Postgraduates
- Mr Raja Naeem Akram
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- is working in the Smart Card Centre under the supervision of Dr. Konstantinos Markantonakis. His research interest areas include Cryptography, Security Evaluation Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Card Operating Systems.
- Room: Queens Annexe 104
- Tel: 414287
- Email: r.n.akram@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi
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- holds a BSc Information Technology and Computing and a MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway. His research interests include Digital Forensics, Cloud Computing Security, among others. He is studying under supervision of Dr. Stephen Wolthusen.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: Abdulrahman.Almutairi.2009@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Haitham Al-Sinani
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- is working with Prof. Chris Mitchell in the area of identity management, user authentication, web security and network security.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: H.Al-Sinani@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Suaad Alarifi
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- has three years experience in information security, computer networking & teaching. She is working on cloud computing security supervised by Dr Stephen Wolthusen, and is also interested in computer ergonomics and working with disabled children.
- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: arifiss@yahoo.com
- Mrs Muntaha Alawneh
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- completed a B.Sc.(with distinction) from Jordan in 2004. She is a full-time PhD student in the Information Security Group interested in the area of Digital Rights Management.
- Email: m.alawneh@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr James Alderman
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- received his MEng degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Bristol with First Class Honours. He is currently working towards a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Jason Crampton in the area of cryptographic access control.
- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: james.alderman.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Theofanis Alexoudas
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- is studying representation theory under the supervision of Dr Benjamin Klosch.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: alexoudas@hotmail.com
- Mr Nadhem Alfardan
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- is working with Prof. Kenny Paterson on network security and key management systems.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: nadhemj@yahoo.com
- Mr Liaqat Ali
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- is interested in group theory and is working with Dr Benjamin Klopsch.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: L.Ali@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Ahmad Bahar
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- BSc of Electrical engineering (KFUPM) MSc in Forensic computing (De Montfort University). He is interested in infrastructure security and is working under the supervision of Dr Stephen Wolthusen.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: Ahmad.Bahar.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Zeeshan Bilal
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- is working under the supervision of Prof Keith Martin and his advisor is Prof Kenny Paterson. His areas of interest include Cryptography, Network Security and Wireless Systems Security.
- Room: Portakabin 1
- Tel: 01784 414347
- Email: zeeshan.bilal.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Clive Blackwell
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- is currently completing a PhD in Network Security under the supervision of Chris Mitchell with funding from the EPSRC. His thesis aims to unite the various existing Internet attack and defence taxonomies.
- Email: C.Blackwell@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Christian Bonnici
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- received a BSc in Computing & Information Systems from Goldsmith's and an MSc in Information Security (with Distinction) from Royal Holloway. His PhD research forms part of the VOME project, and he is working under the supervision of Prof. Chris Mitchell
- Email: c.bonnici@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Christian Burrell
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- commenced his PhD in 2006, under the supervision of Dr. Tobias Osborne. His research interests are Quantum Information Theory. He is currently working on quantum spin lattice systems and the propogation of information through such systems.
- Email: C.K.Burrell@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Marcelo Carlos
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- is interested in secure protocols and public key infrastructures, and is working with Dr Geraint Price.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: marcelo.carlos.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Calvin Chen
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- is currently a PhD student in the Smart Card Centre interested in security of token devices and mobile hardware interfaces.
- Room: Founders West 152
- Tel: 01784 414939
- Email: w.d.chen@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Jihoon Cho
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- joined the ISG PhD programme in 2005. His research interests include key management and secure protocol design for mobile communications.
- Email: lakeoversky@hotmail.com
- Ms Sheila Cobourne
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- gained an MSc in Information Security (with Distinction) in 2010, and is working on a PhD in the Smart Card Centre, supervised by Dr Keith Mayes.
- Room: Founders West 152
- Tel: 01784 414939
- Email: Sheila.Cobourne.2008@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Jonathan Cooley
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- is working with Dr James McKee.
