Research Students

Mr Raja Naeem Akram BSc (Punjab) MSc (Pakistan) MSc (London) received a B.Sc from University of Punjab, Pakistan in 2002. After graduating, he studied for M.Sc Computer Science from University of Agriculture, Pakistan. In 2004, after completing the Master's course in Distinction, he worked as an IT/Computer Science teacher at the Govt. M.C. High School, Samanabad. He completed his M.Sc Information Security from RHUL with Distinction in 2007. He is currently studying as a PhD student in the Smart Card Centre under the supervision of Dr. Konstantinos Markantonakis. His research interest areas include Cryptography, Smart Card Authentication Protocols, Security Evaluation Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Card Operating Systems.

Room: Queens Annexe 104 - Tel: 414287 - E-mail: r.n.akram [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi holds a BSc Information Technology and Computing and a MSc in Information Security (with Distinction) from Royal Holloway. He is a GIAC Certified Digital Forensic Analyst. His research interests include: Digital Forensics, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Crime, Distributed Systems, E-Commerce Security. He is studying under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Wolthusen.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: Abdulrahman.Almutairi.2009 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Haitham Al-Sinani BEng (Portsmouth) received his bachelor of engineering degree in Wireless Computer Networks from the University of Portsmouth with First Class Honours. Haitham has also received the award of the Best Final Year Computing Project (2008). He is employed at the Diwan of Royal Court, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman as a network security engineer but he is presently on study leave. He is currently studying for Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Chris Mitchell and advised by Prof. Kenny Paterson. His PhD is fully sponsored by the government of Sultanate of Oman- Diwan of Royal Court. His current research interests include identity management, user authentication, web security and network security.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: H.Al-Sinani [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Suaad Alarifi BSc (KAU) MSc (London) has three years experience in information security, computer networking and teaching. She is working on cloud computing security, under the supervision of Dr Stephen Wolthusen, and she is also interested in computer ergonomics and working with disabled children.

Room: McCrea 247 - Tel: 01784 276142 - E-mail: arifiss [at] yahoo [dot] com

Mrs Muntaha Alawneh BSc (Jordan) 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.

E-mail: m.alawneh [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr James Alderman MEng (Bristol) received his master of engineering 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 - E-mail: james.alderman.2011 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Nadhem Alfardan BSc (KFUPM) MSc (Royal Holloway) was awarded a first class honours BSc in Computer Engineering from KFUPM and an expected MSc with distinction in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London. Nadhem also holds industry certificates such as CCIE Security and CISSP. He has been an active speaker in network conferences like MENOG and Cisco Networkers.His area of research is network security and key management systems. Nadhem is working under the supervision of Prof. Kenny Paterson.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: nadhemj [at] yahoo [dot] com

Mr Ahmad Bahar 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 - E-mail: Ahmad.Bahar.2010 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Zeeshan Bilal BE (NUST), MIT (IQRA), MS (NUST) holds a BE (Avionics) from NUST Pakistan, an MIT from IQRA University Pakistan, and an MS (Information Security) from NUST Pakistan. After receiving his BE degree with distinction, Zeeshan worked as an aeronautical engineer in the Pakistan Air Force. He completed his masters in IT from IQRA University and MS in Information Security from NUST with CGPA of 4.00/4.00 in both programs. He received President's Gold Medals for his achievements. During his MS Thesis, he worked on authentication protocols for RFIDs. He has been selected for a PhD by the Pakistan Air Force. He 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 - E-mail: zeeshan.bilal.2010 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Clive Blackwell holds a BSc in Mathematics from Warwick University and passed out at the top of the class in his BSc in Computer Science from Royal Holloway. After completing an MSc in Information Security, he commenced a PhD in Network Security under the supervision of Chris Mitchell with funding from the EPSRC. He is now at the writing-up stage and hopes to finish soon. His thesis aims to unite the various existing Internet attack and defence taxonomies. The model makes the relationships between the elements explicit, so that it aids both the practicalities of designing secure networked systems and allows them to be formally defined and analysed. He believes that this work can be applied to many other types of security system.

E-mail: C.Blackwell [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Christian Bonnici BSc (Hons) MSc received a BSc in Computing and Information Systems from Goldsmith's College, University of London and an MSc in Information Security (with Distinction) from Royal Holloway, University of London. In the early stages of his career he was employed within the Maltese branch of Actavis (a pharmaceutical organisation), where he was responsible for the management of the IT network infrastructure and the co-ordination of the company’s information security and business continuity management systems. Christian has served as a member of the organisation's IT Crisis Management Team and on the company's Health and Safety Committee. His BSc and MSc research focussed on Digital Rights Management. His PhD research forms part of the VOME project, and currently revolves around the interdisciplinary aspects of privacy and software development. Christian is working under the supervision of Prof. Chris Mitchell.

