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Algorithms and Security

Laboratory Infrastructure  
 
Cryptography & Information Security Laboratory

The lab for Cryptography and Information Security provides a facility for R&D in Information and Systems security. The lab was founded with the following in mind:

• Demonstrate various key technologies (smart cards, biometrics, sensor networks, RFIDs, etc.)
• Help educate IT engineers in security infrastructures for personal communications, e-commerce and the Internet
• Provide services to high-technology companies.
• Research in the lab mainly falls within the framework of applications of cryptography in networking and e-commerce in order to guarantee:
• Fast, low-power, and user-friendly solutions for deployment in consumer markets, e.g., the development of smart credit cards, RFID/sensor protocols, etc.
• Advanced solutions for better and longer-term security, e.g., protocols based on elliptic curves and ciphers.

The lab is used for both educational and professional purposes and is equipped with state of art of workstations attached with smart cards for development of encryption algorithms, cryptographic protocols and end-to-end secure solutions.

MoteLab
The MoteLab is a part of the Algorithms and Security Group, and is physically located on the second floor of AIT building. We are engaged in research on architecture, design, and tools for networked and embedded computing and communication systems. Our current interests include wireless sensor and actuator networks, RFIDs, Smart Cards, low-power computing and networking, and pervasive computing.
Some of the equipment available for research work at the lab is as follows:

• Mica2 motes (Crossbow)
• MicaZ motes (Crossbow)
• Mica2DOT motes (Crossbow)
• Tmote Sky motes (Moteiv)
• Sensor/Data Acquisition Modules
• MIB - Programming and Interface Boards (Crossbow)
• Stargate - XScale Network Interface and Single Board Computer (Crossbow)

We have deployed a sensor network in AIT building gathering real-time data, available to the end-user through the internet. Click here to see Live Monitoring Graphs to your PC. The deployed sensor network is based on our system, called .Sense, which also provides security features, such as data integrity, confidentiality and authentication, making it one of the first secure deployed sensor networks.