Researcher

Dinil Mon Divakaran (Senior Member ’14, IEEE) is a Senior Principal Scientist at A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), with more than 20 years of research experience in the security of network, web, software and AI systems. Throughout his career, he has led the research and development of AI models addressing challenges in cybersecurity and privacy. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of the School of Computing, National University of Singapore, and collaborates with researchers, experts and students around the globe. Dinil’s research experience spans both industry and academia. In the past decade, he headed research teams at two cybersecurity firms, Acronis and Trustwave, and previously held a faculty position at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi. He carried out his doctoral studies at the INRIA lab in ENS Lyon in France, in collaboration with Bell Labs. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Madras, India. Dinil is also a frequent speaker on AI and cybersecurity.