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Kyi Thar Ko

@kyitharko

A professional with Ph.D. research background in Next Generation Networks and their security aspects, especially Named Data Networking.

Myanmar

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What I'm looking for

Applied Cryptography Engineer; Privacy Engineer; Network Security Engineer; Research Engineer at privacy-focused or networking-focused companies.

Privacy and security researcher with peer-reviewed publications in applied cryptography and name privacy in Named Data Networking (NDN). Ph.D. from Kanazawa University, Japan. Designed and implemented Public Key Encryption with Keyword Search (PEKS) protocols for NDN; this work has been cited in subsequent research on NDN. Solid networking and Linux systems foundations, including packet-level debugging, virtualization, and GPU server setup (hardware and CUDA stack). Seeking remote roles in applied cryptography, privacy engineering, network security, or privacy-preserving systems engineering.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Co-Founder / Technical Lead

Current

Rangoondiscount.com

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 6 months)

Designed and operated the technical infrastructure for an e-commerce platform, including secure web hosting with TLS and ensuring operational availability. Set up GPU servers for a partner company by performing hardware installation, Linux preparation, and NVIDIA driver/CUDA runtime configuration with compatibility validation.

TLS Infrastructure Security CUDA Runtime Configuration Linux System Administration

Part-Time Lecturer

Auston University

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year)

Taught Network Forensics, covering traffic investigation, evidence interpretation, and forensic reasoning from network data. Taught Network Defense, focusing on intrusion detection, firewall design, defensive architecture, and countermeasures.

Traffic Analysis Intrusion Detection Firewall Design network design

Lecturer

Yangon Technological University

Jan 2012 - Jan 2021 (9 years)

Taught graduate courses in data communication and networking, computer systems, and distributed systems, and supervised master’s student research projects. Designed, installed, and maintained campus networking and virtualization infrastructure using Proxmox VE and VMware vSphere.

Systems Distributed Systems Graduate Research Supervision Proxmox VE VMware VSphere Network Administration

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Kanazawa University

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Engineering

2017 - 2020

Ph.D. in Engineering focused on preserving name privacy in Named Data Networking (NDN). Designed, implemented, and benchmarked a PEKS-based forwarding strategy using pairing-based cryptography (PBC library), extending it to two-tier network topologies and producing peer-reviewed publications.