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Thursday, February 1, 2024

CMC Electronic Inc. Bursary (Winter 2024) awarded to Shazly Ahmed!

Established in 1987 by CMC Electronics Inc., the $2.4k scholarships are awarded to outstanding students with high academic standing, who have completed a minimum of two semesters in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering Scholarships Committee on the recommendation of the Department. The... More

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Gabriel Warshaw Scholarship (Winter 2024) awarded to Mahmoud Sayed!

Awarded annually to one or more graduate students in either the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Carleton university, Gabriel Warshaw Scholarship aspires to a career based on the peaceful and environmentally respectful applications of these disciplines. The scholarship is awarded by the Dean... More

Friday, December 15, 2023

Paper Published: Oblivious network intrusion detection systems

Our recently published paper - Mahmoud AbdelHafeez Sayed, and Mostafa Taha. "Oblivious network intrusion detection systems." Scientific Reports 13.1 (2023): 22308. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48475-w - is an updated and more comprehensive journal version of the conference paper "Oblivious Intrusion Detection Systems" published in HOST 2022.... More

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Project Funded: Designing a flexible and efficient Oblivious Intrusion Detection System

The lab managed to secure an NESERC Alliance Grant (ALLRP) with value of $135k to fund the project entitled "Designing a flexible and efficient Oblivious Intrusion Detection System" with the aim of implementing an unconventional IDS that has the unique feature of covering/encrypting the matching rules from the IDS operator, in addition to the... More

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Project Funded: Implementation of the Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithm: Multivariate Polynomial Public Key (MPPK)

The lab managed to secure a MITACS-funded internship with Quantropi Inc. with the objective of creating a secure implementation of a novel post-quantum digital signature algorithm based on multivariate polynomial public key. The internship collaboration takes part mainly on Qunatropi premises in Ottawa, ON., and is attended by Mahmoud Sayed.... More

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Paper Accepted ‘Oblivious Intrusion Detection System’

Our recent paper, Mahmoud A. Sayed and Mostafa Taha `Oblivious Intrusion Detection System,' was accepted in the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust – HOST 2022 (Acceptance rate 25\%, Peer-reviewed), Washington DC, USA, 2022. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) are capable of monitoring network traffic and matching... More

Monday, December 13, 2021

Project Funded: Homomorphically Encrypted FSM

Mitacs and Solana Networks Inc have approved funding of the research project "Homomorphically Encrypted FSM" at $33.75K. Finite State Machine (FSM) is an essential part of any Intrusion Detection System. FSM is typically used to detect binary sequences that can represent virus signatures and traffic rules. In this project, we are working on an... More

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Project Funded: ‘Oblivious IDS using Homomorphic Encryption’

Mitacs and Solana Networks Inc have approved funding of the research project 'Oblivious IDS using Homomorphic Encryption' at $15K. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is used to protect internal networks of companies and organizations against malicious activities and policy violations. These systems are typically under the full control of the local... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Project Funded ‘Discovery Launch Supplement’

NSERC has approved the funding of the Discovery Launch Supplement at 12.5K to support the project 'Side-Channel Secure Designs and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms in Embedded... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Project Funded: ‘Side-Channel Secure Designs and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms in Embedded Systems’

NSERC has approved the funding of the project entitled 'Side-Channel Secure Designs and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms in Embedded Systems' at $140K. The massive deployment of embedded systems and the Internet of Things (IoT), not only in our homes, cars, and workplaces but also in manufacturing lines, hospitals, and power plants,... More

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