- Email: j.cooley@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Rosli Daud
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- is an academic at MARA University of Technology on study leave, sponsored by the Malaysian Government. He commenced his PhD in June 2008 under the supervision of Prof Keith Martin. His research interests are in cryptographic protocols and algorithms.
- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: M.R.Md-Daud@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Jean Paul Degabriele
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- is studying under the supervision of Prof. Kenny Paterson with research interests including Cryptography and Network Security.
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: jpdega@gmail.com
- Mr Robert Fitzpatrick
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- obtained a first in Maths in 2008. He joined the ISG in 2011 and is currently working towards a PhD under the supervision of Dr Carlos Cid. His current area of research is RFID security protocols, in particular lightweight cryptography and key management.
- Room: Portakabin 3
- Tel: 01784 414345
- Email: robfitzpatrick2005@gmail.com
- Mr Lishoy Francis
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- has research interests including: Smart Cards and Tokens; Contactless Environment; Security issues raised by convergence of Emergent Technologies; Interoperability in Open Devices; and Content Protection and Management in Mobile & Pay TV systems.
- Room: Founders West 152
- Tel: 01784 414939
- Email: L.Francis@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Eduarda Freire
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- is studying under Prof. Kenny Paterson with research interests including cryptography, authentication, digital signatures, finite fields and coding theory.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: Eduarda.Freire.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Eugenio Giannelli
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- completed his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mathematics at the University of Florence. He is currently studying for a PhD in pure Mathematics, under the supervision of Professor Mark Wildon in the area of "Group representation theory".
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: eugenio.giannelli.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Michael Gilhespy
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- is studying part-time under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Wolthusen, with research interests in digital forensics.
- Email: gilhespy@quicknet.nl
- Mr Gary Greaves
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- started his PhD research in September 2008 and is working on the CASE project that is being run by Dr James McKee entitled 'Salem Numbers, Pisot Numbers, Graphs, and Matrices'.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: G.Greaves@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Darryl Green
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- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: scion3872@gmail.com
- Mr Lee Gumbrell
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- is studying combinatorial number theory with Dr Christian Elsholtz.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: lee.gumbrell.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Ghani Haji Naim
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- is interested in block ciphers.
- Email: A.G.Haji-Naim@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Graham Hili
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- is working on security and digital identity in virtual worlds, under the supervision of Dr. Keith Mayes.
- Room: Queens Annexe 104
- Tel: 01784 414287
- Email: Graham.Hili.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Nick Hoare
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- is studying under the supervision of Professor Kenny Paterson and his main research areas are Cryptography and Network Security.
- Room: Portakabin 1
- Tel: 01784 414347
- Email: N.S.Hoare@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr David Hollands
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- was awarded a Special College Scholarship from the Faculty of Science in September 2010. He commenced his doctoral studies under the supervision of Professor Chris Mitchell in January 2011.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: dash@compile.me.uk
- Miss ShengLan Hu
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- has been mainly focused on wireless network security issues in general, and secure zero configuration in mobile ad hoc networks in particular, working with Prof. Chris Mitchell.
- Email: S.Hu@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Nicholas Humphrey
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- as a part-time PhD research student, under the supervision of Prof. Jason Crampton. His current research interests include unified audit trails, log consolidation and system call security policies.
- Email: n.c.p.humphrey@rhul.ac.uk
- Dr Asim Islam
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- is studying analytical number theory part-time under the supervision of Prof. Glyn Harman and Dr Christian Elsholtz. His primary interests is in Sieve Methods, Exponential Sums and other Analytic Methods of studying the distribution of primes.
- Email: Asim.Islam.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Michelle Kendall
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- is studying cryptography under the supervision of Prof. Keith Martin.
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: Michelle.Kendall.2009@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Joachim Kerner
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- is a research student working under the supervision of Dr Jens Bolte.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: Joachim.Kerner.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Nektarios Kyriakou
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- holds a BSc in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cyprus, and an MSc in Pure Mathematics form the University of Nottingham. He is studying under the supervision of Dr Rainer Dietmann. His current area of research is Analytic Number Theory.
- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: nektarios.kyriakou.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Lazaros Kyrillidis
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- is conducting PhD research in smartphones security under the supervision of Dr. Keith Mayes, partly funded by Orange Lab. His research interests include smart cards, mobile phones / smartphones security and network security & security architectures.
- Room: Founders West 154
- Tel: 01784 414423
- Email: lazaros.kyrillidis.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mrs Sarah Leyton
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- completed an MSci in Mathematics at Royal Holloway from 2004-2008. She is studying for her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Tobias Osborne.
- Room: Portakabin 2
- Tel: 01784 414346
- Email: S.K.Leyton@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Qin Li
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- is conducting research in cryptography under the supervision of Prof. Keith Martin and Dr Carlos Cid.
- Room: Portakabin 2
- Tel: 01784 414346
- Email: q.li@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr John MacDonald
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- is working with the Smart Card Centre.
- Email: J.A.Macdonald@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Tamas Makai
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- is working with Dr Stefanie Gerke in the area of graph theory.
- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: tamas.makai.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Amizah Malip
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- is studying under the supervision of Dr Siaw-Lynn Ng and Prof. Keith Martin. Her research interest includes the security of cryptographic systems, particularly symmetric ciphers.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: A.B.M.Malip@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Ufuk Mat
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- has a BSc and MSc from Bogazici University, Istanbul. His research interests are statistical signal/image processing and machine learning. He is working with Dr. Alexey Koloydenko on detection, diagnosis, and treatment of skin cancer.
- Room: McCrea 106
- Tel: 01784 443437
- Email: ufuk.mat@gmail.com
- Mr Wandile Mcanyana
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- is supervised by Dr Stephen Wolthusen.
- Email: Wandile.Mcanyana.2010@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Andrew McDowell
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- completed an MSci in Maths at UCL, with a dissertation in the field of geometric measure theory. He then worked for two years, largely as a software developer, before returning to Maths. He is now working on random graph theory with Stefanie Gerke.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: andrew.j.mcdowell@gmail.com
- Mr Thomas McEvoy
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- is a Security Architect for Vistorm. He is working with Stephen Wolthusen on intrusion detection in distributed environments, with particular relation to SCADA/DCS.
- Email: T.R.Mcevoy@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Konstantinos Mersinas
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- is currently an assistant Tutor on the Distance Learning Program of the MSc in Information Security and a PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Colin Walter. His current research interests lie in the field of classical and chaos-based Cryptography.
- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: konstantinos.mersinas.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Sarah Middleton
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- completed an MSc in Mathematics at the University of Bath. She is being supervised by Dr Yiftach Barnea in the area of group theory.
- Email: sarah.middleton.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Anish Mohammed
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- has current research interests in privacy issues, especially in wireless protocols. He started his Ph.D. research in September 2003 and is being supervised by Prof. Chris Mitchell.
- Email: A.Mohammed@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Shahram Mossayebi
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- holds a BSc in Physics and an MSc in Information Security. His main research interests are Quantum information, Quantum Cryptography and Modern Cryptography. He is currently researching Quantum Public Key Cryptography under the supervision of Prof Schack.
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: shahram.mossayebi.2008@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Mehari Msgna
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- has a BSc in Electronics and Comm. Engineering from Mekelle Institute of Technology and a MSc in Information Security from RHUL. He is studying under the supervision of Dr K. Markantonakis, and is interested in cryptography, smart cards and biometrics.
- Room: Queens Annexe 104
- Tel: 01784 414287
- Email: mehari.msgna.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Julia Novak
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- (previously Julia Bate) is researching methods of key management using combinatorial techniques under the supervision of Prof Keith Martin.
- Email: J.C.Novak@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Laurence O'Toole
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- is interested in block ciphers based on feistel networks and promises to finish his PhD sometime soon.
- Room: McCrea 106
- Tel: 01784 443437
- Email: L.OToole@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Anthony Palmer
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- is an information security consultant studying part-time Ph.D. student under Prof. Kenny Paterson and Prof. Johannes Zanker. His research interests include automated personal identification, identity management, biometrics, usability and PKI.
