Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security (CyCIS) Lab
Student Recruitment
PhD Recruitment: Actively looking for highly motivated PhD students to join my group who share the research interests in cyber security, cyber-physical system security, and IoT security. If you are interested, please drop to Neetesh Saxena an email with your updated CV. **[New]**
Postdoc Recruitment: check out a few grant schemes for Postdoc 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/
The 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
For the students from China:
The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS): http://www.gbcc.org.uk/educational-grants/universities-china-committee-in-london-uccl (short research visits)
China Scholarship Council (CSC): https://www.csc.edu.cn/
Quality and impact of Cardiff University's Research: here **[Read]**
News and Events
2023: PhD Opportunity: accepting fully-funded students on security. **[New]**
2023: TPC: ACM CCS 2023, Track - Hardware, Side Channels & CPS. Submit your work here! Deadline: 19th Jan & 4th May'23 **[New]**
2023: TPC: AIoTS, co-located with ACNS2023. Submit your work here! Deadline: 20th Mar'23 **[New]**
2023: TPC: RICSS 2023, co-located with IEEE EuroS&P. Submit your work here! Deadline: 20th Apr'23 **[New]**
2023: TPC: ACM CPSS 2023, co-located with ACM AsiaCCS. Submit your work here! Deadline: 30th Jan'23 **[New]**
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 **[New]**
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). **[New]**
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).
2021: Special Issue "Challenges and Complexities in Emerging Smart Cities" (MDPI Electronics), submission deadline: 31 Mar 2022 (IF: 2.412).
2021: Congratulations, Mohammed! for receiving Student Conference Grant from USENIX SOUPS 2021.
2021: Congratulations, Nouman! for receiving Student Conference Grant from IEEE S&P 2021.
2020: Special Issue "Securing Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Infrastructure against Emerging Threats" (MDPI Sustainability), submission deadline: 31 Dec 2021 (IF: 2.576).
2020: Congratulations, Nouman! for receiving Student Conference Grant from ACSAC, ACM CCS, and NDSS.
2020: Special Issue "Cybersecurity for Wireless Networking" (MDPI Electronics), submission deadline: 31 Dec 2020. (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; have a look here: https://lnkd.in/gbZUmdj). Check project details (and how to apply) 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 (and how to apply) here: https://lnkd.in/grCR3RF, Application Deadline: 1 June 2020. (Closed)
2020: PhD Opportunity: Monitoring Safety-Critical Systems’ Situational Awareness (closed): click here (Closed)
2019: PhD Opportunity: Monitoring Critical Infrastructure Situational Awareness --Deadline Nov. 29, 2019. (closed)
2019: Congratulations! Liam for getting BU Co-creation Award.
2018: CFP: ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (TCPS), Special Issue on User-Centric Security and Safety for Cyber-Physical Systems
2018: Call for Special Session: HCSS-CPS: Human-Centered Security and Safety for Cyber-Physical Systems at IEEE SMC 2018, Miyazaki, Japan.
Activity
Aug. 2021: Yazeed's work accepted in ESORICS. Congratulations!
Jun. 2021: Mohammed's work accepted in USENIX SOUPS. Congratulations!
Apr. 2021: Nouman's work accepted in IEEE SSP. Congratulations!
Nov. 2020: Nouman's work accepted in ACSAC. Congratulations!
Aug. 2020: Nouman's work accepted in ACM CCS. Congratulations!
Jan. 2020: Neetesh delivered an invited Talk on Smart Grid Security, COMSNETS - CYBERSECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN Workshop, Bangalore, India, Jan. 7, 2020.
2019: Neetesh delivered a webinar Security and Privacy in V2G Network to IEEE Transportation Electrification Community (TEC), Oct. 10, 2019.
2019: Neetesh visited NUS Singapore.
2018: Neetesh organised IEEEXtreme 12.0 programming competition at BU, Oct. 20, 2018.
2018: Neetesh served as a Track Chair: Information Technology and the Internet IEEE TEMSCON 2018, Evanston, IL, USA.