3 Minute Thesis Prize for Mohamed Abdelazez
Phd Mohamed Abdelazez (supervised by Adrian Chan and Sreeraman Rajan) placed third in the recent 2018 Three Minute Thesis competition. His research is on using the heart’s electric signature as a password. Mohamed described his research this way: “In the future you’ll protect your privacy with your heart. The biometrics most commonly used are usually your fingerprints or your face, but high-resolution photography could easily allow anyone to capture your digits or create a mask with multiple angles of you face.”
Password rules are becoming absurd, he said, and companies are shifting to biometrics to secure private information. His thesis describes how a person can be identified, whether they are running or sitting down, using a database of electrical heart pulses. The biometric is very accessible but hard to steal. Watch his presentation here. After all, it will only take 3 minutes!
Congratulations Mohamed!