PhD Studentship in IoT Security at the UAEU 2021

UAEU is offering the PhD Studentship in Fog and Blockchain-based Solutions for IoT Security for candidates with a Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related areas.

The major aim of this PhD project is to propose, design, and implement solutions to leverage the capabilities and features of fog computing, and to show how such newly emerging computing paradigm can be harnessed and utilized to provide localized security functionalities and operations for IoT devices that will include firewalling, intrusion detection, and detection of malicious or hacked IoT devices. Furthermore, the aim is to harness the powerful capabilities and features of Blockchain, which is one of the most hyped technologies, and to provide secure management, authentication, and access to IoT devices and their data. It is expected that Blockchain can provide solutions in a highly efficient, robust, verifiable, trusted, and decentralized manner, with high visibility, traceability, transparency, integrity, and credibility. The expected proposed solutions, techniques, and schemes will be backed by a proof of concept implementation with realistic IoT use cases and scenarios of high relevance to government and industry, specifically focusing on securing devices deployed to facilitate and support smart governments, smart buildings, smart cities, as well as healthcare, manufacturing, and oil and gas industries. 

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related areas with a focus on information security, networking security, and cybersecurity.
• In addition, having a strong background in Blockchain, AI, Big data, and Data Science would be a considerable advantage.
• The applicant must have a very strong command of English with very evident proficiency in scientific writing,
• Publication record of at least one indexed journal or conference paper in areas related to this PhD project.

About UAEU:

Founded in 1976 by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, UAEU aspires to become a comprehensive, research-intensive university and currently enrolls approximately 14,000 Emirati and international students. As the UAE’s flagship university, UAEU offers a full range of accredited, high-quality graduate and undergraduate programs through nine Colleges: Business and Economics; Education; Engineering; Food and Agriculture; Humanities and Social Sciences; IT; Law; Medicine and Health Sciences; and Science. 

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