Talk title: Embedding security of wireless communication into physical layer: Directional Modulation
Talk Abstract: While the “Internet of Things” (IoT) promises significant economical stimuli, its secure operation has been widely discussed. This is mainly due to the fact that wireless IoT devices often operate from small battery-powered platforms, where the use of computationally expensive cryptography algorithms is severely restricted. While the problem is very complex, as part of the solution we will investigate a physical layer security for wireless communication. We will focus on Directional Modulation (DM), which is a wireless communication technique, where the transmitted information is readable only within certain physical area, while being perceived as noise elsewhere. This is achieved by combining MIMO antennas with propagation and signal processing. While various implementations have been described in numerous publications, the technique still lacks rigorous benchmarking against possible attack models. In this talk we will try to address this issue and provide insight into this interdisciplinary technology from a broader IoT system perspective.
Speaker Bio: Adam Narbudowicz received his Ph.D. in 2013 in antenna and microwave engineering from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland. He currently took a role of an Assistant Professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Wroclaw, Poland. Prior to this, he was an EDGE Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CONNECT Research Centre, working jointly at Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Institute of Technology. His project “Wireless-SPIne: Wireless Security and Privacy for INternEt of things” aims to develop techniques for secure wireless communication with low computational complexity, that use propagation mechanisms and operate in the physical layer. In 2014–2017 he received Irish Research Council ELEVATE postdoctoral fellowship (co-funded by Marie Curie Actions) to work at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. His research interests include wireless physical-layer security, remote sensing, electrically small antennas, and antennas for full-duplex radios.
Dr Narbudowicz has (co-)authored more than 50 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He received “Prof. Tom Brazil CONNECT Excellence in Research Award” in 2018, 3rd Best Paper Award during ISAP 2017: International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation in 2017 and DIT Inventor Competition Award for Best Postgraduate/Staff Invention in 2012.