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Shlok Gilda
PhD Candidate at the University of Florida researching cyber privacy.
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PhD Candidate at the University of Florida researching cyber privacy.
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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 interests include Open-Source Software Supply Chain Security, Misinformation Analysis, Natural Language Processing, and Artificial Intelligence. I am developing a thesis titled "How Communication Dynamics Shape Vulnerability Management in Open-Source Software", which integrates longitudinal analysis of open-source repositories to study how communication dynamics influence their security posture.
I received my Master's in Computer Science from the University of Florida in 2022, and my Bachelor's in Computer Engineering (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: 2025
Yang Qiangeng, Tess Christensen, Shlok Gilda, et al.
Presented at 5th EAI International Conference on Data and Information in Online Systems (2024).
Luiz Giovanini1, Shlok Gilda1 (co-first authors), Mirela Silva2, Fabrício Ceschin2, et al.
Presented at SocialSec 2023.
Winner of the Best Paper Award!
Shlok Gilda, Tanvi Jain, Aashish Dhalla.
Presented at 4th International Conference on Inventive Computation and Information Technologies (ICICIT 2022).
Shlok Gilda, Luiz Giovanini, Mirela Silva, Daniela Oliveira.
Presented at EUSPN's 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Natural Language Processing (IANLP 2021).
Parag Gokhale, Sakshi Malik, Shlok Gilda, Shams Hasan Rizvi, Rohan Poulose.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2020).
Shlok Gilda, Maanav Mehrotra.
Presented at 2018 International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI 2018).
Shlok Gilda.
Presented at 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE 2017).
Shlok Gilda, Husain Zafar, Chintan Soni, Kshitija Waghurdekar.
Presented at 2017 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET 2017).
Shlok Gilda, Marcus Botacin, Bonnie Dorr.
Shlok Gilda, Bonnie Dorr.
Shlok Gilda, K. Martiny, J. Ho, Bonnie Dorr.
Sankalp Gilda, Shlok Gilda.
SandboxAQ
Jan 2024 – May 2024
Led development of a machine learning pipeline to classify cryptographic strengths, achieving 73% accuracy and AUC of 0.79 on 300,000+ encrypted files across 8 cryptographic algorithms.
Accenture Security Labs
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
Led data science initiative analyzing 100,000+ commits and 500 users across 20 OSS repositories using TensorFlow, Neo4J, and Python to identify malicious developers.
Moxie.xyz
Apr 2020 – Dec 2020
Enhanced user sign-up and onboarding experience by integrating OAuth 2.0 with Facebook and Instagram. Achieved 99.9% data availability managing user data with Apache Cassandra.
Pepo.com
Jun 2019 – Apr 2020
Boosted user engagement by 35% by developing a personalized feed algorithm. Enhanced app responsiveness by implementing WebSockets, leading to 25% improvement in real-time communication efficiency.
Ost.com
Jun 2018 – Aug 2020
Enabled secure blockchain transactions on the OST Platform by developing REST API with NodeJS and Ruby on Rails, supporting over 1,000 transactions/second on Ethereum blockchain.
IBM India Software Labs
Jun 2017 – Jun 2018
Co-developed a Hyperledger Fabric-based IAM system with zero-knowledge authentication and advanced cryptographic schemes. Co-authored a US patent for identity attribute trust scores.
Shlok Gilda
OpenSSF Community Day North America 2025, Denver, USA
Shlok Gilda
NLP Applications Course, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing - Reviewer
COLING - Program Committee Member
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
USENIX SOUPS Posters - Program Committee Member
Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) - Program Committee Member
Computing Conference - Program Committee Member
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
IEEE Access - Reviewer
International Conference on Image, Video Processing and AI (IVPAI) - Program Committee Member
2025
Denver, USA
2023
London, UK
2022
Austin, USA
2021
Virtual
2021
Virtual
2018
Pune, India