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Attila
Altay Yavuz, PhD
Robert Bosch
LLC, North America
Research And Technology Center (RTC3)
Office: 2835 East Carson St., Suite
210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203.
URL: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~aayavuz/
E-mail: attila.yavuz(AT)gmail.com
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Current
Position
Attila A. Yavuz is a research
scientist at Robert Bosch
beginning from December 2011. He conducts network security and applied
cryptography research. His main focus is the development and execution
of a security and privacy research agenda in the areas of computing
clouds, wireless networks and big
data services that create significant contributions to the academic
community as well as creating business opportunities for Bosch.
Education
- North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
- Bogazici
University, Istanbul, Turkey
- M.S., Computer Science, September
2004-June 2006
- Yildiz
Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
- B.S.,
Computer Science and Engineering, 2004
Professional
Experiences
- Research Scientist,
Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center (December 2011-Present)
- Research
Assistant, Department of Computer Science, NC State
University (2007 and 2011).
- Teaching
Assistant, Department of Computer Science, NC State
University
- CSC 226 Discrete Mathematics with Dr. Robert Rodman
(Spring 2007).
- CSC 574 Network Security with Dr. Ting Yu and Dr. Peng Ning,
(Fall 2008, Fall 2009, and Spring 2011, respectively).
- CSC 501 Operating Systems with Dr. Douglas Pase
(Fall 2008).
- CSC 774 Advanced Network Security with Dr. Peng Ning
(Spring 2008 and Spring 2009).
- CSC 579 Computer Performance Modelling with Dr. Billy Stewart (Spring
2011).
- Research
Engineer, Satellite
Networks Research Laboratory (SATLAB),
Bogazici University, Turkey, (2005-2006)
- Cryptographic protocol design for satellite
networks and Military MANETS
- Summer
Intern, Department of Computer Science, NC State
University, USA, 2003
- A Simulation Project in C++ and Research on
Simulation Techniques
- Ipv6 Implementations on Linux Based Networks
- Summer
Intern, Vestelnet Software Engineering, Turkey, 2002
- Cryptographic applications in C Languages and Vcare
software system
Current
Research
Activities and Collaborations
Attila A. Yavuz is interested in design, analysis and application of
security tools and protocols to enhance the security of computer
systems.
Current Research Activities:
- Real-time Authentication
for Time-Critical Distributed Systems: Immediate verification of
control messages is a vital need for various real-life applications
such as cyber physical systems (e.g., smart-grid) and inter-car
networks. Existing security mechanisms are either highly inefficient or
unscalable to address these applications. I develop new cryptographic
mechanisms that achieve fast and scalable authentication for
distributed real-time systems.
- Unbalanced Cryptography
for Heterogeneous Networks: Distributed systems such as internet
of things and systems are comprised of heterogeneous devices with
different capabilities. However, existing security mechanisms (e.g.,
key exchange) generally disregard this asymmetry. I develop security
mechanisms that distribute the cryptographic overhead according to the
resource capabilities of devices by preserving the security.
- Bandwidth Efficient
Security Methods for Embedded Networks: Embedded networks (e.g.,
CAN) require authentication mechanisms to prevent message manipulations
(e.g., attacks on intra-car networks). I develop novel (communication
efficient) Message Authentication Codes (MAC)s and symmetric encryption
modes for intra-car networks to counter such attacks.
- Privacy Enhancing
Technologies for Big Data Services: Data/computation outsourcing
is a prominent trend, which brings high privacy risks along with its
merits. Increasing data breaches and legislation requirements enforce
companies to keep outsourced data encrypted. This makes valuable
services around outsourced data (e.g., analytics) impractical. I
propose a research agenda to address privacy versus data usability
dilemma by tailoring various privacy enhancing technologies (e.g.,
functional/searchable encryption) to the real-life applications.
Moreover, I develop authentication and integrity control mechanisms for
outsourced database systems.
