Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham

About Me

Education

(i) ACADEMIC EDUCATION

Higher Doctorate: Doctor of Engineering (D. Eng) July 2011, Thesis consisting of published work in Secure Dependable Data Management, University of Bristol, England (Top 10 university in the UK).

Ph.D. in Theory of Computation and Computability Theory; University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom, July 1979 (at age 24). Thesis: Decision Problems for System Functions

Advisors: Dr. Roger Hindley (Swansea), Dr. John Cleave (Bristol) – received most of the supervision at University of Bristol and submitted thesis at University of Wales, Swansea due to residency requirements

M.S. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota, March 1984 (G.P.A. 4.0/4.0); Specialized in: databases, networks, operating systems. Dissertation: Transport Layer for a Token Ring Network, Advisor: Dr. William Munroe (got this degree while working as a visiting faculty at the university)

M.Sc. in Mathematical Logic and Foundations of Computer Science; University of Bristol, United Kingdom, January 1977; Thesis: Construction of a Universal Partial Recursive Functional; Advisors: Dr. John Cleave and Prof. John Shepherdson

B.Sc. in Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Physics; University of Ceylon, August 1975   (First Class and First in order of merit – followed the British Education System)

(ii) CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

  • Public Policy Analysis (Certificate), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), May 2021.
  • Reverse Engineering for Malware (SANS), 2014 (5 day course).
  • GCFE (Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Forensics Examiner) SANS Institute, Certified 2013  - 2025.
  • Certificate in Terrorism Studies, St. Andrews University, Scotland, July 2010.
  • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) ISC2, Certified 2010 – 2016.
  • JAVA Certification, Learning Tree International, (5 courses, exam), July 2000.
  • Management Development Program, The MITRE Institute, 1997.
  • US Intelligence Community, AFCEA, 1994.
  • Cybil Programming Language, Control Data Institute, 1984.