E-mail: c.bonnici [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Marcelo Carlos BSc (UFSC, Brazil), MSc (UFSC, Brazil) received his BSc in Computer Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil in 2004. After graduating, he received his MSc in Computer Science (focused on Information Security) from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil in 2007. Between 2006 and 2009, he worked as project manager for ICPEDU Project, focused to deploy an academic PKI for Brazilian Universities. Between 2007 and 2009 he worked as researcher and project manager for the Computer Security Laboratory (LABSEC - Brazil), working with solutions related to Brazilian Governmental PKI (ICP-Brasil). He is currently studying under the supervision of Dr Geraint Price. His research interest areas include Secure Protocols, Ceremonies and Public Key Infrastructures.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: marcelo.carlos.2009 [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Calvin Chen MEng (London) completed an MEng (Computer System & Electronic Engineering) from King's College London in 2005. He is currently as a PhD student in the Smart Card Centre in Royal Holloway, University of London. His current research area includes the interaction of mobile/SIM/USIM as Universal Secure Portal with token devices and research on the mobile hardware interface with the wireless/contactless of interaction.

Room: Founders West 152 - Tel: 01784 414939 - E-mail: w.d.chen [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Jihoon Cho received a BSc in Mathematics from Kyungpook National University (South Korea). He then joined the Department of C&O (CACR), University of Waterloo, Canada, specialising in public-key cryptography. He subsequently completed an MSc in Information Security at Royal Holloway, and joined the ISG PhD programme in 2005. His research interests include key management and secure protocol design for mobile communications.

E-mail: lakeoversky [at] hotmail [dot] com

Ms Sheila Cobourne MSc (London) 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 - E-mail: Sheila.Cobourne.2008 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Rosli Daud B.IT (UUM, Malaysia) MSc (UMIST) is an academic at MARA University of Technology on study leave, sponsored by the Malaysian Government. He received a Bachelor degree in Information Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia in 2001 and an MSc in Computer System Design from UMIST in 2003. He commenced his PhD in June 2008 under the supervision of Prof Keith Martin. His current research interest are in cryptographic protocols and algorithms.

Room: McCrea 247 - Tel: 01784 276142 - E-mail: M.R.Md-Daud [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Jean Paul Degabriele BEng (Malta) MSc (Royal Holloway) received his degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malta and has later completed a MSc in Information Security at Royal Holloway. Before he commenced his studies, he worked for Eurobank (Greece), HP Labs (Bristol), and the University of Malta. He is currently studying for a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Kenny Paterson. His current research interests include Cryptography and Network Security.

Room: McCrea 255 - Tel: 01784 414398 - E-mail: jpdega [at] gmail [dot] com

Mr Robert Fitzpatrick BSc (Aberdeen) obtained his BSc in Mathematics with first class honours from the University of Aberdeen in 2008. He then worked for 2.5 years in the Oil & Gas industry as a mathematical modeller and programmer. 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 - E-mail: robfitzpatrick2005 [at] gmail [dot] com

Mr Lishoy Francis B.E. (India), M.Sc. (London), CISSP (Associate) received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science & Engineering with a Distinction from Viveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum, India, in 2002. After graduating, he worked as a Software Engineer developing Intranet and Quality systems for Wipro Fluid Power Ltd., Bangalore, India, until early 2003. In 2004, he completed a Masters in Information Security at the ISG, Royal Holloway University of London. He is currently studying for a Ph.D degree under the supervision of Dr. Keith Mayes, and guided by Dr. Konstantinos Markantonakis. He has research interests including: Smart Cards and Tokens; Contactless Environment; Security issues raised by the 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 - E-mail: L.Francis [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Eduarda Freire B.Eng. (UFPE, Brazil), M.Sc. (UFPE, Brazil) obtained her B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE in 2006 and her MSc in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 2009. She conducted her master's research under the topic "Construction of linear block codes via digital transforms". Eduarda is currently a full time PhD student under the supervision of Professor Kenny Paterson and advised by Professor Chris Mitchell. Her research interest areas include cryptography, authentication, digital signatures, finite fields and coding theory.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: Eduarda.Freire.2009 [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Michael Gilhespy MSc (London) received an MSc in Information Security by distance learning from Royal Holloway. He is studying part-time under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Wolthusen. His research interests include the challenges to digital forensic investigations imposed by massive scale and widely distributed systems such as cloud computing.

