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I am an Associate Professor in Cyber Security with the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, UK with 16+ years of teaching/research experience. Before joining CU, I was an Assistant Professor at Bournemouth University, UK. Prior to this, I was a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and with the Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, USA and SUNY Korea. I was a DAAD Scholar at Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT), Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Germany and also a TCS Research Scholar.
My current research interests include cyber security and critical infrastructure security, including cyber-physical system security: smart grid, V2G and communication networks.
Dr Neetesh Saxena
Professor (Asso.)
School of Computer Science & Informatics
Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
IEEE Senior Member
DAAD Fellow and TCS Fellow Alumni
Email: nsaxena@ieee.org, saxenan4@cardiff.ac.uk
Cardiff University is the UK's top 5 universities in quality and impact of research (2014 REF). *[Read]* here
Cardiff University's Cyber Security group is proud to host ACE-CSR as well as ACE-CSE. *[Read]* here
STUDENT RECRUITMENT
2025: PhD Recruitment: Actively looking for highly motivated PhD students to join my group and is interested in cyber security, cyber-physical system security, and IoT security. If you are interested, please drop me an email with your updated CV. **[New]**
**[New]** 2025: PhD Opportunity: accepting fully-funded students in security.
2025: Postdoc Opportunity: If you are working on energy or mathematical sciences, there is an excellent opportunity to apply for the EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship. Contact me if interested. For more details, click here
2025: PhD Opportunity: Improving Electric Vehicles’ Safety and Security through Cyber Situational Awareness - click here
2025: PhD Opportunity: Estimate Cyber Risks for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - click here
2025: PhD Opportunity: Cyber Incident-Response of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - click here
2025: PhD Opportunity: Cyber Resiliency of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - click here
POSTDOC/RESEARCHER RECRUITMENT
Postdoc Recruitment: check out a few grant schemes for Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities:
Newton International Fellowships: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/
University Research Fellowship: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/university-research/
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships
Funding Opportunities: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities
Leverhulme Trust: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships
EPSRC Fellowship: https://epsrc.ukri.org/skills/fellows/
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/msca-if-2019
EUI Fellowships: https://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/Fellowships
Other: https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/four-types-of-postdoc-funding-opportunities
NEWS AND EVENTS
2025: Workshop Co-Chair: IEEE CSR Workshop on Security, Privacy and Resilience of Critical Assets in Critical Infrastructure (SPARC), Crete, Greece, 4-6 Aug 2025. Submission Deadline: 14th April 2025. Submit your work here!
2025: TPC: IEEE MILCOM'25.
2025: TPC: IEEE SOUPS (Poster committee).
2025: TPC: IEEE ISCC'25.
2025: TPC: IEEE WiMob'25.
2025: TPC: ACM CCS'25.
2025: TPC: ACM ASIACCS'25.
2025: TPC: ESORICS'25.
2025: TPC: USENIX VehicleSec'25.
2025: TPC: IEEE Globecom'25.
2024: TPC: IEEE MILCOM'24.
2024: TPC: IEEE Trustcom'24.
2024: TPC: IEEE SmartGridComm'24.
2024: TPC: IEEE Globecom'24.
2024: TPC: 21st IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC'24).
2024: TPC: 17th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom'24).
2024: TPC: 29th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications ISCC'24.
2024: TPC: VehicleSec'24.
2024: TPC: International Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security (RICSS)'24.
2024: Special Issue on: Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Cyber-Physical Security, IET Cyber-physical Systems: Theory & Applications. Submission Deadline: 14th July 2024 (extended)
2024: Workshop Co-Chair: IEEE CSR Workshop on Security, Privacy and Resilience of Critical Assets in Critical Infrastructure (SPARC), London, UK, 2-4 Sep 2024. Submission Deadline: 30th June 2024 (extended) Submit your work here!
2024: Workshop Co-Chair: EnergySP: ACM SIGEnergy Workshop on Cybersecurity and Privacy of Energy Systems, co-located with ACM e-Energy conference, Singapore, Jun 2024. Submit your work here!
2024: TPC: ESORICS'24.
2024: TPC: ACM CCS'24.
2023: Workshop Co-Chair: We cordially invite you to submit your paper to the 6th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Internet-of-Things Security (AIoTS), co-located with the 22nd International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS) 2024.
*** All accepted papers from this workshop will be invited to submit their extended versions to a special issue of the IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications journal. This is an open-access journal. Your organisation may be eligible for an automatic APC waiver (automatic country waiver or the transitional deal). If not, we will provide TWO quality papers with a full APC waiver to publish their work in this open-access journal. All accepted papers will also have the opportunity to be considered for the 'ACNS best workshop paper' - a chance to win EUR 500 sponsored by Springer. ***
Workshop Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2023.
For submission instructions, check here: AIoTS
2023: TPC: ACM AsiaCCS 2024.
2023: TPC: IEEE MILCOM, Track - Cyber Security and Trusted Computing. Submit your work here! Deadline: 22 May'23 (Ext 5 June)
2023: TPC: IEEE Globecom, Track - Communication and Information System Security. Submit your work here! Deadline: 15 Apr'23 (Ext 6 May)
2023: TPC: ACM CCS 2023, Track - Hardware, Side Channels & CPS. Submit your work here! Deadline: 19th Jan & 4th May'23
2023: TPC: AIoTS, co-located with ACNS2023. Submit your work here! Deadline: 20th Mar'23
2023: TPC: RICSS 2023, co-located with IEEE EuroS&P. Submit your work here! Deadline: 20th Apr'23 (Ext 7 May)
2023: TPC: ACM CPSS 2023, co-located with ACM AsiaCCS. Submit your work here! Deadline: 30th Jan'23
2023: TPC: 8th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy 2023. Submit your work here! Deadline: 26th Oct'22 (Closed)
2022: SYMPOSIA CO-CHAIR: IEEE SmartGridComm. Submit your work here! Deadline: 10 June 2022 (Closed)
2021: TPC: 8th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (CPSS). Submit your best work here! Deadline: 3 Dec'21 (Closed)
2021: Special Issue "AI and Security Application in Green Energy and Renewable Power" (MDPI Applied Sciences), submission deadline: 20 Apr. 2022 (IF: 2.679). (Closed)
2021: Special Issue "Security and Privacy in 5G-enabled Industrial IoT: Current Progress and Future Challenge" (IEEE TII), submission deadline: 30 Dec 2021 (IF: 10.215). (Closed)
2021: Special Issue "Challenges and Complexities in Emerging Smart Cities" (MDPI Electronics), submission deadline: 31 Mar 2022 (IF: 2.412). (Closed)
2020: Special Issue "Securing Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Infrastructure against Emerging Threats" (MDPI Sustainability), submission deadline: 31 Dec 2021 (IF: 2.576). (Closed)
2020: Special Issue "Cybersecurity for Wireless Networking" (Electronics, MDPI), submission deadline: 31 Dec 2020 (IF: 2.412). (Closed)
2020: PhD Opportunity: VC International Scholarship in "Effective and Secure Traffic Monitoring for Air Quality Control and Situational Awareness for Well-being" (for Nationals of or permanently domiciled in the world’s Least Developed and Other Low-Income Countries; look here: https://lnkd.in/gbZUmdj). Check project details here: https://lnkd.in/gZxHdjs, Application Deadline: 1 June 2020 (Closed).
2020: PhD Opportunity: VC International Scholarship in "Low-Cost Secure Energy Storage Situational Awareness for Rural Homes" (for Nationals of or permanently domiciled in the world’s Least Developed and Other Low-Income Countries; have a look here: https://lnkd.in/gbZUmdj). Check project details here: https://lnkd.in/grCR3RF, Application Deadline: 1 June 2020 (Closed).
2020: PhD Opportunity: Monitoring Safety-Critical Systems’ Situational Awareness (Self-Funded Students only): click here (Closed)
2020: Invited Talk on Smart Grid Security, COMSNETS - CYBERSECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN Workshop, Bangalore, India, Jan. 7, 2020.
2019: PhD Opportunity: Monitoring Critical Infrastructure Situational Awareness --Deadline Nov. 29, 2019 (Closed).
2019: Delivered a webinar Security and Privacy in V2G Network to IEEE Transportation Electrification Community (TEC), Oct. 10, 2019.
2019: BU Co-creation Award to my student.
2018: Organised IEEEXtreme 12.0 programming competition at BU, Oct. 20, 2018.
2018: Special Issue: ACM Transactions on CPS, Special Issue on User-Centric Security and Safety for Cyber-Physical Systems
2018: Nominated and selected for "Pravasi Rattan Award" by the NRI Welfare Society of India.
2018: Call for Special Session: HCSS-CPS: Human-Centered Security and Safety for Cyber-Physical Systems at IEEE SMC 2018.
2018: Track Chair: Information Technology and the Internet IEEE TEMSCON 2018, Evanston, IL, USA.
KEY CONFERENCES
Security Conferences:
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy: submission deadline - 2 December, 2021, click here
USENIX Security: submission deadline - 1 February, 2022, click here
ACM CCS: submission deadline - 6 May, 2021, click here
ACM AsiaCCS: submission deadline - 19 November, 2021, click here
ACSAC: submission deadline - 28 June, 2021, click here
IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (Euro S&P) - closed, click here
European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) - 15 May 2022, click here
Smart Grid/Power System Conferences (with Security):
IEEE SmartGridComm: submission deadline - 10 June 2022, click here
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia): submission deadline - closed, click here
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe): submission deadline - closed, click here
IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT): submission deadline - closed, click here
IEEE IC on Smart Grid Synchronized Measurements and Analytics: submission deadline - 15 December, 2021, click here
IEEE International conference on “Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy: submission deadline - closed, click here
Smart Grid Conference: submission deadline - closed, click here
CPS System Conferences:
Communication Conferences (with Security):
CPS/Security Journals:
IEEE TIFS, IEEE TDSC, ACM CPS, ACM TOPS, IJCIP, IEEE TICPS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
N. Saxena, L. Xiong, V. Chukwuka, and S. Grijalva, “Impact Evaluation of Malicious Control Commands in Cyber-Physical Smart Grids," IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 6(2), Jun. 2021.
Y. Alrowaili, N. Saxena, and P. Burnap, “Determining Asset Criticality in Cyber-Physical Smart Grid,” 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 4-8 Oct. 2021.
M. Asiri, N. Saxena, and P. Burnap, “Investigating Usable Indicators against Cyber-Attacks in Industrial Control Systems,” 17th USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 8-10 Aug. 2021.
M. N. Nafees, N. Saxena, and P. Burnap, “Specification-Based Process Control Attack Detection in Substation Automation,” IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 24-17 May 2021.
N. Saxena, M. Conti, K.-K. R. Choo and N. S. Chaudhari, “BAS-VAS: A Novel Secure Protocol for Value Added Service Delivery to Mobile Devices," IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2020, 15, pp. 1470-1485.
SELECTED/RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board Member
IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications - Submit your best work here!
Cyber-Physical Systems T&F - Submit your best work here!
Security & Communication Networks (SCN) Hindawi - Submit your best work here!
ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice: (home) - Submit your best work here!
Computer Communications Elsevier: (home) - Submit your best work here!
Guest Editor
Co-Chair
IEEE TEMSCON, IEEE SmartGridComm
TPC Member (80+ conferences)
IEEE Euro S&P, SmartGridComm, ICC, PIMRC, MILCOM, Globecom, WiMob, TrustCom
ACM CCS, AsiaCCS, CPSS
Conference Reviewer
SECRYPT, IEEE VTC, ESORICS, HICSS, ICUFN
Journal Reviewer (70+ journals)
IEEE TIFS, TDSC, TSG, TMC, TII, TVT, TC, COMST, TPDS, TSC, TNSE, TCAS-II
ACM ToPS, TIOT, TOIT
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