SaToSS research

Security Protocols

This area focuses on the development and analysis of protocols that ensure the security of digital communications and transactions, including specialized areas like e-voting, distance-bounding protocols, and blockchain technologies.

Attack Trees and Security Analysis

This research involves creating graphical models (attack trees) that depict potential security breaches and analysing these models to understand and mitigate security threats.

Privacy

This topic addresses the protection of personal information in digital environments, with a particular focus on enhancing privacy in social networks and machine learning applications.

Modelling and Analysis of Biological Systems

Research here applies principles of security and formal analysis to biological systems, aiming to understand complex biological processes through computational models.

Process Algebra and Model Checking

This field uses algebraic methods and model checking techniques to design and verify the correctness and efficacy of computational processes and protocols.

Big Data Analysis

This topic explores methods for handling and analysing large data sets to derive meaningful insights, with implications for security and privacy.

Malware Detection and Mobile Systems Security

Research in this area focuses on identifying and mitigating malicious software threats, particularly in mobile environments.

Security of Cyber-Physical Socio-Technical Systems

This involves securing systems that integrate physical processes with computational elements and human interactions, such as smart grid and transportation systems.

Trust Management

This research seeks to build and manage trust in various digital and networked systems through policies, protocols, and management strategies.

Software Security

Focused on identifying and fixing security vulnerabilities in software, including tools and methods for automated vulnerability detection.

Security in Space

This niche area studies the unique security challenges associated with space technology and missions, from satellite communications to interplanetary systems.