E-mail: gilhespy [at] quicknet [dot] nl

Mr Darryl Green

Room: McCrea 247 - Tel: 01784 276142 - E-mail: scion3872 [at] gmail [dot] com

Mr Ghani Haji Naim (BSc.(Brunei), MSc.(London)) is sponsored by the Brunei Government to do a PhD in Information Security at Royal Holloway. He joined the PhD programme in September 2003. His research interest is in Block Ciphers.

E-mail: A.G.Haji-Naim [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Graham Hili BSc Hons (Malta), MSc (Royal Holloway) began his career with the Vodafone Group (Malta) where he was in charge of the security and the availability of the mobile value added systems (SMS, MMS, WAP). After this he moved to a consultancy position with LogicaCMG and Orange Group in the Netherlands. His main field of specialisation is security and digital identity in virtual worlds. Graham is working under the supervision of Dr. Keith Mayes.

Room: Queens Annexe 104 - Tel: 01784 414287 - E-mail: Graham.Hili.2009 [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Nick Hoare BSc (Sussex), MSc (Royal Holloway) spent nine years in the Electrical Engineering industry before obtaining a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Sussex. He then obtained Royal Holloway's MSc in Information Security (distinction!!) before moving to Imperial College to undertake an MSc in Computing Science. He is now studying under the supervision of Professor Kenny Paterson and his main research areas are Cryptography and Network Security.

Room: Portakabin 1 - Tel: 01784 414347 - E-mail: N.S.Hoare [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr David Hollands BSc (London) studied Computer Science at Royal Holloway and graduated in 2010. After being awarded a Special College Scholarship by the Faculty of Science in September 2010, he commenced his doctoral studies in January 2011 under the supervision of Professor Chris J Mitchell of Royal Holloway's Information Security Group (ISG). His current research themes are: Trusted computing, provable security, and identity management.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: dash [at] compile [dot] me [dot] uk

Miss ShengLan Hu B.Sc., (China), M.Sc, (China) was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering from Jilin University, China. She is currently a final year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Chris Mitchell. Her research has been mainly focused on wireless network security issues in general, and secure zero configuration in mobile ad hoc networks in particular. She was awarded ORS scholarship and sponsered by Vodafone.

E-mail: S.Hu [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Nicholas Humphrey MSc(Lond) CISSP graduated with distinction from the Royal Holloway MSc in Information Security in 2007 and joined the ISG as a part-time PhD research student in September 2008, under the supervision of Prof. Jason Crampton. He currently runs an information security consulting firm, EBI Security Ltd, whose clients include the UK Ministry of Defence and several large banks and charities. Prior to this he was EMEA Information Security Manager for Marsh & McLennan Inc and also spent a number of years as a Senior IT Security Officer within the MoD. His current research interests include unified audit trails, log consolidation and system call security policies.

E-mail: n.c.p.humphrey [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Michelle Kendall MMath (York) is studying cryptography under the supervision of Prof. Keith Martin.

Room: McCrea 255 - Tel: 01784 414398 - E-mail: Michelle.Kendall.2009 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Lazaros Kyrillidis received his BSc in Computer Science from the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2005 and his MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway in 2008. His research interests include smart cards, mobile phones / smartphones security and network security & security architectures. He is conducting PhD research in smartphones security under the supervision of Dr. Keith Mayes. He is partly funded by Orange Labs UK. When not studying, he is a football, motorbikes and music addict.

Room: Founders West 154 - Tel: 01784 414423 - E-mail: lazaros.kyrillidis.2011 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Qin Li B.E. (China), MSc (RMIT) received a B.E. in Computer Telecommunications Engineering from Xi’an University of Post and Telecommunications (China) and an MSc in Information Security from RMIT University (Australia). He is studying for a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Keith Martin, advised by Dr. Carlos Cid, and is interested in cryptography.

Room: Portakabin 2 - Tel: 01784 414346 - E-mail: q.li [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr John MacDonald BSc, MBA (Henley) received his BSc. (1st class Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering in 1980 and his MBA (distinction) from Henley Management College in 1996. During his first degree he was employed by Pye TV (Philips) and after graduating joined the BBC as a TV Engineer, before moving onto the position of VT editor for the TV News Section. After a year's sabbatical undertaking Postgraduate Research into Tomographic & Digital Imaging with The Royal Postgraduate Medical School, John moved into consultancy with Frazer Nash Electronics. John moved into international marketing management in 1986 by joining confectionery giant Mars GB Ltd. After attaining the position of Global Product Marketing Manager for Payment Systems John joined Motorola Subscriber Products division in 1991. A series of promotions followed over the next decade with John moving to, EMEA Retail Channel Business Development Manager in 1994, EMEA Channel Manager (B2B and consumer direct channels) in 1995, EMEA Business Operations Director in 1996 and EMEA Director GPRS & 3G Technologies in 1999. In the summer of 2003 John "retired" from corporate life to commence a PhD research degree with Royal Holloway, sponsored by Telefonica Moviles of Spain. John created MadGo.com Ltd to provide freelance advisory and consultancy services to bring content owners and mobile operators together. Madgo.com enjoys a breadth of clients including the European football association UEFA.

