Dr Ayman El Hajjar
Dr Ayman El Hajjar is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the BSc Cyber Security and Forensics programme at the University of Westminster, where he also leads the Cyber Security research group. He previously served as Course Leader for the MSc Cyber Security and Forensics programme, during which the course achieved NCSC accreditation.
He holds an MSc in Wireless Networks from Queen Mary University of London and a PhD in Cryptography for the Internet of Things from Birkbeck, University of London, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research focuses on the security of the Internet of Things, smart infrastructures, and the use of cryptography to secure connected systems. Together with his PhD students, he explores new approaches to strengthen trust and resilience in connected systems.
Dr Ayman's research focuses on looking at how existing security protocols can be used on infrastructure-less decentralized networks such as blockchain networks and the Internet of Things.
My main research activities are on the following topics:
Smart cities and smart applications
Jose Maria Alonso India, active, topic "NFC implementation in IIoT/Cloud" role -Director of studies
Zahra Asghari, active, topic "Using blockchain to ensure integrity of data during transit in Internet of Things" role -Director of studies
Zeena Radwan, active, topic "Using blockchain to ensure integrity of data during transit in Internet of Things", role- Director of studies
Cihan Ucar, active, topic "Performance Analysis of Cellular IoT Systems and Networks" role- Second supervisor
Nargiza Akramova, active, topic "Securing IoT traffic against Timing based Side-Channel Attacks" role- Director of studies
He is also interested to hear from potential PhD students in the domain of Cyber Security and Forensics. Feel free to contact me for an informal chat.