating empirical findings into interventions and policy-relevant insights. Deepak’s work emphasizes scalable, data-driven methods and often bridges academia and industry, reflecting both rigorous empirical methods and hands-on engineering.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science Computer Science Engineering at University of MichiganGED, GED at International AcademyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English
Github Skills (86)
security10
linter10
semantics10
x50910
pki10
blockchain10
scanner9
solidity9
golang9
programming-language9
smart-contracts9
virtual-machine9
ethereum9
inspector9
certificate9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
kumarde/slides
Mar 2017 - Mar 2023
Contributions:65 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
kumarde/feistel
Apr 2019 - Mar 2024
Feistel Cipher Implementation in Golang
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
golangfeistel-ciphercipher
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