Istanbul, Turkey

Gokhan Sagirlar

Software Engineer with a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Specialized in blockchain infrastructure, distributed systems, and consensus protocols. 7 patents, 6 academic papers.

Experience

Software Engineer

Coinbase

Oct 2024 - PresentContract, USA

Platform testing, automation, and system on-calls for one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges.

GoRubyDockerKubernetes

Software Engineer

RunTimeMachines

May 2023 - Oct 2024Contract, Switzerland

Wowen, an Ethereum-based blockchain that provides modular consensus as a service.

GoEthereum

Software Engineer

Pocket Network

Oct 2022 - May 2023Contract, USA

Development of the HotStuff consensus algorithm using Golang.

GoConsensus

Research Software Engineer

QPQ

Nov 2020 - Oct 2022Contract, Ireland

1DLT: A modular system for the rapid deployment of EVM-based blockchains. Inter-operability R&D and patent curation.

GoEthereumDistributed Systems

Research Software Engineer

IBM Research Lab

Nov 2018 - Nov 2020Ireland

P2P autonomous trading and blockchain-based IoT architecture at IBM Research.

GoBitcoinIoTJavaDocker

Skills

Languages

GoSolidityRustJava

Platforms & Infrastructure

DockerKubernetesDatadogTerraform

Blockchain

BitcoinEthereumEVMConsensus

Research

Distributed SystemsIoTP2P NetworksSharding

Patents

US20230401234A1Self-adaptive and autonomous sharding of DLT platforms
US11842256B2Ensemble training in a distributed marketplace
P201703750Risk assessment of assets leaks in Turing-complete blockchains
P201809841Marketplace for risk assessed smart contract issues
P201907164Marketplace for AI Ensemble Training and Evolution
US20230050160A1Atomic swap transactions of digital records among distributed databases
US20230088588A1Security as a Service for Machine Learning

Publications

1DLT: Rapid Deployment of Secure and Efficient EVM-Based Blockchains

Tokenomics 2022

On the Design of Co-operating Blockchains for IoT

ICICT 2020

Decentralized Privacy Enforcement for IoT Smart Objects

Elsevier Computer Networks

AutoBotCatcher: Blockchain-based P2P Botnet Detection for IoT

IEEE CIC 2018, Best Paper Award

Hybrid-IoT: Hybrid Blockchain Architecture for Internet of Things

IEEE Blockchain 2018

Enhancing User Control on Personal Data Usage in IoT Ecosystems

IEEE SCC 2016

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

University of Insubria, Italy

Graduated October 2018, awarded with distinction

Thesis: Improving Security and Privacy of the Internet of Things with Blockchain Technology

B.S. in Computer Engineering

Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Graduated June 2015 · GPA: 3.66 / 4.00

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