Gopal Iyer, Ph.D.
Fremont, CA • iyergkris [at] gmail [dot] com
I'm an experienced R&D and Cybersecurity specialist with a demonstrated history of working in telecommunication, smart grid, automotive and medical device industries. I have a good research and innovation track record in the areas of reliability, scalability and security of Cyber-physical systems. I have served as an SME in Automotive security and have designed and architected state-of-the art defenses for connected vehicles. More recently, I secure medical devices, surgical robots and instruments. My skills include Embedded Security, Reverse Engineering, Machine Learning, Simulation and GNU Radio among others. I am proficient in C, C++ and Python.
Experience
Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Product Security Manager • Apr 2023 — Present
Securing Medical Devices, Surgical Robots & Instruments, Embedded System Security
Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Senior Product Security Analyst • Jun 2021 — Mar 2023
Securing Medical Devices, Surgical Robots & Instruments, Embedded System Security
DENSO International America Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Senior R&D Engineer, Mobility Cybersecurity R&D • Jul 2017 — May 2021
Vehicle Network Systems, Vehicle Cyber security, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
- Designing state of the art cyber-defenses for connected vehicle systems
- Control and Data Flow Integrity for embedded system software
- Security of Autonomous systems
- Anomaly Detection framework for large vehicle datasets
DENSO International America Inc. (Southfield, MI)
R&D Engineer, Electronics Platform • Jun 2014 — Jun 2017
Landis+Gyr Inc. (Alpharetta, GA)
R&D Intern • Jun 2010 — Aug 2010; Jan, 2011 — May 2011
Study of IPv6 (6loWPAN) routing protocols and performance analysis of ROLL-RPL for large scale smart meter deployments.
NPS Drive Automation Pvt. Ltd (Mumbai, India)
Product Support Engineer • Jun 2008 — Jun 2009
Retro-fitted industrial scale machines for automation using drive motors, PLCs and implemented SCADA systems over wired and wireless networks.
Education
Auburn University, AL, USA
Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering • 2009 — 2014
Auburn University, AL, USA
Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering • 2011
University of Mumbai, India
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecom. Engineering • 2008
Patents
Apparatus and method of control flow integrity enforcement utilizing boundary checking
A. Kashani, G. Iyer
US Patent 11,163,645 (Granted Nov 2021)
Systems and methods for identifying source code from binaries using machine learning
G. Iyer
US Patent 10,761,841 (Granted Sep 2020)
Binary patch reconciliation and instrumentation system
G. Iyer, A. Kashani
US Patent 11,397,817 (Granted July 2022)
Systems and Methods for Dynamically Identifying Data Arguments and Instrumenting Source Code
G. Iyer, A. Kashani, R. Takeuchi
US Patent 10,657,025 (Granted May 2020)
Systems and Methods for Dynamically Identifying Program Control Flow and Instrumenting Source Code
G. Iyer, A. Kashani
US Patent 10,628,286 (Granted Apr 2020)
System and Methods for Parallel Execution and Comparison of Related Processes for Fault Protection
G. Iyer, A. Kashani
US Patent 10,545,850 (Granted Jan 2020)
Systems and Methods for identifying source code from binaries using machine learning
G. Iyer, A. Kashani
US Patent 10,761,841 (Granted Apr 2020)
Systems and Methods for Selectively Instrumenting a Program According to Performance Characteristics
A. Kashani, G.Iyer
US Patent 10,768,915 (Granted Sep 2020)
Systems and Methods for Optimizing Control Flow Graphs for Functional Safety using Fault Tree Analysis
G. Iyer, A. Kashani
US Patent 11,036,866 (Granted Jun 2021)
Systems and Methods for Preventing Runaway Execution of Artificial Intelligence-based Programs
G. Iyer, A. Kashani
US Patent App. 16/163,936
System and method for enhancing vehicle occupant voice data privacy
A. Kashani, G. Iyer
US Patent App. 16/425,136
Publications
Zero-Day Attack Defenses and Test Framework for Connected Mobility ECUs
SAE World Congress (WCX) • 2021
Mitigating Unknown Cybersecurity Threats in Performance Constrained Electronic Control Units
SAE World Congress (WCX) • 2018
Evaluation of Software Vulnerabilities in Vehicle Electronic Control Units
IEEE Cybersecurity Development (SecDev) • 2017
Reliability, Scalability and Security in Smart Utility Networks
Doctoral Dissertation • 2014
Analytic model and simulation study for network scalability in smart utility networks
IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies-Asia (ISGT Asia) • 2013
Performance comparison of routing protocols over smart utility networks: A simulation study
IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps) • 2013
Performance analysis of wireless mesh routing protocols for smart utility networks
IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) • 2011
Wireless Mesh Routing in Smart Utility Networks
Masters Thesis • 2011
Smart Power Grids
42nd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST) • 2010
Additional Links
Social Links
- Github: https://github.com/iyergkris
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/iyergkris
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iyer-gopal
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iyergkris/