E-mail: J.A.Macdonald [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Amizah Malip BSc (Malaysia) MSc (London) was awarded a BSc Mathematics with First Class Honours from the International Islamic University Malaysia and completed the MSc in Mathematics of Cryptography and Communications at Royal Holloway. She has a fellowship from Malaya University to pursue her Ph.D under the supervision of Dr Siaw-Lynn Ng and Prof. Keith Martin. Her research interests include the security of cryptographic systems, particularly symmetric ciphers.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: A.B.M.Malip [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Wandile Mcanyana is supervised by Dr Stephen Wolthusen.

E-mail: Wandile.Mcanyana.2010 [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Thomas McEvoy BA(Hons), MSc Queen's University Belfast gained a BA in Modern and Economic History at Queen's University Belfast in 1985 and an MSc in Computer Science and its Applications at Queen's University Belfast in 1986. He worked for 25 years in Information Technology in government, starting in database design and implementation and moving onto to service and security management. He is now working as a Security Architect for Vistorm. He is working with Stephen Wolthusen on intrusion detection in distributed environments, with particular relation to SCADA/DCS.

E-mail: T.R.Mcevoy [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Konstantinos Mersinas Ptychio (Greece), MSc (RHUL), CISSP associate, ISO 27001 Auditor, received his first degree in Mathematics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 2002 and his MSc in Information Security (distinction) from Royal Holloway in 2003. He has worked as a Forecasting Consultant (Veltio) and as a self-employed Information Security Consultant (Egnatia Odos S.A.). He has also been a Mathematics & Informatics Tutor in a variety of institutions during the past years. He 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 - E-mail: konstantinos.mersinas.2011 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Anish Mohammed MSc (London) was awarded a degree in Medicine and Surgery (1998) from University of Kerala, India, and an M.Sc. in Information Security (2003) from Royal Holloway, University of London. Before pursuing his studies in the ISG, he worked at Indian Institute of Sciences, Ericsson HP Telecom and Indian Statistical Institute. His current research interests include privacy issues, especially in wireless protocols. He started his Ph.D. research in September 2003 and is being supervised by Prof. Chris Mitchell.

E-mail: A.Mohammed [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Shahram Mossayebi 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 Ruediger Schack.

Room: McCrea 255 - Tel: 01784 414398 - E-mail: shahram.mossayebi.2008 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Mehari Msgna received a BSc in Electronics and Communication Engineering (with distinction) from Mekelle Institute of Technology (MIT) in July 2007. He worked in a Information Security Company as a system developer, before coming to Royal Holloway to complete his MSc in Information Security (with distinction) in 2009. He is currently studying under the supervision of Dr. Konstantinos Markantonakis. His areas of interest, in general, are cryptography, smart cards, side-channel attacks and biometrics.

Room: Queens Annexe 104 - Tel: 01784 414287 - E-mail: mehari.msgna.2011 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Julia Novak M.Math. Salford (previously Julia Bate) graduated with an MMath from Salford University in 2001. Since then Julia has divided her time between work at Vodafone's Research and Development Group and her PhD. Under the supervision of Prof Keith Martin, Julia is researching methods of key management using combinatorial techniques.

E-mail: J.C.Novak [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Laurence O'Toole B.Sc. (Galway) M.Sc. (Cork) received his B.Sc. in Mathematical Science/Computing from National University of Ireland, Galway in 1999, and his M.Sc. in Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography from University College, Cork in 2000. He is currently studying for a PhD degree and his research interests include DES, MARS and feistel networks. He promises to finish his PhD sometime soon.

Room: McCrea 106 - Tel: 01784 443437 - E-mail: L.OToole [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Anthony Palmer M.Sc. (Open), MBCS, CITP received his M.Sc. in Computing for Commerce and Industry from the Open University in 1996. He currently runs his own Information Security Consultancy - Symbiotic Consulting, whose clients include a major International Bank and the UK Home Office. In previous employment, he provided information security consultancy to clients in UK Banking Industry, UK Payment Clearing Schemes and was active in the development of ISO Standards. He is currently registered as a part-time Ph.D. student under the joint supervision of Prof. Kenny Paterson and Prof. Johannes Zanker. His research interests include automated personal identification, identity management, biometrics, usability and PKI.

