Speaker:
Máire O'Neill
Queen's University Belfast

Abstract:

With the rapidproliferation of pervasive electronic devices in our lives, the internet ofthings (IoT) has become a reality and its influence on our day to dayactivities is set to further increase with a projected 125 Billion connecteddevices by 2030. However, this poses serious security and privacy issues as wewill no longer have direct control over with whom and what our devicescommunicate. Counterfeit, hacked, or cloned devices acting on a network are asignificant threat. In addition, IoT devices are often low-cost in area,low-power and typically are restricted in both memory and computing power.

This talk will outlinethe challenges in addressing security for resource-constrained IoT devices and discussthe opportunities offered by research solutions proposed at the Centre forSecure Information Technologies (CSIT), Queen’s University Belfast, inproviding effective security for IoT devices. The talk will detail our researchin Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs), Hardware Trojan detection, Side-channelanalysis and post-quantum cryptography.

About: Professor Máire O’Neill has a stronginternational reputation for her research in hardware security and appliedcryptography. She is Regius Professor in Electronics and Computer Engineeringand Director of the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) atQueen’s. She is also Director of the £5M UK Research Institute in SecureHardware and Embedded Systems (RISE: www.ukrise.org) and is a member of the UKAI Council. She has received numerous awards which include a BlavatnikEngineering and Physical Sciences medal, 2019 and a Royal Academy ofEngineering Silver Medal. She has authored two research books and over 175peer-reviewed conference and journal publications. She is a Fellow of the RoyalAcademy of Engineering, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and Fellow of theIrish Academy of Engineering.

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