Security and Privacy in Smart Cities Applications: Challenges and Research Opportunities
164 College St
Toronto, ON M5S 3E2
Canada
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Every day more computer-based devices are connected to the internet.
Most of these devices have at least one sensing unit, creating
opportunities for more direct integration between the physical world
and computer-based systems. This is the idea behind Internet of Things
(IoT), a development of the Internet in which everyday objects have
network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive data. In the
near future, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are expected to be
integrated into the Internet of Things and consequently to smart
cities. The sensing infrastructures have a major role in the IoT and
great research opportunities. Sensor nodes can join the Internet
dynamically and use it to collaborate and accomplish their tasks. The
future Internet, designed as an IoT is foreseen to be a world-wide
network of interconnected objects uniquely addressable, based on
standard communication protocols.
However, security and privacy in smart cities and IoT remain a niche.
The increase of the data transmission not only increases the demand
for improved network performance but also increases the need for
security mechanisms to protect crucial information. This talk will
explore different aspects of security and privacy issues related to
smart cities: from smartphones and IoT devices to smart health and
smart traffic management.
BIOGRAPHY
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Petros Spachos (M’14) received the Diploma degree in Electronic and
Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Crete, Greece,
in 2008, the M.A.Sc. degree in 2010 and the Ph.D. degree in 2014, both
in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto,
Canada. He was a post-doctoral researcher at University of Toronto
from September 2014 to July 2015. Since August 2015, he has been an
Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, University of
Guelph, Canada. His research interests include wireless networking and
network protocols with the focus on wireless sensors, smart cities and
Internet of Things. He is involved in protocol design, real world
experimentation and performance analysis. He is a member of the IEEE
and ACM.
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