H. L. Gururaj is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He has 10 years of teaching and research experience. He is a professional member of ACM. Dr. Gururaj appointed as ACM Distinguish Speaker (2018-2021) by the ACM US council. He received YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD from ITS-SERB, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India in December 2016. He worked as Special Editor of EAI publisher and Guest Editor of Multimedia Springer Journal. He is an Editorial Board member of various International Journals. He has published more than 75 research papers in various reputed conferences and journals. He worked as a reviewer for various journals and conferences. He also received the Best paper awards at various National and International Conferences. He has authored one Book on Network Simulators and one Edited Book on Blockchain by Springer Publishers. He has honored as Session Chair, Keynote Speaker, TPC member, Advisory committee member at National and International Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences across Globe. His research interests include BlockChain Technology and Cyber Security.