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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

SCI-LAB Research Day

The Secure Cryptographic Implementations (SCI-Lab) at Carleton University will host its Research Day on Side-Channel-Resilient Post-Quantum Security in Digital-Twin Structural Health Monitoring Systems on June 29, 2026. The event will bring together researchers and students to discuss emerging advances in post-quantum cryptography, hardware... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Dr. Mostafa Taha, Outstanding Faculty Graduate Mentor of the Year!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Mostafa Taha has been selected as an Outstanding Faculty Graduate Mentor for 2025–26 at Carleton University. This award, administered by the Office of the Vice‑President (Research, Innovation, and International) and the Office of Graduate Studies, recognizes exceptional dedication to graduate student... More

Monday, April 13, 2026

Honouring Our PhD Candidate Mahmoud Yassin For Receiving His Third Scholarship For The Year!

We are proud to announce that Mahmoud Yassin, a PhD candidate in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, has been recognized with a prestigious departmental scholarship for his outstanding research contributions. Mahmoud Yassin has been awarded the Bernard Pagurek and Murray Woodside Scholarship (2026). He has... More

Friday, April 10, 2026

Quantum‑Safe and Side‑Channel‑Resilient PQC for Multi‑Hop IoT in Digital‑Twin‑Enabled SHM: A New NSERC Funded Project at SCI-Lab

We are excited to share that on March 1, 2026,  the Secure Cryptographic Implementations Lab (SCI-Lab) has recently secured funding for a new NSERC Alliance International Catalyst Quantum Grant, further advancing our work in cybersecurity and post-quantum cryptography. Title: Quantum‑Safe and Side‑Channel‑Resilient Post‑Quantum... More

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

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