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Hello, I'm

Shlok Gilda

PhD Candidate at the University of Florida researching cyber privacy.

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About Me

Hey! I'm Shlok Gilda

I'm a 5th year Ph.D. candidate at the University of Florida in the Natural Language Research & Culture (NLP&C) Lab, advised by Dr. Bonnie Dorr. I am also affiliated with the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS) Lab. My research spans critical cybersecurity domains, including user privacy, identity and access management, and vulnerability detection. A significant portion of my current work focuses on enhancing open-source software supply chain security, aiming to fortify these vital infrastructures against emerging threats.


I received my Bachelor's in Computer Science (Distinction with Honors) from the University of Pune in 2018, where I was advised by Dr. Geetanjali Kale and late Mr. Parag Gokhale from IBM India Software Labs .

  • Email: shlokgilda at ufl dot edu

  • Location: Gainesville, Florida, USA

  • Expected PhD Graduation: Fall 2025

Submissions, Publications, Patents & Projects

Peer-Reviewed Publications/Patents

Are Fact-Checking Tools Helpful? An Exploration of the Usability of Google Fact Check

Yang Qiangeng, Tess Christensen, Shlok Gilda, et al.

Presented at 5th EAI International Conference on Data and Information in Online Systems (2024).

People Still Care About Facts: Twitter Users Engage More with Factual Discourse than Misinformation--A Comparison Between COVID and General Narratives on Twitter

Luiz Giovanini1, Shlok Gilda1 (co-first authors), Mirela Silva2, Fabrício Ceschin2, et al.

Presented at SocialSec 2023.

Winner of the Best Paper Award!

None Shall Pass: A blockchain-based federated identity management system

Shlok Gilda, Tanvi Jain, Aashish Dhalla.

Presented at 4th International Conference on Inventive Computation and Information Technologies (ICICIT 2022).

Predicting Different Types of Subtle Toxicity in Unhealthy Online Conversations

Shlok Gilda, Luiz Giovanini, Mirela Silva, Daniela Oliveira.

Presented at EUSPN's 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Natural Language Processing (IANLP 2021).

Identity Attribute Confidence Scoring while Certifying Authorization Claims (US Patent)

Parag Gokhale, Sakshi Malik, Shlok Gilda, Shams Hasan Rizvi, Rohan Poulose.

United States Patent and Trademark Office (2020).

Blockchain for Student Data Privacy and Consent

Shlok Gilda, Maanav Mehrotra.

Presented at 2018 International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI 2018).

Source Code Classification Using Neural Networks

Shlok Gilda.

Presented at 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE 2017).

Smart Music Player Integrating Facial Emotion Recognition and Music Mood Recommendation

Shlok Gilda, Husain Zafar, Chintan Soni, Kshitija Waghurdekar.

Presented at 2017 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET 2017).



In-Progress Projects

SoK: Impact of Gender Differences on Open-Source Software Ecosystem

Shlok Gilda, Daniela Oliveira.

Temporal Evolution of Security Concerns in OSS: Investigating the Role of Contributor Characteristics and Behaviors

Shlok Gilda, Daniela Oliveira, Marcus Botacin.


Invited Talks

Predicting OSS Vulnerabilities Through Communication Analysis

Shlok Gilda

OpenSSF Community Day North America 2025, Denver, USA

Communication-Driven OSS Security

Shlok Gilda

NLP Applications Course, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA


Mentoring & Service

2025

COLING - Program Committee Member

2024

LREC-COLING - Program Committee Member

USENIX Security Artifact Evaluation - Program Committee Member

Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) - Program Committee Member

IEEE Access - Reviewer

2023

USENIX SOUPS Posters - Program Committee Member

Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) - Program Committee Member

Computing Conference - Program Committee Member

2022

ACM CSCW - Student Volunteer

Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) - Program Committee Member

USENIX SOUPS Posters - Program Committee Member

IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society - Reviewer

International Conference on Emerging Trends and Innovations in ICT - Program Committee Member

2019

IEEE Access - Reviewer

International Conference on Image, Video Processing and AI (IVPAI) - Program Committee Member

Awards & Honors

Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Travel Grant

2025

Denver, USA

Best Paper Award at SocialSec 2023

2023

London, UK

ACSAC Student Conferenceship

2022

Austin, USA

IEEE S&P Student Travel Grant

2021

Virtual

USENIX Enigma Student Grant

2021

Virtual

Impetus and Concepts Winner

2018

Pune, India