E-mail: Anthony.Palmer [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Anastasia Panoui BSc MSc (Crete) 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.

E-mail: A.Panoui [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Viet Pham obtained a BEng (Best thesis award) in Information Technology (Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences - Finland), and an MSc (Distinction) in Information Security (University College London - UK). He 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 - E-mail: viet.pham.2010 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Gordon Procter 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 - E-mail: Gordon.Procter.2011 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Elizabeth Quaglia obtained her degree in Mathematics at Universita’ degli Studi di Torino (Italy) and completed a Masters in Mathematics of Cryptography and Communications at Royal Holloway, University of London . 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 - E-mail: E.A.Quaglia [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Penying Rochanakul received her B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics from Chiang Mai University, Thailand. She has been awarded The Royal Thai Government scholarship, under the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project (DPST), to pursue a course of study leading to a Ph.D. in Mathematics at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is currently being supervised by Prof. Simon Blackburn and advised by Dr. Siaw-Lynn Ng.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: Windfade [at] hotmail [dot] com

Mr Muhammad Qasim Saeed BE (NUST), MS (NUST) received a BE (Avionics) from the College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE, NUST) Pakistan in 1999 and an MS (Information Security) in 2010 from MCS, NUST Pakistan. After receiving his BE degree, Qasim worked as an aeronautical engineer in the Pakistan Air Force. During his MS thesis, he worked on the RFID tags used in the ePassport system and analysed possible security concerns. In 2010, he was selected for post-graduate studies by the Pakistan Air Force and joined the RHUL for a PhD. He is working under the supervision of Dr Colin Walter and his advisor is Dr Carlos Cid. His areas of interest are cryptography and cryptanalysis.

Room: Portakabin 1 - Tel: 01784 414347 - E-mail: qasimsaeed51 [at] gmail [dot] com

Mr Ian Sargeant is supervised by Dr Allan Tomlinson.

E-mail: i_sargeant [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk

Mr Dale Sibborn BSc (Ebor) MASt (Cantab) completed his degree in Mathematics at the University of York before receiving a Master of Advanced Study in Pure Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. He is currently studying for a PhD under the supervision of Professor Kenny Paterson in the areas of applied and theoretical cryptography as part of the EPSRC funded project "Cryptography: Bridging Theory and Practice".

Room: McCrea 255 - Tel: 01784 414398 - E-mail: dale.sibborn.2011 [at] live [dot] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Muhammad Suid BSc (USA) MSc (Malaysia) received his BSc in Business Administration (Information Science) (1999) from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, and an MSc in Computer Science (2007) from MARA Institute of Technology, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. His research interests include Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) and the balancing act between Arts and Science in that matter. He is supervised by Prof. Chris Mitchell.

E-mail: m.suid [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Susan Thomson

Room: McCrea 247 - Tel: 01784 276142 - E-mail: susan [at] sthomson [dot] co [dot] uk

Mr Terrence Walker hails from Australia and is studying part-time for his PhD under the supervision of Dr Lizzie Coles-Kemp, while working for a CSIRT in Belgium. He has around a decade of security exposure and an interest in systems (security and ecological), as well as the interaction between operational and technical security. He is using system dynamics as a modelling tool in order to better understand security systems.

E-mail: T.C.Walker [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Ms Zhiqian Xu B.Eng (BUPT, China) M.A (WSU, USA) received her B.Eng in Computer Engineering from Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing, China and a M.A. in Computer Science from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. She is a part-time student working at FedEx in the USA. Her research interests include distributed data protection and key management in distributed systems. She is supervised by Prof. Keith Martin.

E-mail: zhiqian.xu.2009 [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Po-Wah Yau BSc (Hons) (London) has his main research interests in the security of distributed computing technologies, concentrating on the areas of mobile ad hoc networks and Grid computing. 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 - E-mail: p.yau [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Wei Zhang 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 - E-mail: W.Zhang-1 [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Mr Rostom Zouaghi MEng (Birmingham), MSc (London) received a Master of Engineering in Electronic and Software Engineering from the University of Birmingham in 2006. He then completed a Masters of Science degree in Information Security (with Distinction) at Royal Holloway in 2008. His interests, in general, lie in the fields of network security, distributed algorithms and cryptographic algorithms. In his PhD, he is conducting research in mobility-aware routing and security protocols for MANETs under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Wolthusen.

Room: McCrea 355 - Tel: 01784 414221 - E-mail: r.zouaghi [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk