Seminar by Sushmita Ruj
Security in communication systems: merging theory with practice
Sushmita Ruj
University of Ottawa
Date: Friday, February 24th, 2012
Time: 4PM
Venue: CS101.Abstract:
I will talk on my recent research which aims at bridging the gap between cryptographic and systems research. The focus will be on cloud security, security in smart grids and ad hoc networks. Cloud computing and smart grids have recently gained a lot of attention from both academics and industry. Access control mechanisms in cloud computing and smart grid will be discussed, to ensure access only to authorized users. I will show how Attribute Based Encryption (ABE) and different variants of it can be tailored to suit the specific needs of the above applications. I will also discuss my recent work on ad hoc networks and present a number of open problems.
About the speaker:
Sushmita Ruj is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Ottawa, Canada. She received a B.E. degree in Computer Science from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur in 2004, M.Tech and Ph. D. degrees from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in 2006 and 2010 respectively. During 2009-2010 she was an Erasmus Mundas Post Doctoral Fellow at Lund University, Sweden. Her research interests are in combinatorics, applied cryptography and network security. She is currently working on security and related issues in mobile ad hoc networks, vehicular networks, cloud security and smart grids. She is on the editorial board of Ad Hoc& Sensor Wireless Networks. She is/has been in technical program committees of many conferences like IEEE Globecom'12, IEEE MASS'11, IEEE PIMRC'11, IEEE INFOCOM'11 workshop SCNC.