{"id":228,"date":"2026-04-10T09:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sci-lab\/?p=228"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:21:48","slug":"quantum%e2%80%91safe-and-side%e2%80%91channel%e2%80%91resilient-pqc-for-multi%e2%80%91hop-iot-in-digital%e2%80%91twin%e2%80%91enabled-shm-a-new-nserc-funded-project-at-sci-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sci-lab\/2026\/quantum%e2%80%91safe-and-side%e2%80%91channel%e2%80%91resilient-pqc-for-multi%e2%80%91hop-iot-in-digital%e2%80%91twin%e2%80%91enabled-shm-a-new-nserc-funded-project-at-sci-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum\u2011Safe and Side\u2011Channel\u2011Resilient PQC for Multi\u2011Hop IoT in Digital\u2011Twin\u2011Enabled SHM: A New NSERC Funded Project at SCI-Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to share that on March 1, 2026,\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Title: Quantum\u2011Safe and Side\u2011Channel\u2011Resilient Post\u2011Quantum Cryptography for Multi\u2011Hop IoT in Digital\u2011Twin\u2011Enabled Structural Health Monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Principal Investigator: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sci-lab\/people\/taha\/\">Dr. Mostafa Taha<\/a> (Carleton University)<\/li>\n<li>International Collaborator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rit.edu\/directory\/mmtcad1-mohamed-abdelraheem\">Dr. Mohamed Abdelraheem<\/a> (Rochester Institute of Technology &#8211; Dubai, UAE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Catalyst project aims to establish an international collaboration between Canada and the United Arab Emirates in the domain of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) for the security-critical field of Digital-Twin (DT) technology as applied to Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of critical infrastructure such as bridges and towers. 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