Research Collaborations with
Academia:
- University of California Irvine (UCI)
(with Prof. Dr. Gene Tsudik): Privacy Enhancing Technologies
(PETs) and authentication/attestation techniques, jointly with Dr.
Jorge M. Guajardo.
- University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill (with Prof. Dr. Michael K. Reiter): New
user friendly authentication methods, jointly with Dr. Jorge M.
Guajardo.
- University of Pittsburgh:
I hold an adjunct faculty position. I plan to give seminars on privacy
enhancing technologies and co-advise master/PhD students.
Publications
Copyright Note:
The
articles are copyrighted by the respective publishers
and may be downloaded only
for personal use.
Journal Papers (SCI/SCI-E)
- Attila A. Yavuz,
“Emergent Response (ER): An Efficient and Scalable Real-time Broadcast
Authentication Scheme for Command and Control Messages”, under
revision, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
(TIFS).
- Attila.
A. Yavuz, Peng Ning and Michael
Reiter "BAF and FI-BAF: Efficient and Publicly
Verifiable Secure Audit Logging for Resource-Constrained
Devices", ACM Transactions of Information and System Security
(TISSEC), 2012.
- Attila
A. Yavuz, Emin Anarim and Fatih Alagoz,
"Improved
Merkle Cryptosystem (IMC),"
Vol. 4263, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), page
924-934, Springer-Verlag, November 2006.
International Conference Papers
- Attila A. Yavuz,
“Practical Immutable Signature Bouquets (PISB) for Authentication and
Integrity in Outsourced Databases”, 27th Annual Conference on Data and
Applications Security and Privacy (DBSec ’13), Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS), to appear in July 2013.
- Attila A. Yavuz,
“ETA: Efficient and Tiny Authentication for Heterogeneous Wireless
Systems”, 6th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and
Mobile Networks (WiSec 2013), April 2013.
- Benjamin Glas, Jorge Guajardo, Hamit Hacioglu, Markus
Ihle, Karsten Wehefritz and Attila A.
Yavuz, “Signal-based Automotive Communication Security and Its
Interplay with Safety Requirements”, ESCAR, Embedded Security in Cars
Conference, Germany, November 2012.
- Attila
A. Yavuz, Fatih Alagoz and Emin Anarim, "Three-Tier
Satellite Security Multicast Security Protocol Based
on ECMQV and IMC
Methods", Computer-Aided Modeling,
Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks,
(IEEE CAMAD'06), Italy, April 2006.
- Attila A. Yavuz,
Fatih Alagoz, Emin Anarim,
"A New Multicast Security
Protocol", GAP, International V. Engineering
Congress, 2006.
- Goksel Biricik, Attila
A. Yavuz, Omur Kartal, Oya Kalipsiz, "Developing
Information System
with N-Tier Architecture:
Hospital Management Information
System", Biltek International Informatik Congress,
2005.
Edited Books
Patents
- Attila A. Yavuz, “System
and Method for Message Verification in Broadcast and Multicast
Networks”, May 2012.
- Attila A. Yavuz,
“System and Method for Counter Mode Encrypted Communication with
Reduced Bandwidth”, October 2012 (with Jorge M. Guajardo, Glas
Benjamin, Ihle Markus, Hamit Hacioglu, Wehefritz Karsten).
- Attila.
A. Yavuz, “A Method and System to Mitigate Denial-of-Service
Attacks”, September 2012 (with Jorge M. Guajardo and Shalabh Jain).
Work in Progress
- Attila A. Yavuz,
Jorge M. Guajardo and Aroop Ganguly, “Practical Public key Encryption
with Keyword Search (PEKS) via Trapdoor Permutations by using Trusted
Hardware”, to be submitted to ACM Transactions on Information and
Systems Security (TISSEC).
- Attila A. Yavuz,
Jorge M. Guajardo and Shalabh Jain, “Highly Efficient Digital
Signatures via Condensed-RSA with Random Masks”, to be submitted
Financial Cryptography.
