Gokila Dorai, Ph.D.
Visiting Specialized Teaching Faculty-I and
Department of Computer Science,
Florida State University

CS Email: dorai@cs.fsu.edu
Office: LOV 153


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Areas of Research:

Digital forensics, Mobile forensics, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Data Mining

Publications:

(1) "Analysis of iOS SQLite Schema Evolution for Updating Forensic Data Extraction Tools", Samiha S. Shimmi, Gokila Dorai, Sudhir Aggarwal, Umit Karabiyik. The 8th International Symposium on Digital Forensic and Security (ISDFS) 2020. (Accepted)

(2) "VIDE - Vault App Identification and Extraction System for iOS Devices", Gokila Dorai, Sudhir Aggarwal, Neet Patel, Charisa Powell. DFRWS 2020 USA. (Accepted)

(3) "Is your Smart Home a Secure Home? - Analysis of Smart Home Breaches and Approach for Vulnerability Analysis and the Device Isolation", Gokila Dorai, Eleason A. Williams, Hongmei Chi. IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IOT) 2020.
(Accepted)

(4) "Data Extraction and Forensic Analysis for Smartphone Paired Wearables and IoT Devices", Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand, Sudhir Aggarwal. The 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2020.

(5) "Energy Profiling of iOS Apps to Detect Causes of Energy Drain", Gokila Dorai. The 20th International Conference on Internet Computing and IoT (ICOMP) 2019, Las Vegas, USA. (ISBN: 1-60132-503-7)

(6) "Design and Implementation of a Targeted Data Extraction System for Mobile Devices", Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee, Nicholas Guerra, Manuel Hernandez, James Parsons, Khushboo Rathi, Hongmei Chi, Temilola Aderibigbe and Rodney Wilson. Fifteenth IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics 2019, Orlando, USA.

(7) "I Know What You Did Last Summer: Your Smart Home Internet of Things and Your iPhone Forensically Ratting You Out", Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand and Ibrahim Baggili. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) 2018, Hamburg, Germany.

(8) "IoT Digital Forensics of Nest Ecosystem", Gokila Dorai and Shiva Houshmand
Abstract paper and Poster, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) 2017, USA.

Teaching:

CGS 2060 - Computer Fluency (Summer'19, Fall'19, Spring'20)
COP 3035 - Introduction to Programming in Python (Spring'19)
CGS 2100 - Microcomputer Applications for Business and Economics (Fall'18, Spring'19, Summer'19, Fall'19, Spring'20)
COP 4020 - Programming Languages (Fall'18)
COP 4656 - Mobile Programming (Summer'15, Fall'15, Summer'16)

Experience

1. Visiting Specialized Teaching Faculty-I, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University (Since Fall, 2018).
2. Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University (Spring 2017 - Summer, 2018).
3. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University (Spring 2015 - Fall, 2016).
Courses: COP 4530 - Data Structures, Algorithms and Genetic Programming,
CIS 4250 - Ethics and Computer Science,
COT 5405 - Advanced Algorithms.
4. Programmer Analyst, Cognizant Technology Solutions (Mar, 2010 - Sep, 2010).
5. Software Engineer, Wipro Technologies(Nov, 2007 – Mar, 2010).

Ongoing Research

1. Targeted Forensic Data Extraction from Mobile Devices: The goal of this project is to develop a prototype software system that can do targeted data extraction from mobile devices (iOS and Android based), that have been voluntarily handed over to the law enforcement agencies by a bystander or a victim subsequent to an incident.
2. Analysis of Content-hiding Mobile Applications: The goal of this project is to classify, identify and analyze a certain class of iOS apps for the benefit of Law Enforcement.
3. Analyzing Internet of Things Settings in Smarthomes for building Forensic Framework.
4. Energy Profiling of iOS Apps to Detect Causes of Energy Drain.
5. Wearable Device Forensics.
6. Solutions for securing smart-homes.

Patents

1. Targeted Data Extraction System and Design (Patent application filed).

Service

1. Externship sponsorer and mentor for a high school student (2018-2019), Florida State University.
2. CS department TA training using VR (Fall 2018, Fall 2019), Florida State University.
3. Program for Instructional Excellence, Teaching Associate (2016-2017), Florida State University.

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science (2014-2019)

    Florida State University

  • MS in Computer Science (2014-2016)

    Florida State University

  • Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering (2003-2007)

    Anna University (University Topper and Gold Medalist)

Awards & Honors

  • Speaker at Grace Hopper's Conference 2019, Topic: Discovering IoT Data Artifacts from Wearable/Mobile Devices (October, 2019)
  • Graduate Student Excellence in Visual Arts – Finalist and Honorable Mention with Cash Award (2019)
  • People's Choice Award Winner for Arts, Graduate Women in STEM (GWIS), Florida State University (2019)
  • Inducted into "Omicron Delta Kappa", the country's only Leadership Honor Society in recognition for Leadership and Exemplary Character (2018)
  • Graduate Student Research and Creativity Awards Nominee - FSU (2019)
  • Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Finalist - FSU (2018)
  • Golden Key International Society Research Grant Award Winner (2018)
  • Love of Learning Award Winner from Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (2018)
  • Excellence in Visual Arts Award Winner, Florida State University (2018)
  • Graduate Student Leadership Award Nominee, Florida State University (2018)
  • CRA-W Grad Cohort Scholar (2018, 2019)
  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Scholarship Award Winner
  • CS Expo - Poster Presentation Winner (Fall'16, Fall'17)
  • PIE Teaching Associate, Florida State University (2016-2017)
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (OTAA) Nominee (2016)
  • Women in Cyber Security Conference Scholar (2017)
  • Grace Hopper's Conference scholarship recipient (2015, 2017)
  • Dean's scholarship recipient from the FSU Graduate School - 2014 & 2015
  • University topper and Outgoing student award winner (Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science) - 2007