- Email: Anthony.Palmer@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Anastasia Panoui
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- holds a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and an M.Sc. in Mathematical Foundations of Informatics & Applications from the University of Crete. She is studying under Prof. Simon Blackburn. Her research interest area includes Cryptography and Coding Theory.
- Email: A.Panoui@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Viet Pham
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- commenced work for a PhD in Information Security (departmental funding) in Oct 2010 under Dr. Carlos Cid's supervision. His current areas of interest include: networked systems, network security, cryptography, and game theory.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: viet.pham.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Gordon Procter
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- received an MMATH from Warwick in 2011. He is currently studying cryptography under the supervision of Carlos Cid and is advised by Simon Blackburn.
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: Gordon.Procter.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Dean Pyke
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- Obtained a BSc in Mathematics from Royal Holloway and a Master of Advanced Study from the University of Cambridge. He is now working on time dependent problems in quantum physics under the supervision of Dr Francisca Mota-Furtado.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: dean.pyke.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Elizabeth Quaglia
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- completed the MSc Mathematics of Cryptography and Communications at Royal Holloway. Elizabeth started her PhD in October 2008 under the supervision of Prof. Kenny Paterson. Her main field of interest is public key cryptography.
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: E.A.Quaglia@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Penying Rochanakul
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- received her B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics from Chiang Mai University, Thailand. She is currently being supervised by Prof. Simon Blackburn and advised by Dr. Siaw-Lynn Ng.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: Windfade@hotmail.com
- Mr Muhammad Qasim Saeed
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- is working under the supervision of Dr Colin Walter and Dr Carlos Cid. His areas of interest are cryptography and cryptanalysis.
- Room: Portakabin 1
- Tel: 01784 414347
- Email: qasimsaeed51@gmail.com
- Mr Ian Sargeant
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- is supervised by Dr Allan Tomlinson.
- Email: i_sargeant@yahoo.co.uk
- Mr Dale Sibborn
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- has a degree in Mathematics from the University of York and a Master of Advanced Study from the University of Cambridge. He is currently studying for a PhD under the supervision of Prof Kenny Paterson in the areas of applied and theoretical cryptography.
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: dale.sibborn.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Muhammad Suid
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- is supervised by Prof. Chris Mitchell. His research interests include Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) and the balancing act between Arts and Science in that matter.
- Email: m.suid@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Susan Thomson
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- Room: McCrea 247
- Tel: 01784 276142
- Email: susan@sthomson.co.uk
- Mr Terrence Walker
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- is studying part-time for his PhD under the supervision of Dr Lizzie Coles-Kemp, while working for a CSIRT in Belgium. He is using system dynamics as a modelling tool in order to better understand security systems.
- Email: T.C.Walker@rhul.ac.uk
- Ms Zhiqian Xu
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- has research interests in distributed data protection and key management in distributed systems. She is supervised by Prof. Keith Martin.
- Email: zhiqian.xu.2009@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Po-Wah Yau
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- is interested in the security of distributed computing technologies. He is is currently part of a 3-year EPSRC funded e-Science research project looking at trust establishment in mobile distributed computing platforms.
- Room: Portakabin 3
- Tel: 01784 414345
- Email: p.yau@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Wei Zhang
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- studied Mathematics Maths at the University of Cambridge. He enjoyed Number Theory and is now interested in applications of Number Theory to Cryptography. Wei is working with Alex Dent.
- Room: McCrea 255
- Tel: 01784 414398
- Email: W.Zhang-1@rhul.ac.uk
- Mr Lei Zhong
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- is studying Statistics with Dr Teo Sharia and Dr Alexey Koloydenko.
- Room: McCrea 253
- Tel: 01784 443113
- Email: lei_zhong123@hotmail.com
- Mr Rostom Zouaghi
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- has an MEng in Electronic and Software Engineering (2006) and an MSc in Information Security with Distinction (2008). He is conducting PhD research in mobility-aware routing and security protocols for MANETs under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Wolthusen.
- Room: McCrea 355
- Tel: 01784 414221
- Email: r.zouaghi@rhul.ac.uk