Prof. Maode MA

Named Data Networking (NDN) is a prominent implementation of the vision of Information-Centric Networking. The NDN architecture adopts name-based routing and location-independent data retrieval. It holds many important outstanding features including in-network caching, built-in multicast, mobility support, and native security mechanisms. The security functionality of the NDN aims to secure the content rather than the communication channels. NDNs make use of data signatures, which permit users to retrieve any available piece of content no matter where it comes from as long as the signature can be verified. Although NDN has integrated some security functionalities, it is not immune to certain malicious attacks such as Interest Flooding Attacks (IFAs). In this talk, the architecture, and operations of the NDNs with a focus on its security vulnerabilities will be first introduced. Then, a novel mechanism to accurately detect and mitigate IFAs and blended IFAs (bIFAs) will be presented as an example to demonstrate the state-of-the-art solution against IFAs and bIFAs. This talk is expected to promote research collaboration and research activities in the field of network security.

Biography:

Prof. Maode Ma, a Fellow of IET, received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1999.Now, Prof. Ma is a Research Professor in the College of Engineering at Qatar University in Qatar. He has extensive research interests including network security and wireless networking. He has over 500 international academic publications including over 250 journal papers and about 250 conference papers. His publication has received more than 10,000 citations in Google Scholar. Prof. Ma is a senior member of the IEEE Communication Society and a member of ACM. He is now the Chair of the ACM, Singapore Chapter. Prof. Ma has been a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communication Society from 2013 to 2016 and from 2023 to 2024.

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