Uddhav P. Gautam

Education

Academic background

• PhD in Computer Engineering

  2024-present

  Virginia Tech

  Advisors: Prof. Haining Wang, Randy Marchany

• PhD in Computer Science (transferred to Virginia Tech)

  2018-2020

  University of Arkansas at Little Rock

• M.S. Computer Science

  2015-2017

  University of Arkansas at Little Rock

• BSc Computer Science

  2009-2013

  Tribhuvan University, Nepal

• B.S. Mathematics

  2007-2010

  Trichandra Campus, Nepal

Awards

• 1st place Complete Societal Award, UA Little Rock (2017)
• 1st place Societal Impact Award, UA Little Rock (2017)
• 2nd place Personal Achievement Award, UA Little Rock (2017)
• 1st place Best Graduate Project Award, UA Little Rock (2016)
• 2nd place TechLaunch Entrepreneurial Team Projects Competition Award, UA Little Rock (2015)
• Top-5 final year project award from Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA), Tribhuvan University (2013)

Experience

Research and industry experience

• Graduate Research Assistant

  Sep 2023-present

  Virginia Tech

  Research on eBPF tracing overhead, runtime IoT policy enforcement, BLE security, kernel instrumentation, and deployable systems prototypes.

• Mobile Solutions Technical Lead & Architect

  Jun 2021-May 2023

  Perficient Inc

  Led Android architecture and delivery for TD Ameritrade to Charles Schwab migration work across a large regulated mobile platform.

• Senior Android Developer

  Mar 2020-Feb 2021

  Viper Design LLC

  Built IoT and mobile software for Shark robot vacuum products across firmware-adjacent and cross-platform application layers.

• U.S. Army

  Apr 2019-Apr 2023

  United States Army

  Served four years while developing leadership and operational discipline alongside graduate study and engineering work.

• Early Career

  2008-2015

  Worked 3 years as Android Developer and before that worked 4 years as System/Network Admin after completing various Microsoft and Ethical Hacking etc. trainings.