Dr Faiza Medjek

I am a lecturer in Cyber Security and co-Programme Leader for the NCSC-Certified MSc Cyber Security at UWE. Prior to joining UWE, I was associate researcher at CERIST research Center for over 18 years. I was member then head of the Cyber-Physical System security team. I hold a Phd in cyber security. My doctoral dissertation addressed the security issues of the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL) for IoT. In my previous research, I enhanced RPL with new intrusions detection and tolerance mechanisms that are based on Machine Learning and the RPL specification to immediately detect and/or respond to potential routing threats. My research work is well-received by the academic and research community, where it has more than 500 citations. I am supervising and supporting undergraduate and postgraduate students and serving as reviewer for many journals. 

 

My research interests include IoT security, lightwight ML applications in cyber security, and Digital Twins for critical infrastructure security. I am interested in finding new ways to apply and merge AI and Quantum technologies as well as hardware accelerators to physical-security and cybersecurity for healthcare and transportation applications. I am interested in the following research directions:

1. Improving real-time detection and data availability with TinyML, Digital Twins, and hardware accelerators.
2. Secure transportation with new trust management scheme.
Explore how trust mechanisms can be effectively applied to IoVs to enhance their security and reliability. 
3. Data integrity, confidentiality, and threat detection with quantum and AI technologies.
Explore developing new lightweight quantum cryptography algorithms resistant to side-channel attacks to ensure IoT exchanged data integrity and confidentiality. 

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