Author Archives: Mehdi
Are you for real?
Check out our new paper in cybersecurity. Title: “Are you for Real? Authentication in Dynamic IoT Systems” to present @ 26th IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2021) in Perth, Australia.
Best Paper Award @ DSN’21
Our latest work in cybersecurity won the best paper award at top-tier DSN conference. To read more about this click here. Interested in reading the paper itself, click here.
Top 10 in Canada
Our work on the security of drones has been ranked as top 10 research in cybersecurity in Canada. Link: https://www.serene-risc.ca/en/news/the-new-issue-of-the-serene-risc-digest-is-available Full article link: https://www.serene-risc.ca/public/media/files/prod/page_files/11/14_SERENE-RISC-Vol3-Iss1.pdf
PhD graduation
I have successfully defended my PhD and received the degree in May 2020. Thanks a lot to all my supporters, profs and family. If you’re interested in what I have done, please take a look at my thesis located here.
Stealthy attacks to drones!
Our latest paper is in the news: Out of control: stealthy attacks against robotic vehicles
ITB Demo
Special thanks to Dr. Pattabiraman and DSL Lab, it’s been a great opportunity to present my recent findings of device authentication in drones for ITB consortium comprised of QinetiQ, General Dynamics, Seaspan, Lockheed Martin, etc.
Phoenix: An Authentication Framework for IoT Systems
I am very excited about presenting my new poster discussing novel findings in security of drones. Please come and visit my work at the Dependable Computing Workshop 2019. With Dr. Ivanov presenting our work at the workshop.
Hosting Music Night
I was so excited about the great event we hosted in our department. ECEGSA hosted a music night at ECE Kaiser Building. It was a glorious night full of joy with our talented musicians. I never really knew we have lots … Continue reading
DynPolAC: Dynamic Policy-based Access Control for IoT Systems
Near-future IoT systems are comprised of moving objects such as Self-driving Cars (SDC) and Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAV). DynPolAC is an authorization framework for dynamic IoT systems where there are <1s query-reply interactions. DynPolAC is presenting in the 23rd IEEE … Continue reading
CORGIDS: A CORrelational-based Generic IDS for IoT
Great news! Our paper about intrusion detection systems for IoT devices has been accepted to CPS-SPC 2018. CORGIDS deduces logical events of physical properties to detect attacks based on Markov Model.