- Attila A. Yavuz,
Peng Ning and Michael Reiter, “I-LogFAS: Improved Cryptographic
Constructions for Compromise Resiliency and Compactness”, to be
submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
(TIFS).
Thesis
and Past Projects
- PhD
Thesis: Compromise Resilient, Compact, and Efficient
Cryptographic Constructions for Digital Forensics
- Advisor: Dr.
Peng Ning,
North Caroline State University (2007-2011)
Providing
security of audit logs in resource-constraint systems is a challenging
task, especially in the presence of active adversaries. To fulfill this
need, we develop a series of forward-secure and aggregate cryptographic
constructions, which achieve high computational efficiency,
compactness, and public
verifiability at the same time. Our schemes are shown to be
significantly more efficient, scalable and secure than all of their
counterparts for secure audit logging in resource-constraint
environments as well as large-distributed systems.
- MS
Thesis: Novel Methods for Security
Protocols and Key Management Techniques in Wireless Networks Based on
Signcryption and Hybrid Cryptography
Military
Ad-Hoc NETworks (MANETs) are expected to play a central role in Future
Combat Systems (FCSs). In this thesis, we develop a set of novel
satellite supported multi-tiered military MANET security protocols.
Proposing new key management and hybrid cryptography techniques, our
protocols are demonstrated to be more efficient and scalable than their
counterparts, and therefore are ideal choice to provide security in
FCSs.
- BS Thesis:
- Design
and Implementation of a Large Number Arithmetic Library and RSA Digital
Signature Software Packet, Yildiz Technical University.
(January-June 2003)
- A Multi-tiered Hospital Information System
(Developed for Istinye Government Hospital), Yildiz Technical
University, (January-June 2004)
- Previous
Projects
- Design, Analysis and Implementation of Simulation
Systems (Machine
Interference Problem), North Carolina State University (June-September
2003), with Dr.
Harry Perros.
- Comparative Study on Face Recognition Algorithms
under Partially
Occlusion Problems, Bogazici University (August-December 2004), with Dr. Lale Akarun.
- A New Algorithm to Detect Communities in a Complex
System and its
application to Macaque/Cat Brain Connectivity, Bogazici University
(July 2005-June 2006) with Dr.
Haluk Bingol.
- Design and Analysis of Stream Ciphers based on LFSR
and T-functions, Bogazici University (January 2005-June 2005),
with Dr. Emin Anarim.
Professional
Services
Reviews
in Committees
and Conference/Journals:
- 17th International Conference on Financial Cryptography
and
Data Security (FC 2013), April 1-5, 2013, Okinawa, Japan.
- International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
(IJDSN), Hindawi, (2013).
- Journal of Algorithms, Open Access Journal by MPDI (2013).
- 5th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and
Security (CSS 2013). Zhangjiajie, China, 2013.
- Invited talk at 6th BEO-AK 251 Workshop, Robert
Bosch
Research, “Challenges of security and privacy in Internet of Things”,
December 2012.
- IEEE Transactions on Computers (2012).
- Journal of Energies, Open Access Journal by MPDI
(2012).
- 9th International Symposium on Wireless Communication
Systems (ISWCS) (2012).
- Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience,
February 2011.
- NC State Application Review Committee (2010).
- 5th
ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and
Communications Security (ASIACSS '10), April 2010, Beijing,
China.
- 2th
ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security
(WiSec '09), March 2009, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 7th
International Conference on Information,
Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS '09), Macau, 2009.
- Journal of System and Software, 2007 and 2011.
- IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in
Biomedicine, April 2007.
- 21th International Symposium on Computer
and Information Sciences (ISCIS '07), Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 2006.
- 7th International Symposium on Computer
Networks (ISCN '06), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
Professional
Membersips
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) (seven years)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (two years)
- International Association for Cryptologic Research
(IACR)
Personal
- Birth
Date/Place: 06/21/1982, Ankara, Turkey
- Martial
Status: Single
- Hobbies: Philosophy,
music, reading and chess
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