Priyanka Dodia

Priyanka Dodia has a diverse work experience in various research and cybersecurity roles. Priyanka is currently a Research Associate in Cybersecurity at Qatar Computing Research Institute since 2017. In this role, they have worked on network security research, identifying malware activity using AI on encrypted Tor traffic, and conducted a study on ransomware.

Prior to this, Priyanka worked as a Research Associate Intern in Cybersecurity at Qatar Computing Research Institute from 2017 to 2018. Here, they developed a system prototype to detect and filter DRDoS attacks using Software Defined Networks (SDN) and tested a honeypot based firewall.

Priyanka also has experience as a Research Associate Intern in Social Computing at Qatar Computing Research Institute and as an Information Security Analyst at Al Jazeera Media Network. In these roles, they worked on various projects including developing a Health Tips Recommendation Application and visualizing blacklisted domains.

In addition, Priyanka has worked as a Network Security Undergraduate Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, where they analyzed DNS queries to detect malicious network activities. Priyanka has also interned at Qatar Computing Research Institute as a Research Associate Intern in Arabic Language Technology, working on a Natural Language Processing (NLP) project.

Furthermore, they have presented research at the OURCS Conference at Carnegie Mellon University and served as a Microsoft Student Partner at Microsoft. Overall, Priyanka has a strong background in research and cybersecurity, with experience in various areas such as network security, malware detection, and NLP.

Priyanka Dodia completed their education with a Master's degree in CyberSecurity from Hamad Bin Khalifa University, attending from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, they pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, from 2012 to 2016. Their educational journey began at the MES Indian School Qatar, where they completed their high school education in the Science and Engineering Stream, studying from 2001 to 2012.