{"id":6839,"date":"2026-10-14T16:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/?p=6839"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:07:37","slug":"sce-phd-candidate-receives-isaca-ottawa-chapter-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/2026\/sce-phd-candidate-receives-isaca-ottawa-chapter-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"SCE PhD Candidate Receives ISACA Ottawa Chapter Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        SCE PhD Candidate Receives ISACA Ottawa Chapter Scholarship\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2026\/10\/Shazly-Ahmed-1-768x768.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Department of Systems and Computer Engineering<\/a> is pleased to recognize Shazly Ahmed, a PhD candidate in Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, as a recipient of the I<strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">SACA Ottawa Chapter \u2013 Robert Weisman Memorial Scholarship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shazly\u2019s research is driven by the growing cybersecurity challenges posed by quantum computing and the need to protect future digital infrastructures. His work focuses on <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">hardware acceleration for post-quantum cryptography<\/strong>, leveraging <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">GPUs and FPGAs<\/strong> to enhance the performance and scalability of next-generation cryptographic algorithms. By reducing the computational demands of advanced security mechanisms, his research supports the development of fast, efficient, and trustworthy cryptographic systems for real-world applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This scholarship recognizes both Shazly\u2019s academic excellence and his contributions to advancing cybersecurity research. The department congratulates Shazly on this well-deserved achievement and wishes him continued success in his research and future endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Systems and Computer Engineering is pleased to recognize Shazly Ahmed, a PhD candidate in Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, as a recipient of the ISACA Ottawa Chapter \u2013 Robert Weisman Memorial Scholarship. Shazly\u2019s research is driven by the growing cybersecurity challenges posed by quantum computing and the need to protect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":6841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6842,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839\/revisions\/6842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}