Security in Cyber-Physical Systems

Realizing Cyber-Physical Systems Resilience Frameworks and Security Practices.- Machine learning for fostering security in Cyber-Physical systems.- Security of Cyber-Physical Monitoring and Warning Systems for Natural and Technological Threats.- Secure Dynamic Nonlinear Heterogeneous Vehicle Platooning: Denial-of-Service Cyber-Attack Case.

Ali Ismail Awad is currently an Associate Professor (Docent) with the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, where he also serves as a Coordinator of the Master Programme in Information Security. He is an Associate Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University at Qena, Qena, Egypt. He is also a Visiting Researcher with the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom. His research interests include Cybersecurity, Internet-of-Things security, image analysis with applications in biometrics and medical imaging, and network security. He has edited or co-edited five books and authored or co-authored several journal articles and conference papers in these areas. He is an Editorial Board Member of Future Generation Computer Systems Journal, Computers & Security Journal, Internet of Things; Engineering Cyber Physical Human Systems Journal, IET Image ProcessingJournal, and Health Information Science and Systems Journal. Dr. Awad is currently an IEEE senior member.

Steven Furnell is a professor of cyber security at the University of Nottingham.  He is also an Adjunct Professor with Edith Cowan University in Western Australia and an Honorary Professor with Nelson Mandela University in South Africa.  His research interests include usability of security and privacy, security management and culture, and technologies for user authentication and intrusion detection.  He has authored over 330 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, as well as books including Cybercrime: Vandalizing the Information Society and Computer Insecurity: Risking the System.  Prof.  Furnell is the current Chair of Technical Committee 11 (security and privacy) within the International Federation for Information Processing, and a member of related working groups on security management, security