Subcommittee on
Security in Industrial Communication and Embedded Systems
Chairs: Kai Hansen,
ABB Corporate Research, Norway Dimitrios Serpanos, University of
Patras, Greece
Scope: The technical
scope of the “security in Industrial and Factory Automation”
sub-committee of TCFA includes all security issues related to ICT
technologies in the context of industrial and factory automation.
These issues include, and are not limited to:
Security objectives and
requirements in industrial and factory automation;
Embedded systems security;
Secure industrial communication
systems;
Critical infrastructure
security;
Process surveillance;
Risk and vulnerability analysis
and assessment;
Cryptography;
Security protocols;
Remote access;
Security standards;
Industrial firewalls;
Methodologies for improving
security solutions.
Dimitrios Serpanos
is a Professor in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Patras,
Greece. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University
(1990), an MA in Computer Science from Princeton (1988) and an
Engineering Diploma in Computer Engineering and Information Sciences
from the University of Patras (1985). His research interests include
architecture of security systems, architecture of network systems,
computer architecture, embedded computing, high-performance
computing and VLSI. Before becoming a faculty member, Professor
Serpanos was a Research Staff Member at the IBM, T.J. Watson
Research Center (1990-1996), where he conducted research in
high-performance network systems (adapters, switches, routers,
etc.), secure services and home networking. Between 1996 and 2000,
he was faculty at the Department of Computer Science of the
University of Crete, and in 2000 he joined the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Patras,
where he is Professor. Furthermore, he has conducted research at the
Institute of Computer Science (ICS-FORTH) and the Industrial Systems
Institute (ISI). Professor Serpanos received an IBM Faculty Award in
2005 and has received significant funding for his research from
industry in Europe and the USA as well as by the European Commission
and the Greek Government. He holds two US patents and has published
extensively in journals and conferences. He has served in various
positions –General Chair, TPC Chair, TPC member, etc.— in
well-respected conferences and workshops sponsored by IEEE and ACM;
additionally, he is currently Associate Editor of the ACM
Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, the Journal of Internet
Engineering and the International Journal of Computers and Their
Applications.
Dimitrios Serpanos
is a Professor in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Patras,
Greece. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University
(1990), an MA in Computer Science from Princeton (1988) and an
Engineering Diploma in Computer Engineering and Information Sciences
from the University of Patras (1985). His research interests include
architecture of security systems, architecture of network systems,
computer architecture, embedded computing, high-performance
computing and VLSI. Before becoming a faculty member, Professor
Serpanos was a Research Staff Member at the IBM, T.J. Watson
Research Center (1990-1996), where he conducted research in
high-performance network systems (adapters, switches, routers,
etc.), secure services and home networking. Between 1996 and 2000,
he was faculty at the Department of Computer Science of the
University of Crete, and in 2000 he joined the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Patras,
where he is Professor. Furthermore, he has conducted research at the
Institute of Computer Science (ICS-FORTH) and the Industrial Systems
Institute (ISI). Professor Serpanos received an IBM Faculty Award in
2005 and has received significant funding for his research from
industry in Europe and the USA as well as by the European Commission
and the Greek Government. He holds two US patents and has published
extensively in journals and conferences. He has served in various
positions –General Chair, TPC Chair, TPC member, etc.— in
well-respected conferences and workshops sponsored by IEEE and ACM;
additionally, he is currently Associate Editor of the ACM
Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, the Journal of Internet
Engineering and the International Journal of Computers and Their
Applications.