Dr. Suat Mercan gave an interview for Wall Street Journal
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin can play a critical role in creating M2M economy by addressing the existing challenges in an efficient manner. Through successful integration of IoT and cryptocurrency technologies, a revolution may be enabled that will bring enhanced shopping experience for consumers, automated payment among sensing devices, programmable financial transactions for electric vehicles or drones, among others. Dr. Mercan had an interview with Wall Street Journal reporter explaining our recent efforts toward this goal. […]
Video: Worlds Ahead grad shares her work as a cybersecurity engineer
Alexandria Segovia is an FIU 2019 Worlds Ahead graduate. She is one of FIU’s first graduates of the internet of things bachelor’s degree program. During her education, Segovia gained valuable experience and used skills learned in class toward several projects in a product development capacity. She also secured a cybersecurity internship with United Data Technologies and now works for the company as a cybersecurity engineer. […]
Why Bitcoin’s Lightning might help botmasters secretly control botnets
Ahmet Kurt who is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at ADWISE lab gave an interview for Decrypt for our recent work LNBot. He and other researchers at ADWISE lab designed a new botnet which utilizes Bitcoin’s Lightning Network for its Command and Control infrastructure. By encoding payments through Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, a botmaster can send commands to the C&C servers. Then, the servers would relay the messages to the bots they control, launching an attack. […]
Recent electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. grads accept tenure-track positions
Three electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. graduates from our ADWISE lab defied the odds and persevered. They were offered tenure-track positions and will be embarking on their new journey this fall. Get to know them in this story. […]
Engineers are Developing Communication Framework for Connected Cars
Through a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $500,000, Ahmed Ibrahim, assistant professor; Elias Alwan, assistant professor; and Kemal Akkaya, professor and director of research for Cybersecurity@FIU, an emerging preeminent program, are building a vehicle-to-vehicle communication framework for a safer and more efficient driving experience. […]
Grad Student Works to Protect the Nation as a Cybersecurity Warrior
David Gabay has always wanted to serve his country. A cybersecurity warrior at FIU, Gabay is close to realizing his dream. Gabay, who is pursuing his master’s in computer engineering at FIU, is the recipient of the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service, funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security. […]
EBird Scooters Knows Your Location-Even When You are not Riding One
After you get off your Bird electric scooter, it still knows where you live, where your favorite restaurant is and how much time you spend there. It’s been watching you right under your nose. Kemal Akkaya, a computer science professor whose research focuses on cybersecurity and privacy, said there’s a big difference between real-life privacy and online privacy in terms of control. […]
IoT Grad Recounts How Fully Online Program Set Her up for Success
Alexandria Segovia is an FIU 2019 Worlds Ahead graduate. She is one of FIU’s first graduates of the internet of things (IoT) bachelor’s degree program. During her education, Segovia gained valuable experience and used skills learned in class toward several projects in a product development capacity. She also secured a cybersecurity internship with United Data Technologies and now works for the company as a cybersecurity engineer. […]
Want A Degree In The Internet Of Things? Check Out FIU
Florida International University (FIU) in Miami is getting ready to launch the country’s first IoT bachelor’s degree program, with eventual plans for a master’s degree. “Smart devices are becoming prevalent in our daily lives. They have computation/communication capability, they can talk to each other through wireless and through the Internet,” says Kemal Akkaya, an associate professor at FIU and program director of the IoT degree. […]