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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Secure and Efficient ML-KEM Implementation on ARM Cortex-M7: A New Mitacs Funded Project at SCI-Lab

On 5 March 2026, the SCI-Lab was awarded a Mitacs Accelerate project entitled "Secure and Efficient ML-KEM Implementation on ARM Cortex-M7" Principal Investigator: Dr. Mostafa Taha, Carleton University. Partner organization: Quantegra Technologies Inc. Intern: Dr. Mahmoud Sayed This project aims to make future internet-connected devices secure... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Mahmoud Yassin Receives GSA Scholarship (2025) and Dr. Thomas Betz Memorial Award (2026)

We are proud to highlight the recent accomplishments of Mahmoud Yassin, a PhD Candidate in the Systems and Computer Engineering Department in Carleton University, and a member of SCI-Lab. Mahmoud has recently received two awards, recognizing his academic excellence and research potential: GSA PhD Scholarship (Fall 2025): awarded by the Graduate... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Shazly Ahmed Receives Gabriel David Warshaw Memorial Scholarship

We are thrilled to announce that Shazly Ahmed has been awarded the Gabriel David Warshaw Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded annually to graduate students in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering who aspire to build careers focused on the peaceful and environmentally respectful... More

Friday, October 31, 2025

Medal Unlocked! Mahmoud Sayed wins the Senate Medal

We are thrilled to announce that Mahmoud Sayed has been awarded the Senate Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work (Doctoral) at Carleton University for the Fall 2025 semester! This prestigious medal is merit-based and is awarded to only one PhD graduate per semester across each faculty. It recognizes exceptional academic achievement and research... More

Monday, June 2, 2025

Mahmoud Sayed defends his PhD

Mahmoud Sayed has successfully defended his PhD thesis with the title: Homomorphic Encryption Based Obfuscated Complex Queries System  His work focused on a novel technique for implementing a privacy-preserving software application on remote untrusted server using a modified construction of the Fully Homomorphic Encryption of The Torus. With... More

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Mahmoud Yassin Receives Bernard Pagurek and Murray Woodside Scholarship

We are proud to share that Mahmoud Yassin, a PhD student in the Lab, has been awarded the Bernard Pagurek and Murray Woodside Scholarship by the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. This scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding graduate students in Systems and Computer Engineering and is intended to support... More

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Mahmoud Yassin Wins GSA PhD Scholarship

We are excited to announce that Mahmoud Yassin, a PhD student in the Lab, has been awarded the Carleton GSA PhD Scholarship for 2025. The Graduate Students' Association (GSA) scholarship is a prestigious recognition designed to alleviate the financial burdens faced by graduate students while rewarding academic excellence and contribution to... More

Friday, March 7, 2025

Paper Accepted ‘Evaluation of Encrypted Matching Criteria using Homomorphic Encryption Based FSM’

After further research and development in the direction of encrypted privacy-preserving matching, our paper, Mahmoud A. Sayed and Mostafa Taha 'Evaluation of Encrypted Matching Criteria using Homomorphic Encryption Based FSM' is accepted for publication in the Journal of Cryptographic Engineering - Springer Nature The paper carries the model of... More

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

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