Two families of Lightweight Cryptographic Primitives for Securing Internet-of-Things
Internet-of-Things at large, has become one of the most important challenges in computing today. Low-end embedded wireless devices are deployed in an increasing number and variety of applications. The integration of web-based and mobile applications, and multi-mode communication between people and automated devices has the potential to bring tremendous benefits in efficiency and functionality, but also carries with it tremendous risks in security and privacy. In this talk, I will start by introducing the current status on the design of lightweight cryptography for IoT and follow by introducing two families of lightweight cryptographic primitives, Simeck block cipher and WG stream cipher.
Bio
Guang Gong, B.S. degree in Mathematics in 1981, an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics in 1985, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990, all from universities in China. After working with Dr. Solomon W. Golomb at the University of Southern California from 1996-1998, she joined the University of Waterloo, Canada, and promoted to Associate Professor in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000. She has been a full Professor since 2004. Dr. Gong’s research interests are in the areas of signal design, cryptography, and communication security. She has authored or co-authored more than 300 technical papers and two books, Signal Design for Good Correlation for Wireless Communication, Cryptography and Radar (2005), co-authored with Dr. Golomb, Communication System Security (2012), coauthored with Dr. Lidong Chen. Dr. Gong serves/served as Associate Editors for several journals including Guest Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Special Issue on Shift-Register Sequences, Codes and Cryptography in Memory of Solomon W. Golomb Special Issue in 2017, Associate Editor of the journal of Cryptography and Communications – Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences (2007 – ), and Associate Editor for Sequences for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (2005-2008), and served on numerous technical program committees and conferences as co-chairs/organizers or committee members. Dr. Gong has received several awards including the Best Paper Award from the Chinese Institute of Electronics in 1984, Outstanding Doctorate Faculty Award of Sichuan Province, China, in 1991, the Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Ontario, Canada, in 2001, NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award, 2009, Canada, and Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence Award, 2010, Canada, Best Paper Award of IEEE ICC 2012, and IEEE Fellow 2014 for her contributions to sequences and cryptography applied to communications and security.
