AIT Community / PhD Students/ Giannetsos Thanassis

CONTACT INFORMATION Athens Information Technology 19,5 km Markopoulo Avenue, 19002 Peania, Attiki, Greece Phone: +302106682734 E-mail: agia@ait.edu.gr

PERSONAL DATA Date and Place of Birth:: 07/03/1984, Marousi, Athens. Citizenship:: Greek Languages:: English(fluent), French(basic)

SUMMARY::

Mr. Thanassis Giannetsos received his BSc degree in computer and telecommunication engineering from the Technical University of Thessaly, Greece in 2006; and MSc degree in information networking from the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2008. Since 2008, he has been working with Algorithms and Security group in Athens Information Technology (AIT), Greece, as a research engineer.
Since 2008, he has been also pursuing his PhD on sensor networks security at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Neeli R. Prassad (CTiF) and Prof. Dr. Tassos Dimitriou. His research interests include wireless security and privacy, design of intrusion detection and routing protocols of sensor networks, embedded systems and distributed computing.

SCIENTIFIC INTEREST::

• Distributed Computing, Embedded Systems
• Data Structures & Parallel Algorithms, Administration of Data Bases
• Security in Wireless Networks, Power Control on Networks
• Sensor Networks
  

STUDIES::

• University of Aalborg, Denmark
  Ph.D student in Sensor Networks Security (expected 2011)
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  MSc. Information Networking (MSIN), March 2008
• University of Thessaly, Greece
  Barchelor in Computer & Communication Engineering

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE & TEACHING EXPERIENCE::

Research experience::

-- Athens Information Technology, Athens, Greece, “Algorithms and Security” group
April 2008 - present
Research Assistant
Design of novel communication and security protocols for wireless sensor networks
Design of intrusion detection protocols

Teaching experience acquired during Ph.D. studies::
-- Introduction to Sensor Networks: Teaching assistant in course and lab exercises, MSIN program, Athens Information Technology, Greece
-- Object Oriented Programming: Teaching assistant in lab exercises, MSITT program, Athens Information Technology Greece
-- Packet Switching: Teaching assistant in lab exercises, MSIN program, Athens Information Technology, Greece

RESEARCH PROTOTYPES::

...SenSys is the first instance of an attack tool that can be used by an adversary to penetrate the confidentiality of a sensor network. Not only can it identify common applied protocols and a sensor network's functionality by analyzing overheard radio messages but it can also use this information to perform attacks such as Sinkhole attack, Replay attack, or Injecting malicious code in order to take control over the network. Also, it can extract useful network information such as node crashes, reboots, routing problems, network partitions, and traffic analysis (overall network traffic or overheard traffic by each sensor node). Check out SenSys web site!!

SenSys Attack Tool was first published in Black Hat international event, one of the biggest and most important security conference series in the world, in the year 2010.

INVOLVEMENT IN PROJECTS::

• LOTUS European Project, “Localization of Threat Substances in Urban Societies” funded from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013).

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