Dr. Adnan Mahmood

Recent technological breakthroughs in vehicular ad hoc networks and the Internet of Things (IoT) have transformed vehicles into smart objects hence paving the way for the evolution of the promising paradigm of the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), which is an integral constituent of the modern intelligent transportation systems. Simply put, IoV attributes to IoT-on-wheels, wherein vehicles broadcast safety-critical information among one another (and their immediate ambiences) for guaranteeing highly reliable and efficacious traffic flows. This, therefore, necessitates the need to fully secure an IoV network since a malicious attacker, i.e., vehicle, is not only able to send counterfeited safety-critical messages to its nearby vehicles and the traffic management authorities but could further enable a compromised vehicle to broadcast both spoofed coordinates and speed-related information. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that the malicious entities (and their messages) be identified and subsequently eliminated from the network before they are able to manipulate the entire network for their malicious gains. This talk, therefore, delineates the convergence of the notion of trust with the IoV primarily in terms of its underlying rationale. It further highlights the opportunities which transpire as a result of this convergence for securing an IoV network. Issues pertinent to trust quantification and optimal threshold selection (for determining the region of trustworthiness) would be discussed. Finally, open research challenges, along with the recommendations for addressing the same, would be deliberated too.

Biography:

Dr. Adnan Mahmood is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Computing, Macquarie University, Australia. Before moving to Macquarie University, Adnan has spent a considerable number of years in the diverse academic and research settings of the Republic of Ireland (where he has carried research on a project funded under the auspices of Science Foundation Ireland’s Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications - CONNECT), Malaysia, Pakistan, and the People’s Republic of China. Adnan, over the years, has produced several publications in the form of refereed book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers, and has a patent to his credit too. He additionally serves on the Technical Program Committees of several reputed international conferences. Adnan’s research interests include, but are not limited to, the Internet of Things, the Internet of Vehicles, trust management, software-defined networking, cloud computing, edge/fog computing, and next-generation heterogeneous wireless networks. Adnan is a member of the IEEE, IET, and the ACM. He has further given a number of invited presentations and has delivered research tutorials at IEEE BigData 2021 and IEEE CSNet 2021.

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