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Professor, IDA, Linkoping University M.Sc. (University of Helsinki, 2000). PhD (University of Helsinki/ICSI Berkeley, 2004) Head of research group AEGIS (Air and Ground Information Security). Adjunct Professor: CS/Aalto, CWC/University of Oulu, and TKTL/University of Helsinki Publications, also at Google Scholar and DBLP ResearchGate ORCHID Books (also in Amazon): Email: gurtov at acm.org Some tips on scientific writing papers and theses

What's hot

• Head of educational profile "Secure Systems" at IDA/LiU
• Head of WASP cluster on Cybersecurity
• Top scientist by research.com
• Enlisted as top 2% of World Scientists in Scopus Database by Stanford University
• Secure remote drone ID at IETF DRIP and our Code and Testbed
• Whitepapers on 6G networking and security
• Security of airplane data communication (Keynote at ATM Seminar'19, papers in DASC'20 and iCNS'20 (Best in Cybersec track!), ADS-B attack simulator)
• Identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in the Industrial Internet (SIGCOMM'22 workshop paper)
• DriveSafely, an Android application for driver monitoring (IEEE Transactions and Sensors papers)
• Wide Host Identity Protocol deployment with Tempered Networks

CV

• Chair, IEEE Sweden, 2021-
• Board member/vice-chair, IEEE Sweden, 2017-2020; Vice-chair, IEEE Finland, 2016-17
• Principal Scientist, Aalto University, HIIT, 2004-2016
• Visiting Scholar, ICSI/UC Berkeley, 2013
• Professor, University of Oulu, Centre for Wireless Communications, 2010-2012
• Co-chair of IRTF research group on HIP, 2005-2012
• In ICIR/ICSI Berkeley in 2003, 2005.
• Short-term scientific visits: MIT, Stanford, University of London, Oxford University, RWTH Aachen, Bern University, CERN, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tsinghua University, Indian Institute of Technology
• Senior Researcher, TeliaSonera, 2000-2004
• Researcher/Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, 1998-2004

Research interests

• Communication and ID protocols for Unmanned Aircraft
• Cybersecurity of transport (air, sea, road)
• Machine Learning, AI for anomaly detection
• Industrial Internet, Cyber Physical Systems
• Applying Game Theory to computer networks and systems
• Network Security, Host Identity Protocol
• 6G/5G
• Multipath congestion control
• Peer-to-peer communication

Awards and Achievements

• Best paper in Cybersecuity track, iCNS'20
• Examiner of the Best MSc thesis in Computer Science, LiU, 2018 (Mohammad Khodari)
• Adviser of the Best PhD Thesis in Computer Science in Finland, 2017 (Ilya Nikolaevskiy)
• Best paper award at IEEE CSCN'17
• IEEE Outstanding Section Membership Recruitment and Retention Performance, Finland Section, 2017
• CELTIC-PLUS Excellence Award for Network Technologies, SIGMONA Project, 2017
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2016-19
• ACM Distinguished Scientist, 2015
• Google Faculty Award, technical sponsor Vint Cerf
• Most read author of Aalto University and most cited of HIIT on ResearchGate (June 2015)
• HIP book to Best Readings in Communications and Information Systems Security, IEEE ComSoc, 2013
• CELTIC Excellence Award (SILVER Star) for MEVICO project (Partner PI), 2012
• Best paper award at IEEE Globecom'11 (1070 accepted papers), 2011
• Senior member, IEEE, 2010; Senior Life member, ACM, 2015
• Award from Alumni Association of University of Helsinki jointly with Ms. Tarja Halonen (president of Finland), 2000

Recent Conferences and Journal Boards

• Assoc. Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J)
• Assoc. Editor, MDPI Sensors
• Assoc. Editor, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
• TPC Member, IEEE ICC'19, IEEE ICNP'17'18'19'23
• TPC Member, IEEE ICCCN'17, IEEE ISCC'18, IEEE CSCN'17
• TPC Member, IEEE Globecom'16
• TPC member, IFIP NETWORKING'16
• TPC member, ACM MSWiM'14'20

Projects (from 2017)

• WASP NEST: Henrik Sandberg, Gyorgy Dan, Andrei Gurtov and Martina Maggio, KTH, LiU, LU: DYNamic Attack detection and mitigation for seCure autONomy (DYNACON)
• Monitoring and anomaly detection of data streams and decision processes in advanced Digital ATS (MONAD)
• AIR MOBILITY (Vinnova)
• SEC-AIRSPACE (EU SESAR)
• CA22168 - Physical layer security for trustworthy and resilient 6G systems (6G-PHYSEC)
• Automation Programm II, Trafikverket/LFV
• AeronautiCal Cyber INtrusion dEtection mechanism
• ENABLING SUSTAINABLE AIRMOBILITY IN URBAN CONTEXTS VIA EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SERVICES AiRMOUR, H2020
• ELLIIT: Secure Transparent Communications in the Industrial Internet
• Security, Management and Ownership of Data and Networks in the Industrial Internet CENIIT
• CUGS

Teaching (from 2017)

• TDTS06 Computer Networks, Examiner
• TDTS04 Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, Examiner
• TDTS11 Computer Networks and Internet Protocols, Examiner
• TDDE62 (former TDDD17) Information Security, 2nd course, Lecturer and lab leader
• TDDE63: Advanced Project Course: Information Security, 6 credits"
• TDDE21 Advanced Project: Secure Distributed and Embedded Systems, Examiner
• TDDE53 Bachelor project on Secure Mobile Systems, thesis supervisor
• TDDE35 Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Networks (11 ECTS), Lecturer

Graduated PhD Students

• Andrey Lukyanenko. Multi-User Resource Sharing Problem for The Internet , University of Helsinki. (Defence 17.11.2010)
• Andrey Khurri. Evaluating IP Security on Lightweight Hardware, HIIT/Aalto (Defence 24.1.2011)
• Miika Komu. A Consolidated Namespace for Network Applications, Developers, Administrators and Users, Aalto University (Defence 7.12.2012)
• Samu Varjonen. Secure Connectivity With Persistent Identities , UH. (Defence 14.11.2012)
• Tatiana Polishchuk, Multipath and multicast communication in the Internet, UH. (Defence 9.11.2013)
• Boris Nechaev. Calibration and Analysis of Enterprise and Edge Network. Aalto/HIIT. (Defence 13.12.2013)
• Dmitry Kuptsov. Improving Dependability of Networks with Penalty and Revocation Mechanisms, Aalto/HIIT. (Defence 5.12.2014)
• Suneth Namal. Enhanced Communication Security and Mobility Management in Small-Cell Networks. CWC/University of Oulu. (Defence 19.12.2014)
• Joakim Koskela. A Secure Peer-to-Peer Application Framework, HIIT/Aalto. (Defence 2.2.2015)
• Esa Piri. Improving heterogeneous wireless networking with cross-layer information services. VTT/University of Oulu. (Defence 27.5.2015)
• Madhusanka Liyanage. Enhancing security and scalability of Virtual Private LAN Services , CWC/University of Oulu (Defence 1.12.2016)
• Ilya Nikolaevskiy. Scalability and Resiliency of Static Routing Aalto/HIIT (Defence 20.12.2016)
• Ijaz Ahmad. Improving software defined cognitive and secure networking , CWC/University of Oulu (Defence 20.6.2018)
• Pawani Porambage. Lightweight Authentication and Key management of Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things, CWC/University of Oulu (Defence 26.9.2018)
• Le Minh Ha, Beyond Recognition: Privacy Protections in a Surveilled World, IDA/LiU (Co-supervisor, Defence 12.6.2024)